WSOP Circuit Calgary Sets New Prize Record
It is safe to say that the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) was dramatically upset by the world health crisis. But now, thankfully, it seems as if the community of Poker is fully recovering. The Circuit Calgary was previously cancelled but has ...Read More
Gulas Wins 2021 World Series Of Poker Main European Event
Josef Gulas Jr was crowned the new champion after his victory at the 2021 World Series Of Poker Europe Main Event in December. Gulas claimed the title and the €1,276,712 ($1,440,808) first prize when he beat Johan Guilbert at King&rs...Read More
WSOP Attracts 6K Players Despite Concerns
Given that the world health crisis is still very much a worry, there were concerns that the WSOP Main Event might not be a success. But now, with a total of 6,650 players, plus a massive $62,011,250 prize pool, the event is well on track....Read More
WSOP Commentary Threesome Finally Reunites
When it comes to the World Series of Poker (WSOP), at least as far as watching it at home is concerned, many argue that enjoyment hinges on the quality of the commentators. Much of the viewing experience is, after all, listening to the co...Read More
Erik Seidel Achieves WSOP Legendary Status
Erik Seidel has always been a respected figure in the Poker community, even if he hasn’t been particularly outstanding for the last few years. But his incredible achievement at the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online has now th...Read More
Unusual WSOP Health Rules Confusing Players
There is no question that the world health crisis is still running rampant. But, despite the challenges, the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) has been given the go ahead. This is good news for poker pros, but many are a little confused. Event...Read More
Will The USA/EU Travel Ban Impact WSOP?
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) online 2021 event is winding down, pushing the Poker world’s attention towards the WSOP Online international leg, as well as the traditional, in-person WSOP held annually in Las Vegas. The in-person ...Read More
WSOP.com Launches In Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s players are in for a real treat now that the World Series of Poker has officially launched its online Poker room in the state. The site went live on Monday afternoon and is said to be hosting a four-day long soft laun...Read More
Daniel Negreanu Ready For WSOP
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) schedule has finally been released for the fall series! This has fans of the game in a frenzy trying to figure out how to attend the event. Las Vegas will likely find itself buzzing by September as profess...Read More
WSOP 2021 Updates Announced
We have less than four months to go until the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) begins on Thursday, 30 September. Throughout the global Poker community, a vivid sense of excitement is brewing as players look forward to returning to Las Ve...Read More
Matusow Says He Lost Millions On Black Friday
Mike “The Mouth” Matusow claims Full Tilt Poker’s Black Friday cost him around $186 million. Matusow revealed on a recent episode of the Robbie Strazynski-hosted The Orbit that Poker’s darkest day cost him much mor...Read More
WSOP.com Reveals Full Schedule For 2021
The WSOP.com has now announced its complete US schedule planned for the World Series of Poker (WSOP) online for 2021. While the online version of the World Series of Poker will run from July 1 through August 1, featuring as it goes a cool...Read More
Poker-Pro Brent Carter Charged Over Hoaxing
Long-time professional Vegas Poker player Brent Carter, 72, recently appeared in the US District Court over charges brought against him by the state over a supposed grudge he’s allegedly been nursing against the New York State Gamin...Read More
Yong Kwon Named 2020 WSOP.com POY
American-based online Poker grinder and phenomenal player Yong “LuckySpewy1” Kwon has been named the 2020 WSOP.com Player of the Year. The 31-year-old, who is a resident of New Jersey, received $10,000 in cash prize money as p...Read More
WSOP Reveals Online Circuit Line-Up For ‘21
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) recently announced quite a line-up of online events to be played as part of a Circuit series of virtual events all throughout 2021. Since live Poker events may be off the table for a while yet, the idea is...Read More
Huck Seed Inducted Into Poker Hall Of Fame
1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event winner Huckleberry “Huck” Seed has finally made it into the Poker Hall of Fame. It may have taken him over a decade, but Seed a few weeks ago scored an impressive 76 voter points ou...Read More
Joseph Hebert Declared WSOP Winner in Vegas
The Las Vegas segment of the World Series of Poker recently unfolded at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. After taking the lead in the game early on, Joseph Hebert walked away with a memorable victory and a whopping US$1.5 million. U...Read More
WSOP Saves Face And Resolves Payout Error
