By The Numbers: High Roller of the Year Update

Will O'Connor - June 26, 2019

The High Roller of the Year race is off and running. Every week, Poker Central is your home for the results, stats, and stories from the world’s biggest events. From 2019 U.S. Poker Open to Super High Roller Bowl VI and everything in between, Poker Central is your High Roller of

Watch Out For The Foreigners! Who to Watch at the 2019 World Series of Poker

Benjamin Pollak, Kristen Bicknell, Rainer Kempe, and Manig Loeser are just some of the foreign players to keep an eye on this summer!

Paul Seaton - May 22, 2019May 22, 2019

During the past half a century, the World Series of Poker has changed a lot. From a single tournament populated only by American players, the poker festival of the year now encompasses 89 events that players of all nationalities will play. With foreign players an essential part of the popularity

Now Available on PokerGO: The 2018 U.S. Poker Open On-Demand

Relive the entire U.S. Poker Open on PokerGO right now.

Remko Rinkema - April 16, 2019April 16, 2019

The condensed episodes of the 2018 U.S. Poker Open, as they aired on NBC Sports, are now available on PokerGO! Ready to start watching? Go straight to PokerGO right now and start watching Stephen Chidwick's epic display of dominance in Las Vegas. Across 12 episodes, you get to relive the 2018

Loud, Rowdy, Blunt, and Full of Life: Denise Pratt Takes Over the PokerGO Studio

Remko Rinkema - March 26, 2019March 26, 2019

It all started with a tweet. A video, to be more specific. A Twitter user by the name of SammyWhammy shared this tweet where Denise Pratt called Dan Shak all sorts of names, while getting some big laughs from the players at her table. Hours later, the video had gone viral,

Rainer Kempe Analyzes Crazy Fold vs. Fedor Holz

Remko Rinkema - March 18, 2019March 18, 2019

The goal with the Run it Back with Remko videos is to get a better sense of what goes on in the minds of some of the greatest players in the world, of which this video is the perfect example. During the 2019 U.S. Poker Open, Rainer Kempe and I

Poker Central Power Rankings: Love in LA – Maria & Rainer Cash In

Remko Rinkema - March 8, 2019March 14, 2019

The U.S. Poker Open is well in our rearview mirror as the Week 9 Power Rankings roll in, yet the players from this high roller series continue to dominate. Players from the World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic - Darren Elias, David 'ODB' Baker, and John Smith - have made

Commerce Cashes Change High Roller of the Year Top-10

Will O'Connor - March 6, 2019

The High Roller of the Year race is off and running. Each week, Poker Central is your home for the results, stats, and stories from the world’s biggest events. From 2019 U.S. Poker Open to Super High Roller Bowl VI and everything in between, Poker Central is your High Roller of

Saved By Tuchman, Short Deck Snooze Fest and Another One for Kempe

Rainer Kempe can't stop winning, and much more this week in Five of a Kind!

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Remko Rinkema - March 6, 2019

Every week, Five of a Kind brings you the funniest and best moments from #PokerTwitter, and this week we got five new fresh ones that perfectly sum up this crazy little part of the universe. As always, Kitty Kuo makes an appearance, Farah Galfond makes waves and Rainer Kempe -

Sean Winter Check-Raises Rainer Kempe

Rainer Kempe raised to 7,000 in the cutoff and both Sean Winter and Cary Katz called from the blinds. The flop landed [5s4c7h] and both Winter and Katz checked to Kempe who continued for 16,000. Winter check-raised to 38,000 and after Katz folded, Kempe mucked.

David Peters Quickly Adds a Few Chips to His Stack

Action folded to David Peters on the button and he raised to 7,500. Rainer Kempe came along from the small blind, but Jake Schindler chose to fold his big blind. After Kempe checked the [Jc4s5h] flop, Peters put out a bet of 15,000, Kempe folded and the dealer shipped the pot to