Some poker tournaments are meant to be. Players who enter them hoping that they’ll become the narrative for that particular event have no idea what they’re walking into. Go back to 1989 and the WSOP Main Event now and you wouldn’t bother registering knowing that a certain P. Hellmuth was standing in front of you […]

The Venetian leads the charge for another week outside of the Rio for large fields and mega prize pools. The latest recipient of a six-figure score in the DeepStack Championship Poker Series is Michael Soyza. The Malaysian defeated 2,877 entrants in the Mid-States Poker Tour $1,600 buy-in $3 million guarantee to collect $588,249. Another Multi-Million […]

Another week into the Las Vegas summer and more prize pools outside the Rio are building into seven-figure territory. Last week’s individual performances of Antoine Saout and Chris Moorman were replaced by big fields and huge numbers. The Venetian Sets a New Record The Mid-States Poker Tour $1,100 $3.5 million guaranteed event set a record […]

The war against online poker from the Las Vegas Sands Corporation and its founder, Sheldon Adelson, ramped up this week, as PokerNews was turned away from reporting on its own sponsored MSPT event at the Venetian in Las Vegas (pictured). The Venetian, a Sands property, reportedly cited “site’s affiliation with online poker,” according to Pokerfuse.