by Erik Fast | Published: Jan 16, '18

Jason Strasser was on top of the tournament poker game in the early 2000’s. He was one of the new guard of the game, dominating both live and online and winning millions in the process. To the surprise of many, he left poker in 2007 to take a job on Wall Street, and has since […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jan 20, '15

The largest main event of the 2014/2015 season of the World Series of Poker Circuit just wrapped up at the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma. Jose Montes topped the gigantic field of 1,363 entries to win the $352,669 first-place prize and his first WSOP Circuit gold ring. “Tournament poker is so tough," admitted Montes […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 28, '26

Texan Carson Wieland topped a 1,117-entry field in the $1,700 WSOP Circuit Choctaw main event to win $268,245 and his first career gold ring.

by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 30, '24

The first World Series of Poker Circuit stop to wrap up after the 2024 WSOP in Las Vegas has crowned its main event champion. The WSOP Circuit Choctaw $1,700 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event attracted 1,017 entries to surpass the $1 million guarantee by over half of a million dollars. The top 152 finishers earned […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jan 07, '20

Maurice Hawkins has gotten his 2020 off to a strong start. The 39-year-old poker pro was already the World Series of Poker Circuit’s all-time money leader and all-time titleholder, with more than $1.9 million in earnings on the tour and 13 gold rings to his name. Less than a week into the new year, Hawkins […]

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 Alex Fitzgerald | Published: Mar 18, '26

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