Jamie Gold saw his 2006 WSOP Main Event record $12M score officially topped on Monday as Daniel Weinman made quick work of Adam Walton and Steven Jones to win $12.1M and the title of Main Event champion. While many in the gaming and athletics world are disappointed when their records are finally broken, Gold was […]

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Felipe Ramos is arguably one of the best players in the world who has never won a bracelet. Today, he hopes to get the proverbial monkey off his back. Ramos has joined an exclusive group, earning his 100th-career WSOP cash in the $10,000 6-Max. The field has whittled down from 550 entries down to the […]

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What happened to Chris Moneymaker? Type any celebrity’s name into a search engine and you’re bound to find a pre-packaged answer to what is likely the most-asked question about someone whose fame has evolved: What happened to Paris Hilton? What happened to Peyton Manning? What happened to Chris Moneymaker? Truth be told, those three stars […]

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Roughly mid-way through Day 5 of the WSOP Main Event and a familiar face has been dominating on one of PokerGO’s feature tables, none other than the World Poker Tour’s own Tony Dunst. At the time of writing, the 38-year-old has 5,080,000 chips with the blinds at 20,000/40,000/40,000, giving Dunst an incredible 127 big blinds […]

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Having just doubled up with pocket kings through Steven Chidwick’s pocket queens on one of the PokerGO feature tables, 2022 Pro Football Hall of Famer Richard Seymour has taken his stack to 1,063,000 chips, giving him 106.3 big blinds with just short of 1,000 players left on Day 4. The seven-time Pro Bowler, five-time All-Pro, […]

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Jason Somerville holds a special place in the zeitgeist of poker content creation. Somerville, an early adopter of the Twitch streaming platform, led the charge in streaming online poker content to a large audience. Somerville knew how to build a community and his savvy marketing moves saw his channel blow up in popularity in a […]

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It’s been a fantastic weekend for PokerStars co-founder Isai Scheinberg. Having arrived in Las Vegas earlier in the week, the legendary Scheinberg has managed to play in his first ever World Series of Poker Main Event while also receiving one of the poker world’s most prestigious honors. Scheinberg, who in his mid-seventies remains a vibrant […]

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One of the most interesting things every year at the WSOP Main Event is to monitor how the former champions do. Some are consistent performers who we see every year, while some have drifted away from the game of poker after having achieved the ultimate prize already. I went into the history and checked how […]

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One of the facts of life when it comes to playing in poker tournaments is that when the bubble looms, the action slows. Dramatically. It can be even more dramatic when there’s more than just a min-pay at stake. In satellites to larger events, stalling on the bubble can reach mind-numbing extremes. And if it’s […]

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It is a sobering thing, getting old. This is not the forum for a litany of the harsh realities that one faces with age. But proximate to my topic today: in many “active” pursuits, you start to see that nobody older than you is doing them. For instance, I am now invariably the oldest person […]

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This is part of a series of content to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Chris Moneymaker’s historic Main Event win – look out for regular columns from Chris and special features all the way through to the 54th Main Event, which is shaping up to be the biggest of all time. Capping the 2003 World […]

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The ongoing $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship at the 2023 WSOP has plenty of familiar faces, and quite a few newer ones as well. One of the newest is a famed music figure, two-time Grammy winner Tony Mercedes, who’s made the money and continues fighting upward in the ongoing Super Seniors. Mercedes took a […]

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There are a lot of poker players out there – even a lot of professional poker players. Every one ofthem has a story, and I bet many of those stories would be worth hearing. But I doubt many ofthem involve both a WSOP bracelet and living in a car. By choice. Meet Carlos Welch, former […]

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At around 10:00pm last night, a group of twenty or so hopefuls (this writer included) met by the Paris WSOP sign to embark on a scavenger hunt. The organizer/bank-roller of the hunt was the ever-generous TheBensBenz, a well-known figure in the community who often hands out staking deals, free rolls, and cash prizes to both […]

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Has James Obst usurped Patrik Antonius’ long-held title of “Best-Looking Man in Poker”? After a few years away from the game, Obst has returned with a new look. Already, there’s been a bit of buzz around the World Series of Poker this summer regarding Obst and his appearance. It’s not a crazy transformation, but the […]

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Alex Fitzgerald turned poker pro straight out of high school driven by his immense love for the game and the freedom a poker lifestyle could offer from a humdrum Monday-to-Friday grind.  “I love poker more than you’ll ever know,” confessed Fitzgerald. “I love that I study, teach, and write about it daily. I put out […]

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It’s not an uncommon story, but it’s always a good one. The home game winner takes a roll to Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker to play and represent the rest of the crew. Remember George Holmes? The 2021 Main Event runner-up made the run of a lifetime while repping for his home […]

