The PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas have been bustling of late, with the Poker Masters in September and now the eighth running of the Super High Roller Bowl. The $300,000 buy-in tournament has once again drawn the crème of the tournament poker world – or at least those who could conjure up $300,000 to get… Read more »
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2023 Poker Masters Crowns Three Champions, Main Event on Tap Monday
It’s been a busy weekend around the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas. The 2023 Poker Masters has been playing through this last weekend of September, crowning three champions in the race for their Purple Jacket. That battle will certainly come down to the last event of the series, a $50,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event,… Read more »
Five Players in Contention for Golden Eagle Trophy as Last 2023 U.S. Poker Open Event Heads to Final Day
The tenth and final event of the PokerGO Tour’s U.S. Poker Open will run to its conclusion on Tuesday as six players square off at the final table. With just 37 entries in the $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em tournament, the payout structure pays to just six places, which works out perfectly. Each player is guaranteed at… Read more »
Jason Koon Ravages Field, Captures Winner-Take-All PokerGO Tour Championship
The inaugural PokerGO Tour Championship is in the books and, after the first day, they probably should have stopped the action on the mercy rule. Jason Koon ravaged the field on Day One, amassing a stack that approached two million chips (while everyone else was nearly 1.5 million behind). Koon would ride that chip stack… Read more »
Orpen Kisacikoglu Shines in Diamond High Roller at 2022 WSOPE
It is slowly coming to a close. Two weeks of poker bacchanalia at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic – otherwise known as the 2022 World Series of Poker Europe – is heading into its final events. In the Diamond High Roller, the players fought down to a player who is a known commodity… Read more »
Thomer Pidun Earns First Bracelet, Diamond High Roller Underway at 2022 WSOPE
Two-thirds of the 2022 World Series of Poker Europe is in the books as of tonight, with significant action around the King’s Casino in Rozvadov. In the €2000 Eight Game Mixed tournament, Event #10 on the schedule, Thomer Pidun added his name to the illustrious list of players who have captured a WSOP bracelet. Elsewhere,… Read more »
Daniel Negreanu Ditches the Monkey, Wins 2022 Super High Roller Bowl
It has been a year of discontent for Daniel Negreanu. Sure, he had won more than a million dollars prior to the 2022 Super High Roller Bowl, but he had shot through that during the 2022 World Series of Poker by itself. Thus, Friday night was an enjoyable way for Negreanu to get the monkey… Read more »
Nick Petrangelo, Daniel Negreanu Hold Down Top Slots at 2022 Super High Roller Bowl
Day Two for the 2022 Super High Roller Bowl is in the books, but the money bubble has yet to be popped. With only four players getting a cash from the tournament, one of the five men left when the final table resumes today will have nothing to show for their efforts. It is highly… Read more »
Daniel Negreanu Leads Final Fourteen Players in 2022 Super High Roller Bowl
To say it has been a tough 2022 for Daniel Negreanu would be a more than accurate statement. It could also be said that you should not shed too many tears, considering his past success. That would all be reversed if he is able to hold on to the lead in the $300,000 buy in… Read more »
Stairway to Millions II Underway, Francis Anderson and John Yelaney Take Early Wins
It isn’t an original idea, but PokerGO’s Stairway to Millions has proven to be popular with the players. After an inaugural run earlier this year, the Stairway to Millions II is underway at The Venetian in Las Vegas. Two tournaments are in the books, with Francis Anderson and John Yelaney taking the early victories and… Read more »
PokerGO Offers September of High Roller Poker Action
It may not seem like it in some areas of the country, but we’re moving closer to the autumnal season and cooler weather. As such, people start to move indoors for their entertainment activities, and the streaming channel PokerGO is looking to provide a month of poker entertainment for its fans and subscribers. Beginning on… Read more »
GGPoker Introduces Poker Integrity Council – Will it Succeed?
