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  • Brock Wilson Wins Again in PokerGO Cup Event to Take Series Lead
    Brock Wilson Wins Again in PokerGO Cup Event to Take Series Lead

    The latest pair of PokerGO Cup events featured a number of PokerStake players and after two final tables awarded millions of dollars, Brock Wilson, Chris Hunichen and Darren Elias all had tournaments to remember. Both events were $10,000 to play and took part inside the PokerGO Studio at ARIA on the Las Vegas Strip. Brock […]

  • Which PokerStake Player Took the Biggest Prize at the Latest Poker Masters Event?
    Which PokerStake Player Took the Biggest Prize at the Latest Poker Masters Event?

    Winning a PokerGO Tour Poker Masters title isn’t easy, and nor is picking the winner. If you were a PokerStake bettor this week, then you’ll know all about that, because at the final table, five of the final six players came from the PokerStake stable. We look back at a truly phenomenal event and how […]

  • Who’s the Top Pick for the 2025 PokerGO Cup?
    Who’s the Top Pick for the 2025 PokerGO Cup?

    The 2025 PokerGO Cup starts on Tuesday February 11th and with ten days of action pitting some of poker’s finest against each other, guessing who will win could be difficult. With some of PokerStake’s most exciting players heading to Las Vegas and the PokerGO Studio, Sin City is the poker playground to watch over the […]

  • Daniel Smiljkovic Wins Inaugural PGT Championship for $500,000 in Las Vegas
    Daniel Smiljkovic Wins Inaugural PGT Championship for $500,000 in Las Vegas

    The German poker professional Daniel Smiljkovic lost heads-up to Daniel Negreanu in the first major tournament on this year’s live event calendar. A week later, Smiljkovic got his title as he outlasted 53 of poker’s finest to bag the half-million-dollar top prize in the PokerGO Tour Championship Freeroll. With a cool million up for grabs, […]

  • Stephen Chidwick Dominates Poker Masters Event #8, Winning $400k Top Prize
    Stephen Chidwick Dominates Poker Masters Event #8, Winning $400k Top Prize

    The latest Poker Masters final table was the eight of ten in this year’s festival in Las Vegas. With 80% of the events completed, it is still wide open in the race for this year’s Purple Jacket and $50,000 Championship Bonus that is on offer to the overall leaderboard winner. Stephen Chidwick starred in Event […]

  • Event #3 of Poker Masters Sees Vlad Victorious for Second Time
    Event #3 of Poker Masters Sees Vlad Victorious for Second Time

    The third Poker Masters Event of this year’s festival saw a double winner emerge from the fray as Lithuanian player Valdas Tamasauskas won the $10,000-entry Event #3 for a top prize of $208,800. Incredibly, it was Tamasauskas’ second win in three opening events to this series after he crushed the opening event field for a […]

  • Darren Elias Wins Event #2 of Poker Masters for $223,000
    Darren Elias Wins Event #2 of Poker Masters for $223,000

    The second event of the 2023 Poker Masters went to a big name as Darren Elias, the four-time World Poker Tour Main Event winner, claimed $223,100 and the Poker Masters trophy. At a seven-handed final table containing poker legends such as nine-time WSOP bracelet winner Erik Seidel, fellow WPT crusher Bin Weng and Eric Baldwin, […]

  • WSOP 2022: Daniel Weinman Wins First Bracelet, Brian Hastings Claims Bracelet #6
    WSOP 2022: Daniel Weinman Wins First Bracelet, Brian Hastings Claims Bracelet #6

    There were three news bracelet winners crowned on Day 17 of the 2022 World Series of Poker, with two first-time winners and a player who entered the top 14 of WSOP winning players of all time. It was an action-packed 24 hours in Las Vegas, Nevada, and we’ve got all seven events to catch up […]

  • Five Takeaways from the PokerGO Heads-Up Showdown
    Five Takeaways from the PokerGO Heads-Up Showdown

    The recent PokerGO Heads-Up Showdown featured 32 of the best poker players on the planet. After three days at the felt, it was Chino Rheem who emerged victorious to claim $400,000 and the title as the end of an important chapter in his chequered poker career was brought to the happiest of conclusions.

  • The Hand That Changed My Life: Darren Elias
    The Hand That Changed My Life: Darren Elias

    In the first of a new feature series on Pocket Fives, we look back at a pivotal poker hand during the career of some of the best players on the planet. This week, four-time World Poker Tour Main Event winner Darren Elias casts his eye back on a crucial hand that led to him winning […]

  • Ali Imsirovic Takes Down PokerGO Cup Event #7 for $365,500
    Ali Imsirovic Takes Down PokerGO Cup Event #7 for $365,500

    Ali Imsirovic scored yet another victory inside PokerGO’s Las Vegas studio on Wednesday after taking down the penultimate event (Event #7: $25,000 NLHE) of the 2022 PokerGO Cup for his third career PokerGO Cup event victory and $365,500.

  • Nick Petrangelo Wins PokerGO Cup Event #5 for $369,000
    Nick Petrangelo Wins PokerGO Cup Event #5 for $369,000

    It’s another win inside the PokerGO Studio for Nick Petrangelo who bested the 41-entry field of Event #5 ($25,000 NLHE) of the 2022 PokerGO Cup to take home the $369,000 first-place prize.

  • Sean Perry Wins PokerGO Cup Event #2 for $200,000; Bryn Kenney Retakes All-Time Money List Lead
    Sean Perry Wins PokerGO Cup Event #2 for $200,000; Bryn Kenney Retakes All-Time Money List Lead

    Sean Perry put on a show as he battled back from just two big blinds to score the victory in Event #2 ($10,000 NLHE) of the 2022 PokerGO Cup for $200,000.

  • Daniel Colpoys Takes Down PokerGO Cup Event #1 for $200K
    Daniel Colpoys Takes Down PokerGO Cup Event #1 for $200K

    Daniel Colpoys outlasted the 77-entry field in Event #1 ($10,000 No Limit Hold’em) of the 2022 PokerGO Cup to earn his first career high-roller victory and take home the $200,200 first-place prize.

  • Action Heroes: Darren Elias, Rainer Kempe, Sam Panzica Offer Fans A Sweat
    Action Heroes: Darren Elias, Rainer Kempe, Sam Panzica Offer Fans A Sweat

    The New Year poker doldrums are coming to an end and the 2022 tournament schedule is about to heat up. A wave of big-time tournament series are on the immediate horizon and with them, some of the best players on the planet will be getting back to work, hoping to start the year off on […]