A recent high-profile presumably technical glitch very nearly threatened the integrity of the 2020 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event. What had started out a $100 rebuy satellite event wasted no time at all devolving into mass confu...Read More
WSOP To Host $10,000 Live Main Event In 2020
Since unprecedented times call for unique solutions, there will this year be a 2020 World Series of Poker live Main Event, after all. The World Series of Poker on Friday announced that the official Main Event for the year will begin onlin...Read More
GGPoker Sets World Record With 2020 WSOP
It’s official. The World Series of Poker Online Event 77: $5,000 Main Event hosted by GGPoker on September 6, 2020, has emerged the holder of a new Guinness World Record for the Largest Prize Pool for an Online Poker Tournament. The...Read More
Missing Poker Man Possibly Killed By Backer
Jon Jonsson, the Icelandic Poker player last seen alive leaving a hotel in Dublin, Ireland, on February 9 last year, may have been killed by a backer. According to an unnamed detainee currently serving time in a local prison in Iceland, J...Read More
Parker Talbot Wins First-Ever WCOOP Event
Whether or not he himself ever thought he’d actually nail it is anyone’s guess – but luckily, that doesn’t take anything away from the fact that Canada’s Parker “Tonkaaaa” Talbot finally became a ...Read More
Brad Booth Confirmed Alive & Well By Family
Prominent Canadian born Poker player Brad Booth has been found and is alive and well, Booth’s family has confirmed via a tweet. On July 30 Booth was reported missing after he failed to make contact with neither friends nor family fo...Read More
AJ Kelsall Wins WSOP Global Casino Champ
This year for the first time in the history of the event hosted online, the invite-only World Series of Poker Global Casino Championship concluded yet again in super-successful fashion on September 13. Hosted this year in Nevada as well a...Read More
Connor Drinan Wins Final WSOP Bracelet
His is a win that wrapped up a super successful and record-smashing World Series of Poker online tournament. His name is Connor Drinan and he’s the United States player to have won the final available WSOP bracelet – along wit...Read More
WSOP Celebrates Historical Poker Event
Never before has the Poker world witnessed anything quite like it. An event hosted on the back of the disappointing cancellation of a flagship Las Vegas live tournament competition, the 2020 World Series of Poker GGPoker online competitio...Read More
Stoyan Madanzhiev Nabs Biggest WSOP Win Ever
What had initially started out as an unlikely Event #77: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event final table finish for Stoyan Madanzhiev, could not have worked out in a more pro-Madanzhiev way no matter which way the chips could ultimat...Read More
Melika Razavi Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet
Supermodel beauty and former Miss Global Iran Melika Razavi has officially shown herself to be not only drop dead gorgeous, but also a super smart player at the Poker felt by having just won a highly coveted World Series of Poker Online g...Read More
Esfandiari Loses WSOP Bracelet In Burglary
Career player and live Poker ace Antonio Esfandiari says his home’s been burgled, and valuables to the tune of at least $1 million has been taken in the process. Alleged burglar Svitlana Silva (46) has, according to the WSOP bracel...Read More
Unknown Canadian Player Wins WSOP Bracelet
Each year, we get to hear stories of this famous player or that regular grinder after several years in the game, winning their first-ever World Series of Poker gold bracelet. And it typically takes no more than a quick search to reveal a ...Read More
Anson Tsang Wins His 2nd WSOP Gold Bracelet
It’s this year two years since Anson Tsang won his very first WSOP bracelet playing Pot Limit Omaha. Which is why his having just nabbed his second WSOP gold bracelet in Event #68 of the 2020 Online World Series of Poker, is such a ...Read More
Police Rule Out Poker Ties In Zhao Death
Police have now released fresh new findings regarding the tragic death and horrendous murder of top-performing and well-known career Poker player Suzie Zhao, most prominent of which is that there appear to be no ties between Zhao’s ...Read More
Natural8 Deals Handed To 6 WSOP Winners
Leading GGNetwork online Poker platform brand Natural8 has reportedly awarded sponsorships to all six of their World Series of Poker Online 2020 gold bracelet winners so far. Now roughly three weeks into the competition, a total of 25 WSO...Read More
Susie “Q” Zhao Murder Suspect Charged
Authorities have confirmed having charged convicted sex offender Jeffery Bernard Morris with the death of murdered WSOP Poker-pro Susie “Q” Zhao. The victim’s body was discovered in a car park at Pontiac Lake Recreation ...Read More
Kristen Bicknell Wins 3rd WSOP Gold Bracelet
Canadian Poker-pro and partypoker ambassador Kristen Bicknell this past weekend not only won Event #44 of the 2020 World Series of Poker Online Series, but also her 3rd WSOP gold bracelet. The Canadian player beat a field of 8...Read More
Nahrain Tamero Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet
