by Erik Fast | Published: Jun 17, '26

Aviation quality engineer Justin Smith navigated a staggering field of 16,269 entries in the 2026 WSOP $500 Colossus, staging a final table comeback to secure his first career gold bracelet and $550,000 in prize money.

by Brian Pempus | Published: Jan 26, '15

Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is no stranger to the game of poker. He’s played in poker tournaments in Asia, in addition to having been seen playing $100-$200 no-limit hold’em at the Commerce in Los Angeles. Last week, high-stakes poker player Justin Smith shared his favorite Pacquiao poker moment. Pacquiao has been grabbing headlines most recently […]

by Brian Pempus | Published: Jan 10, '14

High-stakes poker pro Justin “Boosted J” Smith has received his sentence after pleading guilty to one count of accepting a “financial instrument for unlawful Internet sports gambling” in connection with a massive operation that the feds busted in the spring of last year. The poker and sports betting ring was alleged to have links to […]

by Rebecca McAdam | Published: Sep 08, '10

A skilled field made for a tough final table at the inaugural World Poker Tour London Poker Classic High Roller event held at the Palm Beach Casino, Mayfair. The £15,000 buy-in event attracted a long list of familiar names such as 2010 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Frank Kassela, Andrew Robl, Huck […]

by Joe Mattia | Published: May 03, '22

The production studio Radar Pictures has reportedly secured the rights to an upcoming movie about the life of poker legend Doyle Brunson. According to Deadline, Radar Pictures will develop the biopic with screenwriter and poker player Justin “Boosted J” Smith involved the project. Radar Pictures developed movies such as Jumanji, The Last Samurai, Bill and […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Mar 18, '26

Just three days before winning the Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games title, Yuri Dzivielevski went on a late-series heater at the 2026 PokerGO Tour Mixed Games festival. The 34-year-old strung together back-to-back-to-back top-two finishes in the final three events, including one outright win, to be steal the series championship. Dzivielevski had not recorded a […]

by Craig Tapscott | Published: Mar 18, '26

Justin Saliba graduated from the University of Dayton with a degree in chemical engineering, but the former college soccer player had already fallen in love with poker and decided to pursue his dream in Las Vegas. The 31-year-old has been on an incredible run over the last few years, going from a relatively anonymous online […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Mar 04, '26

The 2026 PokerGO Tour season got underway with the aptly-titled PGT Kickoff, a six-event festival that awarded double rankings points from Jan. 26-31. A total of $4.5 million in prize money was paid out across the half-dozen no-limit hold’em events on the schedule, with 745 entries made along the way. Andrew Lichtenberger ultimately captured the […]

by Art Parmann and Justin Young | Published: Feb 18, '26

Jeff ‘Boski’ Sluzinski has been involved in quite a few aspects of poker in a career dating back two decades  – from the early days of the online game and the boom of the 2000s to vlogging and eventually becoming an ACR Poker ambassador. The Michigan native found the game after a stint playing Magic: The […]

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 […]