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There are hundreds, maybe thousands, of players making their way to Las Vegas over the coming weeks for their first trip to the World Series of Poker. It’s likely that none of them are as well-known or recognizable as Jim Jefferies. The Australian-born comedian is in Las Vegas for two nights on his Give ‘Em […]

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One of our early First-Hand Hands of the day featured Clayton Fletcher as he gave us a somewhat humorous view of a hand he played today in Event #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold’em. Fletcher seems to be right on the money with his read of his opponent’s weakness while he remained fixated on what […]

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Jeremy Wien won his WSOP bracelet in 2018 as he topped a tough and rugged field in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em event for over $500,000 dollars, which is a large part of his near $1 million in total career poker earnings. The Mount Kisco, NY native has become a WSOP regular and is always a […]

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Marco Soto, of Tampa, Florida, won a seat into the World Poker Tour Gardens Poker Championship via a ClubWPT qualifying event. Against a field of roughly 1,200 other runners, Soto managed to outlast them all to claim his seat at the Main Event. Soto plays regularly in home games, local tournaments, and the occasional cash […]

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Liv Boeree announced yesterday the upcoming launch of her podcast, Win Win. The former professional poker player has shifted her focus in recent years back towards the scientific community–Boeree holds a degree in Physics with Astrophysics from the University of Manchester. On Twitter, you can find Boeree offering her opinion on a wide array of […]

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Imagine you’re in a foreign country, at the airport preparing to leave. Suddenly, you realize that you’ve lost your bag containing all the valuables you need to get home. Your visa, passport, and other important documents. What do you do? Well, it’s obvious, isn’t it? You jump into Lex Veldhuis’ Twitch stream and ask for […]

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A few days ago, at the Triton SHRS in North Cyprus, the poker world became aware of a new name. Moundir Zoughari. Zoughari is a French television host and personality, known for appearances on Koh Lanta, a reality show adapted from the highly popular Survivor. Zoughari has been playing poker for a long time, with […]

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Chris Moneymaker is was at the “feature table” in the H.O.R.S.E event at the inaugural stop of his namesake poker tour, here at the Palm Beach Kennel Club. However, Chris Moneymaker is not the most interesting person at a seven-person table. In fact, the most interesting person at Chris’s H.O.R.S.E. table is Eugene Calden. Eugene […]

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America’s Cardroom announced today the release of a new documentary on their YouTube channel. The film follows the journey of four ACR Team Pros and one Stormer as they battle their way through the Triton Super High Roller series in Vietnam. Back in February, ACR awarded $100,000 prize packages to seven players. ACR Team Pros […]

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It seems that fourth time’s the charm for Daniel Negreanu after winning Round 1 of High Stakes Duel 4 last night. Negreanu’s past outings on the show, against Phil Hellmuth, did not go so well. But it was a different story on Monday. Inside the PokerGO Studio at Aria Las Vegas, Negreanu bested opponent Eric […]

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In the first installment of this diptych, I introduced you to D.C.-area poker pros Caitlyn Cobb and Justin Arnwine. Here are the stories of how Caitlyn first started playing poker (and why she took so long to start) and why Justin wears head-to-toe Hello Kitty attire. Justin Arnwine: In the eight years I played YuGiOh […]

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When the Lodge Poker Club in Round Rock, Texas relaunched their live stream game series last week, they featured some absurdly big games to celebrate the new studio and rebooted live stream. Popular vlogger and Lodge part-owner Andrew Neeme was invited to be part of those massive games. It struck me that it wasn’t so […]

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Born in Kent in the UK and nicknamed “Iron Maiden,” Liv Boeree has a fascinating life story to tell. After playing lead guitar in a heavy metal band during university, she embarked on an incredibly successful poker career, earning almost $4,000,000 in prize money before calling time on her professional career in 2019. Her life […]

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Jennifer Tilly needs little introduction. She’s a glamorous actress who has made it big in Hollywood, both on the big and small screens. But she’s also a talented poker player, with more than $1,000,000 in winnings to her name.  So, without further ado, this is the story of Jennifer Tilly, poker player and superstar actress. […]

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Stu Ungar was one of the greatest poker players of all time. He was also a young gin rummy player of such precocious skill that he couldn’t find anyone to play against. But as many poker fans will know, Stu’s story is a sad one – a man of such enormous potential who couldn’t beat […]

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Alexandra Botez is perhaps the best-known chess player of her generation. Ranking as one of Canada’s top ten female chess players, she is also an extremely successful Twitch streamer, with more than one million followers on her channel. But as of 2022, Alexandra Botez has diversified, making a name for herself at the poker table. […]

