‘What just happened?’ Jonathan Tamayo wins World Series of Poker and $10m
Jonathan Tamayo won the World Series of Poker main event on Wednesday night, rallying from seventh place in the final table
February 2024
Balatro: this fiendish mashup of solitaire and poker has taken over my life
Last week, I downloaded a game called Balatro for a few casual turns on Steam Deck. I haven’t been able to think of much else since
October 2023
Anthony Holden obituary
Journalist, author and poker player who worked for the Sunday Times and became music critic of the Observer
May 2023
Doyle Brunson, the ‘Godfather of Poker’, dies at age of 89
Doyle Brunson, one of the most influential poker players of all time and twice world champion, died on Sunday at the age of 89
October 2022
The Eva Wiseman column
Fishing, chess, Irish dancing, ‘wife guys’… Cheating is now a game-changer
Eva Wiseman
Cheat-reveals have always been deliciously funny, but now our whole idea of what cheating is has shifted, says Eva Wiseman
March 2022
The Guardian view on bridging human and machine learning: it’s all in the game
Editorial: A French startup may have cracked AI’s problem of trust with software that can learn better than humans – and express that learning
January 2021
The Guardian documentary
Bright Lights: an animated exploration of the devastating grip of poker machines
Film-maker Charby Ibrahim talks about his animated documentary on gambling addiction in Australia
June 2020
The game of life: Maria Konnikova on what she’s learned from poker
Down on her luck and fearful for the future, the writer decided to chance her arm. She soon found it was the perfect gameplan. By Maria Konnikova
May 2020
Veteran online poker players cash in during lockdown surge
Influx of new users means a bigger pot for winners but some warn of growing danger from gambling
July 2019
Hossein Ensan sees off 8,568 rivals to claim $10m at World Series of Poker
My poker face: AI wins multiplayer game for first time
January 2019
The upside
Buddhist poker player to give his $600,000 winnings to charity
Hallucinations and $100,000: the poker player who shut himself in a pitch-black room for weeks
July 2018
John Cynn wins World Series of Poker main event after 10-hour battle to claim $8.8m
John Cynn won the World Series of Poker marquee no-limit Texas Hold ‘em main event Sunday in Las Vegas, surrounded by a cheering crowd that included his father
May 2018
All in: writer puts poker book on hold after making $200,000 playing cards
Maria Konnikova didn’t know how many cards were in a deck when she started learning poker one year ago but now she is winning major competitions
January 2018
I did lose a pair of trousers once but they weren’t worth £1m, Boris
Victoria Coren Mitchell
The bankrupt tennis star’s admission that he has mislaid his trophies resonates with all of us who know we put that thing somewhere…
October 2017
Casinos gamble on their credibility
Victoria Coren Mitchell
Poker player loses court battle over £7.7m winnings from London casino
September 2017
First look review
Molly's Game review – Aaron Sorkin's poker drama is a bet that fails to pay off
The Oscar-winning screenwriter makes his directorial debut with the long and rambling tale of ‘poker princess’ Molly Bloom, brought half-heartedly to life by a miscast Jessica Chastain
July 2017
World Series of Poker: 25-year-old wins title and $8.1m in first appearance
Scott Blumstein, a player with a degree in accounting who practiced online, is this year’s World Series of Poker champion
