by Erik Fast | Published: Mar 12, '25

Another new record has been set at the 2025 Triton Poker Jeju festival in South Korea. Earlier this series the $25,000 eight-max drew the largest field of any tournament ever held on the high-stakes-centric tour at 391 entries. That achievement was soon followed by a new top turnout for a $100,000 buy-in Triton main event, […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 08, '25

The numbers are in for the 2025 WSOP main event. With 9,375 total entries, this year's big dance is officially the third-largest ever.

by Erik Fast | Published: Dec 17, '24

This year’s World Poker Tour World Championship main event was the first in the tournament’s three-year history to not feature a headline-grabbing guarantee. The inaugural running of the $10,400 buy-in no-limit hold’em event, hosted at Wynn Las Vegas in 2022, sported a $15 million guarantee that was nearly doubled. The following year, organizers set a […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Sep 22, '24

The 2024 Card Player Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event attracted a field of 343 entries, surpassing the $300,000 guarantee to create a final prize pool of $329,280. After the conclusion of the third and final starting flight, there are now just 44 players left to battle it out for the title and […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jan 07, '24

The 2024 Card Player Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 no-limit hold’em main event attracted a field of 457 entries, blowing away the $400,000 guarantee to create a final prize pool of $648,940. There are now just 59 players left to battle it out for the title and the top prize of $115,989, with all remaining contenders […]

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 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 […]