by Erik Fast | Published: Sep 19, '24

In the span of just over five weeks, Donovan Dean has managed to win two large-field no-limit hold’em main events. He first took down the 2024 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee $1,700 buy-in on Aug. 12, besting 1,451 entries to win $326,206 and his second main event title at the venue (he won […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Aug 15, '24

Donovan Dean is now a two-time World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee main event champion. The Alabama resident took down the WSOPC $1,700 main event at the North Carolina poker hotspot back in December of 2022, and then backed that up with a title run this summer. The more recent victory saw Dean defeat […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Dec 06, '22

The World Series of Poker Circuit returned to Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in North Carolina from Nov. 24-Dec. 5 for the second of four stops this season. As per usual, the highlight of the series was the $1,700 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, which ran from Dec.2-5. A total of 1,502 entries were made by […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Nov 13, '21

Click Here For Day 2 Live Updates Thanks to a late knockout on Day 1B, resulting in a roughly 600,000-chip pot, Donovan Dean will take the chip lead into Day 2 of the Card Player Poker Tour Venetian $2,500 no-limit hold’em main event. The Alabama native bagged up 916,000 to lead the roughly 127 survivors […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Aug 28, '26

Self-proclaimed "fish" Randall Emmett survived a high-stakes encounter against top pros on PokerGO's livestream, sponsored by CoinPoker.

by Craig Tapscott | Published: Sep 27, '24

Donovan Dean was on a family vacation when he got bit by the poker bug. Instead of soaking up the sun and going for a swim, Dean was in the condo, glued to the poker on TV. Like many during the poker boom, Chris Moneymaker’s win at the 2003 WSOP main event had made an […]

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Apr 25, '25

Most poker players would envy the spot Sam Laskowitz found himself in. He sat inside the PokerGO Studio in February as the chip leader in a $15,000 PokerGO Cup event. The former lawyer from Long Island, New York had already notched three top-10 finishes in the series, and with a win could put himself in […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Mar 14, '25

The final table of the 2025 Card Player Poker Tour Venetian $1,000,000 guaranteed $1,600 no-limit hold’em main event was full of several wild hands and plenty of rollercoaster runouts, including a pot that saw Dan Stavila hit a one-outer to make a straight flush for an early knockout. Stavila went on to close out the […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Mar 15, '24

The DeepStack Extravaganza I ran from Jan. 29-Feb. 18 at The Venetian® Resort Las Vegas, featuring nearly $1.5 million in guarantees, with the largest guaranteed prize pool belonging to the Card Player Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event. The tournament, which marked the 14th CPPT Venetian main event, attracted a field of […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Feb 02, '24

Isaac Haxton fell just a couple of spots shy of the money in the PGT Championship, finishing eighth, but he ended the season atop the PGT standings, with 2,847 total points and more than $7.2 million earned across 14 cashes. The 38-year-old also secured four PGT titles, including winning the Super High Roller Bowl VIII […]