It looked like Michael Addamo was going to cruise to his fifth GGPoker Super MILLION$ title in record time. However, after dominating the bulk of the final table, Addamo clashed with satellite winner ‘Hightroler’ in an hour-long heads-up match that saw the Super MILLION$ newcomer battle back from multiple massive chip deficits to take out… Continue reading Satellite Winner ‘Hightroler’ Bests Michael Addamo To Win Super MILLION$ Title

The WPT Online Championship at partypoker is down to its final eight players from the field of 2,130 entries. Sweden’s Christian Jeppsson is the man to catch entering Wednesday’s final day of play and there’s a first-place prize of $1.048 million awaiting the winner.

As 2019 draws to a close, PocketFives takes a look back at the year that was in poker news, going month-by-month through the biggest and most important stories of the year. In June, all eyes were on the 2019 WSOP, which kicked off with a bang that included the largest live poker tournament ever and… Continue reading 2019 Retrospective: WSOP Big 50 Breaks Record, Ivey Returns in June

“I need to win one of these now.” Those were the words from Ben Heath in an interview at the beginning of May following his fourth-place finish in the EPT Monte Carlo €50,000 High Roller. At the time, the €298,240 ($333,013) he won for that result was the second largest in his live poker career… Continue reading No Sleep, No Problem for Ben Heath in WSOP $50,000 High Roller

The 2019 World Series of Poker continued on Saturday with another massive field in the Big 50 as that event quickly hurtles toward a record for the largest WSOP event ever.

Friday 23rd June = yet another busy at the 2017 World Series of Poker. Another Giant starting flight brought thousands into the Rio, but the big news was the two new bracelet winners crowned last night. There’s a lot to go over, so let’s get down to it. Yurasov claims a bracelet in $10K 6-Handed… Continue reading WSOP: Dmitry Yurasov Takes Down $10K Six Max for First Bracelet