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2 weeks ago | 
cardplayer.com | Erik Fast
Lautaro Guerra is one of the hottest pot-limit Omaha tournament players on the globe. The Spanish native has accumulated nearly $6.5 million in recorded scores on the circuit, with 15 of his 16 live scores of six-figures or more being recorded since the start of 2023.
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2 weeks ago | 
cardplayer.com | Erik Fast
Lautaro Guerra is one of the hottest pot-limit Omaha tournament players on the globe. The Spanish native has accumulated nearly $6.5 million in recorded scores on the circuit, earning 15 of his 16 six-figure live scores since the start of 2023.
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2 weeks ago | 
cardplayer.com | Erik Fast
The 2025 PokerGO Tour Texas Poker Open series at Champions Club Texas in Houston featured four $5,000 buy-in high roller side events. The tournaments collectively paid out $515,000 in total prize money, with Houston local Ray Qartomy emerging as the star of the show. Qartomy (pictured above) made the final table in three of the four events, with two outright wins and one third-place showing.
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2 weeks ago | 
cardplayer.com | Erik Fast
A total of 699 entries were made in the 2025 PokerGO Tour Texas Poker Open $3,300 no-limit hold’em main event at Champions Club Texas in Houston, surpassing the $2,000,000 guarantee to create a final prize pool of nearly $2.1 million. Houston poker regular Ravee Sundara emerged victorious in the end, earning $283,143 and the iconic TPO belt buckle trophy.
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2 weeks ago | 
cardplayer.com | Erik Fast
The 2025 Australian Poker Open $3,300 AUD no-limit hold’em main event attracted 690 entries to Club Marconi in Sydney, up from 549 in last year’s debut running. The 26 percent increase in turnout resulted in a $2 million AUD prize pool, more than doubling the guarantee. After three starting flights and two more days of action, the sizable field was narrowed down to a single player: champion Nelson Dong.
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2 weeks ago | 
cardplayer.com | Erik Fast
For the second time in his career, Erick Lindgren has won a satellite into a $1,000,000 buy-in poker event. Back in 2014 he secured one of two seats into the Big One For One Drop tournament at the World Series of Poker. More than a decade later, the two-time bracelet winner has once again turned a $25,000 buy-in satellite entry into a seven-figure seat.
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2 weeks ago | 
cardplayer.com | Erik Fast
The World Series of Poker Circuit rings race has been red-hot this spring, with several of the top title earners on the tour taking down events in recent months. The latest entry in this saga saw Maurice Hawkins take down the 2025 WSOPC Horseshoe Tunica $400 Monster Stack no-limit hold’em event for $34,711 and his 19th gold ring. This victory moved Hawkins into a tie with four-time bracelet winner Ari Engel for the most WSOPC titles won.
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2 weeks ago | 
cardplayer.com | Erik Fast
The 2025 Nevada State Ladies Championship at the Women In Poker Spring Festival drew a sizable field of 451 entries at $360 a piece, blowing away the $35,000 guarantee to create a final prize pool of $137,555. While 63 women made the money in this event, which was part of the Ladies International Poker Series at South Point Hotel Casino & Spa in Las Vegas, only one would walk away with the title.
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3 weeks ago | 
cardplayer.com | Erik Fast
To ensure game integrity and mitigate cheating concerns, PokerStars is implementing several changes to its upcoming live poker tournament series. PokerStars will implement the majority of the changes by the European Poker Tour Monte Carlo festival, which starts at the end of the month. The rest will be standard operating procedure by the EPT Barcelona stop in August. The company’s most notable rule change concerns its dealers’ procedures.
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3 weeks ago | 
cardplayer.com | Erik Fast
The PokerGO Tour Texas Poker Open is back this year after an impressive debut at Champions Club Texas in Houston in 2024. The festival is once again highlighted by the $2,000,000 guaranteed 3,300 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, which starts today and features eight starting flights to choose from between now and April 27. The event will also award PGT rankings points to those that make the money.
