October 23, 2015
Reports out of Nevada as the week ends indicate that the partnership between the World Series of Poker and daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings has been put on hold following the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s finding that DFS constitutes gambling and should not continue in the state without the appropriate licence. DraftKings had already announced […]
October 14, 2015
Congratulations to UK poker pro and Omaha specialist Richard Gryko who has triumphed in the third bracelet event of this year’s World Series of Poker Europe, the Euro 3,250 Eight-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha, besting an entry field of 160 other hopefuls in Berlin. Gryko’s reward was his first WSOP winner’s bracelet and Euro 126,345 after beating […]
October 13, 2015
The second event in this year’s World Sries of Poker Europe – the Euro 550 buy-in “Oktoberfest” No-Limit Hold’em competition – attracted an entry field of 2,144 and saw German pro Dietrich Fast emerge as the winner of the Euro 157,749 main prize…and his first WSOP bracelet. Fast, who started playing a decade ago and […]
October 11, 2015
German restaurant owner and enthusiastic poker fan Makarios Avramidis is Euro 105,000 richer today (Sunday) following his weekend victory in the first event of this year’s Berlin-hosted World Series of Poker Europe, the Euro 2,200 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em competition. 197 players registered for the event. Although a regular at European Poker Tour contests, this […]
October 6, 2015
The World Series of Poker has announced that this year’s streaming and live reportage on WSOP Europe has been contracted to Twitch and the German online publication Pokerfirma respectively. Whilst Twitch can now boast a well-proven record in online poker streaming, some reservations have been expressed regarding the appointment of Pokerfirma in preference to the […]
August 1, 2015
Poker pro Loni Harwood, daughter of respected pro Joel Harwood, proved that the talent remains in the family this week when she scored her latest victory – her second bracelet and a first prize of $341,599 in the 2015 World Series of Poker National Championship. It was a well-earned win against a stellar field of […]
July 16, 2015
The tables have been folded up and placed in storage, the vendors and posters are gone, and life returns to normal at the Rio in Las Vegas following the departure of the World Series of Poker players, media reps and railbirds after the final table was set this week (see previous reports). The nine finalists […]
July 15, 2015
One of the few achievements in poker that have eluded popular poker pro Daniel Negreanu – a seat at a World Series of Poker main event final table – was again denied him in Las Vegas Tuesday night when he was eliminated at 11th for $526,778 by the seemingly unstoppable Joe McKeehen from Pennsylvania. Hall […]
July 14, 2015
Day 6 of the World Series of Poker main event has been completed, with just 27 players remaining from the 68 who started the day. Many followers were rooting for the only female still left in contention, Kelly Minkin, an attorney from Phoenix Arizona who has already earned an extra $8,500 from prop bets that […]
July 13, 2015
Day 5 at the World Series of Poker main event saw 237 survivors from an original field of 6,420 take their seats, but by the end of the day just 69 remained, with the big money cashes now starting. The final elimination of the day, David Fuhs, collected a check for $96,445. A slew of […]