Table Of Contents On February 23, Brazilian Dalton “Daltonhb” Hobold wrote himself into PokerStars’ history books after becoming the inaugural champion of the Sunday Million Phased event, part of the Sunday Million Season. Fast forward to last weekend and “Tchelo Shelby” captured the latest Sunday Million title, keeping it in Brazil for the next week. “Tchelo Shelby” came out on top of a 9,954-strong crowd, firing a singular $109 bullet and turning that into $85,320, including bounty payments.

Table Of Contents Played four and bricked four. That was Anatoly Filatov’s record last time he played in a Triton Super High Roller festival. That was in Cyprus almost two years ago. But he’s back in Jeju and back with a bang after defeating a 389-player field in the $25,000 WPT Global Slam to win $1,882,000. “It feels amazing,” said Filatov, who has Koren heritage through his mother’s side. “I’m here in Jeju and this win is really great.

Table Of Contents Ukraine’s “aghero.agnis” won the first $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event888poker has run since the hugely successful PokerNews Online Championship (PNOC). The Ukrainian left a trail of 992 opponents in their wake as they turned their $109 buy-in into a $7,680 score. Most of the largest bounties had already been won during Day 1, including the $10,000 jackpot bounty. The eventual champion’s fellow Ukrainian, “RudMaxud,” received that princely sum before busting in 13th place.

Table Of Contents The Triton Poker Jeju festival in South Korea continued to be one of the most exciting high-stakes festivals of the year with record-breaking numbers, big-name winners and new faces to the international high roller circuit. Jeremy Ausmus won his first Triton title and second high-stakes tournament of the year in the $25,000 buy-in Event #3 for $1,892,000, while Azerbaijan’s Ramin Hajiyev took down the $30,000 buy-in Event #5 for $1,517,000.

Table Of Contents Major poker tournament action returned to the popular Global Poker site on Sunday with the start of the Maverick O Series IV. The series is just getting started and will feature numerous events for Gold Coin (GC) and Sweeps Coin (SC) players daily until March 9. The name of the game in this series is not no-limit hold’em. We’re playing variations of pot-limit Omaha, including standard PLO and PLO-8.

Table Of Contents Phil Hellmuth made his High Stakes PokerSeason 14 debut on Monday, but he didn’t last long after suffering two coolers against the same opponent. The seventh episode of the season on PokerGO featured a new lineup as the Hustler Casino Live crew exited the game. Hellmuth was joined by a star-studded cast of characters that included potential 2025 Poker Hall of Fame inductee Scott Seiver, Jared Bleznick, Kento Mori, Seth Gottlieb, Markus Gonsalves, and Justin Gavri.

Table Of Contents The Wynn Millions has been rolling for two weeks now. Sixteen events are complete out of a total of 50 and $1.6 million in prizes has been doled out. All that gold has been counted up before the five biggest events of the festival have even kicked off. These are the five events with guarantees of at least half a million — the $600 NLH, the $1,100 NLH, and the $2,000 NLH events, each with a $500,000 guarantee, plus the $1 million guaranteed $1,600 Mystery Bounty and the $2 million guaranteed $3,000 Championship.

On Sunday, March 2, tragedy struck at Texas Card House (TCH) Dallas after poker player Mark “Doc” Toulouse, 73, passed away during TCH’s $300 NLH tournament, which attracted 1,648 runners. “According to the report I received, Mark collapsed during the tournament, was taken to a local hospital, and passed away,” Todd Witteles of PokerFraudAlert.com reported. “When the incident occurred, players were already in the money. Mark’s stack blinded out, and he officially finished in 26th place, for a cash of $1,475.

Table Of Contents The CNP Winamax Main Event in Seville delivered on all fronts—massive numbers, high drama, and a worthy champion. Portuguese pro Andre Cuco outlasted 919 entries to take home the title and the prestigious CNP trebol trophy at Casino Admiral. This event didn’t just beat last year’s turnout—it smashed it. Cuco played a brilliant final table, balancing patience with aggression. He came in with the second-biggest stack, trailing only Jaime Lozano, who ultimately finished as the runner-up.

GGPoker’s rescheduled $5 million guaranteed GGMasters Anniversary event, a $150 buy-in tournament, experienced technical difficulties on Monday for the second time. The tournament restarted briefly over an hour later, and stacks were rolled back to Level 17. But the online poker giant then decided to just pull the plug altogether. The site crashed with over 20,000 players registered last week in the very same event (hence, the need to reschedule). Over 12,000 players still remained on Day 2 before the second incident occurred.

Table Of Contents The Mediterranean Poker Party (MPP) returns to the Merit Royal Diamond Casino and Spa from May 3, bringing with it more than $10 million in guaranteed prize pools, including a monster-sized $5,300 buy-in, $5 million guaranteed MPP Main Event. The 2025 edition of the MPP runs from May 3 through May 13 and wastes no time in exploding into action with the first of several seven-figure guaranteed events.

