Every poker player will, at one point or another, face a decision for their poker tournament life on their way to victory. The Norwegian poker professional and PokerStake seller Jon Kyte has been there before, time and again. Down to 15 bigs, he’ll commit his chips and either double-up or bust.

This week’s guest on our popular ’15 Bigs’ series of PokerStake players is the Alaskan poker professional Jeremy Hamey. A long-time member of the PokerStake stable, he is passionate to a fault, playing tournaments every week of the year. Crushing more and more on the live circuit, Jeremy sells his action exclusively on the site.… Continue reading 15 Bigs: Alaskan Poker Hero Jeremy Hamey Takes on Our Poker Posers

Playing tournament poker for a living can be the ultimate test of your resilience. When you’re at the felt, there’s bound to be a stage whereby you are putting your stack at risk for 15 big blinds, that dangerous place where the right push or fold can change your tournament life.

Poker players don’t come any more experienced that Erik Seidel. The 65-year-old New Yorker, who has won 10 World Series of Poker bracelets in a glittering career that has spanned almost 40 years, is perhaps poker’s greatest journeyman. Sitting comfortably among the top players ever on The Hendon Mob’s All-Time Money List, Seidel took time… Continue reading 15 Bigs: Erik Seidel – The WSOP and Hall of Famer Legend Takes on Our Poker Posers

As players begin to arrive in Las Vegas for the 56th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) , we’ve spoken to a rare WSOP bracelet holder who has also won an EPT Main Event and WPT Main Event. Triple Crown winner Roberto Romanello pulled the $500,000 bounty in the 2024 Mystery Bounty event only to… Continue reading 15 Bigs: Roberto Romanello The Welsh Wizard Takes on Our Poker Posers

In tournament poker, making the right choice in marginal moments are what separate great players from good ones. One of our rising stars on PokerStake, Kevin Theodore, is playing this week’s Main Event at the 2025 Texas Poker Open. To prepare him for the inevitable, we fired off our 15 Bigs at the long-time poker… Continue reading 15 Bigs: Kevin Theodore Takes on Our Tricky Poker Teasers

The snappiest dresser on the poker circuit, one of the best high roller players currently plying his style and a travelling poker player par excellence. Vladas Tamasauskas is all of these things, as well as one of the most profitable players selling action on PokerStake.

A World Series of Poker bracelet winner, as well as an EPT and WPT Prime champion, Stephen Song had enjoyed a phenomenal career since his first live cash back in 2016. In recent years, Song has become one of the most bankable poker players in tournaments around the world, with a phenomenal record of success.… Continue reading 15 Bigs: Stephen Song – The EPT and WSOP Champion Takes On Our Tantalising Poker Teasers

Over the course of her recent career, Rania Nasreddine has looked bulletproof at the poker felt. Reaching two recent EPT Main Event tables looked fearsome enough but heading into 2025, there are few players to fear more. We dug into the mindset of one of poker’s toughest cookies recently as she prepares for the biggest… Continue reading 15 Bigs: Rania Nasreddine: The Tournament Crusher Takes on Our Testing Questions

In each and every poker tournament any professional ever took down, there was a period where the eventual champion faced elimination down like a boss. Reduced to around 15 big blinds, it’s a part of the game that tests every player’s mettle at some stage. The bold survive, the weak are blinded away.

The cash game legend and raconteur takes on our quirky questions… and proves he knows his stuff at the felt… and off it!

The British player tackles our tricky teasers… with surprising results.

Tournament poker has no more famous player than the man who revolutionized the game when he won the 2003 WSOP Main Event. When he became world champion 20 years ago,  Chris Moneymaker turned an $80 online satellite into $2.5 million.

Every player deals with peril in tournament situations… seemingly apart from Jose Ignaciao Barbero, otherwise known as ‘Nacho’. In the last 12 months, Barbero has won a phenomenal $3.8 million of his $8.4 lifetime winnings at the poker felt, cashing in a phenomenal seven events this year alone, for well over $2.8m. He’s a tournament… Continue reading 15 Bigs: Nacho Barbero