The 2026 PGT Mixed Games Festival starts today and features some of the best mixed format poker players in the world. Plenty of them represent PokerStake, so we’ve profiled a talented trio of players you’ll want to invest in as the PokerGO Tour leaderboard is set for a mix-up before March inside the PokerGO Studio… Continue reading Three PokerStake Greats to Stake in the PGT Mixed Games Festival

This year, thousands of players will sell action on PokerStake and buy action on the site too. Navigating the value on offer starts with choosing your champion. Maybe it’s that player whose style you identify with your own. Perhaps its putting your faith in a poker hero you’re looked up to for years like Daniel… Continue reading Last Chance Success David ‘ODB’ Baker Discusses PokerStake Markup Decisions

The average age of the players at most of the high roller final tables played inside the PokerGO studio at the Aria in Las Vegas is probably somewhere around 30 years old. On Wednesday night, the final table of U.S. Poker Open Event #6 ($10,000 8 Game) didn’t have a single player under the age… Continue reading Eli Elezra Defeats Steve Zolotow to Grab U.S. Poker Open 8-Game Win

Super Bowl 55 is just hours away, and it is a matchup for the ages, as Patrick Mahomes leads the Kansas City Chiefs into battle, looking for their second straight Super Bowl title. Standing in their way is the most successful playoff quarterback of all time, Tom Brady, leading his new team, the Tampa Bay… Continue reading Super Bowl 55 Bets From David Baker, Tony Dunst, Chris Moneymaker

2020 was a long year for many professional poker players. Back in March, live tournaments and cash games virtually disappeared overnight in Las Vegas, and around the world, and over the summer, the halls of the Rio, normally packed to the brim with Davipoker pros and amateurs alike, were empty. As two-time WSOP bracelet winner… Continue reading David Baker, Mark Gregorich Team Up for Las Vegas SuperContest Win

The recent announcement from the World Series of Poker of a hybrid online-live event that will crown the 2020 WSOP Main Event champion has drawn strong reactions from the poker community. Many players were quick to question the safety of holding a live event in Las Vegas given the current status of the global pandemic while… Continue reading WSOP Hybrid Main Event Concept Raises Questions, Causes Concerns

Norway’s Espen Sandvik win his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet on Friday, taking down the 2019 WSOP Europe €2,500 8-Game Mix event for €75,426. Sandvik topped a small but tough field of 71 entries, including a final table that had Phil Hellmuth and Jeff Madsen in the mix.

With 90 events on the schedule, it seemed like an inevitability that somebody would win more than one bracelet at the 2019 World Series of Poker and it took until nearly 75% of the schedule had passed to make it a reality. Robert Campbell earned his second win of the summer on Tuesday and that… Continue reading WSOP: Robert Campbell Wins Second 2019 Bracelet, Grabs POY Lead

Nick Schulman spends a lot of time in the commentary booth during the World Series of Poker but on Monday he wasn’t able to do the commentary for one of the $10,000 Championship events. He was busy winning it. Schulman was the sole bracelet winner on Monday as nearly every table was in play for… Continue reading WSOP: Nick Schulman Beats Brian Hastings for $10K PLO8 Championship

Sunday at the 2019 World Series of Poker saw three players from three different countries win the first bracelets of their careers including an American pro taking down the largest Online Championship event in history.

Only one bracelet was awarded Tuesday at the 2019 World Series of Poker, but the table has been set for one of poker’s biggest names to take center stage on Wednesday. Daniel Negreanu sits on top of the final seven players in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship, putting him in position to win his… Continue reading WSOP: Mitchell Wins Deepstack, Negreanu Leads $10K Stud Final Table

On Saturday, Alex Foxen tweeted that he was looking to make some bracelet bets for the 2019 World Series of Poker. Sifting through the responses, it appears he found a few takers. One of the first players to pop into Foxen’s mentions was recent WPT L.A. Poker Classic winner David ‘ODB’ Baker, who offered $20,000… Continue reading Alex Foxen Books WSOP Bracelet Bets with David Baker and Others

The World Poker Tour crowned four champions this week, with three coming from the WPT’s delayed final tables that took place in Las Vegas and another one coming in Northern California. The conclusion of these four events cause a lot of shakeup in the Hublot WPT Player of the Year standings, and it’s now two-time… Continue reading WPT Player of the Year Update: Yilmaz Moves Into Lead

Controlling your emotions is a key component of being a winning poker player and Monday night in Las Vegas, David Baker put on a master class on how to do just that as he won the World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic for a little over $1 million.

Hosted by Lance Bradley and Donnie Peters, The Fives Poker Podcast runs each week and covers the latest poker news, preview upcoming events, and debate the hottest topics in poker.