by Erik Fast | Published: May 05, '25

“I’ve played three tournaments in eight years, and this was one of them,” said George Wolfe after emerging victorious in the 2025 RunGood Poker Series Mission RunGood Jacksonville $1,200 main event at bestbet Jacksonville. The local cash game regular outlasted a field of 465 entries at Florida poker hotspot bestbet Jacksonville to secure the title and the top prize […]

by Steve Schult | Published: May 02, '25

Poker cheat Ali Imsirovic was disqualified from a mid-stakes tournament Thursday evening. Thursday was the first of three starting flights in the $1,200 no-limit hold’em RunGood Poker Series main event at bestbet Jacksonville. Imsirovic was in the field and the chip leader heading to dinner break, with 30 players remaining from the 80-entry flight. However, […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Feb 03, '25

The 2025 bestbet Jacksonville Winter Open $1,500 no-limit hold’em main event drew 341 entries, easily surpassing the tournament’s $300,000guarantee to create a final prize pool of $448,415. The top 43 finishers earned a share of that sum, with the largest chunk going to eventual champion Jacob Mitich. The Hanover, MD resident earned a career-best score […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jan 28, '25

North Florida poker mainstay bestbet Jacksonville is currently hosting the 2025 Winter Open tournament series, with eight events spanning Jan. 23 – Feb. 2. The $400 buy-in no-limit hold’em kickoff event drew a sizable field of 1,064 entries, easily surpassing the $200,000 guarantee for the tournament to build a final prize pool of $345,800. The […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Aug 27, '24

After a back-and-forth heads-up match, James ‘Wayne’ Leonard emerged victorious in the 2024 Card Player Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville $1,700 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event. The longtime Jacksonville resident, now based out of Tampa, defeated a field of 440 entries to earn a career-best tournament score of $87,820. “It could have been him, it could […]

by Art Parmann and Justin Young | Published: Jan 21, '26

Many poker players have made the transition from dealing to playing full time. Tyler Patterson navigated that transition and the move paid off with a long, successful career in the game. The native of Seattle, Washington, left college after a year to pitch cards, but he was soon making more cash on the other side […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Sep 27, '24

The 2024 Card Player Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville series ran from Aug. 15-26, with 2,000 entries made across the nine tournaments. The strong turnouts resulted in nearly $1.2 million in prize money being awarded during the 12-day festival, with more than half of that coming from the marquee $1,700 buy-in no-limit hold’em mystery bounty main […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Jul 17, '23

The Card Player Poker Tour is once again teaming up with bestbet Jacksonville, home of the largest poker room in Florida, for a nine-event tournament series. The 2023 CPPT bestbet Jacksonville is scheduled for Aug. 10-21, and this will be the tenth CPPT festival held at the North Florida poker hotspot. “We’re excited to welcome back the Card Player Poker Tour for a tenth series,” […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Dec 07, '22

The first-ever Card Player Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville main event, held back in 2013, ended with TK Miles accepting an even split of the remaining prize money with Harvey Vandeven, who had more than a 2.5:1 lead at the time. Nine years later, The Floridian poker pro managed to make it back down to heads-up […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Oct 13, '22

This fall the Card Player Poker Tour will return to bestbet Jacksonville, home of the largest poker room in Florida, for a 16-event tournament series running from Oct. 27 – Nov. 14. This marks the ninth time that the CPPT has teamed up with the North Florida poker mainstay. “This will definitely be our biggest […]