The record four-time World Poker Tour Main Event winner Darren Elias won his latest major title this week, toppling Artem Metaldi heads-up to take down the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $10,000 High Roller for a top score of $219,535. It’s the latest six-figure score in a career full of
The latest GGMillion$ event took place at the live felt rather than online, as players gathered to battle to a million-dollar top prize in Northern Cyprus this week. Today’s final was the conclusion of the $10,400 buy-in event which had 510 total entries and awarded $1,000,000 to the winner, Lebanese
It’s been a busy week in the life of one of poker’s most notorious players. Doug Polk is rarely out of the headlines in 2025, and the past seven days have been no exception. From going into battle on live television for poker players in the gambling tax scandal, selling
Background Which US states are truly living large? Our analysts examined a range of data points including billionaire counts, private jet traffic, poker earnings, casino spend, luxury car share, yacht ownership, and the number of $1M+ home cities. Using this, we created the High Roller Index to reveal which states
The Czech Republic poker player Zdenek Zizka has achieved a unique double in the past month, winning both the Ultimate Backgammon Championship (UBC) in Monte Carlo for €78,000 and his first-ever WSOP bracelet at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Very few players have ever excelled to such
Popular poker professional Andrew Moreno won the latest major poker tournament of his career after some inspirational words from his son on the eve of his success. Taking down the ThunderValley Main Event, which cost $2,700 to enter, for a top prize of over $200,000, Moreno, who is married to
The 2025 Goliath Main Event in Coventry, England has finished and a fairytale ending gave Paul Worsely the title after an epic heads-up comeback. The Liverpool-based player, who entered the final duel with just 10% of his opponent’s chips, won the $ top prize with less than three buy-ins for
The three-time NBA All-Star and Washington Wizards legend Gilbert Arenas was arrested on Wednesday night after a federal indictment alleged that he hosted illegal poker games at a mansion in Los Angeles for years. In a shocking development, the basketball star was arrested alongside his alleged fellow conspirators by the
The British player Joshua Bolton won Event #92 on the 2025 WSOP roster this week as he beat American rob Wazwaz heads-up to claim $311,349 and his first-ever WSOP bracelet. Surrounded by friends such as his fellow British pro Andrew ‘Statto’ Hulme, Boulton got the better of Wazwaz after the
The Vietnamese player Khoi Le Nguyen won his first-ever WSOP gold bracelet in the $50,000-entry High Roller event at the World Series of Poker, earning $2.68 million in the process. Beating French player Alexandre Reard heads-up, the Vietnamese player also outlasted players such as Sergio Aido, Martin Zamani and Sam
Background: Poker is full of big personalities, but some players take it to Karen levels. We looked through hours of footage and online rants to find the most dramatic, entitled, and over-the-top behavior ever seen at the WSOP. Key Highlights Meet the 5 Biggest Karens of the WSOP When you
Shaun Deeb captured the seventh WSOP bracelet of his incredible career after beating his fellow American poker hero Isaac Haxton in the pioneering PLO High Roller event. Winning the biggest single prize of his poker career at $2.95 million, the win not only bumped Deeb up the All-Time Money List
