Over the past two decades, German player Dietrich Fast has become a tournament crusher in live poker events. Winning millions in the game and capturing a WSOP bracelet in his home country back in 2015, Fast has become a household name in the poker industry and is a principled and highly respected professional. We spoke […]

When the nominations were announced for this year’s Global Poker Awards, one name many poker fans were hoping to see was Rania Nasreddine. The popular player, who reached two EPT final tables in the past 12 months and has risen to prominence, was a lock. Indeed, her nomination as the Breakout Player of the Year […]

The fourth and latest PokerGO Poker Masters Event #4 was won last night by Jonathan Little, whose victory against Harvey Castro heads-up earned him $226,800. At a final table featuring players such as PokerGO favorite Sam Soverel, live and online crusher Isaac Haxton and one of this year’s most consistent Poker Masters players so far, […]

The current PokerGO Poker Masters provides another opportunity for the best players in the world to do battle in Las Vegas for millions of dollars, fabled trophies and much-needed PGT Leaderboard as the race for the $1 million Championship Freeroll approaches at the end of this season.

The first event of the 2024 Poker Masters has finished, with qualifier Spencer Champlin taking the title and $160,475 as he outlasted fellow satellite qualifier Jessica Vierling heads-up. With players such as Dan Shak and Dylan Linde falling just short at a thrilling final table, there were a massive 131 entrants involved as a prizepool […]

For a stand-up comedian and poker presenter, having a side hustle could seem either inspired or insane. After the stirring success of his debut graphic novel selling over $10,000 of digital and physical copies, along with exclusive merchandise, Joe Stapleton can be classed in the first category. The popular the poker and comedy legend can […]

The Canadian poker professional Mike ‘SirWatts’ Watson took home the trophy in the last €10,000-entry EPT Barcelona High Roller as Italian Enrico Camosci bagged the biggest score after a heads-up deal. With legends of the felt such as Markkos Ladev and Jesse Lonis both making the final table of nine, it was a race to […]

The European Poker Tour’s 20th Anniversary was celebrated in the Spanish city of Barcelona this weekend, and no-one was happier in the Catalan home of history than the American player Stephen Song. The United States professional took down the EPT Barcelona Main Event for over $1.4m, the biggest score of his professional poker career, and […]

The Estonian chess grandmaster and poker professional Ottomar Ladva has won the latest high roller in Barcelona as he turned Barcelona into a city of fond memrories overnight. Ladva, who has earned over a million dollars playing his ‘second’ game, can now look back on winning his career-high score in the Catalan city famous for […]

The €50,000-entry High Roller took place in Barcelona this week, as German poker pro Leonard Maue and American high roller regular Nick Petrangelo shared glory at the conclusion of another classic. The European Poker Tour’s latest big winners bagged over $870,000 between them at a final table containing impressive players such as Patrik Antonius and […]

The €100,000-entry Super High Roller in Barcelona took place last night and it was the Norwegian player Kayhan Mokri who emerged victorious as he claimed his second title of the week in Barcelona. This time it was the €100,000 ($110,595) buy-in Super High Roller event, which saw players such as Santhosh Suvarna and Patrik Antonius […]

The Estrellas Poker Tour’s Main Event is the starter to EPT Barcelona’s main course. This year, 20 years on from the first-ever European Poker Tour Main Event – also in Barcelona – Sylvain Berthelot from France won the Estrellas Main Event for the biggest score of his career, a whopping $552,250. With players such as […]

Byron Kaverman’s record in high roller events was already impressive before he arrived in the historic Spanish city of Barcelona this week. In three days, he has come second and first as the American has banked over $550,000 in tournament winnings. First, he finished as runner-up to Steve O’Dwyer when the Cuatro Knockout event took […]

With nine players left, Steve O’Dwyer sat fifth in chips, the middle pin at a final table populated by poker legends. As the clock ticked around to five in the morning in the Catalan former city of culture in Spain, O’Dwyer had his latest major title in a poker career that defies description. Over decades, […]

After the controversial conclusion to the WSOP Main Event, where Jonathan Tamayo’s victory was overshadowed for many by ‘Laptopgate’, PokerStars have announced changes to the EPT’s rules and regulations, banning solver technology from their live events. With GTO technology or solvers banned from the tournament area in its entirety in Barcelona, are PokerStars the first […]