It’s been a busy week in the life of one of poker’s most notorious players. Doug Polk is rarely out of the headlines in 2025, and the past seven days have been no exception. From going into battle on live television for poker players in the gambling tax scandal, selling
The Czech Republic poker player Zdenek Zizka has achieved a unique double in the past month, winning both the Ultimate Backgammon Championship (UBC) in Monte Carlo for €78,000 and his first-ever WSOP bracelet at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Very few players have ever excelled to such
Popular poker professional Andrew Moreno won the latest major poker tournament of his career after some inspirational words from his son on the eve of his success. Taking down the ThunderValley Main Event, which cost $2,700 to enter, for a top prize of over $200,000, Moreno, who is married to
The 2025 Goliath Main Event in Coventry, England has finished and a fairytale ending gave Paul Worsely the title after an epic heads-up comeback. The Liverpool-based player, who entered the final duel with just 10% of his opponent’s chips, won the $ top prize with less than three buy-ins for
The three-time NBA All-Star and Washington Wizards legend Gilbert Arenas was arrested on Wednesday night after a federal indictment alleged that he hosted illegal poker games at a mansion in Los Angeles for years. In a shocking development, the basketball star was arrested alongside his alleged fellow conspirators by the
Kassouf 86ed Speaking exclusively on the latest episode of ‘The Chip Race’, poker professional and tournament director Kenny Hallaert gave a frank interview which included a conversation about William Kassouf, the man who received penalty after penalty in this year’s WSOP Main Event. Hallaert had a front row seat for
The British player Joshua Bolton won Event #92 on the 2025 WSOP roster this week as he beat American rob Wazwaz heads-up to claim $311,349 and his first-ever WSOP bracelet. Surrounded by friends such as his fellow British pro Andrew ‘Statto’ Hulme, Boulton got the better of Wazwaz after the
Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi finally grabbed the one title that had always eluded him: the WSOP Main Event. Already one of the game’s most decorated players, he can now check off poker’s biggest prize for his resume. The four-time Poker Players Championship winner survived a record-shattering 9,375-player field in Event
The Vietnamese player Khoi Le Nguyen won his first-ever WSOP gold bracelet in the $50,000-entry High Roller event at the World Series of Poker, earning $2.68 million in the process. Beating French player Alexandre Reard heads-up, the Vietnamese player also outlasted players such as Sergio Aido, Martin Zamani and Sam
Shaun Deeb captured the seventh WSOP bracelet of his incredible career after beating his fellow American poker hero Isaac Haxton in the pioneering PLO High Roller event. Winning the biggest single prize of his poker career at $2.95 million, the win not only bumped Deeb up the All-Time Money List
The Czech Republic poker professional Martin Kabrhel won the $1,000-entry Mini Main Event for $843,140 last night as he won the fourth WSOP bracelet of his at-times controversial career. The controversial player, whose catchphrases ‘Not like that!’ and ‘Casino... Royale!’ have either captured the imagination of poker fans worldwide or
Ian Pelz won his first-ever World Series of Poker (WSOP) title in Las Vegas as he was the last man standing in the $300-entry Gladiators of Poker Event. The 67th event of the 100 on offer in Las Vegas this summer saw an incredible 24,629 total entries and in the
