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

For a quarter of a century, poker fans have been obsessed with the movie Rounders. To some extent, the film was so good that it has made any attempt to make another poker movie with different characters in look pale by comparison. Where Rounders is criticised is only in never coming back for more. Mike… Continue reading What Happened to Mike McDermott After the End of Rounders?

A thrilling day of action satisfied poker fans around the world as the Main Event reached the final 15 players, and seven other bracelet events were in progress. With gold bracelets won on a day of drama at the Horseshoe and Paris casinos in Las Vegas, a continental feeling was in the air – especially… Continue reading WSOP 2023: Main Event Down to 15 as Maceiras Tops 100 Million Chips, Kulev King on Day 2 of $50,000 High Roller

A brilliant advert for poker played out across the Horseshoe and Paris casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada as 3,080 hopefuls set aside $10,000 and entered the WSOP Main Event in a bid to win a likely $10 million top prize. With Sam Soverel taking gold too on a dramatic day at the felt, legends of… Continue reading WSOP 2023: Main Event Day 1c Welcomes Over 3,000 Entrants and Sam Soverel Wins Hybrid Bracelet for $393k

The action was fast and furious in some events while being epic and long-reaching in others. On Day 8 of the 2023 World Series of Poker, two gold WSOP bracelets were won and four other events progressed towards the latter stages on a day of drama in Las Vegas. The Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris… Continue reading WSOP 2023: Jeremy Eyer Denies Felipe Ramos Debut Gold, Joseph Altomonte Also Captures First-Ever Bracelet

One of the names to leap out of the headlines over the last few years in the World Series of Poker, Alex Livingston shot to fame in 2019 when he finished third in the WSOP Main Event for a career-high score of $4 million.

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.

Back in 2009, the youngest player to win the World Series of Poker Main Event triumphed on the biggest stage of all. Beating the logger and amateur poker player Darvin Moon to the title, 21-year-old Joe Cada captured the imagination of the poker world as he won over $8.5 million and the title of world… Continue reading The Hand That Changed My Life: Joe Cada

As the 2019 World Series of Poker draws closer, the dream of taking down the biggest tournament of the year grows stronger.

The moments immediately after the World Series of Poker Main Event reaches a final table are all kinds chaotic for the nine players who have just become millionaires. ESPN needs some interviews on live television and WSOP executives are giving instructions how the next day will go and photographers are trying to coordinate a group… Continue reading WSOP: Tony Miles Had a Feeling, So He Called in Reinforcements

Over the last five or six years, Chris Hunichen and Chance Kornuth have each bought dozens upon dozens of pieces of players in the World Series of Poker Main Event. This year the pair have teamed up, not only to be able to put more money to work, but to bring some sort of organization… Continue reading WSOP: Piece-Buying Now Serious Business for Hunichen and Kornuth

After all the madness that was a record-setting Day 1C of the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event, a rather modest 2,453 players made their way back to the Rio for Day 2AB.

Martin Jacobson’s 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event win confirmed him as one of the best live tournament players of his generation. In the time since his $10 million victory, Jacobson’s results suggest his game has remained sharp. Jacobson made three final tables last summer including a sixth-place result in the $111,111 High Roller… Continue reading Martin Jacobson Hits Las Vegas For 2018 Bracelet Chase

Before the 2016 WSOP Main Event final table PocketFives is providing extensive coverage of the 2016 November Nine including player features, interviews, previews, and statistics. In this edition of Five Questions we introduce you to Jerry Wong. Jerry Wong comes into the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table as the short stack,… Continue reading Five Questions With November Niner Jerry Wong

To many online poker players, Cliff ‘JohnnyBax’ Josephy is already a legend. Monday night at the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event, Josephy found the most incredible way to add to that status by making the November Nine with the chip lead. The 50-year-old Josephy is looking forward to coming back to the Rio… Continue reading WSOP: Cliff ‘JohnnyBax’ Josephy Headlines 2016 November Nine