A grueling final table effort of over nine hours paid off for the Canadian player Alexander Wong became the latest champion at the $500,000 guaranteed Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 buy-in main event, outlasting 543 entrants to take the $89,544 top prize. The Ottawa, Ontario, native took his biggest career live cash and earned 840
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Tom Dwan has a rough time at the Hustler Live felt
Tom Dwan suffers one of the worst bad beats in the history of the series The first night of the Hustler Casino Live Million Dollar Game on Tuesday drew more than 27,000 viewers. All of them witnessed Tom Dwan suffer one of the worst bad beats on the popular livestream series. The first big pot
Dave Portnoy thinks he has what it takes to be a WSOP star
The Barstool Sports founder has hinted at interest in hitting the WSOP felt Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy is debating whether to take a break from eating pizza to compete at this summer’s 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP). The host of the popular One Bite Pizza Reviews YouTube channel recently tweeted that he might
Samuli Sipila now has four PLO titles in 2024 alone
Supila bags his latest win at the Triton $50,000 buy-in PLO event Samuli Sipila continues to dominate in Pot-Limit Omaha events and is now in 16th place in the 2024 Card Player Player of the Year standings. He has over $2.1 million in live cashes and four wins in his six final table appearances. Sipila picked up
2-hour delay doesn’t keep David Dongwoo Ko from his biggest WPT win
The young Canadian player captures his first WPT title in the WPT Montreal NLHE Main Event David Dongwoo Ko is the 2024 World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal CAD 3,500 No-Limit Hold ’em main event champion after overcoming 882 entrants at the Playground Poker Club in Quebec. It’s the first WPT title for the 23-year-old, who took home the US$319,217
Fresh off WPT win, poker player Rutger Hennen heads to jail
The millionaire poker player was involved in a car crash that led to the death of a cyclist Rutger Hennen became a World Poker Tour (WPT) champion again in March after winning the WPT Prime Amsterdam Main Event for €209,775 ($227,752). However, the thrill of the victory was short-lived, as he now finds himself completing a prison sentence
Jessica Vierling now has over $1M in live earnings after latest WSOPC win
Vierling added $328,273 to her growing bank after outlasting 1,467 players 13 events are in the books at the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) series running at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, which will also host the 2024 WSOP Tournament of Champions beginning this week The top 164 finishers at the WSOPC Commerce Main Event split the
A documentary on Mike Matusow lands this month
The film will receive a special screening at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas One of the most intriguing characters at the poker tables over the last three decades will soon be featured on the big screen. The documentary “Matusow” premieres on May 26 for a special screening at South Point Casino in Las Vegas.
Adrian Mateos ships Triton Montenegro event for $1.7 million
The high-stakes Spanish grinder took down Justin Saliba for a huge payday Adrian Mateos navigated through 159 players to win the 2024 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro $50,000 No-Limit Hold ’em eight-max event after a heads-up battle with Justin Saliba for his second Triton title and a $1,761,000 payday. The 29-year-old Spanish grinder
Artisom Lasouski outlasts Chidwick, Moneymaker for first Triton poker win
Taking down the XXX marked the young player’s biggest cash to date Artisom Lasousk made a strong debut at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series with a win in Event #5: $40,000 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold ’em 7-Handed tournament at the Montenegro series. The relatively unknown Belarusian survived over 151 entrants for a career-best live tournament
Mike Watson picks up first seven-figure score of the Triton Poker series
A massive field helped drive the prize pool to the largest in the Triton series so far Mike Watson became the third Triton Poker Super High Roller champion after winning the series’ first prize of over $1 million in Montenegro, bringing his total Triton winnings to over $10 million. The $30,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold ’em 8-Handed
Christina Gollins earns second WSOP Circuit ring at Commerce Casino
Gollins turned $600 into a $105,444 prize as she continues to shine at the tables Christina “Baby Shark” Gollins is celebrating her second World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring after taking the $600 Housewarming at Commerce Casino event over 1,483 entrants to earn the $105,444 top prize. Gollins moved beyond $700,000 in live tournament winnings











