Second bracelet for Israeli poker pro

October 23, 2018

Israeli poker pro Timur Margolin has claimed his second WSOP gold bracelet and the main prize of Euro 134,407 after besting a field of 666 (not for the superstitious!) in the Euro 1,100 buy-in Monster Stack NLHE event at the World Series of Poker Europe currently taking place at Kings Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. […]

Second Israeli WSOPE win

October 17, 2018

Israeli poker pro Asia Moshe has taken down the WSOPE’s Event #2: Euro 1,650 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Deepstack, his 25th WSOP cash and his fifth main event final table appearance. Moshe outplayed a field of 22, ultimately defeating Robert Schultz heads up to win Euro 82,280 and his second WSOP gold bracelet. Final table results: […]

First WSOP Europe gold goes to Israel

October 16, 2018

It took just four hours of final table play to decide the Euro 550 buy-in Colossus NLHE event at this year’s World Series of Poker Europe, currently taking place at Kings Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. Israeli player Tamir Segal emerged the winner after besting a field of 2,991 and a final table of nine […]

Online WSOP Circuit hailed a success

October 6, 2018

The inaugural online World Series of Poker Circuit this week exceeded the organisers’ expectations, with many of the events easily outpacing the guarantees, say the organisers. Bill Rini, head of online poker at WSOP.com, said the 13 events were successful from player appeal, technology and business perspectives, with many of the events doubling or tripling […]

Two weeks to WSOP Europe

September 21, 2018

The poker pros should by now have finalised their travel and accommodation arrangements for the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe, which kicks off at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic on October 9 and will run through to November 2 this year. The organisers advise that there will be ten bracelet events this year […]

2018 WSOP by the numbers

July 23, 2018

The organisers of the World Series of Poker have released final statistics on this year’s successful edition of the world’s most prestigious poker tournament, revealing: * The 50-day poker extravaganza in Las Vegas drew 123,865 players this summer – up 2.4 percent y-o-y; * The prize pool of the 78-event series at the Rio All-Suite […]

Former WSOP champ achieves fourth bracelet

July 17, 2018

2009 Main Event champion Joe Cada reaped a harvest of cash at this year’s World Series of Poker, taking home $2.15 million for his fifth place finish in the Main Event; his third career bracelet and $226,218 in the $3,000 buy-in Shootout; $ 27,582 in the  $10,000 buy-in Super Turbo Bounty and a series of […]

Deeb secures fourth WSOP bracelet

July 14, 2018

Shaun Deeb, a US online and live poker pro is having a profitable World Series of Poker this year with total earnings of $2.5 million, mainly from two big wins, although he has cashed 15 times this series. The first was the $25,000 buy-in PLO High Roller, where he took home $1,402,683, and his second […]

Cada out at fifth in WSOP Main Event final table

July 14, 2018

US poker pro Joe Cada’s ambitions to win a second World Series of Poker Main Event were dashed Friday when he was eliminated at fifth in hand 105 by US player Tony Miles. The sting of departure was softened by the fifth place prize money of $2.15 million. He was followed at hand 224 by […]

All-American finale at WSOP

July 13, 2018

Main Event final table down to six players, led by Michael Dyer…but former champ Joe Cada is still in. The final table at the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas is now down to just six players – all Americans – following the elimination of Alex Lynskey, Antoine Labat and Artem Metalidi […]