Poker Tournaments Archive
Each year, this esteemed ranking system culminates into one person – the person who generates the most points via tournament cashes – being named the Player of the Year (POY). With today, July 1, 2019, being the midway point through the year, it seems like an appropriate time to see where the players...
Only 57 tournaments have played out to the end. Event #58 has only 12 remaining; none from Canada. That still leaves 31 bracelets to be awarded (potentially to Canadian poker players), including the most precious of them all – the 2019 WSOP Championship bracelet....
At 35 years of age, Ari Engel has now seen it all. He's dominated the online poker realm, captured a 7-figure crown in the live tournament sector, and after having already won 9 gold rings, finally claimed the most coveted piece of poker jewelry in the world – a WSOP bracelet....
Greg Mueller strikes WSOP gold in $10k H.O.R.S.E. Greg Mueller, known to the online poker realm as 'GregFBT', joined in a field of 172 entries in 2019 WSOP Event #29, the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship. After three days of grueling action, he returned on Day 4 to find his tournament life hanging by a thread....
There's no greater honor in a young poker pro's career than the reception of that first piece of gold jewelry bearing the WSOP logo. Isaac has been eyeing that prize for more than 10 years now, starting from his early days as an instant online poker phenom....
The MPN is hosting its UCOP tournament series with €500k GTD across 112 events now through February 10, 2019, plus multiple prize packages to live festivals and online tourneys. MPN is at it again, hosting its Universal Championship of Poker (UCOP) tournament series. There’s a half a million in guaranteed cash prizes to be...
Socialize your way into 888Poker Freeroll Tournaments There’s no better price tag than “free”, especially when it comes to things like entertainment and entry to events where you could win cold hard cash. I prefer the cold hard cash, myself. Having access to hours of free entertainment in the meantime? Yeah, I’ll take that,...
With hundreds of pro poker players looking to feast upon the mass of fishies, Ramon Colillas proves NL Hold’em isn’t just for the sharks! What if I told you hundreds of the world’s best poker players—pros like 2018 POY Alex Foxen and Female POY Kristen Bicknell—were all heading to the same casino, at the...
None of our Canadian Platinum Pass winners remain in contention for the $5.1 million PSPC title, but 5 Canada poker pros are still in the hunt. The biggest difference between competitors in the first annual PokerStars Hold’em Players Championship (PSPC) is the cost of entry, and how it relates to each player’s degree of...
Category Canadian Poker Pros, Gambling in Canada, Griffin Benger, High Roller, Kristen Bicknell, Live Poker, Online Poker, PCA, Poker News, Poker Tournaments, Travis Nesbitt
by Adalene Lucas
Live and online poker pro Griffin Benger rounds out top 3 after PS Hold’em Player’s Championship Day 2. Some of Canada’s favorite, most distinguished poker pros are making waves in The Bahamas this week. Toronto, Ontario native Griffin Benger is one of them, currently owning the third largest bag of chips following Day 2...
Category Canadian Poker Pros, Gambling in Canada, Griffin Benger, High Roller, Kristen Bicknell, Live Poker, PCA, Poker News, Poker Tournaments, Terrence Chan, Travis Nesbitt
by Adalene Lucas