A Look at the Best Poker Tournaments in the World

Added on December 27, 2024, in Gambling Articles by Gambling Gurus

The mention of gambling often conjures up images in people’s minds of shiny red dice rolling, men in crisp white suits requesting another card with ‘Hit me’, and a vibrant green, plush, round poker table complete with a classic Bond villain for added dramatic effect. For countless people worldwide, poker and gambling go hand in hand. With this well-favoured game comes equally cherished tournaments where the best of the best can journey across the globe to compete, enticing the possibility of adding more wealth to their already ample fortunes. Consequently, today, I thought it would be interesting to explore some of the world’s most esteemed, favored, and ostentatiously luxurious poker tournaments.

The PokeStars Caribbean Adventure

Where would you go on your dream vacation? I’m assuming that 80% of you have just shouted the name of an exclusive resort on some Caribbean island. Don’t lie. What’s more glamorous than lounging around on a Caribbean island with a juicy cocktail in one hand and a wad of cash in the other? You might want to try and win as much as possible as early as possible here, so that you can enjoy the bright white sand and dark red bars for as long as the event lasts.

The Latin American Poker Tour

Keeping with the hot and sweaty poker tournament theme, we now journey across to Brazil where the best events of the Latin American tour happens. There is rarely any place on Earth I’d rather be than Brazil when Carnival hits. The streets are filled with color, samba, and booze. The beaches are overflowing with joviality and parties and the place seems utopian. Now, the tour doesn’t always perfectly line up with the Carnival, however, it’s always nearby and that atmosphere has a long build-up and an even longer afterglow. You don’t know life until you’ve lived through a Brazilian Carnival!

Aussie Millions

Don’t let its simple scratch-card-style name fool you, the Aussie Millions is big business. If you love Australia and their laid back, laissez-faire attitude, then take a trip down under to the Sothern Hemisphere’s hottest poker tournament. Although, try not to be nibbled on by a crocodile whilst spending your newly earned dollars!

World Poker Series

Now we get to the Mac Daddy of poker events. Setting itself up in that glitzy temple of gambling, Las Vegas, the World Poker Series descends from the heavens every summer and is every poker fans dream event. Now, the hot and humid Nevada desert in summer may not be your idea of a good time, but if you like poker, you can’t afford not to be there.

There are always smaller events for those with a smaller pile of funds, or for people who dislike the hot, humid, tourist-infested areas of the world. After the recent success of the Norwegian Championships in Dublin last month, I foresee a definite rise in the popularity of these smaller gatherings, that may soon grow to rival the big daddies listed here.