by Erik Fast | Published: Dec 20, '23

The World Poker Tour Prime Championship $1,100 buy-in no-limit hold’em event debuted at the Wynn Las Vegas in 2022, attracting a massive turnout of 5,430 entries to blow away the tournament’s $2 million guarantee. The second running of the WPT Prime Championship upped the ante considerably, increasing the guarantee to $5 million while keeping the […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Aug 29, '26

Manuel Ferrari outlasted 1,823 entries in the 2026 EPT Barcelona main event to claim his first major title and $1.2 million.

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Aug 12, '26

Joe McKeehen, the 2015 WSOP main event winner, earned another big victory in the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship.

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Jun 30, '26

Matthew Higgins won the 2026 WSOP Mystery Millions event, outlasting 22,811 entrants to win $1 million and his first WSOP bracelet.

by Erik Fast | Published: Feb 25, '26

Bracelet winner Nicholas Seward bested 488 entries in the 2026 WPT Venetian $5,000 main event to win $418,700.

by Erik Fast | Published: Feb 01, '25

Eddie Pak found poker while studying for his degree at the University of Southern California, and continued to grind cash games on the side while earning his master’s degree and working as an entrepreneur. But it wasn’t until 2022 that he started to play more tournaments, and the move has paid off handsomely. Pak has […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jan 17, '25

This year’s World Poker Tour World Championship $10,400 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event was the first in the tournament’s three-year history not to feature a headline-grabbing guarantee. The inaugural running of the $10,400 buy-in no-limit hold’em event, hosted at Wynn Las Vegas in 2022, sported a $15 million guarantee that was nearly doubled. The following […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Sep 04, '24

The 2024 World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event drew a staggering field of 10,112 entries to Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas to become the largest world championship ever held. After two weeks of adrenaline-pumping action, longtime poker pro Jonathan Tamayo emerged victorious with the championship bracelet and the first-place prize of $10 […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Nov 14, '19

Poker Stories is a long-form audio podcast series that features casual interviews with some of the game’s best players and personalities. Each episode highlights a well-known member of the poker world and dives deep into their favorite tales both on and off the felt. Age: 41 Hometown: Albany, California Ali Nejad is one of poker’s […]

by Shawn Patrick Green | Published: Nov 14, '08

Site Sends More Players to the WSOP Than Anyone Else One turned $39 into $2.5 million. Another made $5 million from a $160 investment. Those numbers equate to a 64,000 percent and a 31,000 percent return on investment, respectively, for those lucky guys. Who were those two fortunate fellows? Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer, the […]