Table Of Contents After twelve years of bringing high-quality, mid-stakes poker to the United States, the RunGood Poker Series is going on the buses for its first overseas jaunt to Japan. The RGPS is sponsoring a multi-day event at the Japan Open Poker Tour Grand Final festival in Tokyo. The winner of the RGPS Colossus will win an RGPS ring, while the whole field will have a shot at taking home some RunGood merch.

Table Of Contents PartyPoker player “yowont” enjoyed double delight in the online poker site’s Micro Series Main Event on March 2, taking down the tournament and pulling the largest mystery bounty prize from its envelope. The impressive double whammy resulted in “youwont” collecting $8,564 for their $22 investment, more than twice as much prize money as any other player. The Micro Series saw PartyPoker host 60 numbered events, most with low, medium, and high buy-ins.

Table Of Contents The year is well underway for Kerryjane Craigie, PokerStars Ambassador and Director of Poker at the Hippodrome Casino. With leaderboards heating up, thrilling competitions on the horizon, and a much-anticipated summer trip to Las Vegas in the works, there’s no shortage of action ahead. There are also opportunities in The Ladies Club to travel to Las Vegas, while with WPA International Craigie remains committed to fostering a vibrant and inclusive poker community.

Table Of Contents The Mediterranean Poker Party (MPP) returns to the Merit Royal Diamond Casino and Spa from May 3, bringing with it more than $16 million in guaranteed prize pools, including a monster-sized $5,300 buy-in, $5 million guaranteed MPP Main Event. The 2025 edition of the MPP runs from May 3 through May 13 and wastes no time in exploding into action with the first of several seven-figure guaranteed events.

Table Of Contents Grosvenor Casinos placed a £1 million guarantee on the 2025 edition of the Grosvenor UK Open Main Event, a £1,500 buy-in tournament held in Coventry. By the time late registration closed on the final Main Event flight, 951 players had bought in, including 240 re-entries, resulting in a £1,219,660 prize pool and a £219,720 top prize. Andrew “Stato_1” Hulme wrote his name into Grosvenor’s history books by becoming the last player standing.

The world’s top mixed game players are grinding away in Las Vegas at the PokerGO Tour (PGT) Mixed Games 2025 festival taking place Feb. 25-March 5. Chino Rheem is the latest winner at the mixed game series as the three-time World Poker Tour (WPT) champion took down a $10,200 buy-in 8-Game event for $195,500. He defeated Josh Arieh, a six-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and the 2021 WSOP Player of the Year, after finishing third in the previous event for $114,000.

Table Of Contents There’s a new King of Tallinn, and his name is Kaspars Butans. The Latvian grinder isn’t one for the spotlight—he keeps his poker scores private, turned down interviews, and just quietly goes about his business at the tables. But in the record-breaking 1,181-entry €1,100 Kings of Tallinn Main Event, he made a statement loud and clear, walking away with the €182,000 top prize. Coming in as the start-of-day chip leader, Butans rarely lost his grip on the tournament, picking his spots and staying composed.

Table Of Contents Mallory Klaus accomplished every low-stakes recreational player or grinder’s dream — hitting a life-changing score. Not only did the Oklahoman who now lives in Texas secure a $211,745 cash for winning a $800 buy-in tournament. She did so in front of her friends and co-workers at Texas Card House Dallas, one of the top poker rooms in the Lone Star State. Klaus, who spoke with PokerNews to discuss her win that “didn’t seem real,” has been a dealer with TCH Dallas, although her role with the poker club now is running the livestream and as an ambassador.

Table Of Contents One of poker’s leading industry members has launched a new venture. Award-winning journalist and author Lance Bradley recently debuted The Overlay, a Substack built around poker coverage that will include feature articles, interviews, and commentary. Poker fans can subscribe for free (for now at least) and get content from Bradley, who wrote the poker book The Pursuit of Poker Success: Learn from 50 of the world’s best poker players.

Table Of Contents The €1,100 Kings of Tallinn Main Event is down to the wire. After battling through a record-breaking field of 1,181 players, the final nine have returned to the Olympic Park Casino, all with one goal in mind—taking home the title, €182,000 and the glory that comes with it. Calling this final table “stacked” doesn’t quite do it justice. Priit Parmasto, the 2023 champion, is back and proving his rapid rise through the poker ranks is no fluke.

The poker stars will head out to Hustler Casino on Sunday at 1 p.m. PT to help raise money for the thousands of Los Angeles fire victims. Mike Matusow, poker vlogger Mariano Grandoli, Ryan Feldman, and many others will be in attendance at the popular Southern California card room for some low-stakes action, and everyone is invited to play. Hustler Casino Live and the Lucky Lady Casino Live streams are teaming up together to help raise money for a good cause.

Phil Hellmuth has livestreamed for more than a dozen hours this week on BetRivers Poker, and he’s provided poker fans some entertainment and a glimpse into what the online poker site is all about. The “Poker Brat” became an ambassador for BetRivers Casino in January. He spent much of his day on Wednesday and Friday grinding low-stakes and micro-stakes tournaments and cash games on Twitch, and although he didn’t earn any big scores, he came away impressed with what he saw from Pennsylvania’s newest poker site.

