Record field enters World Series of Poker seniors event

June 21, 2016

Johnny Craig (54), a Texas restauranteur and 25-year military vet with several Afghanistan and Iraq tours under his belt, survived a record 4,499-strong entry field and a tough heads up Monday to claim his first World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet and a first prize of $538,204 in the $1,000 buy-in NoLimit Hold’em Seniors No-Limit […]

Mercier does it again at WSOP

June 19, 2016

US poker pro Jason Mercier moved up the rankings…and closer to scoring big time on some heavy prop bets…over the weekend when he claimed his second bracelet this World Series of Poker season – and his career fifth in the coveted jewellery – by taking down the $10,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. Championship event after cutting through […]

New York poker pro wins over half a million dollars

June 18, 2016

New York poker pro Calvin Lee (28) made himself a cool $531,577 Friday when he claimed the main prize and his first gold winner’s bracelet at the World Series of Poker, besting a field of 1,029 in the $3,000 buy-in Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em event. Due to rather cautious action in general and the large field, […]

Amateur poker player wins $188,815 in WSOP event

June 18, 2016

Californian businessman and enthusiastic amateur poker player Danny Le (49) is wealthier by $188,815 after claiming the first prize in the $1,500 buy-in Limit Hold’em tournament at the World Series of Poker. And he has earned his first gold winner’s bracelet, motivating him to further improve his game. The win was the biggest Le has […]

Mercier denied fourth winner’s bracelet at WSOP

June 16, 2016

Online and live tourney poker pro Jason Mercier has been thwarted in an attempt to win his fourth World Series of Poker bracelet by high stakes cash game poker pro Ray Dehkharghani (45). Claiming his first WSOP gold bracelet, Dehkharghani stopped Mercier’s advance toward a fourth and back-to-back bracelet in its tracks in the heads […]

Florida poker pro triumphs at WSOP

June 16, 2016

Twenty-five-year old Florida poker professional and high stakes cash game exponent Sam Soverel has claimed his first World Series of Poker bracelet….and the main prize of $185,317…after besting a field of 1,106 entries which created a prize pool totalling $995,400 for the $1,000 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha event, enabling 166 entrants to cash. This was […]

Two poker pros score seven figure paydays at WSOP

June 15, 2016

The $1,500 buy-in “Millionaire Maker” No-limit Hold ’em event at the World Series of Poker turned out to be a popular competition this week, attracting 7,190 professional and amateur players. Pro player Jason DeWitt – a 32-year-old from San Diego – won the event, and his second WSOP bracelet, after a strongly contested one-hour heads […]

U.S. Victory in WSOP event 15

June 13, 2016

The respected US professional player Paul Volpe (35) has claimed his second World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet after besting a field of 490 other hopefuls to win the $1,500 buy-in Six-Max 8-Game competition, number 15 on the schedule. In addition to the coveted bracelet, Volpe collected a check for $149,943 after boasting pre-event that […]

WSOP Razz event won by Rep Porter

June 12, 2016

Rep Porter (45) has claimed his third gold World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet after taking down the $1,500 buy-in Razz event, emerging victorious from a field of 461 entries to pick up the $142,624 first-place prize. Porter started final table action facing some heavy hitters in the international game, including Daniel Negreanu, David Benyamine […]

Laplante claims the top prize in WSOP Pot Limit Omaha event

June 12, 2016

Ryan “Protentialmn” Laplante (26) a professional US online and live tourney poker player and tutor, has taken down the largest non-Hold’em tourney yet in the $565 buy-in World Series of Poker Pot-Limit Omaha event, winning his first WSOP gold bracelet and a hefty $190,328 main prize. The event attracted a record 2,483 entries, many from […]