A bumper weekend of action thrilled poker fans in Las Vegas as the new Mothership stage was revealed, Renji Mao, Brock Wilson and Justin Saliba went close to glory and there were debut bracelet winners in the shape of Daniyal Gheba, Michael Casella and James Cheng. In the $25,000 Heads-Up Championship, Alex Foxen put himself […]

The latest World Series of Poker bracelets were won by two men who each grabbed their second WSOP titles. Both Ole Schemion and Mike Leah hadn’t won gold under the WSOP banner for some time but claimed wins in the PLO European Championship and Rounder Cup respectively. Meanwhile, in the record-breaking WSOP Europe Main Event, […]

The latest action in Prague has been red hot, with the money bubble now in the rearview in the record-breaking WSOP Europe Main Event. Plenty of PokerStake players performed well and made profits, while two female hopes ran deep into Day 4 before they were both taken out of contention. In other events, Pedro Faustino […]

The 2026 WSOP Europe has already thrilled poker fans around the world and is now setting records to go along with the drama. In the €5,300-entry WSOP Europe Main Event, a total of 2,617 entries represented the largest number of entries in a live poker event costing €5,000 or more ever to be held in […]

This year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe festival takes place a few months before last years, with the 15-event bracelet tournament series set in Prague instead of Rozvadov in 2026. This year’s WSOP Europe is more important than ever, with each of the 15 bracelet events contributing to the WSOP Player of the Year […]

The 2026 PGT Mixed Games Festival starts today and features some of the best mixed format poker players in the world. Plenty of them represent PokerStake, so we’ve profiled a talented trio of players you’ll want to invest in as the PokerGO Tour leaderboard is set for a mix-up before March inside the PokerGO Studio […]

Over the course of six PokerGO Tour Last Chance events, PokerStake player Brandon Wilson won an epic $446,850. On the basis of six $10,100 buy-ins, that’s a return on investment of $386,250, or 737%! He wasn’t the only PokerStake player to win big over a series that saw several of our players make the $1m […]

The opening event of the PokerGO Tour Last Chance series saw stirring performances from many PokerStake players as David ‘ODB’ Baker finished second for a stunning score of $174,400 and Jonathan Little came in seventh for $43,600. With Phil Hellmuth, Jesse Lonis and PokerGO owner Cary Katz all making the final table too, the first […]

The seven-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Josh Arieh fell just short of his eighth WSOP crown last night in The Bahamas as Atlantis Resort saw a dramatic finale in the $10,000 8-Game Mix Event #12. Seven players reached the final table but Arieh fell out of the running early before a monumental heads-up […]

It’s been a busy week in the life of some of PokerStake’s top players, with success on several continents. As players battle for glory in WSOP Circuit events, on the European Poker Tour and in Las Vegas at the PokerGO Studio, several of the site’s biggest winners have added to their tallies in impressive style.

PokerStake’s Josh Arieh claimed his seventh World Series of Poker title last night as, after returning from a break to his home in Las Vegas, got online and crushed souls in the latest WSOP Online Series bracelet event. As we discovered, winning the top prize wasn’t important, but the seventh WSOP bracelet of his career […]

The World Series of Poker is about to hit The Bahamas, and with the WSOP Paradise starting in a matter of eight weeks, the countdown is on to become one of the 15 bracelet winners in poker’s winter vacation from heaven. All eyes are already turning to the Super Main Event, which last year crowned […]

The 2025 National Heads-Up Poker Championship has returned in 2025 with a $25,000 buy-in, a new sponsor and a whole lot of excitement. Last night, the first-round draw took place in Las Vegas, and we’ve got all the news on who faces who. With stars such as Michael ‘The Grinder’ Mizrachi, Liv Boeree, Josh Arieh, […]

An intense day of action in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event saw Mat Frankland win a controversial $40,000 in bubble prizes, while two former world champions remained in the hunt for a second title. Both Greg Merson and Damian Salas survived on Day 4 of the WSOP Main Event, but they weren’t […]

On Day 3 of the 2025 WSOP Main Event, 3,453 players were reduced to 1,476 as former world champions, Hall of Famers and even the reigning Main Event winner were all sent packing. As the day ended, just 15 players needed to bust to burst the money bubble and put the remaining players in profit. […]