Since its creation in 2023, the Superstar Poker Tour (CPT) has introduced skilled athletes, musicians and influencers — and their entourages — collectively in Las Vegas to compete and mingle on the poker desk. CPT will proceed to take action because it makes its Season 3 debut later this month contained in the PokerGO Studio at ARIA On line casino & Resort.
The 2026 Season Premiere Championship, happening on March 19, will characteristic an array of celebrities, together with Tremendous Bowl champions Skyy Moore and Antoine Winfield Jr., Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champ Mackenzie Dern and UFC champs Henry Cejudo and Aljamain Sterling, who in December 2025 gained a CPT occasion within the Bahamas at World Collection of Poker Paradise.
Different celebrities on the roster embrace present and former NFL gamers Will Levis, Brandon Marshall and Bud Depree, influencers Tana Mongeau and Telli Swift, Chumlee of the hit present Pawn Stars, UFC fighter and poker fanatic Colby Covington, actuality TV character Chase Chrisley, and playing content material creator Frazier Kay.
Superstar Poker Tour Founder Blake Wynn: “Poker is a Canvas for Leisure”
Celebrities Take Over PokerGO Studio
Each time the Superstar Poker Tour hosts an occasion within the PokerGO Studio, there is a vibe shift from the stiff, critical high-stakes motion usually on show within the venue.
Whether or not its Sofie Dossi placing on a mind-bending contortionist act on the desk or Mackenzie Dern demonstrating a chokehold on Haliey “Hawk Tuah” Welch, there’s at all times one thing value watching.
As CPT founder Blake Wynn advised PokerNews in December, “Poker is a canvas for leisure for us.”
“Are all these poker streams pretty much as good as the sport will get, honestly, when it comes to leisure? Are we calling this the height? What about if Joey Chesnut and Mackenzie Dern race consuming sizzling canines whereas they’re enjoying? I simply suppose that that is extra participating once you discuss scale. Not of poker, however of simply leisure.”
It is not simply athletes and influencers who play CPT occasions, but additionally skilled musicians. A number of the rappers who’ve performed within the Superstar Poker Tour embrace Waka Flocka Flame, Ray J, 24kGoldn, Maxo Kream and Bun B.
A couple of poker gamers have additionally shined, together with Princess Love and her poker coach Maria Ho, each of whom are CPT champions.
The reigning CPT Championship winner is NFL participant Josh Norman, whereas different gamers who picked up CPT trophies in 2025 embrace influencers King and Suede Brooks and YouTube legend Ethan Klein.
The 2026 Season Premiere Championship on March 19 will kick off at 6 p.m. native time and shall be streamed on YouTube.
A number of celebrities have been added to the lineup in current days, together with influencer India Love and NFL gamers Adrian Peterson, Austin Ekeler, Alexander Mattison, Scott Matlock and Ray Davis.
A full checklist of Superstar Poker Tour winners is offered within the desk under.
Superstar Poker Tour (CPT) Winners
December 12, 2025WSOP Presents the Superstar Poker TourAljamain SterlingUFC Fighter$10,000
November 19, 2025CPT ChampionshipPeyton BarberNFL Participant$25,000
August 30,2025CPT Invitational VIIIJosh NormanNFL Participant$20,000
July 25,2025CPT Invitational VIIKingMedia character & influencer$20,000
Could 10, 2025CPT Invitational VIJohn Johnson IIINFL Participant$20,000
Could 2, 2025CPT Sport Evening VISuede BrooksMedia character & influencer$20,000
February 6, 2025CPT Sport Evening VEthan KleinMedia character & influencer$10,000
November 20, 20242024 CPT ChampionshipMaria HoPoker Participant$50,000
October 7, 2024CPT Sport Evening IVLena AyadExecutive Assistant H3$5,000
August 31, 2024CPT Invitational IVVegas MattSlot Streamer$20,000
August 12, 2024CPT Sport Evening IIIBryce HallMedia character & influencer$15,000
Could 4, 2024CPT Invitational IIIKatie ThurstonTV character$20,000
April 19, 2024CPT Sport Evening IIAlexander “Wolfgang Poker” SeibtPoker Vlogger$10,000
March 15, 2024CPT Sport Evening IMaria HoPoker Participant$10,000
February 9, 2024CPT Invitational IIPrincess LoveActress & character$20,000
August 27, 2023CPT Enclave InvitationalQiyu “Nemo” ZhouChess Grandmaster$20,000
*Pictures courtesy of Superstar Poker Tour (CPT)
Connor Richards
Senior Editor U.S.
