August is the time to go ‘Big’ or go home. The 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open takes place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL and will run from August 1-13 with a 27-event schedule culminating in the return of their four featured tournaments, dubbed ‘The Big 4’.

The World Poker Tour was back at Gardens Casino in Southern California for the second time in Season XVII, this time for the WPT Gardens Poker Championship. Six players remain from the 253-entry field, and it was Frank Stepuchin who bagged the chip lead. Stepuchin was joined at the official final table by Shannon Shorr,… Continue reading Shorr, Sung, Roberts Headline 55-Day Delayed WPT Gardens Final Table

The final table for the PokerStars NL Hold’em Players Championship is set. On Thursday, the final eight players will take their seats to play for a massive $5.1 million first-place prize in what is the largest $25,000 tournament of all time.

The 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was 28 total events but on Tuesday the focus was on the “Big 4” as four final tables, packed with some of the best tournament players in the world, played down to four different winners including Jason Koon and Marvin Rettenmaier.

Somewhere tonight in Berlin, Greek restaurateur Makarios Avramidis (pictured) is likely celebrating the accomplishment of a lifelong goal. Don’t be surprised however if there aren’t too many locals celebrating with him. Avramidis beat a final table that included three Germans to win the €2,200 Six Max No Limit Hold’em event at WSOP Europe and with… Continue reading WSOP Europe: Makarios Avramidis Captures First Bracelet in Berlin

It has been a rough end of 2014 for sponsored pros of some of the largest online poker sites in the world. If you’re a regular reader of PocketFives, you’ll know last month, PokerStarsparted ways with Marcel Luske and 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event winner jcada99 Joe Cada.

The concept of a shot clock in poker, in which a person would have only a limited amount of time to act, has taken off recently. The World Poker Tour, for example, surveyed its clientele, who voted 80-20 in favorof implementing a maximum amount of time to act. That spurred World Series of Poker officials… Continue reading Marvin Rettenmaier on a Poker Shot Clock: It’s Impossible to Implement