The final event of the 2025 U.S. Poker Open (USPO) had it all. Two players battled to the end to win not just the top prize of $529,250 but the overall USPO title, the $25,000 PokerGO Tour Passport and the Golden Eagle trophy. In the end, Shannon Shorr came from behind to beat Nacho Barbero […]

The action keeps coming in Las Vegas as the 2025 U.S. Poker Open (USPO) is proving a profitable one for a PokerStake player, and an all-American final table played out at ARIA. The 2025 USPO features eight events, with PokerStake players selling action to each and every one of the them. In Event #5, it […]

Two U.S. Poker Open events concluded at the weekend, and there were wins for Michael Rossitto and Matthew Wantman, as well as a final table showing for a PokerStake player. With both $10,000-entry events taking place at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA in Las Vegas, the battle was fierce as the 2025 U.S. Poker Open […]

The second event of the 2025 U.S. Poker Open ended in a dramatic victory for Japanese player Kazuomi Furuse as he topped the 108-player field to take home a top prize of $275,400. The Tokyo-based player, who took home his first PGT trophy and the biggest score of his career to date, outlasted players such […]

Two more huge PGT PLO Series events went to the wire on Monday and Tuesday as PokerStake players battled for profit at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA in Las Vegas. There were deep runs for players such as Alex Foxen, Tyler Brown and the Spanish Pot Limit Omaha specialist Lautaro Guerra, and one PokerStake player […]

In 2024, Aram Zobian’s list of successes in poker reached their peak when the Armenian-American took down the U.S. Poker Open on the PokerGO Tour. Taking home over $600,000 in prize money, Aram’s triumph in Event #6, the $15,100-entry No-Limit Hold’em event won him $264,290, with finishes in second, third, and sixth in three other […]

The opening event of the 2025 PGT PLO Series began at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada yesterday. One day on from kick off, the winner was crowned, as PokerSTake player Ky Nguyen surged up the rankings then dealt several killer blows to reign supreme and claim the title […]

The snappiest dresser on the poker circuit, one of the best high roller players currently plying his style and a travelling poker player par excellence. Vladas Tamasauskas is all of these things, as well as one of the most profitable players selling action on PokerStake.

So often both winners in mixed game events PokerStake’s own Josh Arieh and Chino Rheem decided on an even chip in the fourth event of this year’s PokerGO Tour Mixed Games series. With first and second place in the event eventually worth $195,500, the $10,000 buy-in event saw 92 entrants battle to 14 paid places, […]

A stunning comeback win for the unbeatable Nicolas Milgrom proved pivotal as the Frenchman, partly backed by PokerStake buyers, won the opening event of the 2025 PGT Mixed Games series. Winning a top prize of over $159,000 for his $5,100 buy-in, Milgrom multiplied his backers’ investments by 31 times as he celebrated victory having been […]

The 6th Annual Global Poker Awards were held in Las Vegas this past weekend and among the winners were the show’s presenter himself, Jeff Platt. With other winners such as Adrian Mateos, Cherish Andrews, David Coleman, Abby Merk and Rania Nasreddine all honored with trophies, there were multiple winners, emotional speeches and a degree of […]

With so many current events in action, it would be easy for PokerStake investors to miss out on the action that approaches at the end of February in Las Vegas. The PokerGO Tour has already paid off for PokerStake players in the PokerGO Cup and PGT Kick-Off events, and with the PGT Mixed Games series […]

This week, while the PokerGO Cup plays out in Las Vegas and numerous players plan trips to Jeju for the latest super high-stakes Triton Poker Series trip, one player will be between those two great continents in a country with a population smaller than New Hampshire. Lithuanian tournament crusher Vladas Tamasauskas is heading to the […]

Two of poker’s finest celebrated victory this week as the Global Poker Index annual awards for Player of the Year, Female Player of the Year and Mid Stakes Player of the Year were announced. Two PokerStake players, Cherish Andrews and David Coleman, finished top of the charts in the overall and female categories and will […]

Players come to poker from all walks of life. Some thrive studying mathematics at university and adapt to the analytics of the game. Others finish career as sportsmen or women and integrate their competitive from the field to the felt. Just a few come to poker from the other side of the camera, and one […]