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 […]
June 25, 2018
Israel-based poker pro Timur Margolin (34) has claimed his first World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet and the main prize of $507,274 after winning the $2,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event. The competition pulled in 1,248 entrants, creating a prize pool of $2,808,000 from which 188 players cashed. Margolin said the win was satisfying from the […]
June 23, 2018
The World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in NLHE Shootout event is in this year’s record books with Californian poker pro Preston Lee (32) claiming the top prize of $236,498 and his first winner’s bracelet. The event attracted 908 entries, generated a prize pool of $1,225,800 and culminated in a gruelling 5-hour heads up between Lee […]
June 22, 2018
Online and live poker pro Eric ” Basebaldy” Baldwin has claimed his second World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet and a pay-day of $319,580 after winning the $1,500 buy-in NLHE event, besting a star-studded entry field of 1,330. His first WSOP bracelet came from the same event nine years ago. By the time the final […]
June 22, 2018
The $1,000 buy-in NLHE Double Stack event at the World Series of Poker was taken down Thursday by Las Vegas poker pro Robert Peacock, who bested a field of 5,700 to claim his first WSOP winner’s bracelet and the main prize of $644,224. The massive field and rate of attrition meant that an extra (fifth) […]
June 21, 2018
Yaniv Birman (35), a Los Angeles businessman who prefers cash game action to live tournament play, has emerged victorious in the World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Seven Card Championship, an event which attracted a stellar field of 83 entrants, creating a prize pool of $780,200 that enabled 13 players to cash. Birman’s first prize […]
June 21, 2018
Yueqi Zhu won his first WSOP bracelet on his 72nd WSOP cash through a poker career spanning two decades and eleven final table appearances. The 55-year-old engineer outplayed a 773-entry field and ultimately Gabriel Ramos heads-up to win the title, bracelet and $211,781 in Event 35, the $1,500 mixed Omaha hi-lo event. Final Table Results: […]
June 17, 2018
Ryan Bambrink, a 30-year-old day trader and online poker player from New Jersey, has taken down the $1,500 buy-in pot-limit Omaha competition at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas to earn his first WSOP bracelet and the main prize of $217,123. It was his fourth cash in a remarkably successful Las Vegas trip […]
November 3, 2017
Scots poker pro Niall Farrell has plenty to celebrate this weekend, having won Euro 745,287 and a WSOP bracelet in the Euro 25,000 buy-in High Roller at WSOPE at Kings Casino in Rozvadov, with the win qualifying him for a Triple Live Crown accolade after two previous major tourney victories in Malta and Punta Cana […]
November 2, 2017
Whether you approve or not of Chris “Jesus” Ferguson’s role in the historic Full Tilt debacle, there is little doubt that he remains a formidable player despite the distractions of the past, public opprobrium and a five year break from major live tournament play. Returning this year to the public game he has won or […]