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
Michael Wilklow’s poker moment in the sun arrived in the best event for anyone playing $1,000 events - the Mystery Millions. Taking it down for $1m up top, Wilklow defeated the popular Costa Rican professional Michael Acevedo heads-up to win the bracelet at the Horseshoe Las Vegas. WSOP Mystery Millions
Canadian poker pro Xuan Liu made history in Montenegro by winning the WPT Global Slam for $860,000 and becoming the first woman to win the Triton Poker Series. Her win included plenty of drama, including a comeback from a nearly 4:1 chip deficit heads-up against Daniel Dvoress. Meanwhile, fellow Canadian
Italian poker player Aurelio Vallone took home his first major live title at the 2025 Malta Poker Festival Spring Edition, winning the $101,220 Grand Event and securing his first-ever major tournament victory. This breakout result further solidifies Aurelio Vallone's Malta Poker debut as one of the biggest stories of the
Local player banks $687k in record-breaking event at Royal Dublin Society. On Easter Monday, 22-year-old Simon Wilson won the 2025 Irish Poker Open, etching his name into Irish poker history and banking $687,000. The event was held at the Royal Dublin Society. It drew a staggering 4,562 entries, setting a
The Canadian pro takes home $158,025 and locks in her third PokerGo Tour title in just 2025. Kristen Foxen kicked off the 2025 U.S. Poker Open with a win, taking down the $5,100 No-Limit Hold’em kickoff event at PokerGo Studio in Las Vegas. The victory earned her $158,025, 158 PGT
As the WSOP Circuit event at Turning Stone Resort Casino wrapped up this weekend, it marked a rewarding return to the felt for mom of four Danielle Moran. Nearly a decade ago, she captured the Empire State Hold’em Championship at the same venue—and despite limited play since then, she walked
Cards Must Speak And So Should Poker Reporters “The writer must be a participant in the scene while he's writing it — or at least taping it, or even sketching it. Or all three.” ~ Hunter S. Thompson Hawkins’ 18th Ring Mired in Controversy A few days ago, at the
PokerStars Live is known for its European Poker Tour (EPT) tournaments as well as its regional tours, like its North American Poker Tour (NAPT) and Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP). These tours may not offer the most stops or heart-stopping prize pool guarantees, but they are consistently well-run and reputable,
The World Poker Tour is ready to kick off 2025 – a brand new season of main tour events and WPT Prime festivals, all contributing to a fresh Player of the Year race. And the icing on the cake is a new and exclusive broadcast partnership with CBS Sports Network
The WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas was filled with tournaments, not the least watched was the ClubWPT Gold Freeroll. But there was only one main event, the most anticipated of all the festival, and that was the WPT World Championship itself. The $10K buy-in tournament began its run
The World Series of Poker, in conjunction with new owner GGPoker, completed its inaugural Super Main Event in the Bahamas this week. The WSOP Paradise series, in its second iteration, offered a small-but-mighty lineup of bracelet events this December, many with guarantees, online poker components, and big poker names. Of
