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Blake Vodges Caps off Borgata Winter Poker Open with Main Event Win
The 2026 Borgata Winter Poker Open concluded this month at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, bringing another busy winter festival to a close. Running from January 2-18, the series featured 37 scheduled events and several $8 million dollars in total guarantees. The schedule was headlined by the $3,500 Winter Poker Open […]
Video of Alleged Poker Bot Farm Ignites Concerns about Online Poker
A video showing what looks like a poker bot farm is going viral, prompting several online poker companies to respond. Shared by Martin Zamani on X (Twitter), the video shows dozens of computers playing online poker. “Massive bot farm on Ignition/Bovada,” Zamani wrote in his post. “They’ve know about for ages and done nothing. It’s […]
Stephen Chidwick Shares Poker Knowledge in AMA on Reddit
High-stakes tournament pro Stephen Chidwick brought his expertise and his fantastic handlebar mustache to Reddit for an Ask Me Anything session, on Monday, and the members of /poker brought their A-game by asking the $76 million man a bunch of great questions. Stephen Chidwick The English superstar who sits in second on Hendon Mob’s all-time […]
$1,000,000 GTD Event Expect to Draw Huge Crowns to Arizona’s Talking Stick Resort
Season 17 of the Major Series of Poker: The Tour (MSPT) will host its first Major at the end of the month. For the first time ever, the MSPT is headed to Arizona’s Talking Stick Resort from Jan. 24-Feb. 1 for six Gold Card events, including the $1,100 buy-in, $1,000,000 GTD Diamond Poker Championship. The […]
Gabriel Tavares Triumphs in the PokerStars New Year Series Main Event
The trio of PokerStars New Year Series Main Events have crowned their champions, with each padding their bankrolls with large scores. The largest, reserved for the $5,200 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event, was claimed by Brazilian star Gabrial “gtavares10” Tavares, who walked away with $122,130. One hundred and six entrants created a guarantee-busting $530,000 prize pool, […]
New PokerNews PowerStack Leaderboard Debuts on RGPS Tour
PokerNews is excited to introduce the PokerNews PowerStack Leaderboard, a new season-long competition offering meaningful prizes for players as part of our extended partnership with the RunGood Poker Series. RGPS heads into 2026 as a three-time winner of the Best Mid-Major Poker Tour GPI award, and the PowerStack Leaderboard is designed to reflect the same […]
Ruth Hall Clinches 2025 WPA Player of the Year
Image courtesy of Ruth Hall When a poker player’s year ends, you might tally up wins and losses, great photos you took of your friends, or the moment you had to cry in your room over getting sucked out on the river at the bubble. Another race, though, has been run all year for some […]
Who Goes First in Poker and How Does Position Shape Action?
11:4820 Jan In poker, acting last is worth real money: players on the button consistently realize more equity and lose fewer big blinds because they make decisions with full information, while early-position players pay a measurable “information tax” every hand. That’s why the question of who goes first in poker isn’t trivia—betting order directly affects […]