by Erik Fast | Published: Mar 18, '25

The 2025 World Poker Tour Cyprus Prime Championship $1,100 no-limit hold’em event soared past its $1,000,000 guarantee, with 1,391 entries building a final prize pool of $1,349,270. After five starting flights and two more days of action inside the Chamada Prestige Hotel & Casino, Omar Lakhdari was left as the last player standing. The Algerian-born […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Sep 15, '26

The full schedule has been released for the 2026 World Poker Tour World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, with $20 million in guarantees set to be awarded at the Sin City poker hotspot from Nov. 27 through Dec. 21. The closing series for the WPT’s 24th season will host over 85 events across 25 days of […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Sep 12, '26

Finnish casino owner Ossi Ketola defeated Patrik Antonius in an historic $20 million heads-up clash at Triton Jeju.

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Sep 12, '26

Ossi 'Monarch' Ketola returned for another high stakes Triton heads-up match, winning $6 million from Wiktor Malinowski amidst controversy.

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Sep 11, '26

Mayukh Chakraborty, a Canadian with less than $4,000 in previous results, won the WSOP Super Circuit Canada main event for over $1 million.

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 […]