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Sam “Senor Tilt” Kiki grabbed a stack of chips with a marginal hand before pulling them back after noticing his opponent seemed ready to call the bet in a controversial hand during the third episode of High Stakes Poker Season 15. The hand was a bit reminiscent to the infamous Live at the Bike “Joke […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]