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Adam Pliska was supposed to go to Washington D.C. Instead, he ended up running a company that is now 20 years old — and he still runs it with a start-up mentality. Poker.org recently sat down to a virtual interview with Adam Pliska, the man at the top of the World Poker Tour. Pliska, who’s […]

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When we announced earlier this month that poker media veteran Sarah Herring would join Poker.org as the Head of Instant Media, more than a few people asked, “What is THAT?” It’s a fair question and one that will be a lot easier to understand when Sarah joins us next week. It’s also one of the […]

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2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker served as the guest of honor on Thursday as Chicagoland’s newest poker room held its grand opening ceremony. Moneymaker was on hand at Elgin, Illinois’ Grand Victoria Casino for the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Grand Vic’s relocated and expanded poker room, which now offers up […]

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So, let me tell you about my next door neighbor, Ali Olsen. She’s 86 years old and is a blessing to our cul-de-sac. She’s lived in that house forever and in the general region since – I don’t know – time out of mind.  Ali, she’s not in the best of health, so we don’t […]

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With the 13th edition of the World Series of Poker Europe taking place at the end of October, let’s look back at one of the series’ greatest accomplishments, when the horrible became great, dogs became goats, and Phill Hellmuth’s royal empire expanded to Europe A tournament poker accomplishment will never feature on a Greatest Sporting […]

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Shortly after I agreed to join Poker.org, one of my colleagues asked me, “What does your dream team look like?” You know the look a dog will give you when you ask if it wants to go for a walk? That was me. Because I’m the kind of guy who creates imaginary dream teams for […]

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Doyle Brunson was 29 years old when doctors told him he had three months to live. It was 1962 and Brunson was living in Fort Worth, Texas with his wife, Louise, who was three months pregnant with the couple’s first child. The two were married in August of that year and Brunson was already playing […]

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According to Alexandra Botez she had editors scrambling to save what they could of this weekend’s botched poker live stream. The stacked lineup is present and the table talk in the highlight reel is entertaining if tinny. Unfortunately, the audio appears to be coming entirely from a camera mic. However, it is still eminently watchable […]

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Magnus Carlsen, the Chess World Champion, was denied his shot at a poker world championship on Wednesday evening when he hit the rail during the 300-500/500 blind level of Day 1C at the 2022 WSOP Main Event. Carlsen has made his presence felt in the poker world this year, renewing his deal as an ambassador […]

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This is part two of Poker.Org’s interview with Nikki Limo, the actress and comedian who made an incredibly deep run in a WSOP event this year, winning $116,568. You can read part one of this interview here. “You know, I thought the whole reason we were here was to talk about your final table at […]

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Any chess players who kept their eyes peeled during the Millionaire Maker this week would have been excited to have spotted Qiyu Zhou, better known as Nemo, visiting the tables. The 22-year old Woman Grandmaster was in Vegas for the International Chess Festival’s National Open event. Despite a grueling chess tourney schedule, she still managed […]

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Part 1 of Poker.Org’s two-part interview – you can read part two here. Nikki Limo is a comedian, actress, podcaster, and a very serious poker player. In fact, she recently made a final table, and six figures, in the second WSOP event she ever played (proof here). I’ve had the pleasure of e-meeting her through […]

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According to a recent interview with Dan Bilzerian, the deal with GGPoker is off. In the interview which aired on the Youtube channel No Jumper, the influencer said of the GGPoker contract, “We just agreed to, kind of like, uh, end it… you know.” Bilzerian also more or less confirmed that he never had any […]

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The first hands have been dealt at the 2022 World Series of Poker, with celebrity restaurateur Lisa Vanderpump on hand to officially open the 2022 WSOP with the traditional “Shuffle Up and Deal!” for players in the first event on the schedule, the $500 Casino Employees Event #1 The summer poker festival began shortly after […]

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Tennis legend and intermittent poker brand ambassador has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison in connection with his ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, in which he was found guilty of attempting to shield considerable personal assets from the court’s reach. Becker, a native of Germany and a current and long-time resident of the […]

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Tiger Woods’s TGR Foundation held a charity poker night last night as part of Tiger Jam. Tiger Jam is billed as the “ultimate Vegas experience,” involving two days of golf on Vegas’s Shadow Creek course “with dynamic experiences on and off the course including live music, an interactive golf exhibition, special guests, and all-inclusive hospitality.” […]

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David Swanson, the owner and founder of All American Dave’s Food Truck, announced today that the AAD food truck will be closing permanently. The bad news comes just a few months before the 2022 WSOP. In a statement published on Twitter, Swanson explained: “It is with deep regret and a heavy heart that I announce […]

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