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Sweden’s Jenny Westerlund won the €1,500 Main Event at the 2025 WSOP Circuit stop in Tallinn, held at OlyBet’s Olympic Park Casino. The event attracted a record 888 entries, the largest WSOP...
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Gilbert Arenas, a former NBA All-Star, was arrested on July 30, 2025, after federal prosecutors accused him of organizing unlawful high-stakes poker games at a luxury property he owns in Encino, a...
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The National Heads-Up Poker Championship will return for the first time in over a decade, with new episodes premiering exclusively on Peacock in the fall of 2025. The event is presented by...
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On July 23, 2025, the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) officially recognized poker as a sport. The decision was made during a SAT board meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit,...
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Shaun Deeb has officially won the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year title. He finished the series with 4,194.10 points, narrowly edging out Benny Glaser, who earned 4,153.66...
888poker’s Poker Waves promotion officially began on July 16, 2025, and will run through October 11, 2025. Over the course of this promotion, 888poker will distribute a total of $300,000 in freeroll...
On July 15, 2025, at the Horseshoe Las Vegas, Nelson Mari Sanchez of Mexico secured the biggest victory of his poker career by winning Event #90 of the 2025 World Series of...
The World Poker Tour has confirmed that the WPT Prime Thailand Exhibition will be held from July 30 to August 5, 2025. The event will take place at UOB LIVE, located on...
The 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 no-limit hold’em Main Event concluded with 9,735 total entries, officially making it the third-largest field in the tournament’s 56-year history. The event took place...
Texas hold ‘em is one of the greatest card games ever created — but you can only play so many hands before you’re ready to tear your hair out. Fortunately, poker is...
Cary Katz, founder of PokerGO and a longtime participant in high-stakes poker tournaments, won his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in Event #83: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout. The event took...
For the first time in the history of the World Series of Poker, a live event has concluded without awarding a bracelet due to integrity concerns. The controversy centers on Jesse Yaginuma...
During the CoinPoker Mid-Stakes Cash Game World Championship, a $2/$5 poker hand resulted in a 250-big blind pot when a flopped flush defeated a flopped set in a three-bet pot. The hand...
Not so long ago, most poker pros thrived in the shadows. They quietly built their bankrolls in smoky Vegas card rooms, private games in Los Angeles, and hidden backrooms around the world,...
Dylan Linde’s summer at the 2025 World Series of Poker continued in commanding fashion as he took down Event #57: the $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller at the Horseshoe and Paris Las...
Day 2 of Event #46, the $250,000 Super High Roller at the 2025 World Series of Poker, concluded with eight players remaining from a field of 63. The tournament is being played...
Mike Matusow’s run in Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller at the 2025 World Series of Poker came to a crushing end during Day 3 action. The four-time WSOP bracelet winner was...
The National Heads-Up Poker Championship is one of the most famous televised poker tournaments in U.S. history. First aired in 2005 on NBC and became the first poker show produced by a...
Poker has come a long way from its early days. What started as a mix of Persian, French, and German card games found new life in 18th-century New Orleans. From there, it...
Spanish poker player Antonio Galiana secured his second World Series of Poker bracelet by winning Event #3 of the 2025 WSOP, a $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed tournament. The event drew 693 entries,...
Blaz Zerjav, a 28-year-old poker player from Slovenia, won his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in the $25,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em High Roller event. The tournament, listed as Event #22...
Ever felt like hold ‘em could stand to be a bit more exciting, but you don’t want to get dragged into the confusion and chaos that is pot-limit Omaha? If so, short...
There’s no more beautiful situation in poker than flopping the nuts. Your only concern is maximizing value, so you’re happy to check behind when the action comes to you. What’s the harm...
The big blind/small blind structure isn’t just a formality: it’s the engine that keeps the game alive. These two forced bets are what ensure there’s always something to fight for, and without...
Few sports lend themselves to the silver screen quite as naturally as poker does (and yes, we said poker is a sport — deal with it). The tension between two players at...
In April 2025, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed an agreement that allowed the state to join the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement, known as MSIGA. This compact enables online poker operators in Pennsylvania...
There you are, seated in the biggest game of your life. Phil Ivey is sitting to your left, Andrew Robl to your right. The action is on you. You reach for a...
The 56th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) officially began on Tuesday, May 28, 2025, at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas, two connected venues on the Las Vegas Strip. The...
The 2025 World Series of Poker began May 27 in Las Vegas. The $10,000 Main Event starts July 2, and GGPoker is sending more than 1,000 players through its Road to Vegas...
The Road to Vegas promotion from Grosvenor Poker is close to the finish line. There are only three chances left to win a £4,000 package and join Team Grosvenor at the 2025...
