July 4, 2016
Online and live tournament poker pro Andrew “Lucky Chewy” Lichtenberger (28) from New York has the respect of most of his peers and has been successful in many tough competitions since 2009, but the monkey on his back has always been his inability to secure a World Series of Poker bracelet despite cashing on 33 […]
July 3, 2016
Chicago poker pro Brandon Shack-Harris (38) claimed his second World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet and the impressive top prize of $894,300 over the weekend when he took down the $10,000 buy-in 8-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha Championship at the Rio in Las Vegas. Post-match he acknowledged that it had been one of the toughest in his […]
July 2, 2016
Safiya Umerova (28) is clearly a singularly focused woman, admitting that having discovered the game of poker she has devoured every book on it that she can find, listened attentively to advice from other players, and taken part in as many cash games and tournaments as she can with the goal of playing professionally and […]
July 1, 2016
33-year-old New York professional player Shaun Deeb, one of the many notable names at this year’s World Series of Poker, has boosted his $1.5 million in live tourney career earnings with a $111,101 victory – and his second WSOP bracelet – in the $1,500 buy-in Seven Card Stud competition. Good cards and consummate skill and […]
July 1, 2016
This weekend’s celebration of Canada’s national day will be more memorable than usual for Canadian online and live tourney player Kristen Bicknell (29)…she became this series’ first woman event winner after taking on a star-studded field of 2,158 in the $1,500 buy-in Bounty event. In addition to the prestigious bracelet – her second – Bicknell […]
June 30, 2016
The World Series of Poker is now well past the half way mark in Las Vegas, with three more winner bracelets awarded in big money events to Ankush Mandavia, Steven Wolansky and “Johnny World” Hennigan. 28-year-old Steven Wolansky, a professional player from Florida, secured his nineteenth WSOP cash, his third final table and his second […]
June 29, 2016
A young and relatively inexperienced (in poker) finance professor from the University of Arizona, Dr. Mitchell Towner is $1.12 million wealthier after besting a mammoth field of 6,927 to win his first World Series of Poker bracelet and the main prize in the $1,500 buy-in Monster Stack NLHE event. The massive field, which included many […]
June 28, 2016
German poker pro George Danzer (33) has reprised his previous WSOP season victory in the $10,000 buy-in Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better Championship event at the World Series of Poker, claiming his fourth winner’s bracelet and the main prize of $338,646. The event pulled in 136 entries, many of them notable names in […]
June 28, 2016
Another World Series of Poker bracelet has gone to the UK following 22-year-old Brit pro Phil “Grindation” McAllister’s victory in the $3,000 Shootout No-Limit Hold’em competition at the Rio in Las Vegas. The win adds another $267,720 to the $356,020 the young online and live tourney pro earned earlier this year with a third placing […]
June 28, 2016
With more than half the 69 scheduled events now completed in this year’s World Series of Poker, the organisers have posted statistics which indicate that the festival remains very popular with professional and amateur poker players, and is expected to deliver another record turnout by the time the main event concludes. However, entries to the […]