June 27, 2016
Aussie poker pro Martin Kozlov earned an impressive $655,709 over the weekend in winning the $10,000 buy-in Six Max NLHE event at the World Series of Poker, claiming his first bracelet….and in the process knocking out five-bracelet holder Chris “Jesus” Ferguson amid some raucous railbird behaviour from both pro and anti-Ferguson factions. Ferguson – a […]
June 26, 2016
The $3,000 buy-in Six-Handed Limit Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker has been won by relative unknown Rafael Lebron despite some heavyweight competition that included last year’s WSOP main event champ Joe McKeehan, who started strong but only managed a fourth place finish. Also in the field was triple bracelet holder Matt Matros, […]
June 26, 2016
Following up on our earlier report that the Summer Solstice event at the World Series of Poker was down to the heads up stage between Spain’s Adrian Mateos (22) and Koray Aldemir of Austria, we can now report that the former took the honours in a hard-fought finale that left Mateos with his second WSOP […]
June 26, 2016
With the schedule for the current World Series of Poker now well past the halfway mark, fifty-year-old Maryland player Jiaqi Xu has claimed the main prize of $212,128 and his first WSOP winners’ bracelet in the thirty-ninth event of the tournament – the $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha competition. Xu’s chances did not appear that good […]
June 25, 2016
Poker pro Michael Gathy became only the second Belgian to win three World Series of Poker bracelets in his victory this week when he defeated Adrien Allain of France in the $5,000 buy-in Six-Max NLHE event to claim the top prize of $560,843. The 27-year-old Belgian ace survived an entry field of 541 that included […]
June 25, 2016
It appears that Jason Mercier just cannot catch a break at present in his efforts to win a third bracelet at this year’s World Series of Poker and collect some reportedly stupendous prop bets…he has busted out again – at 11th – in the $2,500 buy-in Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event, […]
June 23, 2016
Brit online and live professional poker player Benny Glaser (27) is being hailed as a star at this year’s World Series of Poker, having achieved two winner’s bracelets this week to bring his collection of WSOP jewellery to three. In his latest victory, Glaser took charge in the $10,000 buy-in Omaha Hi-Low Championship event to […]
June 22, 2016
CHICAGO POKER PRO CLAIMS NLHE HONOURS AT WORLD SERIES OF POKER But only after a prolonged heads up against Jens Grieme. Alexander Ziskin, a 30-year-old poker professional from Chicago, has claimed the $401,494 main prize and his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet after defeating fellow pro Jens Grieme in an epic heads up […]
June 22, 2016
James Moore, a 65-year-old radiologist from Pennsylvania, is the latest big winner at the World Series of Poker, taking home $230,671 and his first winner’s bracelet after emerging victorious from the $1,000 buy-in Super Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship event. The competition concluded on Tuesday and attracted a field of 1,746, all aged 65 or more, […]
June 21, 2016
31-year-old Seattle cash game poker pro and tutor Ian Johns has earned himself $290,635 and his third World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet after besting a field of 110 to win the $10,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em event and the lion’s share of a $1,034,000 prize pool. His achievement was made all the more impressive by […]