It has been an issue in poker overall – and in online poker especially – for decades. How do you ensure that those who cheat in the game are punished fully for the transgressions that a person, a team, or a group has committed? Long there has been discussion about the subject, but not much… Read more »
PokerGO Tour to Crown 2022 Champion with $500K Winner Take All Tournament
Although you would have trouble saying that their tournaments are a true test of skills (let us be honest – a tournament that draws eighteen players is a home game, not a topflight event), the PokerGO Tour cannot be knocked for trying to make it LOOK like they are a big deal. They are one… Read more »
Jeremy Ausmus Takes Early Lead in Player of the Year Race
Six weeks into the 2022 tournament poker season, one man has been able to ride a wave of success to the lead in the Player of the Year race. Coming off his big victory in the 2022 PokerGO Cup, Jeremy Ausmus has stepped forward as the early season leader in the race for POY. At… Read more »
Nick Petrangelo Keeps Destroying Competition, Wins PokerGO Cup Event #5: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Oh, to be Nick Petrangelo right now. The poker pro continued his absolutely scorching half a year on Monday, winning the 2022 PokerGO Cup Event #5: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em, good for $369,000. As is the case for these high roller PokerGO events, the field was small, as it attracted just 41 entries, paying out to… Read more »
2022 PokerGO Cup Returns for Action This Wednesday
Less than a year after its inaugural event, the 2022 PokerGO Cup will return for its second installment this upcoming week. The eight-event schedule is completely No Limit Hold’em – no Pot Limit games here! – with an escalating buy in after the first three events. The tournament will be held at the PokerGO Studios… Read more »
Nick Petrangelo Takes Down Final Events of “Stairway to Millions”
The inaugural “Stairway to Millions” has concluded in Las Vegas and, overall, PokerGO has to be pleased with the results of the event. One player who is incredibly pleased with how the battle turned out was Nick Petrangelo. Petrangelo took the victories in not only the lead-up to the final event, a $50,000 tournament that… Read more »
Jake Schindler Wins PokerGO “Stairway to Millions” $25,000 Event #6
Jake Schindler won the $25,000 buy-in Event #6 of PokerGO's Stairway to Millions as the fields get ever smaller with growing price points. Read more »
2021 WSOP: 96 Players Remain as Koray Aldemir, Ramon Colillas Reign Supreme
The 2021 World Series of Poker Championship Event is wheeling its way into the final days of the event. After Day 5 action, there are only 96 players remaining from the original field of 6650 players. Once again near the top of the leaderboard is Day 4 chip leader Damon Colillas, but he does not… Read more »
Michael Addamo Goes Back-to-Back, Captures 2021 Poker Masters Main Event Title and Purple Jacket
For someone who only stepped into a couple of events on the schedule, Michael Addamo certainly made the most of those opportunities. Addamo on Saturday won the championship of Event #11 on the 2021 Poker Masters schedule, the $50,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament, which for most would have been a great achievement. Addamo was not… Read more »
Brock Wilson Earns Event #4 Title, Takes Overall Lead at 2021 Poker Masters
It was a big Saturday night for Brock Wilson in the PokerGO Studios. Battling through some new names that had entered the fray, Wilson would defeat Elio Fox to take the championship in Event #4, another $10,000 No Limit Hold’em event on the schedule. With his victory, Wilson would also take over the lead in… Read more »
World Poker Tour Active in International Settings
While their activities may be a bit limited in the States of America (the next live action for the tour isn’t until March), the World Poker Tour is charging forward with their business around the world. In both the online and live arenas, the WPT will be in action with two large scale events for… Read more »
2018 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event Day 1A: Mark Demirdjian Takes Massive Lead with Several Knockouts
The European Poker Tour kicked back into action in a big way on Saturday. At the Monte Carlo casino in Monaco, the Main Event for the EPT Monte Carlo opened the first of its two-Day Ones with a sizeable field and a player who sent players out almost as quick as they arrived. Bright and… Read more »