It’s 37 years since Erik Seidel shot to fame as a New Yorker who made his debut at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. The Mayfair Club member made it all the way to a heads-up confrontation with Johnny Chan, only for ‘The Orient Express’ to win his second consecutive WSOP Main Event. […]

The famed poker player and professional gambler Archie ‘The Greek’ Karas died at the age of 73 this week. Karas, who won just $204,368 at the tournament tables in ranking tournaments in his life, may not have been the biggest official winner of all-time in ranking poker events. Once upon a time now long forgotten, […]

There was drama from start to finish on the 42nd day of this year’s World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. The Horseshoe and Paris casino floors were filled as players battled in four bracelet events, in particular the WSOP Main Event, where the money bubble burst and players reached the money places. In other […]

Four events took place on Day 36 of the 54th annual World Series of Poker, as the Main Event concluded a massive Day 1b, the Mini Main Event was won, and a bracelet was claimed in the PLO Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship too. With the online WSOP High Roller event reaching a final table […]

The 21st day of action in the 2023 World Series of Poker saw six tournaments in progress at the Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris casinos. With two bracelets won, a first in Big O, there were four more events which got closer to the final table, including the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, where the reigning […]

The action is going to be fast and friendly during Week 4 of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. With the $50,000 Poker Players Championship about to crown a new champion, there are some of the busiest days of the WSOP so far coming up. From the Senior Events to the […]

The thirty-seventh day of the World Series of Poker saw incredible action on the felt, with the $10,000 Main Event’s largest flight kicking off and the $1,000 Million Dollar bounty coming to a conclusion in jam-packed Bally’s and Paris Casinos in Las Vegas.

This summer, a 16-year association between the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and the World Series of Poker comes to a close. With poker’s biggest annual festival rumored to be heading to Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel and Casino Event Center starting in the summer of 2022, the curtain comes down on the Rio’s time as […]

It was late in London. The early morning actually, and Erik Seidel, one of poker’s most iconic figures, was back on the grind. Already in the United Kingdom to celebrate his youngest daughter’s wedding, the poker legend decided to extend his stay in the UK’s capital to take care of some business. Specifically, the business […]

For many who take the game of poker seriously, they can point to another player who has had a profound effect on their game. Whether it’s emerging from obscurity to win the Main Event of the World Series of Poker, pulling off heart-stopping bluffs on High Stakes Poker, or crushing the nosebleed stakes of online […]

As 2019 draws to a close, PocketFives takes a look back at the year that was in poker news, going month-by-month through the biggest and most important stories of the year. In May, the poker world was surprised when it was announced that Daniel Negreanu, the face of PokerStars, was no longer going to be […]

Triton Poker set out to make poker history this week and they most certainly will and in more ways than one.

The 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event went from 1,286 players down to 354 on Tuesday Those left are deep in the money and guaranteed $34,845, and it’s Dean Morrone holding the chip lead entering Day 5. Former NFL star Richard Seymour was one of the big stacks to advance.

2019 marks the 50th annual World Series of Poker. The most prestigious poker festival in history has played a pivotal role in creating many of the legends and superstars of the game. To commemorate the occasion, PocketFives editorial staff each ranked the top 50 players in WSOP history in an effort to define and rank the […]

2019 marks the 50th annual World Series of Poker. The most prestigious poker festival in history has played a pivotal role in creating many of the legends and superstars of the game. To commemorate the occasion, PocketFives editorial staff each ranked the top 50 players in WSOP history in an effort to define and rank […]