Two big events featured PokerStake players in their latter stages last night, as Chino Rheem finished second in the $25,00 buy-in NLHE Freezeout Event #49 and legends of the game assembled on Day 3 of the Pot Limit Omaha $25,000 High Roller Event #47. With a raft of events going on at Horseshoe Las Vegas… Continue reading WSOP 2026: Chino Rheem Denied Triple Crown as Poker Giants Go Close in PLO High Roller

Costing €100,000 to play, this weekend’s EPT Monte Carlo High Roller saw some of the biggest players in the world take each other in a bid to win the $2.4 million top prize. When the dust settled, long-time PokerStake seller Enrico Camosci got extremely unlucky to fall short in seventh place for a score of… Continue reading Camosci Sees Kings Crushed as Albert Daher Wins EPT Monte Carlo High Roller

The 2025 National Heads-Up Poker Championship has returned in 2025 with a $25,000 buy-in, a new sponsor and a whole lot of excitement. Last night, the first-round draw took place in Las Vegas, and we’ve got all the news on who faces who. With stars such as Michael ‘The Grinder’ Mizrachi, Liv Boeree, Josh Arieh,… Continue reading Which PokerStake Stars are Taking on the National Heads-Up Poker Championship?

Players, industry experts and creatives can look forward to an exciting awards ceremony in late February, as some of the biggest names in the game, including stars from PokerStake’s roster have received nominations for the 6th annual Global Poker Awards. With American content creator Caitlin Comeskey earning four nominations, a record in 2025, there will… Continue reading Global Poker Awards Nominations Will Honour Poker Legends in 2025

A thrilling conclusion to Event #8 of the WSOP Paradise 2024 series saw PokerStake investors grab either treble their money or six times their bet as British mixed game crusher Benny Glaser came sixth. Glaser, who was going for a sixth WSOP crown, won $304,870 in sixth place instead but that still represented a massive… Continue reading Benny Glaser Goes Close to WSOP Glory for PokerStake as Fellow Brit Grabs Gold

Six-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Jason Mercier’s love affair with the WSOP has been rekindled in spectacular fashion. In a field of crushers, Mercier, who sold to his $103,000-entry Event #3 of the 2024 WSOP Paradise on PokerStake,  sits atop the Day 2 field with an incredible 149 big blinds. With crushers… Continue reading Jason Mercier Climbs Highest on Opening Day of $100,000 PLO Event at WSOP Paradise

Over the course of the last half-century, poker professionals the world over have battled to establish themselves as the best player on the planet. In the 1970s, the only way to prove this was by winning at the World Series of Poker, or in the biggest cash games in Texas. Through the 1980s and 1990s,… Continue reading Who’ll be the First Player to Win $70m in Ranking Poker Tournaments?

With last year’s PokerGO Tour Freeroll Championship still fresh in the minds of anyone who won money in Las Vegas, the race to make this year’s PGT Top 40 on the leaderboard is well and truly on. Over the past seven months, many qualifying events on the PGT have seen players rack up leaderboard points,… Continue reading The PokerGO Tour Has a Fresh Leader… and it’s NOT the World Champion

The Belarussian player Artsiom Lasouski won his first-ever Triton Poker title in Montenegro as Chris Moneymaker once again went close to a major title just days after his first Triton win. At a final table featuring stars of the high roller circuit such as Stephen Chidwick, Dylan Linde and Danny Tang, Lasouski’s win was worth… Continue reading Artsiom Lasouski Wins First Triton Title as Moneymaker Goes Close to Second Crown

The Canadian player Mike Watson, also known as ‘Sir Watts’, took down the eight-handed final table of the $30,000-entry NLHE 8-Max Triton Poker Series event in Montenegro last night. Beating a final table that included David Yan, Stephen Chidwick and Leon Sturm to the title, Watson’s latest win takes him past $26 million in lifetime… Continue reading Mike Watson Wins First No Limit Event in Triton Series for Fourth Crown and $1m

He went into the final table with the lead and Patrik Antonius went wire-to-wire to claim the 2024 EPT Monte Carlo Super High Roller title. Winning $2.1 million up top, the Finnish poker legend beat German superstar Christoph Vogelsang heads-up for the title after a top-quality final table played out on the French Riviera.

Just nine players remain in the €100,000 buy-in Super High Roller on the European Poker Tour’s Monaco stop. Monte Carlo is the scene for some of the world’s best poker players to battle it out for the $2.1 million top prize. With Patrik Antonius leading the way, others such as Ben Hearth, Byron Kaverman, David… Continue reading Finnish Legend Patrik Antonius Leads Final Table in €100,000 EPT Super High Roller

The eighth and final event of the 2024 U.S. Poker produced great drama as Stephen Chidwick took the most lucrative title of the series and PokerStake player Aram Zobian was crowned the overall Championship winner in Las Vegas. With Zobian’s only remaining challenger at the start of the final table busting in seventh place, the… Continue reading Aram Zobian Wins U.S. Poker Open After Event #8 Victory for Stephen Chidwick

The penultimate event of the eight-tournament U.S. Poker Open was won last night by Eric Afriat. The Canadian player toppled Joey Weissman heads-up to move into second place on the overall leaderboard behind the runaway leader Aram Zobian. With one event to play, the $25,000 ‘Main Event’ of the series, Zobian is in the box… Continue reading U.S. Poker Open Event #7 Won by Eric Afriat for $288,000

The final event of the Triton Poker Series in Jeju was a classic. Costing $20,000 to play, the Short Deck tournament saw 42 entries and featured legends of the felt such as Phil Ivey, Isaac Haxton and Stephen Chidwick at the final table. In the end it was the latter who claimed his second title… Continue reading Stephen Chidwick Wins Final Triton Poker Series Jeju Event for $265,000