by Erik Fast | Published: Nov 15, '18

For the first time ever, the Caribbean Poker Party $5,300 no-limit hold’em main event featured a guaranteed prize pool of $10 million. That meant that the guarantee had doubled in size from the $5 million promised in 2017. A total of 1,061 entries were made in last year’s event, just barely enough to surpass the […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Sep 03, '14

It’s official. With just under $21 million in live earnings since this April Dan Colman is on the biggest run in live tournament poker history. At his sixth final table of 2014 the 23-year-old poker pro from Holden, Massachusetts notched his fourth seven-figure score of the year and his third title. Most of his previous […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Sep 03, '14

A total of 1,499 players turned out for the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $10,000,000 guaranteed main event. That meant that the Seminole Hard Rock had to post a $2.5 million overlay. Now only six players remain to battle it out for the title and the $1,446,710. 2014 Card Player Player of the Year […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jan 09, '14

For the first time event the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure featured a guaranteed prize pool in 2014, and this was not just some small token guarantee: PokerStars insured that players in the main event would be battling for their share of at least a $10,000,000 prize pool. The PCA $10,300 buy-in main event has consistently been […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jan 08, '14

The 11th-annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,300 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event kicked off today at the Atlantis Paradise Island, with 295 players choosing to enter on day 1A and take their shot at part of the $10,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. At the end of the day only 184 remained, with American poker pro Dylan Hortin […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Mar 18, '26

Yuri Dzivielevski completed one of the most incredible streaks in mixed game tournament history with a victory in the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games. The 34-year-old secured the $1.3 million first-place prize to cap off a stretch in which, in rapid succession, he won a $15,000 event and finished second twice on […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Mar 18, '26

On Dec. 12, Card Player columnist and high-stakes tournament pro Sam Greenwood posted to Twitter/X, asking who were the next breakout players on the circuit. “When people list the best poker players in the world, the players who are picked are players [that are already] running hot. I want people to call their shot. Who […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Mar 18, '26

Just three days before winning the Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games title, Yuri Dzivielevski went on a late-series heater at the 2026 PokerGO Tour Mixed Games festival. The 34-year-old strung together back-to-back-to-back top-two finishes in the final three events, including one outright win, to be steal the series championship. Dzivielevski had not recorded a […]

by Craig Tapscott | Published: Mar 18, '26

Justin Saliba graduated from the University of Dayton with a degree in chemical engineering, but the former college soccer player had already fallen in love with poker and decided to pursue his dream in Las Vegas. The 31-year-old has been on an incredible run over the last few years, going from a relatively anonymous online […]

by Jonathan Little | Published: Mar 18, '26

If you want to increase your poker skills and learn to crush games, check out Jonathan Little’s elite training site at PokerCoaching.com. I was recently told about a hand played by a recreational poker player from a $500 buy-in live event. With blinds at 800-1,600 with a 1,600 big blind ante, an aggressive player raised […]