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The World Series of Poker, official partner of GGPoker, crowned 33 new bracelet winners in the 2025 WSOP Online series, distributing over $100 million in prize pools. From massive fields of 50,000+ players to elite high roller championships, the series spanned No-Limit Texas Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha, Short Deck, and Heads-Up formats. PLAY IN THE WSOP! […]
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The numbers tell an incredible story. When the final cards were dealt at the WSOP Circuit Montreal Main Event, 74 GGPoker qualifiers had made the money, earning a combined $1,824,510 CAD, representing over 40% of the entire prize pool. But the real headline? Both finalists earned their seats through GGPoker satellites, proving that the online […]
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The Unlikely Journey to Poker Champion Two weeks. That’s all it took for Arnel Trinidad, a customs broker from Paranaque to go from a complete online poker novice to making history at the inaugural Philippine Poker Millions. His incredible journey proves that with the right platform, anyone can turn poker dreams into reality. PLAY TEXAS […]
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Jeff Gross, The Voice of GGPoker As the dust settles on another World Series of Poker, the conversation inevitably turns to what’s next for the game we all love. This year marked a significant milestone – GGPoker’s first year running the WSOP after their landmark acquisition. The integration of digital innovation with poker’s most prestigious […]
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Dai Ishibashi’s Journey To Full-Time Poker Meet Dai Ishibashi, the third last Japanese player remaining in the Main Event. Dai joined the World Series of Poker after qualifying through a $1,000 satellite tournament on GGPoker as part of the Road to Vegas promotion. “I jumped into the direct satellite because the odds were just better. […]
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From Singapore to the Strip The first step towards winning the WSOP Main Event is getting there. With a $10,000USD buy-in, travel and hotel expenses, plus money for food and maybe some entertainment, it’s a goal that most people will be hard pressed to achieve. That’s one of the reasons GGPoker offers the Road to […]
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From Football Tragedy to Poker Triumph: Ruben Correia’s Inspiring Journey Whether you are raised in North America with baseball and hockey, Europe and South America with football and basketball, or in Asia, where cricket and table tennis reign supreme, there is one thing that unites us all: the thrill of competition. Some people excel at […]
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The Footballer’s Poker Dream: Stefan Nemetz’s Final Table Run Each day of the WSOP Main Event is draining. Each hand, each deal, each run out. Every minute that passes during the 12-hour days takes a little bit more from each of the players. Once you are in the money, there is some momentary relief granted, […]
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From Brazil to the Big Stage: An Unexpected WSOP Journey Getting into the WSOP Main Event can be a challenge. First, you need to come up with the $10,000 buy-in. Then you need to arrange a place to stay in Las Vegas, plus there’s food, entertainment, and other things to keep you busy and out […]
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Age Is Just a Number: Guy Holtzman’s Incredible WSOP Journey Cards and card games can be traced back to as early as the 9th century in China. It is believed that from there, playing cards spread throughout the world, and people in different regions created their own games and card variations. The one thing all […]
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Winning the World Series of Poker Main Event is a dream that lives in the minds of every poker player, at least everyone I have met, including myself. The unfortunate reality is that most poker players will never win the big one, but it will never stop players from coming to Las Vegas from around […]
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From Professional Footballer to Poker Pro: The Steve Enriquez Story In the course of a “regular” life, we are born, go to school, and find work to support ourselves and, depending on the situation, our family. If we are lucky, somewhere along the way, we find something we have a true passion for. We nurture […]
