Diversity is one of the best parts of the World Series of Poker…when it happens. There are no ethnic, racial, or national boundaries inherent in the game itself. A normal year at the WSOP in Las Vegas brings dozens of nationalities to the tables over the course of six or
It is too early for stores to start selling Christmas decorations. It’s not even Halloween yet. But it’s definitely not too early to announce high-stakes poker tournaments for the first quarter of 2022. PokerGO knows that high rollers might want to look past the World Series of Poker and the
It was such a star-filled final table that PokerGO gave in to the fans. The $10K Dealer’s Choice Championship was not originally on the list of final tables to cover on PokerGO’s subscription service. The fans wanted to see it, though, so PokerGO decided to livestream it. And they gave
The World Series of Poker can capture succinctly the bankroll bookends of the game of poker. There is the $500 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Freezout playing at an accelerated pace. And then there is the $50K buy-in High Roller, playing slowly and with a small, elite group of high-stakes poker
The US internet gaming market is still growing. As many of the pandemic boosts begin to fade, most states had an initial realization period, realizing that people were free to leave their homes to gamble and find other entertainment again. Since then, though, igaming sites continue on an upward trend
Most of the nominees for 2021 induction to the Poker Hall of Fame have been in this position before. Seven were on the list of nominees in 2020, and some of them were repeats even then. Three new ones joined the list. Today, the World Series of Poker announced the
Yesterday, the 2021 World Series of Poker pressed on with some fast-moving No Limit Hold’em and not-so-fast playing Monster Stack. Jim Collopy beat a pro-filled HORSE final table, and Ran Koller took down a deepstacked event after a refreshingly diverse final table. And a Dealer’s Choice Championship got underway to
Phil Hellmuth did it. He won his sixteenth career World Series of Poker title and his first in Deuce-to-Seven. His last gold bracelet came in the summer of 2018 when he won a $5K NLHE event at the Rio in Las Vegas. He now holds 13 Hold’em bracelets, two Razz,
When Chance Kornuth says he’s been playing well lately, he is not lying. In June, he won the Mid-States Poker Tour event at the Venetian in Las Vegas for $412,068. In early July, he won a Wynn Summer Classic tournament for $353,891. He final tabled a World Series of Poker
The 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event just got bigger…and more diverse. This week, the United States announced the official easing of border restrictions that had been implemented during the pandemic. The US government had prefaced this move in late September with the intention to make this happen, but
Friday showed off two big final tables and brought lots of players into action with the Monster Stack. Day 16 of the 2021 World Series of Poker delivered action in several poker variants. To top it all off, Anthony Zinno catapulted into a serious lead on the WSOP Player of
It slipped by the radar. As the 2021 World Series of Poker has been the center of the poker world since it began on September 30, most of us missed the news that the WSOP Europe schedule changed. The news only quietly emerged on the King’s Casino Twitter account –
