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  • Moritz Dietrich Wins WSOP Online Main Event for $4 million as Akimov Falls Apart
    Moritz Dietrich Wins WSOP Online Main Event for $4 million as Akimov Falls Apart

    The Austrian player Moritz Dietrich won the biggest top prize ever captured online as he took down the 2024 WSOP Online Main Event. Outlasting a final table featuring players such as Isaac Baron, Benjamin Rolle and his heads-up opponent Evgenii Akimov, Dietrich made a stunning comeback to turn around a massive heads-up deficit to triumph […]

  • Easy as Riding a Bike – Phil Laak Takes First Trophy in 14 Years
    Easy as Riding a Bike – Phil Laak Takes First Trophy in 14 Years

    The poker legend, cash game specialist and TV poker personality Phil Laak won his first poker tournament in 14 long years last night as he took down the ‘Mega Millions’ tournament at The Bike – a.k.a. the Parkwest Bicycle Casino for $380,050. Taking down an all-American final table, Laak’s score was the best tournament cash […]

  • Lily Newhouse Enters Last Chance Saloon in Big Game on Tour…But Does She Survive?
    Lily Newhouse Enters Last Chance Saloon in Big Game on Tour…But Does She Survive?

    The 10th and final episode of the PokerStars show The Big Game on Tour was always going to be exciting. With players like cash game legend Phil Laak, Team PokerStars Pro Sam Grafton and Game of Gold champion Maria Ho all at the felt, no pot was going to be easy to win. Coming into […]

  • 50 Things To Look Forward To At The 2021 WSOP
    50 Things To Look Forward To At The 2021 WSOP

    It’s been nearly two years since the last live World Series of Poker took place and for poker players around the world, poker’s premier summer camp has been sorely missed. It’s not just the massive amount of action, but also all of the little things that take place when one travels to Sin City to […]

  • GGPoker, WSOP Establishes New Guinness World Record Title
    GGPoker, WSOP Establishes New Guinness World Record Title

    It’s official. The 2020 World Series of Poker Main Event on GGPoker has been certified as the largest prize pool for an online poker tournament by the Guinness World Records.

  • Chance Kornuth Leads WPT Gardens Final Table
    Chance Kornuth Leads WPT Gardens Final Table

    The first World Poker Tour event of 2020 reached its final table on Monday. Now, just six players remain in the Season XVIII WPT Gardens Poker Championship, with Chance Kornuth leading the way. The final six will be on hiatus until Tuesday, March 31, when they will resume play at the HyperX Esports Arena at […]

  • Antonio Esfandiari: “I Didn’t Start Taking Poker Seriously Until Three Years Ago”
    Antonio Esfandiari: “I Didn’t Start Taking Poker Seriously Until Three Years Ago”

    After several delays, Joe “Chicago Joey” Ingram finally was able to bring poker pro Antonio Esfandiari (pictured) to his “Poker Life” podcast after the conclusion of the 2015 World Series of Poker. Over the span of roughly 45 minutes, the duo talked about a wide array of subjects that were poker and non-poker related.

  • Discovery Channel Declines to Pick Up Underground Poker
    Discovery Channel Declines to Pick Up Underground Poker

    According to co-host Antonio Esfandiari (pictured), Discovery Channel has passed on the opportunity to air additional episodes of “Underground Poker.” The show, which starred Esfandiari and longtime cohort Phil Laak, profiled underground card games and the pilot took place in New Orleans.

  • Underground Poker: “I Think the Universe Just Took a Big Dump on Phil Laak”
    Underground Poker: “I Think the Universe Just Took a Big Dump on Phil Laak”

    On Wednesday, “Underground Poker” featuring Phil Laak (pictured) and Antonio Esfandiari aired on the Discovery Channel. If you’ve never heard of the show before, check out our official preview. This article is a recap of the one-hour pilot, which aired at 10:00pm Eastern Time in case you missed it.

  • Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Laak Host Underground Poker on Discovery Channel
    Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Laak Host Underground Poker on Discovery Channel

    WSOP Big One for One Drop champ Antonio Esfandiari (pictured) and fellow poker pro Phil Laak have hooked up with the Discovery Channel to create the pilot episode of “Underground Poker,” a show which they say goes against the grain of traditional poker programming.

  • djk123 Holds Commanding Lead in WSOP $1,500 Limit Hold’em with 9 Left
    djk123 Holds Commanding Lead in WSOP $1,500 Limit Hold’em with 9 Left

    World Series of Poker bracelet number two could be well within the grasp of longtime PocketFiver Dan djk123Kelly (pictured), who has a commanding lead in Event #43, a $1,500 Limit Hold’em tournament. Kelly has 734,000 in chips entering the event’s final day on Sunday, leading former World Poker Tour Championship winner David Chiu‘s second place […]

  • Get Poker Advice from Phil Hellmuth for $42,900
    Get Poker Advice from Phil Hellmuth for $42,900

    Have you ever dreamed of getting a private poker lesson from Daniel Negreanu or partying with One Drop champion Antonio Esfandiari in Vegas? Well, now you can, but it’ll cost you. A company called If Only is in the business of offering what it calls “extraordinary experiences for good,” where fans of sports stars, musicians, […]