Category: Poker
Balatro Gets PEGI Age Rating Reduced from 18+ to 12+
Balatro wins challenge The hit poker-themed roguelike deck-builder video game Balatro finally has a more appropriate age rating. On Monday, game rating organization Pan European Game Information (PEGI) announced that it has changed Balatro’s age rating from PEGI 18 to PEGI 12 following an appeal by Sold Out Sales and Marketing, the publisher of Balatro […]
ClubWPT Gold Fires Shots at Americas Cardroom With Spoof Scandal Video
ClubWPT Gold is the new kid on the poker scene. The online poker product operates on a sweepstakes-based platform and shot onto the scene thanks to a partnership with World Poker Tour last year. Despite being new, the brand isn’t afraid of ruffling a few feathers on social media. The poker brand’s X account posted […]
Man Flips Poker Tables at WSOPC Event Claiming God Told Him to Do It
A man has claimed God told him to go berserk at the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Main Event at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina on Sunday. According to media reports on Monday, the unnamed man flipped over three poker tables at the main $1,700 buy-in event in a field down to 65 players. A […]
Chamath Palihapitiya Pitches Poker Tour With Drug Tests, Reasonable Hours
Well-known venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya is considering launching a schedule of new high-limit poker tournaments in the US along with the help of some friends. He posted the idea to X, explaining that the prize pools would be in the millions, with buy-ins typically ranging between $50,000 and $1m+: My friends and I are considering […]
Phil Hellmuth Has a Point, but the Sanctity of the WSOP Main Event Cannot Be Corrupted
Hellmuth boycotts the Main Event Every two years for the last ten years, the average age of a poker player has increased by almost one year. This statistic, which was told to me by one of poker’s leading marketeers, was brought sharply into focus yesterday when the 1989 WSOP Main Event champion announced that he […]
Phil Hellmuth Won’t Play in the 2025 WSOP Main Event Due to Its Crippling Schedule
Phil Hellmuth has revealed that he won’t participate in the 2025 WSOP Main Event, labeling it as an “endurance contest” that is especially grueling for older players. The 60-year-old posted a video to X on Tuesday explaining his decision: I am not playing the @WSOP Main Event. It has become an “Endurance contest.” I truly […]
The Essential Guide to the GPI Global Poker Awards 2025 – Part 4: Content Creators Working in an Audio or Visual Medium
PokerStars and WPT lead the way All around Las Vegas right now, poker players are losing weight and for once, it’s not for a prop bet with Bill Perkins. On February 22, poker’s brightest stars will squeeze themselves into aspirational formal wear and descend upon the PokerGO Studios for a night of glitz, glamour and… […]
2025 World Series of Poker Schedule Features 100 Live Gold Bracelet Events
If the opening day of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is like the Christmas morning of the poker calendar, the release of the summer WSOP schedule is, what, like seeing the wrapped presents under the tree the night before? I don’t know, I’m reaching. with 100 live gold bracelet events, it is the longest […]
Remembering Ellie Nixon: Selfless, Loving, Role Model
Shocking tragedy The UK poker scene was left reeling this week from the unexpected death of one of its leading ladies, Ellie Nixon. Her heartbroken husband, the popular UK pro player and coach Jamie, broke the news on Facebook with the following message: “Don’t really know how to put this into words but our wonderful […]
The Essential Guide to the GPI Global Poker Awards 2025 – Part 3: Industry Prizes
US domination curbed For the last two weeks, I have been previewing and predicting categories for the upcoming 6th Annual GPI Global Poker Awards which will be held on February 22nd at the PokerGO studio at Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. There has been much excitement in anticipation of the big night, less […]
