by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 20, '26

2023 WSOP Main Event finalist Adam Walton topped an 878-entry field in the 2026 MSPT $1,600 Heart Poker Championship at Venetian for $186k.

by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 15, '23

The final table has been set in the largest World Series of Poker main event ever held. The 2023 WSOP $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em championship drew a record field of 10,043 entries, blowing away the previous top turnout of 8,773 set back in 2006 to create a $93,399,900 prize pool. Now, just nine players remain […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Nov 30, '23

The second of two Mid-States Poker Tour main events wrapped up this week at The Venetian Las Vegas. The 2023 MSPT Venetian $1,600 buy-in tournament drew 238 players, surpassing the $300,000 guarantee to build a final prize pool of $339,150. After two starting flights and a final day of combined-field action, Sergei Kislinskii emerged victorious […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 18, '23

Daniel Weinman has won the largest World Series of Poker main event ever held. The 35-year-old from Atlanta, Georgia defeated a record field of 10,043 entries that came to the Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas for the 2023 WSOP $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event to capture the championship gold bracelet and the massive $12.1 […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 17, '23

There are now just three players remaining in the record-smashing 2023 World Series of Poker no-limit hold’em main event, with one of them just a couple of eliminations away from getting their hands on the championship bracelet and top prize of $12,100,000. The final three contenders are all that remain from the largest WSOP main […]

by Art Parmann and Justin Young | Published: Oct 15, '25

The World Series of Poker main event came with quite an interesting start for Adam Hendrix – donning an Elvis Presley costume on his first day of action. A little mojo from the king of rock ‘n’ roll culminated with a sixth-place finish for $1.9 million. That single cash alone almost tripled his biggest previous […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Oct 01, '25

The PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona festival hosted 47 events from Aug. 18-31 at Casino Barcelona, with more than $67 million in total prize money awarded along the way. The series truly had something for everyone, with a vast assortment of games, tournament formats, and buy-ins to choose from, with events ranging from €550 to […]

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Oct 01, '25

Adam Bierman’s new book, Weed Empire: How I Battled Gangsters, Investment Banks, and the Department of Justice to Build the Cannabis Industry in America, begins not in the board room, but at the poker table. Down on his luck, the then-25-year-old’s Nissan 350Z had just been repossessed, and he and his girlfriend had just been […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Aug 20, '25

The 2025 World Series of Poker $10,000 main event felt like a throwback to the Moneymaker era of the game’s most prestigious event, with a palpable buzz from day 1. By the close of tournament registration, 9,735 players had laid down their buy-in to sit down at Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas, making it the […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Aug 06, '25

In a series that has already seen a triple-bracelet winner and several top pros add to their gold collections, the most recent stretch of action at the 2025 World Series of Poker was so ridiculously packed with big storylines that it looked almost scripted. Michael ‘The Grinder’ Mizrachi’s legend grew thanks to an unprecedented fourth […]