Online Poker player Nahrain “2Rivers” Tamero not only won $310,832 in incredible first-place prize money when he recently outlasted quite the field of players in the 2020 WSOP Online $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship ...Read More
Tony Dunst Wins WSOP Event And Gold Bracelet
Poker-pro, World Poker Tour presenter, and World Series of Poker regular Tony Dunst has won his second WSOP bracelet. Dunst not only got to walk away the champion of Event #21, complete with a WSOP bracelet in tow, but also now gets to b...Read More
WSOP Player Susie “Q” Zhao Dead At 33
World Series of Poker player Susie “Q” Zhao, 33, has died. Last seen by her mother on July 12, Zhao’s badly burned body was discovered in a car park at Pontiac Lake Recreation Area in Oakland County, Michigan, only a da...Read More
Pat Lyons Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet Ever
A year that’s been particularly gruelling to some, has turned out one of the best years ever for Pat “IchiiKawawa” Lyons, who has just won his first ever World Series of Poker gold bracelet. Lyons, who in 2016 won the W...Read More
WSOP Regular Bob “Big Tex” Talbot Has Died
World Series of Poker regular and cash-games enthusiast Bob “Big Tex” Talbot has died aged 73. The Granbury resident passed on July 9; his family confirmed. Born November 3, 1946, Big Tex Talbot had throughout his Poker caree...Read More
Two More WSOP Bracelets Won
With Event #5 and Event #6 of the WSOP Online Event officially in the bag, two more Poker enthusiasts recently managed to each book a WSOP bracelet win. First up to win his WSOP bracelet was Allen Chang – which bracelet also just to...Read More
Travel Poker’s Silk Road With WSOP & GGPoker
The feeling of the proverbial letting out of the air from the wheels of life is a sensation intimately familiar to the world’s live Poker playing cream of the crop. Not only did a global crisis of epic proportions swoop in threateni...Read More
Mike Matusow Courts Controversy Over Mask Law
So peeved off is four-time WSOP bracelet winner Mike Matusow with Caesars Entertainment’s decision to change its policy from only employees being subject to the mandatory wearing of masks to masks being now compulsory across the boa...Read More
Negreanu Willing To Bet On 2020
Canadian golden Poker boy Daniel Negreanu is obviously in no mood to have his professional career up-ended even further than what it already has. Last week Friday the star GGPoker ambassador challenged interested parties to a bet based on...Read More
Kami Hudson Aces WSOP Online Finale Event #9
At the end of last week we saw the World Series of Poker Online Finale Circuit Series wrap up a 9th successful tournament event. The 12-ring series concluded on June 14, and was open to all players in New Jersey, Delaware and N...Read More
WSOP Announces 85-Bracelets Online Series
The World Series of Poker has announced that the newly created World Series of Poker Online, which was effectively created in order to replace the cancelled 2020 WSOP in Las Vegas, will officially kick off on July 1st. What&rsq...Read More
WSOP Edging Nearer Pennsylvania Online Poker Entry
The fight for the keys to the legalised online Poker kingdom in the US state of Pennsylvania is officially good and proper on. And as these things go, current one-man monopoly show PokerStars may soon have competition in the persona of th...Read More
WSOP Super Circuit Online Series Sets New Record
Unprecedented times call for creative measures. And creativity often-times leads to unexpected positive outcomes. This certainly appears to be the case with the upcoming Super Circuit Online Series, to be presented in partnership with on...Read More
WSOP Yet To Confirm 2020 Series Cancellation
Save for a global health pandemic that has caused nearly 2,000 deaths in a single day in the US alone, there is probably nothing quite as paralysing as uncertainty and the inability to plan for the future. And the r’s supposed inabi...Read More
Andrew “DrDisRespect” Dean Wins WSOP 15
A little over two weeks ago the launched its own tailor-made response to covid-19 and a global lockdown: an 18-ring online series consisting of as many events for all online players residing within the borders of Nevada, Delaware and New...Read More
Coronavirus Scare - WSOP May Call Off Tour
It’s absolutely mind-blowing to even try to begin to understand the sheer scope of the trail of collateral damage currently being created by the dreaded Coronavirus (). And the industry’s most at risk are those reliant on larg...Read More
WSOP Announces Feb 25 Online Poker Tour
This February 25 is the big day. Also known as the opening day to one of the most exciting online Poker tournaments of the year. The online tournament kicks off in a couple of days’ time, and this year, a cool total of 13 online to...Read More
Galfond Calls Off Poker Challenge
Self-professed Pot-Limit Omaha expert and 3-time bracelet winner Phil Galfond used to own a Manhattan apartment with an in-built custom-designed slippery slide for those no-stair days. You know the kind. But these days the creator of Run...Read More
WSOP 2020 Schedule Unchanged Despite Coronavirus Threat
The organizers of the 2020 recently revealed that the event would be postponed until further notice following the Coronavirus outbreak that started in China earlier this year. Following this, Poker players have been rightly concerned abou...Read More
