The WSOP Europe festival begins today for thousands of poker players. Travelling from all over the world, they will descend on the Czech Republic’s capital city of Prague, as 15 WSOP gold bracelet events will create poker history.  Last week, we previewed the festival from a staking perspective, with over a dozen PokerStake greats selling […]

The PokerStake player Allen Kessler has had a week to remember at the poker felt. A long-time fan of the World Series of Poker, ‘Chainsaw’ won big during his own series this week at the Borgata in Atlantic City. Winning two WSOP Circuit ring events outright and finishing as runner-up in a third, Chainsaw is […]

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 […]

Allen ‘Chainsaw’ Kessler is looking forward to welcoming players to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in April as he hosts the Mixed Series of Poker. It’s great timing for the PokerStake player, as Allen just won his second RunGood Series ring. We caught up with Chainsaw to find out all about his exciting week at […]

The Austrian PokerStake player Jessica Teusl has finished Day 3 of the EPT Paris Main Event fourth in chips after just 49 players remained from a starting field of 1,474 in the French capital. Locking horns with poker greats such as Felix Schneiders, Ricardo Alves and Pawel Wojciechowski at the top of the counts, can […]

The World Series of Poker have announced the 2026 schedule and there are 100 bracelet events to prepare for in Las Vegas this summer. The series will run from May 26th through to July 15th at the Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris casinos on the Sin City strip. Just as in 2025, the 100 bracelets […]

Every poker player will, at one point or another, face a decision for their poker tournament life on their way to victory. The Norwegian poker professional and PokerStake seller Jon Kyte has been there before, time and again. Down to 15 bigs, he’ll commit his chips and either double-up or bust.

Over the past few years, Spencer Champlin has won big while under the radar in a raft in major poker events. The high roller regular, equally comfortable in high stakes tournaments under the lights of the PokerGO Studio at ARIA as he is in $600 events at the Wynn Las Vegas, has become a sleeper […]

January has kicked off with a very busy live poker schedule and after a hugely successful PGT Last Chance series, PokerStake players are all over the world in the next week or so. In an attempt to keep the heater going, or simply win big money, some stars of the felt are selling their action […]

In an era where poker players, fans and media can often shout achievements, disagreements and talking points from the rooftops, it is refreshing to find a poker player quietly going about the business of winning. Ashley Frank has been on an upward curve for some time and the PokerStake player is back in live poker […]

Over the course of the last 12 months, so many huge events have shaped poker that is hard to imagine what will happen in 2026. From Michael Mizrachi’s incredible Las Vegas summer to the WSOP Paradise Super Main Event breaking attendance records outside the World Championship, 2025 was epic. So what do the next 12 […]

With 2025 coming to a close, female players on PokerStake have been some of the most successful of the past 12 months. With legends of the felt such as Kristen Foxen, Maria Konnikova and Cherish Andrews all starring during massive events, others such as Jess Vierling, Judy Bielan and Kathy Chang have all enjoyed magical […]

The $25,000 Super Main Event has broken all records, amassing an incredible $72 million prize pool after initially guaranteeing $60m. Many thought that lofty target might not be reached but it has been exceeded instead as 2,891 total entries combined to make a prize pool of $72,275,000. With just 202 players left in the battle […]

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 […]

The PokerStake player David Coleman won his first-ever WSOP bracelet last night as the $125,000-entry WSOP Paradise Event #8, in partnership with the Triton Poker Series, saw him scoop over $3 million up top. At a final table featuring players such as Martin Kabrhel, Bryn Kenney and David’s fellow PokerStake player Brandon Wilson, it was […]