Tournaments

The Mega Poker Series Dublin Main Event Attracts Just Seven Players on First Day

What do you do if you promote a large poker tournament, but nobody shows up? That was almost the problem that tournament organizers in Dublin had to deal with this week, as what was hoped to be a major poker event turned into a...

Jason Somerville Sets New Highs with WCOOP Final Table Stream

Jason Somerville has attracted lots of views to his poker streams on Twitch, but nothing so far had compared to the attention his play received on Monday night. That evening saw Somerville go on a very long run in a World...

Charitable Poker Tournaments Draw Scrutiny in New Hampshire

One might assume charitable poker wouldn’t be controversial in nature as its primary goal is to raise money for non-profits, but a recent law passed in New Hampshire has transformed the philanthropic fundraising into big...

PokerStars Bolsters Team Pro Roster in Asia with Two New Signings

PokerStars has made no secret of the fact that they want to make Asia one of their biggest targets for growth in the coming years, seeing it as the great untapped market for poker players in the world. That strategy has largely...

Urban Justice Center Poker Tournament Headlined by Vanessa Selbst and Daniel Negreanu 

The Urban Justice Center will hold its “Blinds & Justice 2015” poker tournament on September 29th with Vanessa Selbst, the only woman to ever reach #1 on the Global Poker Index serving as host, but the future hall...

Omar Zazay Wins 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship

Omar Zazay outlasted his final table opponents and survived a heads-up duel that lasted over 100 hands in order to take home the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship title. Zazay took home a prize of $1 million after...

Vanessa Selbst Wins $1 Million in Super High Roller Celebrity Shootout

The World Series of Poker may have been the biggest attraction in the poker world this summer, but there was a sideshow that stole some of the spotlight just before the WSOP Main Event. The $500,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl,...

Jason Somerville Bringing Run It Up to Reno This October

When Jason Somerville planned some Run It Up themed events at the Peppermill Reno last May, he was thrilled to see about 25 of his fans stop by for a few days of poker fun. It’s probably a safe bet that the next Run It...

Jason Brin Wins Inaugural WPT Choctaw Main Event

At a final table with two previous World Poker Tour winners, it’s understandable that amateur poker player Jason Brin was overlooked by many observers when considering who might walk away with the first ever WPT Choctaw Main...

Loni Harwood Leads WSOP National Championship Final Table

Loni Harwood entered Friday with a large chip lead over the competition at the final table of the 2015 WSOP National Championship. Harwood has 1.34 million chips with just seven players remaining in contention, while her closest...