WSOP Announces 2020 Value Menu Schedule
The has been working relentlessly and tirelessly at trying to make larger events more accessible and more affordable for players who don’t necessarily play Poker for a living. The recent announcement regarding the schedule for the ...Read More
Maurice Hawkins Voices WSOP Gripes
Maurice Hawkins isn’t afraid to speak from the heart. This is something that has awarded the WSOP champ his fair share of friends as well as haters. With that having been said, when a 13-time WSOP gold ring winner de...Read More
WSOP Announces New International Stops
Going big on international circuit stops has been a dream tirelessly pursued by the WSOP over the course of recent years. And it now seems as if all of the Poker giant’s hard work has started to pay off in a huge way...Read More
WSOP Circuit To Hit Bicycle Casino On November 30th
A bout of fantastic news on the competition Poker front is that the legendary World Series of Poker Circuit will be making its return to the famous Bicycle Casino in California at the end of November. The event promise...Read More
The Best of WSOP Europe
You simply have to love Poker for the stories. And the best of these are the stories told by winners after having clinched tournaments and main events. It was no different at the most recent World Series of Poker Europ...Read More
Alexandros Kolonias Wins 2019 WSOP Europe
Alexandros Kolonias not only triumphed over his opponents to go on to win the 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe main event and the stellar €1,133,678 in super 1st place prize money, but the star Pok...Read More
Michael Lech Wins Big Again
Poker-pro Michael Lech has done it again. His latest WSOPC Mexico win brings his impressive career accolades to 7 rings nabbed in a total of 5 countries. Michael achieved his latest record win when he finished in 1
Strauss Declared Unfit For Terrorism Trial
Kenneth Strauss may have been the author of his own demise by setting in motion a chain of events that ultimately culminated in his pulling down his pants and revealing all during a WSOP main event in Las Vegas, as wel...Read More
WSOP Launches New High-Stakes Poker App
The World Series Of Poker is going on all in on the big money on its official app. And that’s not overstating the entire business in the least, unless one considers buy-ins to the tune of $15 million and $40 million ...Read More
Poker’s Bardah Confirms Survivor Entry
Poker-pro and WSOP bracelet winner Ronnie Bardah is more than just a hoody and a pair of shades, and he’s out to prove it Survivor style. The main event casher-in has announced that he has officially gained entry int...Read More
Backers Claim Ivey’s WSOP Money Is Theirs
Whether or not Ivey-style shenanigans are at play is anyone’s guess but backers Daniel Cates and IIIya Trincher have filed an objection to the Borgata Casino garnishee attachment order that saw more the more than $12...Read More
Daniel Negreanu Selling WSOPE Investment Package Again
Those still worried about whether or not Poker legend Daniel Negreanu has waved the WSOP farewell for good can catch a breather. Despite his having recently left the ranks of PokerStars’ Team Pro and his vocalised di...Read More
More Events And Bracelets At WSOP Europe
The World Series of Poker Europe is currently underway and players who were up until now going this way and that with the idea of joining in all the while wondering whether there will this year be enough on the menu to appease the hunger...Read More
WSOP “Flasher” Lands Himself In Hot Water
Exposing the crown jewels in public is bad enough, but a flash and a throwing about of shoes with a generous serving of terrorist-like behaviour on the side is sufficient to get any US federal judge hot under the colla...Read More
Ryan Dunn Wins Poker bestbet Summer Warm Up
The WSOP and European Poker Tours aren’t the only Poker tournaments offering some pretty decent buy-ins and prize pools. A lot is happening stateside too, with the popular Poker room bestbet Jacksonville having very recently wrappe...Read More
Nick Marchington’s WSOP Winnings Unfrozen
Brit Nick Marchington’s ordeal with former backer C. Biscuit Stables appears to be something of the past, or at least for now. The young Poker pro is now finally able to take his recent WSOP winnings home after the f...Read More
MPN’s UCOP To Make A September Return
The Microgaming Poker Network is doing its bit for passionate lovers of the game and its legendary flagship tournament series, namely the Universal Championship of Poker (UCOP) will be making its return for the 5th year in a r...Read More
Phil Ivey’s WSOP Winnings Seized
The Borgata may not have completely gotten its own back following the 2012 Baccarat edge sorting scam pulled off by disgraced Poker player Phil Ivey and partner-in-crime Kelly Cheung Yin, but it did at least recover a ...Read More
WSOP-C Set To Return To Canada In August
More good news prevails as the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOP-C) prepares to make its return to Canada. The circuit will be visiting the country for its second international stop for the year and seven tournaments will be played at P...Read More
