by Erik Fast | Published: Jun 25, '22

Menikos Panagiotou has written his name in the poker history books at the 2022 World Series of Poker. The Limassol, Cyprus native outlasted a field of 695 entries in the WSOP $1,500 eight-game mix event to become the first-ever gold bracelet winner from his home country. The former poker pro turned restaurateur also secured a […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jun 11, '22

Dan Zack defeated a field of 196 entries in the 2022 World Series of Poker $10,000 Omaha eight-ot-better championship event, earning his second gold bracelet and $440,757 for the win. Zack had to survive a marathon heads-up battle with Dustin Dirksen that lasted more than seven hours. Two hours into the knock-down, drag-out match, Zack […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Aug 12, '26

Raminder Singh and Jean Laurent earned four titles each as the 2026 SHRPO festival awarded over $12.3 million in total prize money across 63 events.

by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 28, '26

Josh Reichard won the MSPT Iowa State Poker Championship for $111,942 and his third career title on the tour, continuing a red-hot 2026 run.

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Jun 22, '26

Poker pro Shaun Deeb is risking up to $10 million that poker star Phil Hellmuth's son doesn't win the 2026 WSOP main event.

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Nov 26, '25

The PokerGO Studio opened its doors in May of 2018 at the Aria Resort & Casino, right in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. Almost immediately, the frequency of high roller tournaments more than doubled, going from one or two events at the bigger circuit stops each month, to having a near-weekly series dedicated […]

by Art Parmann and Justin Young | Published: Oct 29, '25

Life at the poker table has taken some interesting turns for John Andress. The Philadelphia native moved from esports into poker during his years at Penn State, eventually taking up the game full time. In the years since he has racked up $3.3 million in live tournament winnings. There was a breakthrough win in 2011 […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Feb 20, '25

For the second time in the past decade, Adrian Mateos finished atop the final rankings in the annual Card Player Player of the Year race presented by Global Poker. Eight years after earning his first POY award in 2017, the 30-year-old Spanish poker pro strung together 21 final table finishes, earning three titles and cashing […]

by admin | Published: Jan 03, '25

Final Tables Player(s) 13 Darren Elias 9 Eric Afriat, Phil Ivey 8 Scotty Nguyen 7 Anthony Zinno, Brian Altman, Daniel Negreanu, Darryll Fish, David Pham, Erick Lindgren, Tony Dunst, Gus Hansen, J.C. Tran, Michael Mizrachi 6 Antonio Esfandiari, Carlos Mortensen, Erik Seidel, Hoyt Corkins, Jake Schwartz, John Juanda, Kathy Leibert, Mohsin Charania, Nam Le, Noah […]

by admin | Published: Dec 19, '24

Rank Player Earnings 1 Bryn Kenney $74,056,233 2 Justin Bonomo $66,248,460 3 Stephen Chidwick $61,082,815 4 Mikita Badziakouski $60,150,136 5 Dan Smith $57,897,662 6 Jason Koon $57,865,226 7 Daniel Negreanu $53,455,934 8 Adrian Mateos $52,472,144 9 Isaac Haxton $52,327,233 10 David Peters $49,243,660 11 Erik Seidel $48,290,319 12 Fedor Holz $47,256,929 13 Phil Ivey $47,200,301 […]