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 […]

Any poker professional worth their salt can’t wait for the New Year to begin. A level balance sheet in front of them, all the major tournaments yet to take and 12 months of potential profit lie ahead. Matt Vengrin is a poker professional with two decades of experience and he’s looking forward to the biggest […]

After two decades in the game, American poker professional Matt Vengrin has seen several eras of the game he loves come and go. The latest innovations, the best way to play, even the style of players both on and off the felt. We caught up with one of PokerStake’s most popular players to find out […]

The biggest event of Canada’s year in poker concluded last night as Michael Wang won his first World Poker Tour (WPT) event for almost $300,000. The WPT Playground Montreal Main Event featured six superb final table players, as the poker professional Michael Wang used all of his experience to get his way up the leaderboard […]

The popular poker professional James Obst won the latest major title of his glittering career Down Under where it all began as he claimed the WPT Australia crown for a score of $398,512. At a final table including players such as Travis Endersby and Daniel Murphy, five Australias and one Brit battled for glory at […]

The latest World Poker Tour Trifecta event took place at the Wynn Las Vegas this week and it was Daniel Sepiol who won the event, claiming the $672,200 top prize. There were 108 entries in the $25,000-entry event, as the second of three high roller ‘Trifecta’ events thrilled poker fans in Las Vegas.

Eight years on from the first time he won a World Poker Tour event, James Mackey turned back the clock and claimed victory again in the exact same event as he won this week’s WPT Choctaw Championship in Las Vegas. The HyperX Arena set an amazing stage for the denouement of the drama in Sin […]

The latest World Poker Tour was one of the biggest of the year as Josh Reichard beat Landon Tice heads-up for an incredible top prize of $839,300. The victory, which takes Reichard from 636th on The Hendon Mob to inside the top 500 players in poker history, was an epic one as he beat Matt […]

There is more to being a sponsored professional poker player than ever before. From promoting your brand to bringing content to the poker fans who follow your success, being a ‘named’ pro is tougher than ever. Or is it? For some, feeding the insatiable desire of poker fans is part of the fun.

Poker legend Gus Hansen, also known as The Great Dane, has joined Team Winamax and will be playing under their colors in the forthcoming EPT Monte Carlo Main Event and  the 59th World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this summer For many years an enigmatic player, Gus Hansen is a bona fide star and […]

The final stages of this year’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main Event have thrilled poker fans following the action in Hollywood. There are four major poker series held annually at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida and with an incredible 1,869 players in this month’s Main Event, it is Dylan […]

The World Poker Tour’s latest poker party on the Valiant Lady saw Brazilian player Gregory De Faria hold on tight, find the straight at the right time and catch a wave as he won the WPT Prime Voyage Championship for $155,400. With players such as Allison Hollander, Nicolás Betbesé and Brandon Takao going close, the […]

Poker cut its teeth on the riverboats that travelled up and down the Mississippi, so it is both apt and inspiring to see thousands of poker players having fun on board the WPT Voyage this week. Poker has returned to the high seas and at high stakes, as Aram Oganyan won the latest event, the […]

Daniel Sepiol triumphed at one of the toughest final tables of 2023 to win the WPT World Championships for a top prize of $5.28 million. With play running late into the Las Vegas night, Sepiol beat Greek player Georgios Sotiropoulos to the win, and with it claimed a monumental title and by far the biggest […]

There are just six players left in the $10,000-entry World Poker Tour World Championships Main Event. Heading towards a top prize of $5.67 million and one of the biggest major titles of the year in the lead is Andrew ‘Chewy’ Lichtenberger, who shares the final half-dozen with other stars of the felt such as British […]