by Erik Fast | Published: May 23, '24

David Dongwoo Ko has won the 2024 World Poker Tour Montreal $3,500 CAD no-limit hold’em main event at the Playground Poker Club in Quebec. The 23-year-old poker pro based out of Burnaby, British Columbia overcame a field of 882 entries to secure his first WPT title and the top prize worth $319,217 USD. This was […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Nov 04, '19

After five days of action in the CAD$3,300 buy-in, World Poker Tour Montreal main event at the Playground Poker Club, just ten hopefuls out of the starting field of 1,109 remained to battle it out for the CAD$500,000 first-place prize. Among them were some of the best in the game today, including high-stakes regular Michael […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Nov 05, '18

Patrick Serda has won the 2018 World Poker Tour Montreal $5,300 CAD buy-in, $5 million guaranteed no-limit hold’em main event. The 28-year-old Canadian poker pro defeated a field of 792 total entries to capture his first WPT title and the top prize of $855,000 CAD ($668,388 USD). Serda entered the final day of the event […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Oct 26, '18

The 2018 World Poker Tour Montreal Festival is kicking into high gear this week at the Playground Poker Club. The WPT has teamed up with partypoker LIVE for an exciting series that features combined guarantees of $8,165,000 CAD across a number of exciting events held between Oct. 21 – Nov. 4. Friday, Oct. 26 will […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Oct 19, '18

With massive live and online poker tournament events planned for the coming months, partypoker is set to finish 2018 off with a bang. First up on the agenda is the WPT Montreal Festival, which will see the World Poker Tour teaming up with partypoker LIVE for an exciting series that features combined guarantees of $8,165,000 […]

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 Alex Fitzgerald | Published: Mar 18, '26

Get a FREE training package at PokerHeadRush.com. Even the most skilled players can find their performance undermined not by lack of ability, but by hidden patterns in their own thinking. Understanding the psychological traps that quietly sabotage decision-making is often the missing key to unlocking consistent success. ‘This Is The Best Hand I’ve Had In […]

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 […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Mar 04, '26

In late 2018, Doug Polk quit poker. He reiterated that stance in March 2020, stating unequivocally that he didn’t enjoy the game anymore, and he was done with the industry for good. But it didn’t stick. The three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner built his reputation by becoming one of the best heads-up online no-limit hold’em […]