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California businessman Peter Placey defeated an 80-entry field of high-stakes regulars to win Event #5: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em at the 2026 U.S. Poker Open (USPO) for $224,000 at the PokerGO Studio in...
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The ARIA Resort & Casino has released its full 2026 Aria Poker Classic schedule, anchored by a $3,500 BetMGM Championship carrying a $4 million guarantee — the largest in the event's history....
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Three days after Brock Wilson won Event #1 and predicted his partner would follow him into the winner's circle, Cherish Andrews delivered. She topped the 115-entry field in Event #3: $5,100 No-Limit...
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The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has confirmed that WSOP Paradise 2026 will leave Atlantis Paradise Island and relocate to the Baha Mar resort in Nassau, The Bahamas. The move will happen...
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Brock Wilson is putting together one of the most dominant stretches on the PokerGO Tour (PGT) in recent memory. The American pro claimed his fifth career PGT title — and third of...
The 2026 Irish Open wrapped Monday in Dublin after breaking every attendance record it had set the year before. Among the 5,003 players in the €1,150 Main Event was Francesco Gisolfi —...
An Austrian online player known as 72oooo has pulled off one of the most unlikely results in recent online poker history, winning the GGMillion$ High Roller on GGPoker on Tuesday, April 7,...
Pedro Carvalhas Faustino of Portugal won the €1,650 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em at the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe, topping a 902-entry field at King’s Casino / Hilton Prague to...
Arizona is home to mega sports teams like the Arizona Cardinals, the Phoenix Suns, and the Arizona Diamondbacks. It’s no wonder that the popularity of Arizona betting sites is mega high. Because...
The Orleans Hotel and Casino has released its full 2026 Summer Open schedule, committing to more than $4.7 million in guarantees across a seven-week series running May 22 through July 12 in...
The 2026 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event in Prague has officially broken the record for the largest major tournament in European poker history. A final field of 2,617 entries...
Every poker site looks great until you sit down and realize the entire table plays better than you. That’s why we took a different approach. We played thousands of hands to find...
Alberta has confirmed July 13, 2026, as the go-live date for its regulated iGaming market — making it the second Canadian province, after Ontario, to allow private online gambling operators to compete. ...
A recreational player from Germany just claimed the opening bracelet of the 2026 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) — and he did it by flopping a set, turning quads, and watching...
PokerStars Exclusively on FanDuel went live this morning at 8 AM ET, and with it, regulated online poker in the United States stepped into a new era. Players in New Jersey, Michigan,...
Sacha Cohen had the chip lead, a packed rail behind him, and a lifetime of poker running through his veins. On March 31 at the Pasino Grand Partouche in Aix-en-Provence, he converted...
Artur Martirosian arrived at the final table of the $50,000 PLO Mystery Bounty at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series (SHRS) Jeju as one of the shortest stacks in the field....
Every March, thousands of French poker players converge on Aix-en-Provence for the Winamax Poker Tour (WiPT) Grande Finale. Most of them paid €500 to be there. A significant number paid nothing at...
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has signed a multi-year agreement with ESPN, bringing poker’s biggest event back to the very network that helped build it into a global phenomenon. Starting this...
Nearly two decades ago, a teenage girl from Norway walked into a London casino and won the first WSOP bracelet ever awarded outside of Las Vegas. She was 18. She hadn't planned...
Playing poker with ETH is easy. Finding a good place to do it? Not always. The best Ethereum poker sites make deposits and withdrawals painless, have real traffic, and don’t bury you...
Zachary VanKeuren was 18 years old the first time he sat down at a poker table at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. Nearly a decade later, he walked out...
Patrick “pads1161” Leonard made online poker history over the weekend, claiming two SCOOP titles in under 10 minutes on PokerStars to reach a record 15 career victories in the Spring Championship of...
Poker legend and author David Sklansky died on March 23 in Las Vegas following heart failure. He was 78. The announcement arrived with the weight carried when the person was genuinely irreplaceable....
Brazilian pro Alisson Piekazewicz delivered one of the most dominant final-day performances in Triton Poker Series history on Friday in Jeju, South Korea. He claimed the $40,000 buy-in Mystery Bounty tournament at...
Jackpot Digital Inc. has signed a licensing and equipment lease agreement to install two Jackpot Blitz dealerless electronic poker tables at Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino in Mescalero, New...
On March 5, 2026, Wyoming signed Senate File 44 into law, tightening the definition of what constitutes a legal “friendly” poker game for the first time in years. The legislation addresses a...
Poker Dream has released the full schedule for Poker Dream 21 Malaysia, running April 9-20, 2026, at Resorts World Genting Highlands. The headliner is a MYR 5,000,000 (~$1.25 million) guaranteed Main Event...
Brock Wilson's PokerGO Cup championship run culminated with the series title at the Event #10 final table on March 15th in Las Vegas. The finale delivered a dual celebration, with Wilson securing...
A straight is five cards in consecutive rank order, any suits. It sits in the middle of the hand rankings — strong enough to win a lot of pots, not strong enough...
