Tournaments

4th Annual American Poker Awards Nominees Revealed, Poker Central Leads with 8 Nominations

The 4th Annual American Poker Awards will take place at the Andaz West Hollywood in Los Angeles on Thursday, February 22, and early this week the organization released the official list of nominees. A 102-member nomination panel...

Toby Lewis on a High Down Under After Winning Record-Breaking Aussie Millions

England’s Toby Lewis has won the 2018 Aussie Millions Main Event and taken home more than $1.1 million after beating Switzerland’s Stefan Huber heads-up. Heading into the final table, Lewis was by far the most experienced...

All Japan Poker Championship Tour Following Trends to China, with Stops Planned for Macau and Taiwan

While it won’t be the first time that the All Japan Poker Championship (AJPC) has ventured outside of the Land of the Rising Sun, it will be the tour’s biggest geographic leap yet. The fledgling organization revealed...

Maria Lampropulos Wins PCA Main Event After Dramatic Finale

The main event of this year’s PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) came to a glittering close on January 14 after Argentina’s Maria Lampropulos clinched the title and $1,081,100. Following six days of sun kissed poker action...

Steve O’Dwyer’s $50,000 PCA Win Nets Him Another Tournament Title

2018’s PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) is underway and, already, Steve O’Dwyer has become one of the top winners after scooping the $50,000 High Roller title. The single re-entry tournament was one of the PCA’s three...

Unibet Poker Removes “Damaging” High Stakes Tables

Unibet Poker has removed its high stakes No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha tables in a bid to sustain a profitable ecosystem. News of the change was posted on the European poker site’s forum on December 29 by Unibet...

The Best and Worst of Poker in 2017

The highs and lows from the universe of poker in 2017 were grandiose enough to land one colorful character a movie deal while giving the rest of us plenty of news to chew on and discuss at the table with friends. Here are some of...

Official 2018 WSOP Schedule Contains Nine New Events

The 2018 World Series of Poker (WSOP) schedule has been finalized and published following an unintentional leak on December 6. After an overview of the WSOP’s 2018 schedule found its way online and into the French forums of...

Chris Ferguson Becomes WSOP Player of the Year and Some Players Don’t Mind  

Chris Ferguson has won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year title and split public opinion in the process. When Ferguson won the €1,650 ($1,900) Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better event at the World Series of...

Dominik Nitsche Banks Record Win in WSOPE’s High Roller for One Drop

The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is racing towards a conclusion, but not before Dominik Nitsche has picked up the biggest payout of the festival and his career so far. After carving his way through an all-star cast in the...