WSOP Changes Causing Upset
Rake and re-entries will mean the end of the World Series of Poker as we know it, and ultimately, also of the big grind. So say some of Poker’s most respected and celebrated pro-players following the latest announced development, be...Read More
Marchington Sued Following WSOP Performance
Nick Marchington is no ordinary British youngster. The 21 year old also happens to be one of Poker’s most promising WSOP future-champions, and anyone looking in from the outside would be easily fooled by the shiny exterior of the yo...Read More
MPN To Run Special Cash Mountain Promotion
Eager to make the final warm days of summer last? Microgaming’s Poker Network (MPN) is too. The casino giant has just announced its second cash game leaderboard promotion for the year and its all about a race to the summit and makin...Read More
What The Rules Really Say About Chip Counts
The WSOP’s rulebook is quite clear about what should happen when a player goes all-in and a discrepancy then arises as to the actual chip count. But even thought the rules are there for good and obvious reason, they aren’t alw...Read More
PokerStars Trials All-In Cash Out Feature
Insurance protection may be considered to be just another way in which the house ultimately wins when it comes to playing Blackjack, but when it comes to equity protection when talking Poker, and especially when cash players come to the p...Read More
Poker’s Kevin “Racks” Roster Has Died
Poker lover and all-round good guy Kevin “Racks” Roster has passed away. Roster was in 2017 diagnosed as suffering from sarcoma, a particularly unforgiving form of cancer. But instead of lying down and waiting for the inevitab...Read More
WSOP Deep Stack Event Ends On a High
It’s a common complaint among WSOP participants that once the final Vegas table has been cleared, everyone is left wondering what to do next; much like the mind’s refusal to accept that an award-winning television series won&r...Read More
Backer Exposes Maurice Hawkins On Twitter
Poker-pro and record 13-time WSOP gold ring winner Maurice Hawkins isn’t quite as fond of paying his dues as what he is of raking in the money. At least not if what Poker backer and restaurant man Randy Garcia recently posted on Twi...Read More
Two New Inclusions In Poker’s Hall Of Fame
It’s a glorious set of recognitions that have been a long time in the making. We’re referring of course to two of WSOP’s own recently having been included in the Poker Hall of Fame. The World Series of Poker main event w...Read More
Hossein Ensan Wins $10M In WSOP Main Event
Germany’s Hossein Ensan is a man not only artistically versed in the faculty of calling the bluff but also of embodying the bluff in such a way that he is regarded as being an altogether unreadable force to contend with. A combinati...Read More
Negreanu’s New Record Not What He Hoped For
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Such is the story that seems to have attached itself; and rather unwantedly so; to Poker-pro Daniel Negreanu. Thanks to Keith Tilston’s Event #83 $100,000 High Roller victory, Negreanu is now ...Read More
WSOP Raises $693,306 For One Drop Charity
That the World Series of Poker recently did for safe-drinking water charity One Drop is much more than what the Little One For One Drop name of the special Poker event tends to suggest. The event attracted the second-biggest field of play...Read More
2019 WSOP Crowns Its First Female Champion
The 2019 World Series of Poker has crowned its very first female champion and event-winner. Veteran player Sue Faber (71) not only won her first career bracelet by having been the last player to leave the Event #71 $500 No-Limit Hold&rsqu...Read More
WSOP Main Event May Make History Yet
Who here dares challenge the Poker supremacy of the WSOP? And if anyone had this somewhere hidden in the back of their minds, they had better reconsider their view on the matter. The WSOP $10,000 No-Limit Main Event has always been a top ...Read More
$888 Event Won By Former Fast Food Worker
As honourable as what an honest day’s work may be, whether its flipping burgers at a local fast-food joint or performing open-heart surgery, winning a gold bracelet and a load of cash still beats it all. Especially if your name is R...Read More
WSOP Honours Poker’s Best At First Fifty
The World Series of Poker’s First Fifty Honours event celebrates Poker’s very best. The special celebration was hosted over the weekend and two of Poker’s very best were honoured for their service to the game. Daniel Neg...Read More
WSOP-C To Make Its Return To Canada Soon
If it’s a coveted World Series of Poker C-ring you’re after, then Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake is the place to be from August 18th all the way through September 2nd. The WSOP Circuit is making its r...Read More
Bookies Announce Props For WSOP Main Event
Whoever assumed that the bookies are only interested on offering bets on sports events have it all wrong. In fact, there are few things as exciting as a good old prop bet. Prop bets are wagered on everything from politics to Prince Harry&...Read More
Amanda Baker On Money, Titles And Sexism
