by Erik Fast | Published: Dec 20, '22

Eliot Hudon has won the largest World Poker Tour main tour event ever held. The Canadian online poker player defeated a record-setting field of 2,960 entries in the $10,400 buy-in WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, securing the $4,136,000 top prize and adding his name to the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup. Even though […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Aug 20, '26

Brock Wilson and Klemens Roiter capture EPT Barcelona high roller titles as Ottomar Ladva posts back-to-back second-place scores in Spain.

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Aug 20, '26

The 20th annual Arizona State Poker Championship drew a record 4,018 entries. Champion Evan Sandberg took home a $627,050 first-place prize.

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 Sean Chaffin | Published: Jun 16, '26

Terrible's, a company that operates a large gas station chain in Las Vegas, will operate the casinos scheduled to be shuttered in Primm, NV.

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Mar 18, '26

On Dec. 12, Card Player columnist and high-stakes tournament pro Sam Greenwood posted to Twitter/X, asking who were the next breakout players on the circuit. “When people list the best poker players in the world, the players who are picked are players [that are already] running hot. I want people to call their shot. Who […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jan 21, '26

In a month crowded with world-class poker tournament action, the World Series of Poker Paradise stood out as the undisputed heavyweight. While competing for players’ attention against rival festivals in Las Vegas and Prague, the Triton-partnered WSOPP leveraged its high-stakes focus to build over $203 million in prize pools across 15 bracelet events. The festival […]

by Paul Oresteen | Published: Dec 10, '25

During the Wild West years of the poker boom, there was a steady stream of unknowns who walked in off the street and suddenly found themselves under the bright lights of a big televised tournament. Get hot at the right time, and the constant reruns on ESPN and the Travel Channel could see you burned into […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Oct 01, '25

Poker has been in its high roller era for more than a decade now. While the growth of the nosebleed-stakes tournaments began with a selection of a few such events amid larger series, recent years have seen the proliferation of dedicated festivals and tours catering to high-buy-in specialists. The latest addition is the Onyx Super […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Jul 09, '25

Jesse Lonis is a throwback to a time before the Moneymaker Boom. The 29-year-old from Upstate New York has crafted a successful poker career out of a tireless grind, working his way up from a bankroll built on construction and odd jobs to the highest levels in the game. Although his lengthy list of accomplishments […]