Poker news tagged with 'high stakes'

There are poker players who win quietly, and then there's Phil Hellmuth, a player who somehow turns even a fold into theater.

Episode 24 of Hellmuth's Home Game delivered exactly the kind of chaos fans expect from the self-proclaimed "Poker Brat": massive tanks, ego clashes, emotional swings, miracle runouts, and enough table talk to fuel an entire poker podcast for a week.

The biggest moment came during a hand that perfectly captured the strange genius, and frustration, of Hellmuth's game.

Read more » Phil Hellmuth's 8-Minute Poker Crisis was Peak "Poker Brat" Television

For more than two decades, Gus Hansen has been one of the most fascinating figures in professional poker. Known as "The Great Dane," Hansen built a reputation as one of the most fearless and unpredictable players of the early poker boom. His aggressive style, willingness to take risks, and unique decision-making process helped him win major tournaments and become a household name among poker fans.

Read more » Gus Hansen reflects on Online Poker Struggles and the Changing Landscape of the Game

In one of the most talked-about bankroll challenge attempts of early 2026, poker vlogger Alex "KDog Poker" Kobzyev saw his ambitious quest to turn a $100 stake into $30,000 in one month come to a sudden end after a risky high-stakes decision backfired. The challenge, which began on January 1, lasted just eight days before Kobzyev's entire bankroll hit $0 - ending his run weeks before the February 1 deadline.

Read more » Poker Vlogger's $100 to $30,000 in a Month Challenge Ends after Costly High-Stakes Mistake

Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire best known globally as the former owner of Chelsea Football Club, has once again been the subject of a story that captures the imagination: the alleged loss of a $125 million mega yacht in a single night of high-stakes poker. Whether myth or reality, the tale reflects the extravagant world of oligarch wealth and the enduring fascination with super-rich lifestyles.

Read more » Roman Abramovich and the $125 Million Yacht: A Tale of Luxury, Legend, and High-Stakes Poker

He may have traded the grind for family life, but Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari hasn't lost a step. On Wednesday night's Hustler Casino Live stream, the retired poker legend put on a clinic, walking away with a towering $348,100 profit in one of the most electric high-stakes sessions of the year.

Read more » Antonio Esfandiari reminds the Poker World he still has it with Monster Win on Hustler Casino Live

In what can only be described as a marathon heads-up brawl under the bright lights of poker's biggest stage, Joao Vieira outlasted Aram Oganyan to seize his fourth World Series of Poker bracelet in Event #38: $100,000 High Roller. With 103 elite entries putting up poker's highest buy-in of the summer, Vieira bagged the win, and a hefty $2,649,158 score to match.

Read more » 2025 WSOP Event #38: $100K High Roller won by Joao Vieira for $2.6 Million; 4th Bracelet

After a quiet start to this year's World Series of Poker, Phil Ivey is officially back in the mix, and back in a big way.

The 11-time bracelet winner notched his first cash of the summer and is now sitting comfortably among the top chip stacks in Event #38: the $100,000 High Roller, with just 15 players still chasing the gold. Fellow crushers Thomas Boivin and Ben Heath are also in the hunt, all eyeing the massive $2,649,158 first-place prize.

Read more » Phil Ivey records First Cash at 2025 WSOP $100K High Roller

Daniel Negreanu recently offered a candid perspective on X, revealing what he described as a reality check regarding how much money high-volume, high-stakes poker tournament players truly earn.

Read more » Daniel Negreanu on the Real Earnings of High Roller Poker Pros - ‘Mostly a Mirage'

WPT Global, the trending online poker room of the World Poker Tour, has announced the return of high stakes poker.

Read more » WPT Global - High-Stakes Poker is Back - Massive Action & Huge Wins

Santhosh Suvarna has quickly captured the approval of poker fans worldwide, despite being a relative newcomer to poker.

Read more » 2024 WSOP Event #55: $250,000 Super High Roller won by Santhosh Suvarna for $5.4 Million

Throughout history, several high rollers have captured the imagination with their extravagant wagers and lifestyles.

Read more » Famous Professional Gamblers and High Rollers in History

Phil Hellmuth could no longer contain his ire regarding a fellow high-stakes poker pro wearing a facemask at the poker table, clearly pointing out that except for rare circumstances, "no one should be able to cover their face."