World Series of Poker (WSOP) champion Amanda Baker isn’t someone who necessarily enjoys the limelight. In fact, Baker prefers to fly under the radar. This doesn’t mean that she doesn’t put up a regular stellar performanc...Read More
Ari Engel Wins His First WSOP Gold Bracelet
There’s something to be said for persistence. Just ask long-time grinder Ari Engel. Engel, originally from Canada, has over the course of his 15-year pro-Poker career managed to win 9 gold rings, but this is the very first time ever...Read More
John Hennigan Crowned World Seven Card Champ
John Hennigan is no newcomer to the worldwide Poker scene. In fact, the latest WSOP champion is now the holder of a smashing total of 6 World Series of Poker bracelets. Oh and he also got to leave with $245,451 tucked safely into the pock...Read More
John Hennigan Crowned World Seven Card Champ
John Hennigan is no newcomer to the worldwide Poker scene. In fact, the latest WSOP champion is now the holder of a smashing total of 6 World Series of Poker bracelets. Oh and he also got to leave with $245,451 tucked safely into the pock...Read More
Media Personalities Realise WSOP Dream
Prominent Poker media personalities Robbie Strazynski and Lane Anderson were fans of the game before they were industry professionals. Playing at the World Series of Poker, or WSOP, has long been a dream for both of them, and this is the ...Read More
WSOP Big 50 Event Sets A New Record
The World Series of Poker is celebrating 50 years in business, and the birthday celebrations have made the record books. The Big 50 event has been confirmed as having attracted more players to single live tournament than any other event i...Read More
Poker Community Pays Tribute To Gavin Smith
The worldwide Poker community is well known for its generous nature when it comes to looking after its own. When the news broke of pro-player Gavin Smith’s passing in January of this year, it wasn’t too long before fellow play...Read More
Kane Kalas Announces His WSOP Prop Bets
Prop bets. They put the wild and wacky fun into bets. And what with 50th anniversary of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) now right around the corner, we’re seeing a fair share of these popping up all over the show. If any...Read More
WSOP Celebrates 50 Years With Special Event
It’s difficult to believe that the World Series of Poker has been doing its thing for going on half of a century! As part of its 50-year anniversary celebrations, the WSOP will be hosting a special First Fifty Honours and Dinner. Th...Read More
Tim Adams Wins WSOPE High-Roller Event
Tim Adams is a man with a solid plan. And best of all is that he’s one of our own. The Canadian player recently showed the world exactly what he was made of by winning the 2019 World Series of Poker European Tour’s €25,00...Read More
Exciting Times On The WSOP Scene
There’s been much movement on the World Series of Poker (WSOP) scene. For one, Maurice Hawkins has managed to do what most other players can only dream of, by having secured a record 13th World Series of Poker Circuit gol...Read More
WSOPC Announces The New Stops-Schedule
Behold the 2019/2020 schedule for the US World Series of Poker Circuit. Behold it and weep, especially if you’ve never had the pleasure of upping the blind ante yourself. Once you’re done weeping for time lost and never to be ...Read More
WSOP Poker Room Opens At Harrah’s Philadelphia
Christmas came early this year. Just ask Harrah’s Casino Philadelphia, which has just opened its very own brand new and wonderfully grand World Series of Poker-branded room. 27 brand spanking new tables were on show at the grand ado...Read More
Maurice Hawkins Wins 12th WSOP Gold Ring
Pro-poker champ Maurice Hawkins is a man with a plan. Hawkins recently walked away $44,297 the richer after he out-played, outwitted and outlasted 319 of his contemporaries at the 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harra’s Cherokee ...Read More
WSOP Unveils 50th Anniversary Vegas Guest List Competition
Anyone who has ever had big dreams of attending a WSOP main event should listen up, as that dream may just have the chance of finally becoming a reality. The World Series of Poker is offering players and supporters of their social Poker s...Read More
Negreanu Keen To Mix It Up This Season
Daniel Negreanu has an eventful time coming up. He’s marrying long-time sweetheart Amanda Leatherman on May 19, and will barely have time for a honeymoon before its time for the World Series of Poker that gets underway on May 29
WSOP Kicks Out Catherine Valdes
Social media celebrity Catherine “catrific” Valdes has expressed her deep dissatisfaction at the manner in which she was allegedly treated on the weekend by a World Series of Poker official at the World Series of Poker Bally&r...Read More
Station Classic 2019 Bigger Than Ever
One of the main reasons Canadian Poker players love spring, besides for the warmer weather of course, is that it also marks the start of one of Western Canada’s most popular and longest running tournaments. The Casino Regina has bee...Read More
Poker World Mourns Loss of WSOP Star Mickey Craft
