July 3, 2015
Alex Lindop, a 25-year-old professional player from Stoke-on-Trent, has claimed the UK’s second bracelet in this year’s World Series of Poker, besting a talented field of 2,154 other players and claiming the $531,037 winner’s share of the $2.9 million prize pool. Making a return to WSOP nine years after he won the 2006 Main Event […]
June 29, 2015
31-year-old Danish online poker pro Alexander Petersen topped a field of 387 to win his first World Series Of Poker gold bracelet, a hefty $927655 pay check and the 2015 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship Title. Petersen bested Jason Mercier in heads-up play reversing a seemingly dire starting 3-1 chip count. This marks Petersen’s first […]
June 28, 2015
Carol Fuchs, who is an entertainment attorney, screenwriter and multi-talented live tournament poker player from Los Angeles became the twenty-first woman in the World Series of Poker’s 47 year history to win an open event winner’s bracelet this weekend, along with Alaskan businessman Young Ji (52) who triumphed in a separate event. Young Ji claimed […]
June 26, 2015
29-year-old San Diego internet and live tourney pro Mike Gorodinsky achieved one of poker’s most impressive victories Thursday night, claiming his second World Series of Poker bracelet, a place on the Chip Rees Memorial Trophy and $1,270,086 in first prize money in Event 44, the ten mixed game Poker Players Championship. It was the biggest […]
June 23, 2015
Salute Max “The Italian Pirate” Pescatori, who has just claimed his fourth World Series of Poker bracelet (and his second in this year’s series) after defeating a star-studded field of 110 mainly professional players in one of the most respected competitions at the annual tournament. With a $1.043 million prize pool and massive kudos attached […]
June 18, 2015
23-year-old poker pro Ivan Luca from Argentina was a proud man Wednesday, claiming his own and his nation’s first ever World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet and the $353,391 main prize in Event 30 – a $1,000 buy-in NLHE competition for which 2,150 players registered. The $1.93 million prize pool enabled 216 survivors to cash, […]
June 17, 2015
Las-Vegas resident Jeff Madsen (30) has taken down the $3K Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low Split Championship earning a cool $301,314. Madsen is considered a very accomplished younger player having had 40 WSOP Cashes, 11 WSOP Final Table appearances and earning his now fourth WSOP gold bracelet. Madsen dominated the end stages of the three-day tournament which […]
June 16, 2015
You could say that the 77-strong entry list for World Series of Poker event 29 was hellishly well populated with some of the most dangerous professional players in the game like Nick Schulman, George Danzer, Brian Hastings, Jason Mercier, Antonio Esfandiari, John Monnette, Dan Smith, Erik Seidel, Jon Turner, Eli Elezra, Paul Volpe…and the eventual […]
June 12, 2015
Toronto poker fan Sam Greenwood (26) is undecided on whether he’s a professional player or not, but he surely plays like one, taking down event 22, a $1,000 buy-in NLHE contest Thursday to boost his career earnings past half a million dollars and claim Canada’s first win in the current WSOP series. Greenwood survived a […]
June 12, 2015
Ben Zamani (28), a modest and retiring live tournament and online professional player from Boca Raton, Florida has triumphed in event 20 at the World Series of Poker, a $1,500 buy-in NLHE competition that attracted an entry list of 1,844 hopefuls, many of them leading professionals on the international circuit. Claiming his first World Series […]