Philachack takes WSOP Choctaw title

January 20, 2016

Texan poker pro, Andy Philachack (41) has bested an entry field of 1,565 to win the 2016 World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw $1,675 no-limit hold’em main event title, $393,188 in prize money and a WSOP Circuit gold ring, his second to date. After moving up in terms of chip count from twelfth place at […]

Amateur takes WSOP Planet Hollywood Main Event

November 24, 2015

A star-studded cast in poker terms participated in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Planet Hollywood Main Event this week but it was a relative unknown, Sean Berrios, who took home the title. Hailing from Anchorage, Alaska – amateur poker player Berrios defeated a field of 1303 entries winning his first major live tournament title […]

McKeehen is 2015 WSOP Main Event Champ

November 11, 2015

24-year-old Joe McKeehen has won the much anticipated 2015 WSOP Main Event Championship dominating the final nine-man table from the start. McKeehen earned his first WSOP bracelet and a princely $7,683,346 million in prize money after he beat Josh Beckley in heads up play. The finale played out in just 183 hands, the shortest of […]

Dziewonski takes WSOP Rozvadov main prize

November 10, 2015

Polish poker pro Mateusz Dziewondski emerged victorious out of heads up play against Irishman Andrew King in the 2015 WSOP Circuit Rozvadov Main Event. Dziewonski pocketed a tidy Euro 206,927 and the title after besting 31 players from an original field of 715 after 14 hours of play. Final results of the final table: Mateusz […]

And then there four

November 10, 2015

The second day of play in the 2015 World Series of Poker main event started Monday with Joe McKeehen still holding a massive chip lead on 91.3 million, and Israeli businessman Ofer Zvi Stern (37) in second place on 32.5 million. Other players still in contention for the $7.6 million main prize at that point […]

November nine update

November 9, 2015

The oldest man at the World Series of Poker Series main event final table, 72-year-old Belgian businessman Pierre Neuville, is out of the competition, eliminated at seventh by the steam-rollering chip leader, Joe McKeehen. Neuville came into the final table fourth in chips, and his dwindling stack proved no match for the massive resources held […]

WSOP final table action starts

November 9, 2015

Pennsylvanian poker pro Joe McKeehen (24) made an aggressive start at the World Series of Poker Main Event final table Sunday, ruthlessly eliminating the two lowest stacks at the table, Patrick Chan (26) at ninth and Federico Butteroni (25) at eighth, in the first three hours. Earlier, the November Nine finalists had reconvened at the […]

Croatian poker pro takes the high roller honours in Rozvadov

November 8, 2015

Rozvadov in the Czech Republic, and specifically the Kings Casino, was the focus over the weekend as the World Series of Poker Circuit Euro 25,000 buy-in Super High Roller concluded in victory – and a Euro 256,025 payday – for Croatian poker pro Stipo Vladic. Entries and re-entries totalled just 22 in this competition, but […]

Strong 888Poker presence at WSOP Main Event finale

November 5, 2015

888Poker has ensured that it will be well-represented when the 2015 World Series of Poker main event final table regathers this Sunday, announcing that it has signed sponsorship deals with three of the nine finalists: Joseph McKeehen, Neil Blumenfield and Thomas Cannuli. Detailing the agreements, 888Poker said the three players would wear a triple-eight patch. […]

WSOP Main Event final table reconvenes this sunday

November 3, 2015

The 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event final table is back in the news this week as preparations are made for the nine finalists to gather again at the Rio in Las Vegas Sunday to compete for the top prize. Whilst predictions on the outcome vary, the consensus appears to be that significant chip […]