The second running of the PokerGO Cup is underway, and the first of three $10,000 No Limit Hold’em events has finished its Day 1 action. A decent field emerged for the battle, but it was Andrew Lichtenberger who had the most fun on Wednesday. After a day of poker action, it is Lichtenberger who will… Read more »
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 »
Stephen Chidwick won his first live tournament of 2021 on Tuesday, taking the crown in the Poker Masters Event #7: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em. For outlasting 67 opponents, Chidwick added $183,600 to his more than $36 million in lifetime earnings. Chidwick entered the second day of the tournament in the chip lead with just five players… Read more »
It seems to be a bit of odd scheduling for the World Poker Tour. While the first event of their Season XIX schedule kicks off in Tampa on Friday, the WPT will also be running an international event online. The WPT Heads Up Championship is set to begin on Friday alongside the first-ever WPT Seminole… Read more »
The 2021 U. S. Poker Open is fully into its action for its first Saturday of play, crowning a champion and setting the final table for the highly competitive $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha final table. Up next for those not involved in the PLO tournament will be another $10,000 No Limit Hold’em event on Saturday,… Read more »
“Regular” tournament poker is slowly beginning to make its way back into action (the World Poker Tour’s first event for Season XIX starts in a couple of weeks), but the “high rollers” have been extremely active. The ARIA High Rollers Series has held a few events, but this week marked the start of an entire… Read more »
After missing its scheduled event in 2020 because…well, you know…the high stakes geniuses and others with deep pockets are ready to go at the U. S. Poker Open. The 2021 schedule of events has been announced for this year’s tournament, with 12 events on the roster. The money is serious also, with those 12 events… Read more »
With the shutdown in tournament poker due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many of the all-time money earner lists have also paused as there aren’t any new tournaments to add to the totals. Prior to this, we’ve looked at the Scandinavian nations that make up part of Europe. In this part of our look at the… Read more »
When we’re talking about the different Player of the Year rankings in the poker world, you’ll often hear many grousing about how the “High Roller” tournaments affect the standings. Over the past decade, these tournaments – which are usually identified as those tournaments with a buy-in of $25,000 or more – have become more of… Read more »
It is early in the 2020 tournament poker season, but the conflicts between the two major Player of the Year races has wasted no time in raising their heads. With their different methods of compilation, the CardPlayer Magazine rankings and the Global Poker Index list normally feature some deviations. But, in the first six weeks… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
The 2019 Poker Masters is winding down, with the $50,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event reaching its final table. Six men will be in contention for the championship, with only five of them actually earning any money for their efforts. Something that isn’t up for grabs with this tournament is the overall champion of the… Read more »
When it was announced earlier this year, the inaugural British Poker Open was viewed with a mixture of enthusiasm. Why would players show up for another “High Roller” series? And, if they did, just who would be there? Halfway through the 2019 event, the numbers question seems to be a serious one but the “usual… Read more »
As we prepare to enter the final third of the 2019 tournament poker calendar, the battle for the prestigious title of Player of the Year couldn’t be hotter. In fact, with the two major POY races, there is a split decision on who is in the lead, with wide discrepancies between the two tabulations. Stephen… Read more »
Everyone knows that Phil Hellmuth has the record for the most World Series of Poker bracelets won (15), but when it comes to the best of those that have never won a piece of the coveted jewelry, it is a lively debate. On Saturday, three men who were arguably atop the list for the dubious… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
While Alex Foxen was able to emerge as the overall Player of the Year on the Global Poker Index (and on the States of America rankings), it is important to realize that the game of poker stretches over much more than just the U. S. Other countries had some interesting fights for their individual POY… Read more »
Twelve months…literally hundreds if not thousands of tournaments annotated, counted and compiled…so what do we find as we reach the end of 2018 regarding the Poker Player of the Year? It’s a split decision with plenty of players who can claim to be one of the Top Ten in the world and two who can… Read more »
Battling through an eight-hour final table featuring some of the toughest high-stakes players in the world, Isaac Haxton emerged victorious in the fifth running of the Super High Roller Bowl. In taking down the $300,000 buy in event, Haxton pocketed over a $3 million payday for his efforts. Come in as The Leader, Leave as… Read more »
As they say in horse racing, the wire is in sight. There are about five men battling it out for the right to call themselves the Player of the Year, but two of them right now are defending those positions. On one list, Jake Schindler is battling to hold onto his edge, while Alex Foxen… Read more »
