by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Mar 13, '23

Tae Gon Kim – Photo Credit: WSOP Circuit Tae Gon Kim was crowned as the winner at the World Series of Poker Circuit main event on Mar. 10 at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California in the Los Angeles area. He is originally from Providence, Rhode Island and took home the top prize worth […]

by Joe Mattia | Published: Nov 15, '22

Bally’s Live At The Bike announced that it has launched a brand new series that will expand its poker action into broadcast television. The new series, Bally’s Big Bet Poker, will “offer the big stakes, big thrills, big characters – and the big fun – found on live stream, supercharged with a polished, action-packed television […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Aug 24, '22

Although Phil Hellmuth is best known for his historic success in poker tournaments, this week the 16-time WSOP bracelet winner will sit down for three straight days of high-stakes cash game action. On Aug. 24, 25, and 26, Hellmuth and other notable high rollers will battle it out in Bell Gardens, California at the Parkwest […]

by Joe Mattia | Published: Apr 27, '22

Bally’s Interactive announced that it’s investing in upgrades for the widely watched Live at The Bike stream at The Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California. Bally’s Interactive, the digital gaming unit of Bally’s Corporation, acquired LATB late last year, rebranding to Bally’s Presents Live at The Bike. “Planned show enhancements include a new set, lighting, […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: May 27, '19

Live at the Bike! recently ran a $100-$100-$200 cash game with a $200 big blind ante and a mandatory $400 under-the-gun straddle. Predictably, the game format created a lot of action. It also happened to generate the largest pot in the history of the live-streamed cash game when two regulars on the show clashed over […]

by Art Parmann and Justin Young | Published: Jan 07, '26

Comedians from Kevin Hart to David Cross to Ray Romano have been known to get in on the action at the poker table throughout the years. But Caitlin Comeskey is not the type to simply jump in an occasional celebrity tournament. As a struggling actress in Los Angeles, Comeskey would hop into the casinos in […]

by Paul Oresteen | Published: Dec 10, '25

Scott Seiver’s career as a professional poker player was seeded early in life, learning gin and bridge from his grandparents before he even attended kindergarten. His grandfather taught him to bid his own bridge hands at five, and he played quarter-ante poker at his parents’ kitchen table weekly through middle school. The New York native […]

by Kevin Haney | Published: Dec 10, '25

While mixed game aficionados were understandably disappointed that PokerGO’s televised schedule included fewer mixed games than previous years, we were still treated to three full days of coverage from the pinnacle of mixed game tournaments, the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship. High-stakes player Jared Bleznik joined the announcer’s booth for some of the broadcast and was […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Aug 20, '25

The Poker Hall of Fame has faced increasingly louder criticism over the last decade for failing to address its antiquated voting process, which limits inductees to just one per year. In fact, I’ve been running the same op-ed for three years straight, offering up several solutions to alleviate the logjam of overqualified poker players who […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Aug 06, '25

Before he landed in Las Vegas in June, Michael Mizrachi had played exactly one poker tournament since the end of last summer, when he took down the final WSOP Online event, the $888 Crazy 8’s Encore for his sixth World Series of Poker bracelet. His warmup for this summer? It was a $300 All In […]