Poker news tagged with 'high stakes'

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

partypoker, in partnership with Poker Central, has brought the high stakes NLHE tournament online for the first time ever, and big poker names like Viktor Blom are raking in the sweet money pots! As the SHRB comes to a close, it was Artur Martirosian who topped the leaderboard chart.

Super High Roller Bowl Online

• Schedule: May 23 to June 1, 2020
• High Roller Events: 28
• Prize pool: $20 million guaranteed
• Buy-in: $10,000 - $100,000

Team partypoker pro Mikita Badziakouski outlasted a field of 58 in the $50,000 buy-in partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Super High Roller Series Sochi Event #4, taking home a whopping $765,000.

The Belarusian crusher is the latest player to snag a win at the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Super High Roller Series Sochi Event #4: $50,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em tournament.

Read more » Mikita Badziakouski wins Event #4 of partypoker MILLIONS Super High Roller Series Sochi for $765,000

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

The Triton Poker High Roller Series returns to the Maestral Resort & Casino in Montenegro from May 5 to 17, 2019 with a record-breaking ten-event schedule! This time, it's made even better as partypoker becomes the official tour partner of the Triton Poker Series.

Montenegro is one of the favorite places to go to for most high-stakes poker players.

Read more » partypoker becomes Tour Partner as Triton Poker SHR Returns to Montenegro in May

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

partypoker is going to give away something awesome worth $500,000 to one of its loyal players who could win a $5,300 seat to the MILLIONS Online through its assortment of satellites - and then win the tournament!

Read more » partypoker to give One Lucky Player a $500,000 MILLIONS PASSPORT

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

Many were happily surprised when poker legend Gus Hansen made a comeback to online high-stakes cash games on Wednesday this week. "The Great Dane" joined Sam Trickett, King's Casino owner Leon "KingsOfLeon" Tsoukernik and some other poker players with deep enough pockets to play $100/$200 Pot Limit Omaha at partypoker.

Read more » Gus Hansen wins $300k pot at partypoker!

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

Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky wins twice this week and on both counts, he came up top on the Biggest Winners list of online high stakes tables at PokerStars.

On March 21, 2018 Wednesday, it appears that American legend Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky is definitely on a roll, as he managed to win yet again a big one and came out on the top spot in the PokerStars high stakes leaderboard. The one he beat heads-up at the $100/$200 tables to get that nice payout - it's Swedish pro BERRI SWEET - the very same one he beat back on March 19, 2018 Monday, winning $90,770 that day!

Read more » Ben Sulsky gets another Big Win of $116,455 Online at PokerStars High Stakes Tables

On March 17, 2018 Saturday, at a PokerStars high stakes online poker action, it was Viktor ‘Isildur1' Blom who managed to grab the top spot on the leaderboard with a whopping $159,576 win after emerging victorious at the 2-7 Triple Draw tables.

Read more » Viktor ‘Isildur1' Blom tops Biggest Winner list with $159,576 at Saturday's PokerStars Online High Stakes Tables

On March 19, 2018 Monday, the poker player who won the lion's share from PokerStars high stakes tables was American legend Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky, who went home with a payout of $90,770!

Read more » Ben Sulsky wins $90,770 Online at PokerStars High Stakes Tables

On Friday, March 9, Danish poker pro Gus Hansen posted on his Instagram account that he's in the legendary Bobby's Room at the Bellagio playing with other high-stakes poker pros with stakes going to the levels of $1,500/$3,000!

Read more » Brunson, Cates, Hansen and others recently in Bobby's Room playing High Stakes Poker

Gus Hansen shall compete on Wednesday night at ‘Poker After Dark' in a high-stakes PLO cash game, thereby marking the comeback of the Danish pro since his first appearance on the show since 2010.

Read more » Gus Hansen returns to compete at ‘Poker After Dark'

A week after Viktor ‘Isildur' Blom won the Main Event at the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany Main Event for $1,048,153, the high stakes cash games continued at the King's Casino Rozvadov, Czech Republic.

Read more » Gus Hansen loses $500,000 pot to King's Casino Owner

Even though the consideration of NL€800 and PLO€800 as "high stakes" could be a little misleading for those who really are aware of what true high stakes online poker games are, nevertheless, they were a sound decision for Unibet when they introduced these high stakes games back in March 2017. However, it was only less than a year after their introduction that the management had decided that the games are "currently too rich for their philosophy", and so they have lowered the highest stakes back to their original NL€400 & PLO€400.

Read more » Unibet starts 2018 with Removal of their High Stakes Tables

Saturday, January 6, 2018, was Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky's lucky day, as he was crowned the first prize winner at the PokerStars high stakes tables. He won a total of $110,744 at PokerStars $1k/$2k 8-Game tables, playing heads-up against Russian poker pro Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov.

Read more » Ben Sulsky wins $110,774 at PokerStars Online 8-Game tables

Many people who aren't too familiar with the ways of the poker world may believe that those poker pros who win at tournaments get to take all the millions of cash they won with them, but little do they know that there's a lot more being lost when it comes to huge buy-ins, re-buys and not to mention the scores of other little deals (i.e. sponsors) to settle after a tourney has been won.

Read more » Bryn Kenney Is The Biggest Live Tournament Winner of 2017

Whether this is some sort of practical joke, this most recent Youtube video of Doug "WCGRider" Polk slamming a US$5 million heads-up challenge on Tom "durrrr" Dwan's face looks like it's going to be a very interesting spectacle, should it happen.

Read more » Doug Polk wants to have a heads-up match vs Tom Dwan for $5 million