An exciting day’s play at the 2024 World Series of Poker saw Shiina Okamoto triumph one year after finishing a runner-up in the same event, the $1,000-entry Ladies Championship. Also in action, the $25,000 PLO High Roller event where Brian Rast made the final table. On Day 2 of the $400 Colossus event, the sole […]

The first two bracelets of the summer were awarded on Day 3 of the 2024 WSOP, as Asher Conniff and Jose Garcia won gold in the Champions Reunion and Casino Employees. Event respectively. Plenty of new events kicked off, with the opening day of action in the $1,000 Mystery Millions and $25,000 Heads-Up Championship, while […]

Legendary rock music engineer, producer and poker enthusiast Steve Albini has passed away at the age of 61. A titan of the music industry, Albini, frontman for Big Black and The Shellac, engineered and produced seminal works of the rock industry, notably Surfer Rosa by Pixies and In Utero by Nirvana. A lover of poker […]

On Saturday, April 11, Run It Once Poker is hosting a 32-player heads-up tournament in an effort to raise money for coronavirus (COVID-19) relief.

Nominations for the second annual Global Poker Awards were announced on Friday with popular poker personality Joey Ingram leading the way with four nominations.

Some of the biggest names in poker will put a target on their back as the World Poker Tour returns to Jacksonville, Florida for the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble. The WPT’s $5,000 Main Event will take place from October 19-23 at bestbet Jacksonville and feature 24 players with a $2,500 bounty on their head.

Thomas ‘pompyouup’ Pomponio walked into the Rio last week as just another face among the 18,054 entrants in Colossus III. Fast-forward a few days later, Pomponio is the newest millionaire at the WSOP after beating the field to collect the seven-figure first place prize.

This month alone, there are tournament series going on across all regions of the country. For starters, the LA Poker Classic at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles is nearing its World Poker Tour Main Event, and West Palm Beach, FL just finished playing host to the World Series of Poker Circuit.

The East Coast is home to some of the biggest tournament series and events in the country, with regionally-based casinos rolling out massive guaranteed events on a nearly month-to-month basis. Over the next few weeks, though, save for a few WSOP Circuit stops, that live tournament schedule takes a short break before the spring, but […]

This week in New Jersey, the $5,000 and $10,000 Guarantees ran on PartyPoker/Borgata Poker. Having a productive week was Jamie Kerstetter (mmmWaWa on PocketFives, pictured) who made three final tables. Kerstetter came in second in the $10,000 Guarantee on Tuesday, won the $5,000 Guarantee, and finished fourth in the $10,000 Guarantee on Wednesday for a […]