Read more » Phil Hellmuth calls out Ike Haxton for wearing a mask

Isaac Haxton now joins the circle of WSOP gold bracelet winners!

Read more » 2023 WSOP Event #16: $25,000 High Roller - Isaac Haxton wins First WSOP Gold and $1.6M

Poker pro Daniel Cates shares advice on how to stay mentally tough even when you're losing, why reading people is the biggest skill you need in poker, and the mindset he used to become great at poker.

Read more » Dan "Jungleman" Cates on Reading People and how to stay Mentally Tough

The start of 2022 will see yet another intense heads-up battle between Phil Hellmuth and Tom Dwan on High Stakes Duel III.

Scheduled on January 26, the highly-anticipated poker game is a $400,000 heads-up match between the two poker star players. The match will be aired on PokerGO at 5pm PT so fans have the opportunity to watch the entire action. Though it is the third round of High Stakes Duel, it is actually the second match featuring these two rivals.

Read more » Phil Hellmuth vs Tom Dwan in $400,000 High Stakes Duel Rematch

A month ago Phil Ivey got interviewed by Barry Greenstein on mental fitness and how he got so great at poker. This time, let's check out Tom Dwan getting interviewed by Nick Shulman on High Stakes Poker and Short Deck, along with other poker stuff you might find interesting.

In late September, online poker room Poker King announced its three new sponsored pros: Jean-Robert Bellande, Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan.

Read more » Tom Dwan gets interviewed by Nick Shulman on High Stakes Poker and Short Deck

For most of the year, most land-based casinos and poker rooms have been forced to close their doors and live tournaments were cancelled, even the 2020 World Series of Poker wasn't spared, due to the viral pandemic. As a ripple effect, live streams and live poker on TV also suffered.

Amid the challenges, PokerGO found a way to offer fans a new show to watch - High Stakes Duel. Two episodes have been aired already, and based from this the show has proved to be quite popular within the poker community.

Read more » Round 3 High Stakes Duel of Hellmuth vs. Esfandiari

What's a poker player's worst nightmare? Losing loads of money of course! and oh, also getting accused of cheating...on the same game.

Bill Perkins and Dan Bilzerian accused Jean-Robert Bellande (JRB) of cheating in a high-stakes home game that the latter hosts, pointing out the highly suspicious fact that JRB also backed 50% of two or more players at the table. This comes even though JRB himself lost over $400,000 that week.

Read more » Bill Perkins, Dan Bilzerian claim Jean-Robert Bellande Cheated in High-Stakes Home Game

Gus Hansen is one of the few high-stakes poker pros who give us a glimpse of what goes on behind the doors of Bobby's Room at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

Via his Instagram account, the Danish poker pro from Monaco shared a video of yet another one of his gigantic chip racks which appears to be around $427,000.

Read more » Gus Hansen Breaks Even on First 2020 Cash Game Action with $427,000

It sure is a great opportunity not to be missed for Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey when they were invited to a super high-stakes game onboard a private jet with a recreational player, but the rec is no ordinary amateur as it turned out to be Tony G!

Read more » High Stakes Private Jet Game sees Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey as Big Losers

In the first weekend of August, a champion has been crowned in what could be called the highest buy-in ever in poker tournament history.

Triton Million - A Helping Hand for Charity

• Schedule: August 1 to 3, 2019
• Buy-in: £1 million + £50,000 entry fee (approx. US$ 1.3 million)
• Venue: Grand Ballroom of Park Lane Hilton in London

In a recent video on Instagram, Finnish poker legend Patrik Antonius opened up about the rough time he's currently going through while in Las Vegas playing the biggest cash games.

Read more » A Nightmare For Patrik Antonius

Get ready for the biggest buy-in in poker history - at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series 2019 in London!

For the first time ever, Triton Poker is heading to London to bring you a tournament schedule featuring famous poker pros and recreational players battling it out live with nosebleed buy-ins starting at £25,000.

Read more » Triton announces Record-Breaking $1.3 Million Buy-in Charity Tournament in London, Tom Dwan gets invited to play by Paul Phua

For many poker players, challenges and prop bets make their life even more exciting when they sometime want to get away from the humdrum of constant grinding they do at the poker tables.

