The same player, Aaron Johnson, did something completely unprecedented by winning Player of the Year honors on two different mid-major tours - the Heartland and Mid-Stakes Poker Tours. The World Poker Tour (WPT) set a record field for the largest $10,000 buy-in in its history.

The World Series of Poker main event drew its second-largest field in history with 7,874 (only 2006, with 8,773 players, had more). With 2018 at its end, the poker world can look back at the last 12 months with a sense of optimism after an impressive year. Looking back at the biggest poker stories and moments of 2018 You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser