World Poker Tour Prime Continues Trend of Huge Fields in Taiwan
The World Poker Tour’s worldwide Prime Championship series’ good year continues with a record-breaking field in Taiwan. Jereld Sam is the WPT Prime Taiwan champion. He outlasted 1,666 entries to win TWD 8,065,000, which is about $250,000. The prize included…
2024 WCOOP Schedule: $80 Million Prizepool and Special Surprises for Women
The schedule for PokerStars’ 23rd World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) has been released, and this year, the $80 million series will put women front and center. Alongside winner’s trophies and a $100,000 leaderboard challenge, PokerStars four females will win…
Bounties, Burgers, and Bragging Rights at PokerStars Ambassador Meet-Up Game
What do you get when a poker veteran, online icon, and football fanatic convene under one roof? You get the latest PokerStars Ambassador Meet-Up Game. PokerStars Ambassadors came together for an evening of bounties, bragging rights, and a boatload of…
Donovan Dean Wins Second World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event, Susan Faber Takes Two in North Carolina
The World Series of Poker Circuit at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina wrapped-up its August series with a repeat champion and a local who won her first two rings in less than a week. Donovan Dean is a two-time WSOP…
Moneymaker Continues Good Year with Win at Enjoy Poker Tour while Seidel Continues His Prowess in Florida
Chris Moneymaker has won his second tournament of the year, making 2024 a sort of redemption tour for the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champion. He took home the $179,770 first-place prize for winning the $1,650 buy-in $1…
World Series of Poker Brand Sold to Online Giant GGPoker for $500 Million
Caesars Entertainment is selling the World Series of Poker to a Toronto-based iGaming investment group for $500 million. The World Series of Poker has been sold. (Image: WSOP) The deal to the NSUS Group, the investment company that owns GGPoker…
Mysterious Meet-Up Game Gives UKIPT London New Edge
PokerStars’ tournament bandwagon makes its annual trip to London this week for what promises to be another bumper UKIPT festival. A potentially record-breaking £1,100 main event tops the bill, but PokerStars has a series of surprises in store between August…
Short Stacks: Daniel Turns 50, ‘Chainsaw’ Hits a $1.2 Million Jackpot, Poker Returns to Hollywood Casinos
Poker rooms returning to Hollywood casinos, Daniel Negreanu celebrates a milestone, and Allen Kessler striking it big are the short stacks CardsChat picked up in its latest orbit of poker news. Daniel Negreanu, posing with a fan at the 2024…
Justin Lapka Wins Third World Series of Poker Ring in Choctaw Main Event
It’s hard to miss Justin Lapka at poker tournaments who, at nearly 7 feet tall, towers over his opponents like few others before him. And yet, like many online pros who have made a couple million online, his success at…
Scott Seiver Wins 2024 World Series of Poker Player of the Year
Scott Seiver’s dominating performance at this year’s World Series of Poker put his name in the record book at the 2024 Player of the Year. He only had to cash 17 times for $1,449,736 and add three more bracelets to…
Three Big Stacks Remain in World Series of Poker Main Event — Who Will Be Crowned the 2024 Champ?
The World Series of Poker Main Event will be determined today, and the last three players are very different. Niklas Astedt is an online poker God looking for his first World Series of Poker hardware. Jonathan Tamayo’s last WSOP bink…
Jonathan Tamayo Is the 2024 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion
Fifteen-years after making a deep run in the World Series of Poker Main Event, Jonathan Tamayo finished the job and is the last player standing of the largest WSOP tournament in its 55-year history. He wins $10 million and a…