The 6th Annual Global Poker Awards were held in Las Vegas this past weekend and among the winners were the show’s presenter himself, Jeff Platt. With other winners such as Adrian Mateos, Cherish Andrews, David Coleman, Abby Merk and Rania Nasreddine all honored with trophies, there were multiple winners, emotional speeches and a degree of […]

Over the past few years few poker players in the world can compare to the huge success of Stephen Song. Recently, Stephen has won an EPT Main Event in Barcelona to add to a WPT Prime Championship and WSOP bracelet. He’s cashed five times in the first month of the year in PokerGO events for […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

An exciting Day 5 full of action saw the World Poker Tour’s flagship World Championship whittle the field down to just 16 players as both Alex Foxen and Kristen Foxen lost their tournament lives. On a day where British stars Chris Moorman, Carl Shaw and Ben Heath all made the top 10 places, two high-profile […]

With just 24 days to go until the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jason Koon has become the latest star name to confirm that he will be participating in the returning Super High Roller event. Along with four debutants, Koon has confirmed his intention to play […]

The World Poker Tour’s World Championships will return in December and after a successful debut in 2022, this year’s festival looks to be bigger and better in every way. With dozens of tournament events and a Main Event that this year has an amazing $40 million guarantee, the end of 2023 is sure to be […]