June 10, 2016
Swedish poker player and writer Peter Eichhardt (50) has scored his first World Series of Poker bracelet and a $438,417 pay day in the first of several $1,500 buy-in NLHE events at the Rio in Las Vegas. 2,016 entries were recorded for the event, building a prize pool worth $2.72 million; Eichhardt’s big win completely […]
June 10, 2016
Young Florida actuary Alan Percal (23) bested some of the best when he won the $10,000 buy-in Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship at the World Series of Poker Thursday, surviving a talented field that included names like Oliver Busquet, Alexandre Luneau and Brian Rast to claim his first gold winner’s bracelet. Percal’s reward for the feat […]
June 9, 2016
High profile live and online poker pro Ryan D’Angelo (30) is celebrating his first World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet after besting an entry field of 279 in the $1500 buy-in 2-7 No Limit Draw Lowball event to claim the main prize of $92,338. Entering the last day of play with the chip lead D’Angelo […]
June 8, 2016
Illinois poker pro Kyle Julius (29) is among the first to bag a World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet this year after scoring a vistory worth $142,972 in the $1,000 buy-in Top Up Turbo no-limit hold’em event, in which 667 entries were recorded. WSOP organisers developed an innovative live-and-online format for the event, which allowed […]
October 25, 2015
The 2015 World Series of Poker Europe Euro 10,450 buy-in NLHE main event went into the history books over the weekend as a win for Idaho pro Kevin MacPhee, who claimed his second WSOP bracelet and Euro 883,000 after besting a field of 312 other entrants. On the final day of the competition MacPhee faced […]
October 24, 2015
On Friday 2010 World Series of Poker main event champion Jonathan Duhamel added another Euro 554,395 to career earnings that now exceed $17.5 million by taking down the $25,000 buy-in High Roller event at WSOP Europe. Almost as importantly as the cash, he also claimed his third World Series of Poker bracelet to enter the […]
October 15, 2015
The 2015 World Series of Poker Europe’s fourth event, the “Monster Stack” No-Limit Hold’em competition went into the history books this week, recording that New York financial adviser Ryan Hefter bested a field of 580 to claim his first winner’s bracelet and the main prize of Euro 176,205. Hefter travelled from his current assignment with […]
July 5, 2015
The 2015 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas has entered the last stretch in the run up to the Main Event, with two bracelet competitions finishing over the weekend, both new inclusions on the schedule this year. The WSOP.com semi-online event was played at six-man live table in Las Vegas, and a New Jersey […]