Sunday was a day off for the 2024 U. S. Poker Open, a part of the PokerGO Tour, but it just whets the appetite for what is to come. Saturday night saw the conclusion of Event #5, while Event #6’s final table will take place on Monday. After those two tournaments, there will only be… Read more »
The 2024 U. S. Poker Open has reached the halfway mark following the conclusion of Event #4 on Friday night. On Thursday, Dan Smith made rapid work of the final table as he stormed to the title. Friday brought another championship on the PokerGO Tour for David Coleman, who is looking to get back to… Read more »
In just over two weeks, the 53rd Annual World Series of Poker will take to the felt at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas. The greatest professionals in the poker world, the best amateur players and simply “those with a dream” will converge to battle for the bracelets, but one thing will remain the same. The… Read more »
The only area that the PokerGO Tour had not gone in its tournaments was into the realm of heads-up poker…that is, until yesterday. The inaugural PokerGO Tour Heads-Up Showdown started at the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas on Thursday, featuring thirty-two of the top players in the world. That field of thirty-two was cut down… Read more »
Just one day remains in the 2022 U.S. Poker Open, as Event #12: $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em, is down to seven players. Sitting in first place with a sizeable advantage over the other six competitors is Zhuang Ruan with 2.810 million chips. Ruan has more chips than the next two players combined: Masashi Oya has 1.570… Read more »
The World Poker Tour is back in action with their Season XX schedule, and it is a big one. The WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open is underway at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL, and the players have flooded the floor for the first of two-Day Ones. One player who will… Read more »
As we enter a New Year – hey, at least it was not like poker’s “lost year” – there are some situations to tidy up. The Player of the Year awards for the two major outlets, CardPlayer Magazine and the Global Poker Index, could save some money this year by just combining into one award,… Read more »
It was a change of pace at the 2021 Poker Masters as, for the first time, a game other than No Limit Texas Hold’em hit the felt. In Event #3, the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha match, Adam Hendrix would reign supreme over the 69 entries that the tournament received. In an interesting sidelight to the… Read more »
The battle for the Purple Jacket has begun! Wednesday marked the first final table of the 2021 Poker Masters, the “made for streaming” poker schedule created four years ago by PokerGO. While the numbers were slightly down for the first of a series of $10,000 No Limit Hold’em events (82 entries), the outcome was one… Read more »
Much like Thursday, the players were in a rush to get to the final table of the European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event on Friday. How much of a rush? The players dropped so quickly that, instead of stopping at three tables remaining, they played down to the final 16 (two tables) before calling it… Read more »
The history making largest ever trip by the European Poker Tour to the sunny shores of Spain and the Casino Barcelona is going to be a very profitable one for some people. The third day of the EPT Barcelona Main Event is in the books and 48 players will come back on Friday from the… Read more »
