by Erik Fast | Published: May 15, '25

Xuan Liu has made poker history, becoming the first woman to ever win a title on the prestigious high-stakes Triton Poker tour. The Canadian pro overcame a field of 155 entries that turned out to Maestral Resort & Casino for the 2025 Triton Poker Montenegro WPT Global Slam $25,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em event to hoist the trident trophy. The WPT Global Ambassador revealed that she had flown […]

by Kristy Arnett | Published: Mar 04, '08

At one of the World Poker Tour’s most exclusive events, history was made when Van Nguyen won the Celebrity Invitational at the Commerce Casino yesterday, becoming the first woman to ever win a WPT title. She won $100,000 as well as a $25,000 seat into the WPT Championship in April. Hollywood celebrities and poker pros made […]

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Jun 13, '08

Vanessa Selbst put on a masterful performance to win the $1,500 pot-limit hold’em event at the 2008 World Series of Poker last night. She gambled when she needed to and applied contstant pressure on her opponents with a large stack. Her toughest test was saved for last in the tournament. When it got down to […]

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Jun 12, '08

Jack Binion had taken over most of the responsibility for running the World Series of Poker from his father Benny by 1978. Benny Binion was still the man that started it all at Binion’s Horseshoe, but his charismatic presence was now more as a figure head. The preliminary events saw Doyle Brunson win his fifth […]

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Jun 12, '08

Vanessa Selbst came into the final table of the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha event today at the World Series of Poker with a lot of momentum behind her. She was the overwhelming chip leader, and she put those chips to good use, knocking out four opponents en route to three-handed action. Selbst suffered a small setback […]

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Jul 23, '25

With just a short time left on her contract as a WPT Global ambassador, Xuan Liu had some cash remaining in her account for tournament play just as her contract with the company was set to expire. She’d always wanted to give a Triton Poker event a shot and the online poker brand was sponsoring […]

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 […]