The 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) festival in Las Vegas is locked in for May 27 – July 16. Today, the full schedule of events has been announced, and with 100 bracelet events, including the fabled WSOP Main Event, budget buy-in events and super high rollers jostle for position across seven weeks of summer […]

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 […]

If poker is about anything, it is holding your nerve under the greatest psychological pressure. Dealing with the pressure in tournament poker when short stacked isn’t easy, especially at the World Series of Poker, where the poker world’s attention is focused on Las Vegas, Nevada each summer.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) have today announced the return of the legendary Las Vegas festival known as the biggest poker tournament series in the world. The 56th annual WSOP will be back in 2025, and you can save the dates for your diary, with the action kicking off on May 27 and lasting […]

It is impossible to imagine the live poker without some players and Ryan Depaulo is one of them. The vlogger extraordinaire is a fixture at the live felt but when he’s not playing major poker tournaments – and selling to them via PokerStake – what does he get up to? The family man might surprise […]

Players of all levels have been enjoying using PokerStake in recent months. With the forthcoming WSOP Super Main Event sending hundreds of players into what might be the juiciest tournament of all-time, the big poker events just keep on coming. One player who is making the most of the relatively new opportunity to sell poker […]

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 […]

In recent years, the rise of several female poker players in the professional game has more than substantiated the widely held belief that poker is no longer one dominated by the male sex. Anyone can play poker and there is no barrier to anyone attempting to go from aspiring player to seasoned professional. Stars of […]

The €10,350 ($11,360) World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event ended on Day 3 of the tournament with just 47 players still in with a chance of winning over a million dollars and the bracelet. From 185 starters at the beginning of Day 3, the money bubble burst, some huge names both rose high […]

Czech player Martin Kabrhel won his third World Series of Poker bracelet as he took down the €50,000 ($54,860) No Limit Hold’em Diamond High Roller event in Rozvadov. Triumphing heads-up against the opening day’s chip leader, Sirzat Hissou, Kabrhel, who is a player who has courted controversy throughout his career split opinion as he won […]

The famed poker player and professional gambler Archie ‘The Greek’ Karas died at the age of 73 this week. Karas, who won just $204,368 at the tournament tables in ranking tournaments in his life, may not have been the biggest official winner of all-time in ranking poker events. Once upon a time now long forgotten, […]

Shaun Deeb was denied a seventh WSOP bracelet late in Rozvadov as Event #9 of the 2024 World Series of Poker Europe ended in disappointment for the poker legend. Instead, it was Amir Mozaffarian who finally won his WSOP bracelet, just days after finishing runner-up in the €5,000 Pot Limit Omaha bracelet event.

German player Dennis Weiss won his first-ever WSOP bracelet as he outlasted former bracelet winners Julien Martini and Hokyiu Lee to reign supreme in Rozvadov to take home his first WSOP bracelet on the Czech-German border. With players such as Nikola Minkov and Victor Dota falling just short, it was a thrilling final table as […]

The Ukrainian poker player Volodymyr Kokoulin won his first-ever World Series of Poker title after defeating Tomasz Kozub heads-up in Rozvadov for $62,635. Kokoulin’s win was a huge one as he came from being one card away from the exit only to recover and perform a miraculous comeback at a final table also featuring players […]

The World Series of Poker has headed to Europe and the Czech-German border town of Rozvadov as a month-long sojourn to Europe looks set to award more gold. With a slew of bracelet events about to take place, four of the world’s finest female players will be looking to win gold as they take their […]