Christina Gollins is a two-time World Series of Poker champion after winning the $600 Housewarming at Commerce Casino, good for $105,444. The opening event brought in 1,483 entries who built a prize pool of $763,745. Known as “Baby Shark” on the tournament trail, Gollins is now over the $700,000 mark in lifetime tournament cashes. This…
Although actor Ed Asner left this Earthly plane at 91 years-old in 2021, his name continues to help families in Los Angeles through The Ed Asner Family Center (TEAFC). And on June 15, TEAFC is using poker to raise money to help fund its mission of being “an oasis of balance and thought, interaction, and…
Steve Albini, a serious poker player whose day job was recording some of the most influential musicians of the last 25 years, died of a heart attack Tuesday, May 7. He was 61. Albini owned Electrical Audio, a recording studio in Chicago that became a sort of Mecca for some of the biggest bands of…
A Florida poker player who failed to show up on Day 2 of a $500,000 guaranteed event with one of the bigger stacks had a very good reason — the birth of his son. Nick Yunis built a tower of 505,000 chips in the $1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker…
An NBA player booted for life, a casino owner breaks the hearts of a hockey fanbase, and the World Series of Poker getting behind a veterans organization are the short stacks CardsChat picked up in its last orbit of poker news. WSOP to donate to vets group The WSOP will donate up to $30,000 to…
In a little more than a month, poker players throughout the world will descend on Las Vegas for the 55th World Series of Poker and a chance at big money and the coveted bracelet. For those who can’t make it to the desert to witness the action in person, PokerGO will again be the place…
High-stakes tournament poker regular Dan Shak made a deal with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for $750,000 — or $214,000 less than what he won playing tournament poker since December — after facing accusations he manipulated the gold and silver futures market. The deal closed an investigation by the Federal commission, “resolving CFTC charges that Daniel…
Resorts World Las Vegas announced a massive small buy-in poker tournament series that will give the thousands of players in town for the 2024 World Series of Poker a chance to build their bankrolls. While WSOP events up the Strip at the Paris and Las Vegas Horseshoe cost up to $250,000 to buy-in, Resorts World…
Save the dates: The World Series of Poker is set to return to King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic for the 15th version of its series in Europe. Running from Sept. 18 to Oct. 6, 15 bracelets will be won in tourneys with guarantees totaling $15 million. The €10,350 Main Event starts Oct. 4. Last…
Consistency is one of the best indicators of greatness, something champions and Hall of Famers in any sport possess. While the mortals stare and wonder on the rail how these poker stars are able to consistently perform, others simply go out and do it. Erik Seidel is one of these “others” and he went out…
It’s the middle of March. My mother is sitting in a hospital bed while I try to shuffle a cheap used deck of cards from the Tropicana found in a drawer. We’re 2,000 miles away from Las Vegas in a rehab unit on the top floor, and we’re both sick of this place because she’s…
Over and over, CardsChat has warned its readers and forum members that it’s a very bad idea to play high-stakes Pot Limit Omaha with players who grew up in Finland. Samuli Sipila again proved our point by becoming the 2024 PokerGO Tour PLO Series overall champion — and he had to beat another Finn to…
The World Poker Tour took its show to the high seas and it was Aram Oganyan who is the winner of the WPT Voyage Championship, a $5,000 buy-in event that attracted 263. He took the lion’s share of prize pool and the title after agreeing with Carlo Basurto and Austin Srur to a three-way chip…
Giuseppe Pantaleo is the winner of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at the Horseshoe Las Vegas, breaking a self-described poker drought that tested his desire to even play tournaments anymore. But turning $1,700 into $192,831 will change any poker player’s attitude and mood. “Yeah, this feels very good because the last five…
The World Series of Poker is moving its Tournament of Champions — a $1 million freeroll open to all winners of Circuit and bracelet events — to Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. The Tournament of Champions will take place May 22-24, and is officially part of the schedule of the WSOP Circuit series at Commerce…
Eelis Parssinen is reminding everyone why he should be in any conversation about who is the best Pot Limit Omaha player in the world at the PokerGO Tour Pot Limit series that wraps up this weekend at the Aria. Yesterday, he won the $15,100 event less than a week after taking down the the $7,600…
Another enormous bad beat jackpot hit in Canada, an author battles bots on the poker table, and a card room closing are the short stacks CardsChat picked up in the latest orbit of poker news. Another monster bad beat jackpot was hit at Playground Poker Club in Canada last week, this time for CAD $1,817,990…
With World Series of Poker season soon approaching, a handful of online poker sites are getting their ambassadors all set. Alexandra Botez joins global leader Alexandra Botez, the 29-year-old Twitch streamer and YouTuber who built a brand around her love of the game of chess, is a new ambassador for GGPoker. Daniel Negreanu is the…
After losing more than $2 million playing poker in 2023, Daniel Negreanu made a public promise to himself and his fans that he would have a better year by putting “quantity over quality,” playing less events, and changing his mindset. Whatever he’s doing is working, because the 2014 Poker Hall of Fame inductee bagged his…
It took 22 seasons, but the World Poker Tour announced it will hold a series in China for the first time in June. The WPT brings its Main Tour brand to Wynn Macau in the casino’s namesake city with at least two tournaments June 18-24. WPT is partnering with Allied Gaming & Entertainment and Wynn…
A Pennsylvania lawmaker filed a bill that would allow online poker rooms operating in the Commonwealth’s to connect with those in other states. If passed, the bill would require the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) to request membership in the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA). MSIGA is the pact that allows states that regulate and…
The PGT Mixed Game series wrapped up in Las Vegas, and while two Poker Hall of Famers have captured titles, it was Max Hoffman who emerged as the overall champion by cashing in five events for $376,300. Mori Eskandani and John Hennigan, who were both inducted into the Hall in 2018, became first-time PGT Mixed Game…
The World Series of Poker is bringing its Circuit series to Toronto’s Great Canadian Casino and Resort in March, and hometown poker hero Daniel Negreanu will be there. The schedule starts with a $250 event on Friday, March 22, and ends with the $3,500 High Roller on Monday, April 1. Between are six more Circuit…
The Venetian Casino announced it will open a new, larger poker room sometime this summer which will make it one the biggest rooms in Las Vegas when the World Series of Poker isn’t in town. The current 35 table room opened on the casino floor in 2006 and will stay in operation until the new…