The World Series of Poker is a time when many of the world’s best players come together in Las Vegas and battle it out over more than a month of intense tournament action. One of the game's biggest names, Phil Ivey, has not been too involved in this grind in recent years. The allure of high-stakes side games was...
The World Series of Poker 2022 is officially over the halfway mark, with four weeks of play now in the books. The past seven days certainly didn’t disappoint, as we saw some big winners, familiar faces making deep runs, and much more. One of the biggest stories was the $250,000 Super High Roller, the biggest buy-in tournament we’d see this summer. Despite the...
The Festival Series made its successful debut at the Banco Casino in Bratislava last year and is already scheduled to play out in Tallinn, Estonia, in the coming days. Now, 888poker has announced that The Festival Online will also be making its debut, with the first events scheduled for July 7 this year....
Recent months have seen major online poker operators launch plenty of exciting poker series, but most of them have been aimed at mid to high stakes players, with those with a limited bankroll often overlooked. GGPoker has kept that in mind and is now throwing one of the biggest micro stakes poker series ever hosted with a $5 million total prize pool over...
888poker has been one of the biggest online poker operators for years, and novice poker players in particular have had ample opportunity to kick off their careers on this site. Now, the operator is introducing the 24/7 Freerolls Festival, your opportunity to compete in freeroll tournaments around the clock and win your share of $20,000 in cash prizes every week. All account holders...
No matter how serious you may take the game of poker and how professional you are about it, there are times when emotions get the best of you at the tables and you start looking for ways to vent your frustration. Online poker is slightly specific in that no one can see you or hear you venting. This is why GGPoker decided to...
Another week of the 2022 World Series of Poker is behind us. A lot has happened over the past seven days, and we’ll try to recap some of the biggest moments in this article. In general, it’s great to see that the Series has been going really strong, with all tournaments getting a lot of interest. This has been the case even for...
When the most recent round of the High Stakes Duel between Phil Hellmuth and Scott Seiver ended, the challenger informed Phil that he would be taking his option to play a rematch, and it appears that the next match between is now being arranged. According to a recent Tweet by the 16-time WSOP bracelet champion, the two are set to play the next...
The PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC) has been scheduled to play out in January 2023, with the popular $25k event making a return after breaking all attendance records for an event of this size back in 2019. It was Platinum Pass winner Ramon Colillas from Spain who won the $5.1 million first place prize that time. Colillas outlasted an impressive field of 1,039 players,...
A popular poker training platform PokerCoaching.com has added another top-tier player and coach to their portfolio in Brock Wilson. A young pro who made his claim to fame primarily playing in high-roller games represents a significant addition to the already impressive team of coaches featured on the site owned by Jonathan Little. With this partnership,...
Another week of action at the World Series of Poker is behind us, and it was a very busy one. There were about a dozen bracelet winners last week, some of them claiming their first WSOP gold and some adding to the running count. However, if there is one story that truly stood out, it was the one about the $500 Housewarming event....
Las Vegas is all about the World Series of Poker and players chasing bracelets these days. But, if you’re looking for something slightly different, you should hop over to Resorts World Hotel and Casino and check out the second Mixed Games Festival, taking place June 12 – 16. Founded by Robbie Strazynski, the owner of the Cardplayer Lifestyle, the first...
The new major online poker operator WPT Global is offering another amazing opportunity to newly registered players, with a live poker package worth €1,920 up for grabs. The event in question is The Festival in Tallinn, taking place June 27 to July 3 at the Olympic Park Casino in Tallinn, Estonia. The winner...
The first week of the World Series of Poker 2022 is in the books, and although it was short, it was an eventful one. Like every year, things officially kicked off with the Casino Employees event, and the tournament attracted quite a field, with 832 participants fighting for what was to be the first WSOP 2022 bracelet. When the dust settled, that honor...
The first week of the World Series of Poker 2022 is in the books, and although it was short, it was an eventful one. Like every year, things officially kicked off with the Casino Employees event, and the tournament attracted quite a field, with 832 participants fighting for what was to be the first WSOP 2022 bracelet. When the dust settled, that honor...
The biggest poker festival of the year is back in town as the world’s elite poker players flock to Las Vegas to participate in the 53rd Annual World Series of Poker. This time around, the Series has moved to a new location, with Bally's and Paris hosting the events, and the WSOP finally played out on the Las Vegas Strip,...
It’s that time of the year once again and poker players around the world are ecstatic for the start of the biggest tournament festival of the year, the 53rd Annual World Series of Poker. As usual, the WSOP kicked off with the traditional $500 Casino Employees event, with reality TV star Lisa Vanderpump announcing the famous “shuffle up and deal” for this...
The biggest springtime online poker series is approaching its final days, with the SCOOP Main Event looming this coming Sunday. This year’s SCOOP started on May 8 and offered close to $80 million in guaranteed prize pools over its 107 events, many of which shattered their guarantees and paid out even more than expected. Millions of dollars have already been given away across...
Another great season of High Stakes Poker is now behind us. The final episode of Season 9 aired on Monday, bringing a few memorable hands to wrap things up in style. While many poker fans will certainly miss the show, we can only hope that the producers will come back with a fresh season in the near future. In the meantime,...
It is not every day that an online poker site hosts a $1 million poker tournament, and when they do, those tend to come with buyins ranging in the hundreds of dollars. To celebrate its recent launch, WPT Global is throwing a $1 million tournament with a buy-in so affordable that literally anyone can play, just $1....
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