Pot Limit Omaha, or PLO, has become by far the most popular way to play poker other than No Limit Hold’em. The ‘four card game’ as it is known has prompted established poker operators such as the PokerGO Tour to host festivals such as the PGT Mixed Games Series, the Super High Roller Bowl in […]

Over the past fortnight, the Triton Poker Series has welcomed a record number of players to Jeju in South Korea. Among the winners, stars such as the Russian pro Anatoly Filatov, American tournament crusher Sean Winter, the Thailand high roller specialist Punnat Punsri and even the leader of The Hendon Mob’s All-Time Money List, Bryn […]

Over the past few years, Jon Kyte has risen to the top 10 on the Norwegian All-Time Money List via The Hendon Mob. With a trip to the Irish Open on the horizon, we caught up with the PokerStake player as he hopes to bring the luck of the Irish back home to Norway and […]

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 week, the poker world has paid tribute to ‘Miami John’ Cernuto, who sadly lost his brave battle with colon cancer in February. One of the many hundreds of friends ‘Miami John’ had over the years was his favorite student of the game and a PokerStake player who plays in his spirit every […]

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 […]

A World Series of Poker bracelet winner, as well as an EPT and WPT Prime champion, Stephen Song had enjoyed a phenomenal career since his first live cash back in 2016. In recent years, Song has become one of the most bankable poker players in tournaments around the world, with a phenomenal record of success. […]

This week, while the PokerGO Cup plays out in Las Vegas and numerous players plan trips to Jeju for the latest super high-stakes Triton Poker Series trip, one player will be between those two great continents in a country with a population smaller than New Hampshire. Lithuanian tournament crusher Vladas Tamasauskas is heading to the […]

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 […]

Over the course of her recent career, Rania Nasreddine has looked bulletproof at the poker felt. Reaching two recent EPT Main Event tables looked fearsome enough but heading into 2025, there are few players to fear more. We dug into the mindset of one of poker’s toughest cookies recently as she prepares for the biggest […]

This week, the World Series of Poker action has been hotter than one of Boston Rob’s barbs on The Traitors. Harrah’s Pompano Beach Casino is the venue for players to battle for a WSOP Circuit ring and hundreds of thousands of dollars. With the $2,200-entry High Roller event fast approaching, we spoke to one of […]

Players, industry experts and creatives can look forward to an exciting awards ceremony in late February, as some of the biggest names in the game, including stars from PokerStake’s roster have received nominations for the 6th annual Global Poker Awards. With American content creator Caitlin Comeskey earning four nominations, a record in 2025, there will […]

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.

⁠Tyler Phillips has won over $1.25 million playing poker in live events, and online he has crushed for two decades. Despite his enormous success at playing poker as a professional, he has largely flown under the radar in his career. As we found out from speaking with the man himself, 2025 could well become the […]

Over the course of 2024, it’s no exaggeration to say that the landscape of poker has changed. GTO poker is here to stay, as we’ll look back on in our latest round-up of action from the last 12 months. We’ve looked back on a buoyant midwinter in Part 1 and sprung forward with Spring in […]