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Pre-WSOP power-up: Join Galfond, Seiver, Rast & more at the 2025 BTG Summit

5 days ago | poker.org | Tim Fiorvanti

Summers are where poker players' years can be made or broken, battling it out at the World Series of Poker and across Las Vegas at stakes high, low, and everywhere in between. A single hand or decision can swing things in a drastically different direction. If you're looking to optimize your approach to the game or sharpen yourself before stepping headfirst into the jaws of the summer grind, Phil Galfond is offering a space where a single investment could pay off all summer — and well beyond.
'They want to gamble' - How Jesse Lonis won a $500K PLO bet on himself

6 days ago | poker.org | Tim Fiorvanti

There are a few key reasons why Jesse Lonis is currently the number two ranked poker player on the Global Poker Index. Lonis has a seemingly insatiable appetite for action, maintaining one of the busiest schedules of any live tournament poker player for large chunks of the last three years. Since 2021, Lonis' live results have leveled up — from $864,486 in 2021, to his first $1 million year in 2022, to over $4.3 million in 2023 and then topping $7.5 million in 2024.
Alex Foxen leaps up POY ranks with big $340K comeback win in $15K USPO

1 week ago | poker.org | Tim Fiorvanti

If there's a lesson that should need no reminder in the high-stakes tournament poker world, it's that you can never, under any circumstances, count out Alex Foxen. When Foxen began heads-up play against Neil Warren in Event 7 of the 2025 PGT US Poker Open on Wednesday, he was down by a deficit of more than 4.5-to-1. But he turned things around in a hurry, claimed the chip lead, fought off a comeback from Warren and then put the tournament away.
Meteoric high roller run continues for Brandon Wilson at USPO

1 week ago | poker.org | Tim Fiorvanti

Two years ago, if you'd asked the average poker fan who Brandon Wilson was, you'd be unlikely to get much of a response. That was around the time when Wilson made his first appearances of note inside the PokerGO studio, rattling off a pair of final table appearances during the 2023 PokerGO Tour US Poker Open. In the ensuing two years, Wilson has been nothing short of dominant.
'Shoutout to my mom' – Moneymaker Daytona champ wins big for family

1 week ago | poker.org | Matt Hansen

Sam Sternfield mostly plays "not hold'em" — a crude term for mixed games and Omaha — but he's not saying anything bad about no-limit hold'em after winning the Moneymaker Tour Main Event at Daytona Beach Racing & Card Club for $80,855. It's a big win at an important time and one he can share with his family in more ways than one.
Dramatic river card gives Shannon Shorr the win at US Poker Open

1 week ago | poker.org | Tim Fiorvanti

With the World Series of Poker and two busy months of poker on the horizon, it's the right time of year for a player to get hot. That's good news for both of the top two finishers in Event 5 of the PokerGO Tour's US Poker Open. Shannon Shorr, who is coming off of winning the WSOP Circuit Main Event a few weeks ago at Horseshoe Las Vegas, ultimately walked away with the $220,400 first-place prize and the Golden Eagle trophy. But there was plenty of silver lining for runner-up Eric Blair as well.
When Binion's met ESPN: Letters from the 1987 WSOP

1 week ago | poker.org | Matt Hansen

In 1987, after several patchwork years of documentary shows on the CBS Sports Spectacular and syndicated television, Henri Bollinger contacted ESPN about airing a one-hour WSOP Main Event special on the up-and-coming cable sports network. “We’d like to explore the possibility of airing a one-hour or half-hour program on ESPN showing coverage of the climactic game of the 1987 World Series of Poker,” Bollinger wrote to David Ogrean, Program Manager at ESPN on February 24 of that year.
Tommy Angelo: The poker mantra that has saved me a thousand buy-ins

1 week ago | poker.org | Tommy Angelo

Poker mantras are plentiful and awesome, such as ‘All you need is a chip and a chair,' and 'It’s never wrong to not play.'But the best poker mantra of all — the only one with explicit universal instructions that can improve your win rate at any moment — the only mantra that has saved me a thousand buy-ins, is this:Wait for a better spot. Let’s do a thought survey.
Beat the clock: Cheap Vegas tricks for your WSOP dinner break

1 week ago | poker.org | Matt Hansen

The dinner break at the World Series of Poker is a practice of patience and efficiency — a cruel dance against time and crowds to find food, eat it, and return before the next level starts. Thankfully for some, the WSOP has moved to the Las Vegas Strip where you can swing a PokerGO giveaway t-shirt and hit a world-class restaurant.
The Showdown: Frankie fights, Kabrhel delights

1 week ago | poker.org | Matt Hansen

It's Friday and the giant storybook has closed on another week in the poker world — but not before we throw it into reverse one more time for a look at the week that was on PokerOrg's The Showdown. Sarah Herring is here every week with the latest hot goss from around the poker world — all in about as much time as it takes to microwave a thawed burrito. Walk safely to the Play Button above to get into it right now. It's the minute-plus of the rest of your life. Grace for Frankie?