Sadly, Poker on Sunday past lost another of its great players. Champion Mickey Craft, who ensured much entertainment and laughter at a 2017 World Series of Poker main event, reportedly passed away in his sleep. Craft’s sponsor, name...Read More
Vinicius Lima Wins WSOP Borgata Open Final
It’s a tournament that started out with 1,415 entries; with each player as hopeful and as determined as the next to make it to the final table. Last Wednesday, one month after the first of the cards were dealt, it was finally time f...Read More
WSOP’s Online Circuit A Landslide Success
This past Sunday, it was a wrap for the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Circuit as it concluded its last $525 Main Event. This past tournament was the only the second of its kind, what with having been an online tournament circuit, an...Read More
72 Year Old Retired Dentist Wins WSOP Event
There’s a lot to be said for aging gracefully, keeping up with life’s small pleasures, and realizing that growing older doesn’t mean that it’s time to kick every hobby or pastime to the curb. Just ask 72-year-old E...Read More
WSOP Announces Value-Adding Overhaul
The World Series of Poker is 50 years old and in celebration of half of a century, a host of benefits will this year be re-routed back to the players who have made it all possible. The WSOP has just announced its schedule for 2019, and se...Read More
Demo Kiriopoulus Finally Has The Last Say
It’s not hard to imagine that for any Poker-pro, securing that first major live tournament title is a very special event indeed. Such is the good fortune that recently befell Demo Kiriopoulos when he won the World Poker Tour (WPT) F...Read More
From Rags To Riches – Poker Style
The story of how one man went from barely earning a minimum wage working for a department store, to 10 years down the line winning more than $2 million playing Poker, is an inspiring modern-day tale of rags-to-riches and one that is bound...Read More
Zachary Donovan Celebrates Bitter-Sweet Win
Zachary Donovan, 31 year old Poker-pro from Massachusetts, has won the 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Seminole Casino Coconut Creek $1,700 main event. And if you thought that that was a mouth-full, consider the fact that the win saw D...Read More
Run It Once Poker Nears Official Launch
Three-times World Series of Poker golden bracelet winner Phil Galfond has been a very busy man for some years now, and it now seems as if his Run It Once Poker site is finally nearing its official launch. Galfond recently revealed more de...Read More
Endless Action in PokerStars Winter Series
It was another action packed weekend at US-licensed online poker rooms with the recent Winter Series coming to an end at PokerStars New Jersey. To add even more fun to the mix, the New Year Kick Off Series also started at WSOP.com, giving...Read More
Aleeyah Jadavji Gets Her Platinum Pass
She’s not just instrumental in making things run smoothly from behind the scenes at PokerStars, but she’s also an enthusiastic and capable Poker player herself. And now, she’s won a coveted a Platinum Pass, an opportunit...Read More
Russell Sullivan Wins Second WSOP Gold Ring
South Carolina pro-player Russell Sullivan has finally broken his dry spell of two years by winning his second World Series of Poker gold ring by beating 151 other gold ring hopefuls at the recent IP Biloxi $400 No Limit Hold’em Tou...Read More
Steve Spunt Wins 2nd WSOP Gold Ring At The Bike
There’s no stopping 58-year old Steve Spunt now. Not now that he’s won his second World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring at The Bike. And of course, lest we forget, $174,055 in prize money; the most to date for winning a main...Read More
Nancy Matson Wins WSOP Gold Ring
For Los Angeles-based video editor by day, Nancy Matson, entering the World Series of Poker Circuit Bicycle Casino $1,125 No-Limit Hold’em Tournament wasn’t about fame or even about fortune. Nancy simply wanted to gather enoug...Read More
Tony Miles Takes On Reality TV
Prop bets are all the rage right now, and Poker players have bought into the fad in a big way. To want to better and challenge one’s self is never a negative thing, and so the media is joining in on the fun by reporting on every lit...Read More
WSOP-C Winners Share Golden Poker Advice
In October, two players scored their first World Series of Poker Circuit rings, both of whom hailed from Indiana. The first ring was won by Heather Alcorn in the $1,700 Main Event at Horseshoe Southern Indiana, while Mo Nuwwarah scored th...Read More
Ryan Laplante Spills All in a Recent Interview
US poker star Ryan Laplante was only in high school when the industry’s boom was at its peak, but even at such a tender age, he knew that he would one day become a professional player. The Brainerd, Minnesota native was so dedicate...Read More
WSOP’s Coast to Coast III Ends with a Bang
WSOP.com’s Coast to Coast III ended its 51-event circuit with a bang this year. Online poker players in the tournament enjoyed another extremely successful Sunday over in the US of A, with the online main event wrapping up by delive...Read More
Victor Adams Wins SFPC $1,000 Main Event
Local Canadian grinder Victor Adams has won the Seneca Niagara Casino & Resort’s 2018 Card Player Poker Tour Seneca Fall Poker Classic $1,000 no-limit Hold’em main event. The player bested a field of 249 entries to score t...Read More