This particular challenge involves Phil Hellmuth (left) aka the Poker Brat and Rob Yong (right), the Dusk Till Dawn Casino owner.

Read more » Phil Hellmuth Challenged by Rob Yong to Five $100,000 Heads up NLHE Matches

The 2019 Triton Poker Series in Jeju, South Korea was deemed a smashing success that the participating players have made a decision to create a last minute event to add to the schedule.

Those who already had flights scheduled on time had to cancel and find new hotel accommodations just so they can join in on the action. In the end, there were 23 players who built a prize pool worth HKD 34,780,000 (USD 4,430,604).

Read more » Triton Poker Last-Minute HK$1M NLHE Short Deck Event won by Timofey ‘Trueteller' Kuznetsov for $1.8M

At the 2019 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series, Tom "Durrrr" Dwan sat down with Pete Latham to have a chat about fame, life, and his experience playing short deck.

Peter Latham is an original and creative TV producer and comedy writer, known for his work on KidPoker, a 2015 TV documentary featuring Daniel Negreanu.

Latham asked the high-stakes poker legend about what he thinks on the game's evolution over the past decade and how he has changed throughout the years.

Read more » Tom Dwan's Interview at 2019 Triton Poker in Jeju, South Korea

After three grueling days of high-stakes poker gaming, the 30-year-old Canadian poker pro Sam Greenwood managed to outlast a player field of 61 to win the trophy and a sweet first place cash prize worth $1,775,460.

Since introducing the tournament back in 2011, the annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) hosted the Super High Roller NLHE event with a $100,000 buy-in and this year it attracted a total of 61 entrants, which accumulated a $5,918,220 prize pool. The biggest player field for this particular event was 66 entries back in 2015, so this makes it the second-biggest turnout in PCA history.

Read more » 2019 PCA $100,000 Super High Roller won by Sam Greenwood for $1,775,460

From December 17-19, 2018, the biggest week in the history of PokerGO continues with the Super High Roller Bowl V, a high-stakes tournament with a buy-in of $300,000.

Read more » Super High Roller Bowl V: Daniel Negreanu Shockingly Folds a Straight, but was Right in Doing So

Have an hour to spare? This video will definitely get your adrenaline pumping as you binge watch on Triton Poker's Main Event of the SHR Jeju 2018 - HKD$2 Million NLHE.

Read more » Incredible Poker Action at Triton Poker HKD2 Million Main Event

The UK's No. 1 poker player gets featured in a three-part documentary video created by partypoker, and in these videos, we get to learn more about the most successful British poker player Sam Trickett as he reveals the juicy secrets to his success.

Read more » A Glimpse into Sam Trickett’s World of a High Roller Poker Pro - $50M Pots, why Winning can get Boring, and being Targeted after Winning $10M at Charity Event

Episode 5 of the 2018 Triton Poker SHR Series in Jeju has now been released, and while we don't see Tom Dwan in this one, one round had produced one of the most extraordinary hands fans will never see too often - for one thing, the stakes were incredibly huge at $1,248,300 for the entire pot after the players were done betting, and the other is because the cards battling are Aces vs Kings vs Queens, a showdown that could only appear approximately once in every 25,000 hands!

Read more » Triton Poker Episode 5 of SHR Short Deck Cash Game produces Amazing Cold Deck Poker Hands

It seems like Tom Dwan is having the worst luck ever at the Triton Poker Super High Roller cash game in Jeju, South Korea.

Triton Poker Super High Roller Series 2018 Event info:
Short Deck Cash Game 36 cards (2's thru 5's removed).
Flush beats a full house.
Ace acts as high (TJQKA) and low (A6789) for making straight (so acts as A and as 5).
BUY-IN: ₩ 300,000,000 (≈$300,000) for 300,000,000 chips - unlimited re-entry

Read more » Triton Poker Releases Episode 3 of SHR Short Deck Cash Game - Tom Dwan Loses Big Once More

Two of the best poker pros in the game have battled heads-up just recently, and it's really interesting to watch and learn from them as they play a high-stakes match.

Read more » Poker Showdown: Phil Ivey versus Justin Bonomo

Last week, Triton Poker released Episode 1 of their popular SHR Short Deck Cash Game in Jeju, South Korea, where Tom Dwan walked out after losing a huge pot worth $2.3 million to Paul Phua.

