The Triton Million: A Helping Hand for Charity will be a record setter when action kicks off Thursday. The £1,050,000 buy-in tournament will make it the biggest buy-in in poker history, and the event comes with a unique format. It’s a freezeout where recreational/businessmen players can enter via invite only. Those invited can then issue… Continue reading Dream ‘What Could Have Been’ Pairings for the Triton Million

Season XVI of the World Poker Tour is in the homestretch and on its way to sunny Hollywood, FL for a $3 million guaranteed event. Seminole Hard Rock is the home to the largest field in World Poker Tour history and the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown is expected to draw at least 1,000 entrants.

There’s a new player in the online poker world and it happens belong to an office located in Brooklyn, NY. Virtue Poker is preparing for its formal launch in May as an online poker site based solely in the cryptocurrency space. Started by parent company ConsenSys in 2015, Virtue Poker relies on the Ethereum blockchain… Continue reading Virtue Poker Charges Into the Crypto Online Poker Spotlight

Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, FL is one of the premier poker destinations in the United States and its largest series of the year is currently underway. The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) is firmly established as can’t-miss for any player, whether recreational or professional. In 2015, The Big 4 premiered at SHRPO to… Continue reading The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Returns With The Big 4

Dan Colman collected his third six-figure cash of 2017 by taking down the HKD$ 250,000 Triton Super High Roller Series Six Max Event on Saturday, beating a final table that included 2016 Super High Roller Bowl champion Rainer Kempe, Erik Seidel, Mustapha Kanit, and Timofey ‘Trueteller’ Kuznetsov. The first elimination of the final table was… Continue reading Dan Colman Wins Triton Super High Roller Series Six Max

Jason Koon overcame one of the toughest high roller fields on the poker calendar to win the PokerStars Championship Bahamas Super High Roller and a career-best $1,650,300. For the 31-year-old, the win brought back memories of time when he was playing smaller buy-ins but dreaming bigger. “My first PCA, I was walking out of the… Continue reading Jason Koon Wins PokerStars Championship Bahamas Super High Roller

Just over two and a half years ago, Dan Colman stood on center stage at the World Series of Poker and posed in front of nearly $15 million in cash. Having won the second edition of the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop, Colman went from anonymous to poker famous with the literal… Continue reading Dan Colman Looks Back at One Drop Win, 2016 WSOP Main Event Run

They say the winter holidays are a season of giving. Acclaimed poker pro Dan Smithis taking that to another level with his charity drive, which could raise as much as $350,000 for a group of select charities. This is the second year in a row Smith has done a charity drive. In 2015, he and… Continue reading Dan Smith’s Annual Charity Drive Aiming for $350,000 in Donations

The biggest buy-in poker tournament – the Big One for One Drop – in history is back for 2016, but there are a few important changes that will be sure to catch a few people by surprise. “The Big One for One Drop is back. This time at the iconic casino in Monte Carlo in… Continue reading WSOP: Big One for One Drop Returns – Recreational Players Only

Three months before cards are even in the air, the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl at Aria Hotel and Casino has sold out all 49 available seats. And the list of confirmed players reads like a who’s-who of the high-stakes tournament scene – with the glaring omission of one name.

In 2014, Dan Colman (pictured) earned $22.3 million from live poker tournaments, according to the Hendon Mob, and made waves with his off-the-felt antics. He more than doubled the next closest person on the 2014 money list, won the most money ever by a tournament player in a year, and, accordingly, captured the CardPlayer and… Continue reading Dan Colman Sweeps CardPlayer, Bluff Player of the Year Honors

As 2015 officially begins, we take a look back at five of the biggest poker news stories of 2014. At the end of the article, let us know what other headlines you thought were memorable this year.

In a series of Tweets, poker pro Olivier livb112Busquet (pictured) seemingly called out the “old guard” of poker. He Tweeted last week, “This idea that current pros ‘owe’ some past group of pros for paving the way or growing the game is just nonsense.” According to a later Tweet, the one person who could receive… Continue reading Olivier Busquet: “Idea that Current Pros Owe Past Pros is Just Nonsense”

Last week, World Series of Poker Big One for One Drop champ Dan Colman (pictured) provoked another firestorm of controversy after popping into a 2+2 thread and laying heavy criticism on 13-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth. After watching his comments spread like wildfire through the poker community, the 24-year-old softened his stance on the “Poker… Continue reading Dan Colman Pseudo-Apologizes to Phil Hellmuth, Takes Shots at Ryan Riess

In a recent segment on “Poker Night in America,” Nolan Dalla (pictured) did what only Nolan Dalla is capable of doing. The show’s creative director recently took the hammer to World Series of Poker One Drop champion Dan Colman, who has called poker a “very dark game” and “a distraction” despite winning over $22 million… Continue reading Nolan Dalla on Dan Colman: “Are You Kidding Me?”