As part of the promotion, players at 5-card and 6-card PLO cash game tables will receive 100% rakeback, and new tournaments will be held.
Ticket entry. To win a ticket, you need to hit the jackpot at a cash table. Here’s how it works.
Today, High Stakes Duel 6 came to an end. For two days, six hours each, Matt Berkey and Jared Bleznick faced off in a $200/$400 heads-up match. Despite Bleznick finishing the first day in the green, everything turned upside down for him on the second day due to one unexpected move from Berkey. This is how the action unfolded.
As we go into February, GGPoker is gearing up to hit a major milestone with the GGMasters 5th Anniversary Edition, the centerpiece of the operator giant’s monthly schedule. This special event, taking place on February 23, boasts a $150 buy-in and an impressive $5 million guaranteed prize pool. It’s a classic freezeout format—no rebuys, no add-ons, just one shot to make it count.
So, let’s check out the detail below.
The poker community is no stranger to twist, turns, and just all around turbulence. Earlier last week, this same community was left stunned when Lance Bradley, the now-former Vice President of Media for the World Poker Tour (WPT), announced that he and the entire WPT content team had been laid off.
From the looks of it, the decision was anything but expected. Bradley’s shared the news via a post on X, simultaneously raising questions about the direction of WPT’s future content strategy and the underlying reasons for the layoffs. PokerListings covers the story in full with this article.
Together with StatName, we report on how much the top cash game players earned across stakes from NL/PL25 to the highest limits. This leaderboard will be slightly different from previous ones — you’ll find out why when we reach the overall rankings.
But first, as always, some important notes:
- StatName considers net profit at cash tables. Rakeback, leaderboard rewards, and promotional bonuses are excluded from the statistics.
- StatName tracks results only at regular cash tables (fast-fold tables are not included).
- StatName data may differ from your HUD stats due to potential import errors, but the sample size remains representative and provides an accurate player performance overview.
There’s rarely a slow week in the poker world, and the last few days of January were (un)fortunately no exception. This time, the center of the storm was none other than WSOP bracelet winner and ACR Poker ambassador Nacho Barbero. Last Friday, his seemingly innocent Instagram story snowballed into a full-blown controversy, raising some big questions about real-time assistance (RTA) tools, online poker integrity, and the way poker platforms are taking on cheating allegations.
Series, missions, leaderboards, bonuses — we collected information about all the promotions available in different online poker rooms in one article. So, regardless of whether you favor GGPoker or WPT Global, there is something for everyone!
The online poker landscape is shifting yet again, as 888poker has launched a built-in Heads-Up Display (HUD), giving players access to real-time statistics without the need for third-party software. Available on desktop, browser, and mobile, this new feature provides key insights into opponents’ tendencies — leveling the playing field at 888poker. With this article, we’ll give you everything you need to know about these changes.
Online poker regulation in the U.S. is never not in motions, with states taking vastly different approaches to the matter — some are set in expanding their markets, others are still figuring things out. If you’re a poker player wondering what’s happening in key states, you’re not alone. Things are getting a little hectic. From Pennsylvania finally joining the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA) to New York and Massachusetts making fresh moves toward legalization, there’s a lot to unpack.
Let’s take a look at what’s happening in some US online poker poker markets.
PokerStars is bringing back its Bounty Builder Series and even at first glance, it’s going to be two weeks of bounty-chasing madness from February 2 to February 17. There are 169 tournaments on the schedule and $15 million guaranteed for the entire series. In translation – there’s going to be no shortage of knockout action, regardless of whether you’re a low-stakes player looking for a shot at some extra cash or a high-roller hunting for six-figure payouts.
In this article, we’re break down everything you need to know about the PokerStars Bounty Builder Series.
RedStar Poker Episode 2 is dedicated to the €50 The Big Game €100,000 GTD tournament. Here’s everything you need to know about The Big Game, as well as a special mission and promotion tied to it.
Kristen Foxen just solidify her place as one of the top players in poker history (again), winning the $10,100 PokerGO Tour (PGT) Kickoff Series Main Event for the second consecutive year. The victory at PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas earned her $197,625 and an early lead in the 2025 PGT standings.
As far as competition goes, the $10,100 buy-in event drew 93 entrants, creating a prize pool of $930,000. The finale capped off the five-event series, where five different players claimed titles, but ultimately it was Foxen’s performance at the final table that stood out. In this article, we’ll try to break down all the action.
Congratulations to @krissyb24poker, winner of Event #5: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em at PGT Kickoff.
— PokerGO Tour (@PokerGOTour) January 25, 2025
Foxen wins her second career PGT title after topping the 93-entrant field to collect the $197,625 first-place prize.
She is now on top of the PGT leaderboard with 525 PGT points. pic.twitter.com/Il0kVWDw6u
The Lunar New Year Series Promo runs from January 27 to January 31 and consists of two promotions.
