Five Things We Learned from Day 1 of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship

Paul Seaton - June 25, 2019

The big one is back. Every elite multi-game poker player wants to win it, very few can miss it and as poker fans, we adore it. Every table is packed with professional poker players of the highest standard, and the only bad thing about the $50,000-entry Poker Players Championship is

Power Rankings: Zack & Elezra Jump to the Top, Friedman’s First Top 10

Prahlad Friedman makes his debut in the Poker Central Power Rankings Top 10 this week!

Remko Rinkema - June 13, 2019June 13, 2019

A total of 25 events have wrapped up at the 2019 World Series of Poker and as there are still 65 more bracelets to be awarded in Las Vegas before the most exciting stretch of poker action ends. The Power Rankings keep chugging along as the current clubhouse leader when

Dan Zack Maintains 2019 WSOP Player of the Year Lead with 25 Events in the Books

Dan Zack maintains his Player of the Year lead with 25 bracelet events in the books.

Remko Rinkema - June 13, 2019

The 2019 World Series of Poker has handed out 25 gold bracelets to date and so far it's American youngster Dan Zack who holds a decent lead over the rest of the pack. Zack started out his summer strong with a bracelet win in the $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw event

WSOP Report Day #13 – Eli Elezra Wins Fourth Bracelet, Jean-Robert Bellande Leads $10k 2-7, Milly Maker Down to 34

Paul Seaton - June 11, 2019June 11, 2019

With almost two weeks of the World Series of Poker completed, Eli Elezra chose today to overcome a highly-decorated final table and win his fourth WSOP bracelet four years after he won his last one, in the same tournament - the $1,500 Seven Card Stud event. All the news from

A Sigh and A Shrug: Busquet’s Thin Value Bet Fails vs. Viffer

Paul Seaton - May 16, 2019May 16, 2019

Olivier Busquet has exactly the right look for TV poker, as I’ve overheard him being told. He looks different to a lot of poker players. For a start, he looks like he runs well without picking up cards. When I met him a few years ago, he’d arrived at the

Through the Lens: The Return of Dolly’s Game

Drew Amato - April 30, 2019April 30, 2019

High stakes mixed action returned to the PokerGO Studio this week with Dolly's Game. Monday's opening lineup consisted of Doyle Brunson, Richard Sklar, Shaun Deeb, Kane Kalas, Eli Elezra, Anthony Alberto, and Alan Richardson. Kalas had the most profitable night, but no one strayed too far in either direction from

Dolly’s Game Returns, Shaun Deeb Debuts

Will O'Connor - April 29, 2019April 29, 2019

Next month, Shaun Deeb will begin his World Series of Poker Player of the Year title defense. This week, the four-time bracelet winner will make his PokerGO cash game debut during Dolly's Game. The reigning WSOP POY headlines back-to-back nights of mixed game action, alongside Doyle Brunson, Eli Elezra, and

Weekend Binge Watch – The Randall Emmett Experience

Randall Emmett & Lala Kent walking into the Rio during the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event.

Remko Rinkema - April 19, 2019April 19, 2019

A little more than a year ago, the poker world became familiar with the flamboyant, talkative, high-energy, and fearless Randall Emmett. Over the course of Poker After Dark's exciting run since its return in the summer of 2017, Emmett is among the players that have the most appearances on the

Throwback Hands: Value For Hellmuth On Poker After Dark as He Rivers Eli Elezra

Paul Seaton - March 14, 2019March 14, 2019

This week’s classic Poker After Dark hand features Phil ‘The Poker Brat’ Hellmuth as well as an old favorite player who has been both in the limelight and in the shadows during his career, Eli Elezra. THE MAN AND THE MYTH Eli Elezra, a former Israeli army commando and Las Vegas businessman,

Through The Lens of Drew: First Timers, Politics, and Cyber Bullying

Drew Amato - February 6, 2019February 6, 2019

Every time the PokerGO Studio brings you the hottest live poker action, Drew Amato will be there to tell the story of the night in photos. Next up, the second night of Dolly’s Game Mixed Game action as Stud, Badugi, Razz, and Omaha Eight-or-Better Split was being played at $1,000/$2,000