Lucas Jumalon’s stunning victory at the final table of the 2026 WSOP Main Event shocked the poker world. The 22-year-old from Spokane, Washington was the second youngest World Championship winner of all time, only older than the 2009 champion Joe Cada in the pantheon of poker greats. A source of much debate has been whether… Continue reading Winning the Main Event – How Do Recent Winners Compare?

The seven-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Josh Arieh fell just short of his eighth WSOP crown last night in The Bahamas as Atlantis Resort saw a dramatic finale in the $10,000 8-Game Mix Event #12. Seven players reached the final table but Arieh fell out of the running early before a monumental heads-up… Continue reading PokerStake’s Josh Arieh Reaches 8-Game Final Table at WSOP Paradise

It was moving day at the World Series of Poker, as the Main Event continued to roll on with Day 6 action bringing the field down to a scant few tables. Meanwhile, seven other bracelet events were on tap for players looking for one last chance to score a gold bracelet before the series comes… Continue reading WSOP 2022: Jeffrey Farnes Takes Main Event Lead, While Smith, Zhang, and Lococo Fall

The thirty-seventh day of the World Series of Poker saw incredible action on the felt, with the $10,000 Main Event’s largest flight kicking off and the $1,000 Million Dollar bounty coming to a conclusion in jam-packed Bally’s and Paris Casinos in Las Vegas.

It was another jam-packed day on the felt during Day 7 of the 2022 WSOP at Bally’s and Paris in the Vegas heat, and while one High Roller event reached a conclusion, an even bigger $50,000 buy-in High Roller kicked off, and the $10,000 Dealer’s Choice continued on through Day 2. Even with those three… Continue reading WSOP 2022: Eveslage, Filippi and Livingston All Earn First Bracelets; Smith Going for Number Two

It didn’t take long for the new season of High Stakes Poker on PokerGO to find its footing as the superstar lineup that includes Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson, Patrick Antonius, and Tom Dwan took turns getting involved in massive pots early and often.

The wait is officially over for all-new episodes of High Stakes Poker as the opening hour of Season 9 premiered on PokerGO on Monday night.

“I feel good. Physically, I have recovered. I guess from an emotional standpoint, I don’t know that I still quite get what happened yet. Sounds a little weird but it’s still all surreal for me.”

With the World Series of Poker Main Event completed and a new World Champion in Koray Aldemir crowned, one of the last major awards of the series to be handed out this fall will be to the winner of the 2021 WSOP Player of the Year. Headed into the last weekend of the 2021 schedule,… Continue reading Drama Remains In 2021 WSOP Player of the Year Race As Series Hits The Homestretch

Mixed game specialist Benny Glaser had struck out on a few occasions during the 2021 World Series of Poker. After consistently putting himself in the position to dominate in the mixed game events he knows so well, however, the British player is just one player from victory in the $10,000 Razz Championship at the Rio… Continue reading WSOP 2021: Michael Addamo Leads $250K Super High Roller, $10K Razz Down To Heads-Up

Koray Aldemir, the 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event world champion, sits on top of the poker world this morning after the result of his career saw him win the $8 million top prize in the Las Vegas spectacular earlier today.

Koray Aldemir, the 31-year-old professional tournament grinder from Germany, outlasted the field of 6,550 runners in the 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event to win his first career gold bracelet, the enormous $8 million first-place prize, and the title of World Champion.

After Day 8 of the WSOP Main Event, overnight chip leader and German poker professional Koray Aldemir leads the final three players in their quest for the $8 million top prize. With a massive lead, Aldemir sits ahead of British pro Jack Oliver and George Holmes as the final day of this year’s Rio showstopper… Continue reading WSOP 2021: Koray Aldemir Leads Final Three in Main Event; Brian Hastings Wins Fifth Bracelet

Only nine players remain in the hunt for the 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event’s $8 million top prize. It’s not only life-changing money that’s on the line for the players but also winning the Main Event locks up a spot in poker history.

With just nine players remaining, the WSOP Main Event final table is set, and it is German player Koray Aldemir who will go into the final two days of the biggest poker tournament in the world with a huge chip lead.