It’s going to take some work to repeat as the PokerGO Cup champion, but Daniel Negreanu took the first step on Tuesday, winning the 2022 PokerGO Cup Event #6: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $350,000. It was both his first cash of the series and his first live tournament cash of 2022. “I’m not gonna lie,… Read more »
Sean Winter
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 »
Michael Addamo Completes Epic Run, Wins Super High Roller Bowl VI
Capping what has been an amazing fortnight of poker, Michael Addamo outlasted a small field in the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl VI to capture the championship. This comes on the heels of Addamo’s stunning run at the 2021 Poker Masters, where he went from nowhere to the overall championship after winning the final two… Read more »
Cary Katz Takes PokerGO Cup Main Event; Daniel Negreanu’s Sole Win Earns Him Overall Championship
In news from the High Roller Poker World, PokerGO owner Cary Katz emerged as the champion from the inaugural running of the PokerGO Cup $100,000 main event. That was not enough to give him the overall championship, however. That would go to another person who won only one event on the schedule, Daniel Negreanu, who… Read more »
Alex Foxen Repeats as GPI POY, Comes Up Short to Stephen Chidwick on CardPlayer Rankings
A late season victory at the Bellagio has worked wonders for poker professional Alex Foxen. With his win at the World Poker Tour’s Five Diamond World Poker Classic, Foxen catapulted up the standings on the Global Poker Index Player of the Year to achieve a feat that has never been done before. That same win… Read more »
Disparities Abound in Different Player of the Year Races
As the players reach the home stretch of the 2019 Player of the Year races, there is one thing that is plainly evident. Through their calculations, the two major POY races – the CardPlayer Magazine leaderboard and the Global Poker Index standing – try to offer their interpretations of who is doing the best in… Read more »
Sam Soverel Completes Sweep, Captures 2019 Poker Masters Main Event and the Purple Jacket
In arguably one of the most dominant displays of poker in some time, Sam Soverel completed the objective he came to Las Vegas with. Not only did Soverel capture the championship of the 2019 Poker Masters Main Event, he also earned the Purple Jacket, significant of the overall champion of the series. In reaching that… Read more »
Bryn Kenney, Sean Winter Take Lead at Quarter Mark in POY Races
The first quarter of the tournament poker season is in the books and, if there is one thing that can be shown, it is that the High Roller tournaments are meaning more than any other event. Bryn Kenney, a High Roller regular, is atop the standings in one Player of the Year race and recent… Read more »
Final Table of $50K NLHE, Beginning of $100K Main Event Highlight U. S. Poker Open Finale
After eight events that has seen the United Kingdom’s Stephen Chidwick win two tournaments and Sean Winter attempt to keep pace with the Brit for the overall Player of the Series honors (and an extra $100,000), the second ever U. S. Poker Open will close this weekend. Wrapping up the festivities will be the conclusion… Read more »
Lauren Roberts Makes History, Sean Winter Breaks Through at U. S. Poker Open
Although it may not seem like much since it has only been around a couple years, history was made this weekend at the “made for streaming” U. S. Poker Open on PokerGO. In one event, Lauren Roberts became the first woman to win an event at the USPO (yes, only its tenth tournament, but still… Read more »
Stephen Chidwick, Jordan Cristos Win Preliminary U. S. Poker Open Tournaments
Back for its second run despite less than stellar numbers from 2018, the “made for streaming” event known as the U. S. Poker Open has opened up play. Streaming over PokerGO, the first two events are in the books, with the numbers showing improvement as Stephen Chidwick and Jordan Cristos walked away with the gold.… Read more »