by Erik Fast | Published: Nov 21, '22

The 2022 Card Player Poker Tour $2,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event attracted a field of 363 total entries, surpassing the $750,000 guarantee to build a final prize pool of $816,750. After three starting flights and an action-packed day 2, there are now just nine players remaining with a shot at the title and the […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Dec 21, '21

As 2022 rapidly approaches, the final few major poker tournaments of the year are wrapping up in time for the Holidays. The latest gue event to come to a conclusion is the 2021 Wynn Winter Classic $5,300 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event. The tournament attracted a sizable field of 672 entries, blowing away the $2 […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Nov 14, '21

The 2021 World Series of Poker main event drew 6,650 entries, the tenth-largest turnout in the tournament’s history. From that sea of players, there are now just 96 remaining with a shot at the championship bracelet and the first-place prize of $8,000,000. Koray Aldemir ended day 5 of the $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em world championship […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Sep 08, '26

Oklahoma's Eric and Lauren Bunch thrived at a World Series of Poker stop in Tulsa, winning four WSOP Circuit rings across nine final table appearances.

by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 12, '26

Italy's Sergio Benso captured his first gold bracelet and $196,431 with a win in the debut $1,500 Pick Your PLO event at the 2026 WSOP.

by Craig Tapscott | Published: Nov 26, '25

In a game where precision meets emotion, the mental side of poker often separates the elite from the merely talented. In this edition of Head Games, a diverse lineup of professionals open up about the subtle — and often overlooked — dimensions of improvement that define their edge at the tables. These players are not […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Jul 09, '25

The 56th Annual World Series of Poker officially got underway on May 27 at the Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas. The first couple of weeks have been action-packed, with 24 bracelets awarded so far, already paying out more than $71.8 million in prize money. The total entries for the series currently sits at over 45,000, […]

by Erik Fast | Published: May 14, '25

Jesse Lonis is the latest champion of the PokerGO Tour Pot-Limit Omaha Series, joining the likes of Lautaro Guerra, Daniel Geeng, Samuli Sipila, and Matthew Wantman. The 29-year-old poker pro cashed in five of the 11 tournaments offered at this year’s four-card festival, accumulating $799,140 for the highest total of any player. Lonis made four […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Mar 14, '25

The final table of the 2025 Card Player Poker Tour Venetian $1,000,000 guaranteed $1,600 no-limit hold’em main event was full of several wild hands and plenty of rollercoaster runouts, including a pot that saw Dan Stavila hit a one-outer to make a straight flush for an early knockout. Stavila went on to close out the […]

by admin | Published: Dec 09, '24

Nick Marchington was a wide-eyed, 21-year-old rookie on the poker scene when he made his first major final table, taking seventh place in the 2019 WSOP main event for $1,525,000. He may not have been quite ready for the big stage back then, but in November under the bright lights of the North American Poker […]