This week, fans can finally get to watch the continuation as Triton Poker released Episode 2. The cash game event is still held at the same venue (Landing Casino in Jeju, South Korea), and still playing with the 36-card Short Deck Poker.

Read more » Triton Poker Releases Episode 2 of SHR Short Deck Cash Game - Tom Dwan Gets Stacked Again

The week-long high roller tournament series expands to seven events. This is the second edition of the annual high-stakes tournament series, to be aired by the PokerGO Studio and the venue would be at the ARIA Resort & Casino.

Read more » 2018 Poker Masters High Roller Tournament to Kick Off September 8 to 15

Tom Dwan explains in his own way what's wrong with playing Texas Hold'em live these days. In the interview he wishes to keep recreational players active in the game and shares his insights on what else is wrong with poker tournaments.

Read more » Why Tom Dwan Quit Playing Texas No-Limit Hold'em Live

Fernando Habegger, or otherwise known as JNandez87 (his username when playing online poker), has created a video documentary featuring the Swedish sensation of the poker world Viktor ‘Isildur1' Blom.

Habegger has won more than a million dollars playing Pot Limit Omaha cash games with consistent wins since 2011, and he's one of the most sought out poker coaches in the game.

Read more » Video Documentary: The Making of Viktor ‘Isildur1' Blom

Gus Hansen is one of the few high-stakes poker pros that gives us a glimpse of what goes on behind the doors of Bobby's Room at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Last week, he shared yet another session of a high-stakes poker cash game called The Big Game.

Read more » Brunson & Rast win BIG against Gus Hansen at Bobby's Room

Kenneth Kee came so close in taking down the first event of the 2018 Triton Poker High Roller Series Jeju on July 25, and he only finished as runner-up when he lost in a heads-up match against Nick Schulman in the HK$100,000 short-deck NLHE event. However, Kee didn't lose hope, because a week later he found himself in the same spot again, this time against Cary Katz at the HK$1,000,000 Short Deck NLHE event, and this one was truly meant for him as he won to take home the colossal first-place cash prize worth HK$22,500,000 (or around USD 2,925,000).

Read more » 2018 Triton Poker SHR HK$1M Short Deck NLHE won by Kenneth Kee for $2,925,000

On July 15, 2018, "the WSOP and One Drop announce the return of The BIG ONE for One Drop, a $1 million buy-in tournament capped at a maximum of 48 players and the most significant charity initiative in poker history.

Read more » WSOP 2018: Negreanu, Hellmuth, Ivey among contenders for $1 Million Buy-in WSOP Tournament ‘The Big One for One Drop'

Instead of just paying Aussie Matt Kirk back all of the $3 million he borrowed (during their late-night poker session in 2017 at the Aria casino in Las Vegas) and get on with his life in peace, King's Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik has yet again filed a second countersuit against the poker pro who loaned him the cash.

Read more » Leon Tsoukernik files another Countersuit, this time saying Matt Kirk conspired with Aria to bleed him dry

Poker Central continues to think of new ways on how to spread the influence and excitement in poker gaming, and now they are proud to present to the poker community their short documentary series entitled "Stories from the Felt" and the episodes are available at PokerGO.

Read more » PokerGO releases Documentary Series ‘Stories from the Felt' featuring Bobby's Room

It looks like Davidi Kitai's luck has been super high thanks to his wife's baby bump, which inspired him to win the first prize of €700,000 ($862,772) in the second of the 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final €25,500 Super High Rollers in Casino Barcelona, Spain.

Read more » Second partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Barcelona €25K SHR won by Davidi Kitai for €700,000

On March 21, 2018 Wednesday, player AmSoGood made a quick but sweet $117,000 off of Viktor ‘Isildur1' Blom after defeating him at a heads-up PLO match in the wee hours that day.

The two sat down just after midnight struck at a $200/$400 PLO table, and they then had a second go at it a quarter of an hour after that. Their total session lasted for only 37 minutes, had 80 hands total on the first table and 41 on the second.

Read more » AmSoGood Makes a Quick $117k from Viktor ‘Isildur1' Blom at PokerStars online PLO tables