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 […]
September 22, 2017
The 2017 European version of the World Series of Poker will have Euro 18 million in guaranteed prize pools and be hosted by Kings Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, according to a statement this week by WSOPE Director Gregory Chochon. The statement details a diverse series of events and buy-ins, which Chochon says should attract […]
September 22, 2017
The 2017 European version of the World Series of Poker will have Euro 18 million in guaranteed prize pools and be hosted by Kings Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, according to a statement this week by WSOPE Director Gregory Chochon. The statement details a diverse series of events and buy-ins, which Chochon says should attract […]
August 11, 2017
US poker pro Sean Yu beat a field of 124 players this week to claim the honours, a World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet and the $296,941 pay day in the $10,000 buy-in Global Casino Championship at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina. Yu’s winner’s share of the $1,090,000 prize pool was his biggest pay check […]
July 31, 2017
The World Series of Poker International Circuit organisers have announced that following a successful inaugural Brazilian live poker tournament last year, it is to offer the festival again between September 27 and October 4 2017. However, there will be a change in Main Event sponsor, with last year’s deal with 888Poker replaced with a new […]
July 31, 2017
Total revenue from Nevada land and online poker (the state does not differentiate between on and offline) topped $16 million in June, according to official statistics – the highest since 2007. The improvement has been attributed in part to the World Series of Poker tourney, which took place June-July in Las Vegas, attracting thousands of […]
July 23, 2017
Scott Blumstein, a 25-year-old online professional poker player entering his first World Series of Poker main event, clinched the title, his first bracelet and $8.15 million in cash in the early hours of Sunday morning local time after a gruelling heads up against Pennsylvania online poker pro Dan Ott (25). The two were part of […]
July 22, 2017
Friday afternoon saw the remaining seven survivors of the World Series of Poker Main Event final table reconvene to play down to the final three, with chip leader Scott Blumstein streets ahead of his nearest rival on178,300,000, trailed by Benjamin Pollack (77,525,000) and former top chip holder, John Hesp (22,475,000). Blumstein used his advantage skilfully […]
July 21, 2017
There was plenty of drama after the World Series of Poker Main Event final table kicked off with nine finalists late afternoon Vegas time on Thursday, with Ben Lamb exiting on just the fourth hand after being eliminated by another low stack, Brit Jack Sinclair. Lamb’s reward for running this deep in the world’s toughest […]
July 20, 2017
Tomorrow (Thursday) will see the nine survivors of an original field of 7,221 in the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Main Event return to the felt with ambitions to claim the $8.15 million reserved for the ultimate winner. However, everyone around the table will be well rewarded, with the first elimination cashing a million […]