‘Talonchick’ Rowsome Talks Family Business
Since taking her leave from team online, Canadian poker icon Adrienne ‘Talonchick’ Rowsome has expanded her family and started a brand new business. For more than 5 years, Rowsome represented as a Team Online member, and a...Read More
Vayo Drops Fraudulent Lawsuit Against REEL
Gordon Vayo, the iconic 2016 WSOP runner-up and popular online poker player, has reportedly dropped his former lawsuit against the parent company of PokerStars, Rational Entertainment Enterprises Limited (or REEL) after it was revealed th...Read More
Jack Sinclair’s Race to Win the WSOPE 2018 Title
The final day of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) 2018 at Kings Resort saw just six remaining players battling their way to live poker glory. After an action-packed series, spectators were excitedly speculating as to who would be ...Read More
Moneymaker & Chad Host Reddit AMA Session
Poker icon Chris Moneymaker recently appeared on an episode of ESPN’s 30 for 30 podcast, casting the spotlight over the 2003 WSOP Main Event winner once more. Following up on that appearance, Moneymaker and WSOP co-host Norman Chad ...Read More
The Best Poker Players in Canada
Canada has produced many top-class Poker players over the years, including Tim Andrew from British Columbia who nabbed the country it very first WSOP bracelet for 2018. As well as being a popular destination for US players, Canada has chu...Read More
Z. Schneider Wins WSOP-C Horseshoe Hammond
American poker pro Zachery Schneider reigned victorious last Monday at the $1,700 Main Event (ME) of the 2018/19 Horseshoe Hammond. After three days of relentless grinding, the pro managed to best a field of 1,094 other players to take d...Read More
Roommates Win Poker Rings on Same Day
The (WSOP-C) is about to wrap up at the Horseshoe Hammond, in Illinois, with its $1,700 main event (with a guarantee of $1 million) being concluded on Monday, 22 October, 2018. The series has seen massive turnouts, as well as a number of...Read More
Sung Victorious at Wynn Poker Fall Classic
Poker player Steve Sung has won his first major live tournament in five years when he bested a field of 593 competitors in the Wynn Poker Fall Classic Championship Main Event. He managed to pocket an impr...Read More
Rio Casino May Become an MLB Ballpark
The focus of the rumor mill in Las Vegas lately has been the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, located off-Strip, and best known to Canadians as the home of the Nevada leg of the . Rekindled reports about the property bein...Read More
PLON Leads In Women’s Poker Push
The daunting task of giving women greater representation in open events has received greater impetus thanks to Poker League of Nations (PLON). This year, the league demonstrated its commitment to ensuring women make up mo...Read More
Phil Ivey Ventures Back Into Live Poker
Phil Ivey is commonly regarded as one of the in the world – and also one of the planet’s strongest professional gamblers. With that said, his controversial gaming tactics have landed him in various sticky situations, one of w...Read More
Tim Andrew Bests 3,250 Players to Gold
Canadian small-stakes grinder Tim Andrew made his first-ever bracelet event appearance into something of an unforgettable day. The strong-willed player took down the Event #11: $365 PLO GIANT for $116,015, claiming the title and besting ...Read More
Gera Claims H.O.R.S.E Gold Ring and $8,303
In the USA, Manju Gera has officially been named the latest winner of a gold ring. Earlier in the week, the professional grinder bested a large field in the $400 H.O.R.S.E tourney at Thunder Valley Casino Resort, claiming her first cash ...Read More
WSOP-C Colossus Enjoys Record Attendance
When the , the local gaming community was virtually abuzz with excitement. This initial excitement continued well onto the felt as well, as the first event of the iconic series enjoyed record-smashing attendance on Day 1. WSOP-C kicked o...Read More
Players’ Guide to WSOP-C Playground 2018
Preparations for the WSOP-C Playground at Playground Poker Club are already underway to ensure that the event runs smoothly from August 23 to September 3. It will see countless players battling it out for several top titles at the iconic ...Read More
Poker Pro Reveals The Top Tournament Blunders
Smart professional poker players always play a high volume of tournaments, as they know that it helps to increase their likelihood of gaining edges in skill. Those who work the tournament circuit often complain about enduring long waits b...Read More
WSOP-C Coming to Canada’s Playground Club
WSOP-C’s two-year absence from the Canadian scene has certainly not gone unnoticed. However, the World Series of Poker Circuit will finally once again be returning to the country this year, and will be taking place at the Playground...Read More
Discover the Wonderful World of Poker
Poker has been played in smoke-filled rooms from time immemorial. Many gamers play poker at land-based casinos and many play online. At a land-based casino you can play video poker or you can sit down and play poker with real ...Read More