by Brendan Murray | Published: Jun 27, '11

Idan Greenberg of Israel has won the PokerStars.com Eureka Poker Tour Bulgaria which attracted 308 players to the Golden Sands resort near Varna at the weekend. The €730 + €70 buy in event created a prize pool of €224,840 and Greenberg took the lead on day two with 35 players left and only relinquished it […]

by Michael Kaplan | Published: Oct 19, '25

Does your poker game use an automatic shuffler? As it turns out, the machines are not as safe as we once thought.

by Paul Oresteen | Published: Oct 14, '25

In an episode of WIRED magazine's "Hacklab," a hacker shows how easy it is for him to cheat with the popular Deckmate 2 automatic shuffler.

by Erik Fast | Published: Sep 22, '24

The 2024 Card Player Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event attracted a field of 343 entries, surpassing the $300,000 guarantee to create a final prize pool of $329,280. After the conclusion of the third and final starting flight, there are now just 44 players left to battle it out for the title and […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jan 07, '24

The 2024 Card Player Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 no-limit hold’em main event attracted a field of 457 entries, blowing away the $400,000 guarantee to create a final prize pool of $648,940. There are now just 59 players left to battle it out for the title and the top prize of $115,989, with all remaining contenders […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Feb 17, '22

The PokerGO Tour hosted a brand-new series in the early weeks of 2022, featuring a unique format. The inaugural Stairway To Millions series was held at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas from Jan. 12-20. The series featured eight no-limit hold’em events, each with a progressively higher buy-in. Players who made the money in […]

by Justin Marchand | Published: Feb 07, '19

Commercial and tribal casinos revenues continue to grow and poker remains an important amenity to the billion-dollar casino industry. In 2018, card rooms worldwide ran more than 5,000 major poker tournaments that awarded an astounding $1.26 billion in prize earnings. And these numbers don’t even count the daily tournaments many of you enjoy at your […]

by Brian Pempus | Published: Jun 30, '15

It’s impossible to call Phil Hellmuth a hold’em specialist anymore. On June 9, Hellmuth emerged victorious in the World Series of Poker $10,000 Razz Championship, which featured 103 of the variant’s best players, to capture his 14th bracelet—the most of any player in WSOP history. The deep run was also Hellmuth’s first cash of this […]

by Roy Brindley | Published: Nov 02, '06

It's a long way from home: Welcome to the Pokerdome Unsurprisingly, a single person has never won $60 million in a sporting event. In 2006, however, it's possible that one poker player will do just that. But before you start booking flights, there are a couple of potentially difficult hurdles to overcome. Apart from having […]

by Mike Sexton | Published: Jun 14, '06

Remember what poker is like today, how popular it is, how many states and countries offer legalized poker, and the media exposure for it. Remember today because the poker world as we know it is about to change. It's going to change because of the creation of the World Poker Tour (WPT). The mission statement […]