Table Of Contents At the start of the Kings of Tallinn €150 Ladies Event, a major announcement was made: the dates for the third-ever Queens of Tallinn, an all-women’s poker festival that has quickly become a force in Northern Europe since its debut in 2023. “It’s a beautiful get-together and social event.” Queens of Tallinn is set to take place from August 21–24 at the Olympic Park Casino. While only the dates have been officially confirmed so far, hints suggest that this will be the biggest edition yet.

Table Of Contents GGPoker Integrity Ambassador Fedor Holz had a simple message for online poker cheaters: using real-time assistance (RTA) on the platform “will” lead to a ban from the World Series of Poker (WSOP). His statement came after GGPoker, in partnership with GTO Wizard, closed 31 player accounts for violating fair play rules. When Patrick Leonard asked if those players would be prohibited from the WSOP, Holz’s reply was crystal clear — “That’s the plan, and that’s what will happen.

The first event of the Triton Poker Jeju festival, a $15,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament, set a tour record with 379 entrants (266 unique players). Through three events, it’s not even the largest tournament of the series. Records are being broken in South Korea this week as the new high roller series is underway. Zhao Hongjun won the first event of the series for $818,000, the biggest chunk of the $5,685,000 prize pool.

Indicted poker-playing lawyer Tom Goldstein appealed his release conditions on Thursday after a Maryland judge ordered that his electronic devices be monitored. Goldstein was arrested earlier this month after investigators said he violated his bail by sending millions from unauthorized cryptocurrency accounts. Goldstein later provided evidence showing he didn’t own the accounts and Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy Sullivan ordered his release. But Judge Sullivan said he was “highly suspicious that Mr.

Table Of Contents The WSOP Circuit Graton Casino came to a close over the weekend with Alexandr Lipkin taking down the Main Event. The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) arrived at the Graton Casino on the same day that the much larger WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee kicked off. The two events ran in parallel, but do not seem to have hurt each other’s turnout. Despite the competition, the Graton Casino festival drew a good crowd and created its own headlines.

Philadelphia poker players, mark your calendars! The legendary Phil Hellmuth, the all-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet record holder, is in Philadelphia playing and streaming poker online on BetRivers Poker, the newest poker client in Pennsylvania. What’s more, news has broken that Phil Galfond will also be joining him for streams in the city of Brotherly Love this weekend! The “The Poker Brat” holds the record for the most WSOP gold bracelets with 17.

The 2025 edition of the Merit Poker Carmen Series runs from March 11 through March 25 at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel & Casino in Kyrenia, North Cyprus, and it promises to be bigger than ever. Merit Poker has placed a guarantee on every prize pool, including a $1.5 million guarantee on the $3,300 Main Event. In 2024, the $3,300 Merit Poker Carmen Series Main Event boasted a $1 million guarantee.

Table Of Contents Rhys Keen is £72,000 richer than a couple of days ago courtesy of becoming the Grosvenor UK Open £2,000 High Roller champion. Keen found himself being the last player standing from a 150-strong field, and received the lion’s share of the £263,650 prize pool. Keen had come close to winning live evens three times before this victory. He finished 13th in the £1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event at the 2024 Grosvenor UK Open, sixth in the £1,650 GUKPT Blackpool High Roller nine months later, and was the 13th place finisher in the £560 UK Poker Championships Main Event in January 2025.

Table Of Contents The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is set to return to King’s Resort in Rozvadov from September 17 to October 8, 2025. One of Europe’s biggest poker festivals returns with a schedule featuring 15 WSOP bracelet events and a guaranteed prize pool of €20 million. Key Events and Highlights The festival kicks off with the €500,000 GTD NLH Bounty Hunter Opener on September 17, followed by the WSOPE NLH King’s Million.

Table Of Contents It was a wild Thursday at Olympic Park Casino as the Kings of Tallinn Festival, ran by OlyBet, turned up the heat. The €1 million guaranteed Main Event smashed its previous entry record, but over in the cash game area, the real celebration was happening at a low-stakes Five Card Pot-Limit Omaha table. That’s where the Bad Beat Jackpot hit in an absolutely brutal hand—though when a BBJ lands, nobody really walks away a loser.

The poker world received sad news on Thursday when word spread that Graeme “Kiwi” Putt passed away. Though he hailed from New Zealand, Putt was well-known throughout the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in Australia. A cause of death has not been revealed. “Sad to hear we lost Graeme Putt today, one of the nicest old guard poker players in Australia and a deserved Hall of Famer,” wrote Australian poker pro Oliver Gill.

Table Of Contents More than a year after being found zip-tied and bloodied on a rural Michigan road and alleging he was the victim of a $2 million extortion scheme, poker player George Janssen is now being accused of fraud by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Janssen, four-time World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring winner and Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Main Event champion, was reported missing in November 2023.

Alan Keating made one of the best calls in High Stakes Poker history on Monday’s episode, and he shared what went through his mind during the $910,000 pot, in a video on his brand-new YouTube channel. The high roller has built up a fan base within the poker community over the past few years from his appearances on shows such as Hustler Casino Live and High Stakes Poker. Fans enjoy watching his loose-aggressive style of play and friendly demeanor at the poker table.