Fighter Sean O'Malley, Reigning POY Shaun Deeb Headline New Season of Big Game on Tour

Connor Richards Senior Editor U.S.

May 13, 2026 2 min read

PokerStars Big Game on Tour is returning this month with new episodes featuring the likes of MMA fighter Sean O'Malley and PokerStars Ambassador Jason Koon.

Season 3 of PokerStars Big Game on Tour, one of the most iconic and popular poker shows of all time, will air starting May 17, with a new episode released every Sunday.

The high-stakes cash game line-up will also feature reigning World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year Shaun Deeb, poker personality Randy "3Coin" Sadler and cash game veteran Matt Berkey. Of course, the lineup will also feature a "Loose Cannon" amateur player who is staked $50,000 and gets to keep any winnings.

Big Game on Tour Returns

The latest Big Game Loose Cannon is Canada's Andy Taylor, who runs a property maintenance company and also runs a nonprofit for young athletes in Toronto, according to a PokerStars press release.

To take home any profit, Taylor will have to best a murderer's row of players that includes two-time WSOP POY Deeb, who recently had two runner-up bracelet finishes at WSOP Europe. There's also Berkey, who has more televised cash game experience that most of the poker world combined.

Koon is no stranger to the Big Game felt and has competed on previous seasons against the likes of Lex Veldhuis, Alan Keating and Wolfgang Poker. Other players who have competed on the Big Game on Tour include Jennifer Tilly, Phil Hellmuth, Antonio Esfandiari, sports personality Nick Wright and NFL great Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski.

And while O'Malley's professional experience is in the Octagon, the Bantamweight MMA fighter has also ventured into poker. Last year, he sparred with poker content creator Frankie C, as discussed in an episode of the PokerNews Life Outside Poker podcast.

The first episode of Season 3 will air on May 17, and subsequent episodes will be released every Sunday up to the season finale on June 14. All episodes will air on the PokerStars YouTube channel.

Here is the upcoming streaming schedule for PokerStars Big Game on Tour episodes:

Sunday, May 17 – BGOT Season 3 Episode 1
Sunday, May 24 – BGOT Season 3 Episode 2
Sunday, May 31 – BGOT Season 3 Episode 3
Sunday, June 7 – BGOT Season 3 Episode 4
Sunday, June 14 – BGOT Season 3 Episode 5

_{*Lead photo courtesy of PokerStars}

Share this article

Connor Richards Senior Editor U.S.

Connor Richards is a Senior Editor U.S. for PokerNews and host of the Life Outside Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for three Global Poker Awards for his writing.

Follow on