Instead of a few token cheap events, Micro Mania features 30 tournaments with buy-ins from just $1 to $20, stretching across MI, PA, WV, and DE.
BetRivers Poker is also adding $10,000 in prize money across the series, guaranteeing extra value for every event. The series runs for eight days and offers leaderboard prizes and even custom collectibles for select winners.
Foxen continues to build his poker legacy, and apparently, his jewelry collection.
The episode also highlights other recent bracelet winners, though Foxen’s triumph is clearly the main event. Donnie puts the spotlight on the steady stream of success coming out of the World Series.
“Foxen’s consistency at the tables is what sets him apart,” Donnie notes, as he recaps the key moments and results from the last week.
The 2025 World Series of Poker might be remembered for more than just bad beats and big stacks.
According to PokerNews, Shiina Okamoto’s successful defense of her Ladies Championship title was only the start.
Leo Margets then made headlines as the first woman in thirty years to reach the Main Event final table.
According to PokerNews, smoking has been banned in US poker rooms for over 20 years, but Siqueira was undeterred, even as others at the table called for penalties.
Security stepped in and Siqueira was eventually removed from the tournament for smoking and putting his chips in his pocket, as well as reportedly drinking excessively. Despite the ejection, PokerNews reports that he is not banned from Caesars properties and is expected to return to the WSOP soon.
After winning both the $50,000 Poker Players Championship for a record fourth time and the $10,000 main event for $10 million, Mizrachi’s trophy shelf is now crowded enough to require its own zip code.
As Lance Bradley via ESPN notes, “he has lived out of his suitcase, spending more time on an airplane than at any other point in his 21-year-long Hall of Fame career. And he’s exhausted.” Still, the grind continues as he returns to Las Vegas to try to do it all again.
The cherry on top? Poker legends didn’t even bother with the usual Hall of Fame process. As Bradley puts it,
They skipped the public nomination process entirely, bypassed the 'one inductee per year’ rule… and made him the 63rd member of the PHOF.
Read the full article from Bradley below.
In this recent interview with PokerOrg, they talk about the turning point in 2003, when Chris Moneymaker’s win brought poker into the mainstream. Now, with ESPN bringing back WSOP coverage, they’re ready for another round.
They admit that the poker world has changed—celebrity players, social media challenges, and a different relationship with the audience. As Chad puts it, “We never thought we’d still be here after all these years, but poker keeps reinventing itself.”
The duo is optimistic about where poker broadcasting is headed, even if the biggest obstacle these days is keeping up with X.
The World Series of Poker is changing the game for those looking to step up both their skills and their status.
The new WSOP+ membership program comes in three tiers, with the most basic being free for anyone with a GG Pass account. Even this entry level gives players access to the WSOP Academy app, which itself is launching as a standalone, free training tool.
According to Anuj’s piece on pokerfuse, this year’s GG World Festival at GGPoker set yet another high watermark, distributing over $350 million in prizes.
The fourth edition of the festival saw more than 6 million entries across 1,536 events, with three tournaments each generating prize pools of at least $10 million.
The $10,000 GGMillion$ Main Event topped the list at $12.5 million, followed by the $525 World Bounty Festival and the $1,500 Championship.
GGPoker claims this cements the GG World Festival’s status as the largest recurring online poker tournament series in the industry.