by Erik Fast | Published: Mar 26, '25

A hometown hero prevailed at the latest World Poker Tour Prime Gold Coast championship, besting a field of 719 entries in the $2,000 AUD no-limit hold’em event at The Star Gold Coast near Brisbane. Australia’s own Joshua McSwiney of nearby Sunshine Coast came out on top, earning a career-best score of $177,680 as the last […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jun 27, '22

Joao Simao raced to his second World Series of Poker gold bracelet victory, beating out a field of 788 entries in the fast-paced 2022 WSOP $5,000 buy-in pot-limit Omaha and no-limit hold’em mixed event. The 33-year-old Brazilian poker pro secured the largest score of his tournament career for the win: $686,242. As a result, he […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Sep 08, '26

Oklahoma's Eric and Lauren Bunch thrived at a World Series of Poker stop in Tulsa, winning four WSOP Circuit rings across nine final table appearances.

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 Erik Fast | Published: Jul 27, '26

Discover how the 2026 WSOP shifted the all-time standings, featuring major wins for Glaser, Mizrachi, Deeb, Schulman and Negreanu.

by Erik Fast | Published: Sep 03, '25

The 2025 World Series of Poker Online officially wrapped up alongside the finish of the live and in-person series midway through July. As with the live WSOP, this year’s online series also awarded one fewer bracelet than intended, with one of the 30 planned events being cancelled due to technical issues. Card Player covered events […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Feb 01, '25

Yunkyu Song claimed the honor of Season 22 World Poker Tour Player of the Year thanks to a strong run in 2024 that saw him cash five times on tour, including three final tables. He also won the WPT Prime Playground championship near Montreal, Canada. That score in late October was good for $164,251 and […]

by admin | Published: Oct 24, '24

Rank Player WSOPC Rings Circuit Earnings 1 Ari Engel 18 $1,089,797 2 Maurice Hawkins 16 $2,804,856 3 Daniel Lowery 15 $1,814,380 4 Joshua Reichard 15 $1,270,095 5 Valentin Vornicu 13 $693,165 6 Soheb Porbandarwala 12 $1,031,899 7 Michael Setera 12 $288,097 8 Roland Israelashvili 11 $1,165,451 9 John Holley 11 $1,012,126 10 Robert Hankins 10 […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Aug 02, '24

The past fortnight of action at the 2024 World Series of Poker included two of the most noteworthy wins in recent poker history, with Daniel Negreanu and Scott Seiver each capturing their seventh career bracelets. Before delving deeper into those wins and many others, let’s take stock of the numbers as the 55th Annual WSOP […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Apr 11, '24

Rank Player Tour Earnings 1 Maurice Hawkins $2,499,049 2 Daniel Lowery $1,804,905 3 Kyle Cartwright $1,572,466 4 Chris Ferguson $1,362,090 5 Brad Albrinck $1,310,817 6 Joshua Reichard $1,228,557 7 Roland Israelashvili $1,147,142 8 Nick Pupillo $1,143,901 9 Ryan Jones $1,132,363 10 Ari Engel $1,081,518 Recent World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond main event champion […]