The 2025 PokerGO Tour (PGT) Kickoff series is already making waves, showcasing the very best from poker’s finest. As of now, among the highlights are two standout victories: Masato Yokosawa securing his first-ever PGT title in Event #3 and Patrick Leonard continuing his hot streak with a win in Event #2. We’re breaking it down below!
GGPoker, the World’s Biggest Poker Room, revealed their promotional offers for February 2025. With a $12M Giveaway, there is plenty of big cash, C$ prizes and tournaments tickets up for grabs. You want to make sure to take the most value out of it? Then checking out this article is a must!
GGPoker kicked off 2025 in style with a giveaway held in January of a whopping $25,000,000 in prizes, of which still two promotions are running by the way. The 6M Year of the Snake HongBao and the $12M January Cash Game Giveaway are running until the 31st of January, so make sure not to miss out on it.
“GGPoker is all about sharing the love; we love our favourite game and we love our players, so with St Valentine’s Day in sight it’s the right time to share the love with a $12M giveaway!” said Sarne Lightman, Managing Director of GGPoker. “There’s random GGMasters 5th Anniversary Edition ticket drops, the usual mix of big-money leaderboards running from February 1 and even something special for every player that logs in on February 14; join us at the tables and let us show you how much we care!”
| Dates | Promotion Name |
|---|---|
| February 14 | $200K Valentine’s Day Chocolate Box |
| February 1-28 | $12M February Cash Game Giveaway |
| February 9-25 | $200K GGMasters 5th Anniversary Edition Ticket Drop |
$200K Valentine’s Day Chocolate Box (Feb 14)
When you log in to your GGPoker account on Valentine’s Day (Feb 14 for the ones who don’t know), you will receive a special Chocolate Box! Each of these boxes contains a random prize worth up to C$214. If that’s not enough, there will also be an exclusive Valentine’s Day item that you can use while playing at the tables available to win.
$12M February Cash Game Giveaway (Feb 1-28)
Through the entire month of February, when playing cash games on GGPoker, you compete on leaderboards to win your share of a $7M prize pool. Of course, the #ThanksGG $100K Flipouts will be present as well, where you can grab even more in terms of rewards.
$200K GGMasters 5th Anniversary Ticket Drop (Feb 9-25)
One of the flagship events of GGPoker is the GGMasters, and this time they are celebrating the 5th Anniversary of the event! Take part in eligible events during the GGMasters 5th Anniversary Series, and you could randomly be awarded with $150 tickets to the $5M-guaranteed GGMasters 5th Anniversary Edition!
GGMasters
The GGMasters is one of GGPoker’s most epic tournament series, known for its great blind structure, big prize pools, and different buy-ins. The GGMasters is a freezeout tournament, which is hardly seen in online poker these days. So you won’t have another chance to enter the tournament once you bust out of it. This feature makes it happen that the playing field is more levelled and that players with deep pockets do not gain an advantage. The usual buy-in of the GGMasters is $150, and is being held every single week, with special editions like this 5th Anniversary tournament schedule for the month February. These events boost the guaranteed prize pool even more. Are you going to be the next legendary GGMasters Winner? In any case, GG’s Well Played!
From the looks of it, 2025 seems to be the year for online poker legislation, at least as far as US poker is concerned. In a somewhat surprising turn of events, New York is preparing to revisit the topic of online gambling legalization in 2025. After several stalled attempts in recent years, the renewed push signals a potentially relevant moment for gambling in the Empire State. With this article, we’ll try to explain exactly what actually means for New York online poker.
The 6th annual edition of the Global Poker Awards will be held on February 22nd, at the PokerGO studio in Las Vegas. The past week was all about the nominees, and we have some surprises in there! Some of the choices for the nominees might not be the ones you would be thinking of at first, but they actually make sense as they are all very decent candidates. Hereby, we try to give you an unbiased view of who we think might have deserved a spot, as well as certain categories which are missing in our opinion.
The GPA Awards are currently the most prestigious awards within the poker industry, almost synonymous with the Oscars within the movie industry. The Global Poker Index (GPI) and The Hendon Mob (THM), which are behind this ceremony, have done a tremendous job once again to try and make this show as fair as possible and include everyone who has contributed to growing the poker industry the most in the past year.
Let’s kick off this article with some of the most prestigious titles within the poker industry:
In a surprising twist for the online gambling scene, New Jersey Assemblyman Clinton Calabrese has introduced a bill that could change just about everything for sweepstakes-style gaming. Rather than falling in line with traditional operators advocating for a ban on these growing platforms, Calabrese is looking to bring them under the regulatory umbrella. At this point, this could mean a whole new ballgame for how we approach online gaming.
Ian Simpson is already a household name on the poker felt. And yet, this week the 888poker ambassador managed to become even more famous, winning the 888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event in Madrid. To clench that title, Simpson outlasted a field of 403 entries and claimed a well-earned €62,000 payday.
Let’s see how the action unfolded.