by Steve Schult | Published: Mar 20, '25

For the second consecutive year, the World Series of Poker Circuit Tournament of Champions is heading to California. The WSOP announced Wednesday that the tournament would be held at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles from May 15-17. The freeroll event runs in the middle of the WSOP Circuit stop at the Commerce. It’s sandwiched […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Mar 29, '24

The World Series of Poker has announced a brand new location for the 2024 WSOP Tournament of Champions $1 million freeroll. Series organizers revealed on Thursday, Mar. 28 that this year’s ‘ToC’ would be held from May 22-24 at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles California. The event is set to be part of a WSOP […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 21, '22

In February of 2022, Benjamin Kaupp took down a $215 buy-in World Series of Poker Online Circuit event on WSOP.com in Pennsylvania. The Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania resident earned $14,954 and his first WSOPC gold ring, but perhaps more importantly, qualified for the $1,000,000 freeroll Tournament of Champions event that closed out the 2022 World Series of […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Sep 01, '20

Global Poker’s GOAT, part of the Global Poker Championship Series, is officially in the books following a huge Sunday slate of events that crowned not one, but two Tournament of Champions. The three-week series featured 204 events that guaranteed a total of 330 million in Gold Coins and SC 1,100,000. Each tournament winner not only […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Mar 03, '20

The Grizzly Games have been nearly wrapped up for a week, but there was still the matter of determining who would be crowned as the Tournament of Champions winner and receive the $5,000 package to represent Global Poker at a live event. The final table featured players from all over the United States, including California, […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Mar 18, '26

Yuri Dzivielevski completed one of the most incredible streaks in mixed game tournament history with a victory in the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games. The 34-year-old secured the $1.3 million first-place prize to cap off a stretch in which, in rapid succession, he won a $15,000 event and finished second twice on […]

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: 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 Jonathan Little | Published: Mar 18, '26

If you want to increase your poker skills and learn to crush games, check out Jonathan Little’s elite training site at PokerCoaching.com. I was recently told about a hand played by a recreational poker player from a $500 buy-in live event. With blinds at 800-1,600 with a 1,600 big blind ante, an aggressive player raised […]