The only American player at the final table of the 2026 PGT PLO VI Super High Roller Bowl took the trophy in Las Vegas as Sean Rafael captured the $1.15 million top prize and the prized PokerGO Tour trophy. Getting the better of Joao Simao, the American’s win also came at the expense of players… Continue reading Sean Rafael Wins 2026 PGT PLO VI Super High Roller Bowl

The latest Triton Poker Series event in Jeju saw records tumble as the overall attendance record for Invitational events was smashed in South Korea. With 173 entries, the previous record, set earlier this year in Montenegro by the 137 entrants who took part in the $200,000-entry event, was broken in spectacular style. When the chips… Continue reading Triton Invitational Breaks Records in Jeju as Simao Seals Victory

The final events of this year’s PokerGO Tour saw Kristen Foxen star as the American poker legend and former GPI Female Player of the Year captured the final event’s title and a top prize of $197,625. The conclusion of the event came after a heads-up deal between Kristen Foxen and Joao Simao, prompting a huge… Continue reading PGT Kick Off Round-Up: Kristen Foxen Crushes Again, Stephen Song Goes Close

Events #7 and #8 concluded over a busy weekend in Las Vegas as Brazilian player Joao Simao bagged two final table appearances and the overall lead with two events to play. With a $25,000 Championship Bonus on the line, Simao’s consistency in this series, the second of its kind to take place on the PokerGO… Continue reading PGT PLO Series II on a Knife Edge as Joao Simao Leads with Two Events to Come

The latest events in the PokerGO Tour PLO Series II saw players such as winners Bryce Yockey and Joao Simao celebrate. Who else won, who bubbled and where does all the action leave the overall leaderboard after six events? We’re catching up on all the action from the PokerGO Studio at ARIA in Las Vegas,… Continue reading PGT PLO Series II Events #5 and #6 See Success for Yockey and Simao

The biggest day of action so far in the 2022 WSOP saw four bracelets and five other events take place in the Bally’s and Paris cardrooms as millions were won on the World Series of Poker. With bracelet wins for big names such as Joao Simao and debutant winners such as Simeon Spasov, it was… Continue reading WSOP 2022: Joao Simao Captures Second WSOP Bracelet, Luke Schwartz Leads Negreanu and Ivey in $50k PPC

A monumental day at the felt on Day 4 of the WSOP Main Event saw just 292 players remain from 1,000 who began the day. When the dust settled, Ramon Colillas was the chip leader with a massive stack of 5,000,000 chips, with some big names not too far behind in his wake.

Vamo Baralho! Loosely translated from Portuguese, it means “let’s play some cards”. Over the past few years it’s become a battle cry for Brazilian poker players as they’ve dominated the world of online poker tournaments. That’s been no more apparent than during the first seven events of the World Series of Poker Online on GGpoker.

Joao Simao has been #1 on PocketFives and has long been considered one of the most successful online poker players ever. On Monday, the Brazilian added to his resume and his legacy when he navigated through the final 20 players to his first World Series of Poker bracelet in WSOP Online $1,111 Caesars Cares event.

Finnish poker superstar Sami Kelopuro added yet another notch in his belt on Saturday night, beating out a star-studded field in a GGPoker Spring Festival event to win $189,000 and his third title of the series.

Thi Truong worked her way through 972 players on Thursday in Event #74 ($1,500 Pot Limit Omaha) of the 2020 World Series of Poker Online, including a final table that included highly-ranked online poker players, an online poker site ambassador, and a player who has already captured a WSOP bracelet this year, to win her… Continue reading WSOP: Thi Truong Wins $1,500 PLO, Denies Enrico Camosci Bracelet #2

As the poker world has witnessed over the last several weeks, the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker is usually an opportunity for the best players in the world to shine. The likes of Matthias Eibinger, Ole Schemion, Dominik Nitsche, Patrick Leonard, and Connor Drinan all managed to add SCOOP titles to their collections over… Continue reading SCOOP: Newcomer ‘b@d0s’ Wins $271K, First SCOOP Title on Final Day

The partypoker POWERFEST kicked off on Sunday for what plans to be an incredible series of online poker tournaments. ‘SpanishFly’ was the day’s biggest winner, but plenty of other players hauled in impressive paydays.

For one week only, the PokerStars $109 Sunday Million switched up its format and played out as a PKO event with each player having a bounty on their heads. The prize pool reached $1,279,000 after 12,790 players took to the virtual tables and when all was said and done, ‘42ayay‘ came out on top.

Justin ‘ZeeJustin’ Bonomo was too strong for the PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller field and added yet another win to his name. The American found himself heads-up against ‘WATnlos‘ after players such as Andras ‘probirs’ Nemeth, Kristen ‘Krissyb24’ Bicknell and three-time Sunday Million champion ‘veeea‘ had all departed from the final table. Ultimately Bonomo came through… Continue reading SUNDAY MAJORS: Justin Bonomo Tops PokerStars Sunday High Roller