June 29, 2018
Event 53 – the $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better competition is in this year’s World Series of Poker record books as a win for Ohio poker pro Joey Couden, who claimed his first winner’s bracelet and the main prize of $244,370 for the victory. The win was the largest of Couden’s eight cashes […]
June 29, 2018
Four new millionaires are celebrating football-fuelled victories at PokerStars, PokerStars Casino, and Full Tilt this week having each secured million-dollar pay outs totalling more than $5.4 million, the company announced in a press release Friday. “With four millionaires created since the World Cup started, we clearly have the answer to half-time entertainment,” said Christopher Coyne, […]
June 29, 2018
Thursday afternoon at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas saw US poker pro and coach Ryan Leng score his first winner’s bracelet and biggest yet pay day of $272,765 in taking down the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Bounty competition. The event ran for an unscheduled fourth day and attracted 1,983 starters, generating a […]
June 29, 2018
33-year-old New York poker pro Scott Seiver boosted his career earnings to $23 million Thursday after claiming the $296,222 main prize and his second World Series of Poker bracelet in the $10,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em Championship. At times it was touch and go for the New York pro as he battled his way through a […]
June 28, 2018
On Wednesday night in Las Vegas Canadian accounting student Tommy Nguyen (28) turned a $1,500 buy-in in the World Series of Poker NLHE Monster Stack competition into a $1,037,451 pay day enhanced with his first WSOP winner’s bracelet. He became this series’ ninth millionaire winner just two months after winning $167,000 at a major poker […]
June 28, 2018
Texas congressman Joe Barton is a name well known in the industry for his determined efforts to legalise online poker at federal level, and his name has surfaced again this week in a report in the publication Roll Call dealing with horseracing. Apparently Congress is mulling a bill in the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection […]
June 28, 2018
After thirteen years of lobbying for online poker legalisation under a member funding model, the financially beleaguered Poker Players Alliance has made major changes following the recent departure of former executive director John Pappas. The organisation has re-branded to Poker Alliance, appointed a new leader in Mark Brenner, and has switched to a more commercial […]
June 27, 2018
Massachusetts-native and online player Jay Kwon has won his first World Series of Poker title, bracelet and a $125,431 prize after topping a field of 389 entries. “I came here on Saturday on a whim,” said Kwon. “I took my CFA level 1 test on Saturday and then I just wanted a break and some of my friends were […]
June 27, 2018
US poker pro Loren Klein (36) had plenty to celebrate at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this week: a $1,018,336 winner’s pay day and the rare achievement of winning his third bracelet in as many years. Klein triumphed in the $10,000 buy-in PLO Championship, besting a final table laden with respected and […]
June 26, 2018
David Brookshire (35) narrowly avoided elimination at a late stage in the final table of the World Series of Poker $2,500 buy-in Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event, but managed to recover from an 8 to 1 chip disadvantage to ultimately win the event, claiming his first winner’s […]