Cards Must Speak And So Should Poker Reporters “The writer must be a participant in the scene while he's writing it — or at least taping it, or even sketching it. Or all three.” ~ Hunter S. Thompson Hawkins’ 18th Ring Mired in Controversy A few days ago, at the
‘I have a bridge to sell you’ In the late 19th century, New York City was bristling with potential and promise. Every day, thousands of plucky immigrants, mostly from Europe, sailed past Lady Liberty and arrived in the land of opportunity. One opportunity which was presented to many was the
The numbers and results have been tabulated, and the 2024 GPI Player of the Year races are final. The winners are official! David Coleman wins the overall GPI POY for 2024, with Cherish Andrews becoming the GPI Female POY and Han Feng the GPI Mid-Majors POY. David Coleman: 2024 GPI
PokerStars Live is known for its European Poker Tour (EPT) tournaments as well as its regional tours, like its North American Poker Tour (NAPT) and Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP). These tours may not offer the most stops or heart-stopping prize pool guarantees, but they are consistently well-run and reputable,
The World Poker Tour is ready to kick off 2025 – a brand new season of main tour events and WPT Prime festivals, all contributing to a fresh Player of the Year race. And the icing on the cake is a new and exclusive broadcast partnership with CBS Sports Network
December poker offered many options for players in live settings. Of course, the three main tour operators – World Poker Tour, World Series of Poker, and European Poker Tour – dominated the news with their series. There were also several series around the world for women in poker, dedicated to
As the World Series of Poker was wrapping its 2024 WSOP Paradise series in the Bahamas, the organization announced the bookend dates and general Main Event information for WSOP 2025 in Las Vegas. The announcement came from the World Series of Poker and Caesars Entertainment, though the latter recently sold
The WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas was filled with tournaments, not the least watched was the ClubWPT Gold Freeroll. But there was only one main event, the most anticipated of all the festival, and that was the WPT World Championship itself. The $10K buy-in tournament began its run
The World Series of Poker, in conjunction with new owner GGPoker, completed its inaugural Super Main Event in the Bahamas this week. The WSOP Paradise series, in its second iteration, offered a small-but-mighty lineup of bracelet events this December, many with guarantees, online poker components, and big poker names. Of
The Mid States Poker Tour just wrapped its Season 15 at Hollywood Casino Columbus in Ohio. But before that tour stop’s Main Event even finished, the MSPT had news about its Player of the Year leaderboard. Umut Ozturk won it – again. For the second year in a row, Ozturk
It was the most sought-after ticket in poker. Nearly every player in or around the poker world tried to win a Golden Passport, a symbolic but very real seat into the ClubWPT Gold Invitational Freeroll with its $5M prize pool. With approximately 2,000 passports available and awarded randomly – mostly
The World Poker Tour season now matches the calendar year, which means the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas wraps the main tour and WPT Prime tour for the year. With the wrap of the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship in Florida at the beginning of
