June 18, 2015
In a particularly satisfying victory playing his favourite poker variant British writer Benny Glaser (26) won his first World Series of Poker bracelet Thursday, along with the $136,215 main prize. Playing with smooth efficiency in the $1,500 buy-in event 33 – a 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball competition – Glaser bested a field of 387 other […]
June 18, 2015
Florida poker pro Jason Mercier (28) is feeling a lot better about his prospects after a financially mediocre World Series of Poker so far turned into a notable victory in event 32 – a $5,000 buy-in Six Handed NLHE competition which he won Thursday after a tense hour-long tussle with Brit player Simon Deadman. Besides […]
June 18, 2015
23-year-old poker pro Ivan Luca from Argentina was a proud man Wednesday, claiming his own and his nation’s first ever World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet and the $353,391 main prize in Event 30 – a $1,000 buy-in NLHE competition for which 2,150 players registered. The $1.93 million prize pool enabled 216 survivors to cash, […]
June 18, 2015
The mammoth five day, 7,192-entry World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in ‘Monster Stack’ NLHE event has produced a winner, with 26-year-old Florida dealer Perry Shiao claiming the $1,286,942 main prize and his first WSOP winner’s bracelet. Shiao, who has been a dealer at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, FL for the last seven years, […]
June 17, 2015
Las-Vegas resident Jeff Madsen (30) has taken down the $3K Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low Split Championship earning a cool $301,314. Madsen is considered a very accomplished younger player having had 40 WSOP Cashes, 11 WSOP Final Table appearances and earning his now fourth WSOP gold bracelet. Madsen dominated the end stages of the three-day tournament which […]
June 16, 2015
You could say that the 77-strong entry list for World Series of Poker event 29 was hellishly well populated with some of the most dangerous professional players in the game like Nick Schulman, George Danzer, Brian Hastings, Jason Mercier, Antonio Esfandiari, John Monnette, Dan Smith, Erik Seidel, Jon Turner, Eli Elezra, Paul Volpe…and the eventual […]
June 13, 2015
A mistake whilst registering for a World Series of Poker event this week resulted in Christian Pham (40) from St. Paul, Minnesota finding himself in the wrong competition playing a game he was not really familiar with, but it all turned out well when he emerged triumphant to claim his first WSOP bracelet and the […]
June 12, 2015
Toronto poker fan Sam Greenwood (26) is undecided on whether he’s a professional player or not, but he surely plays like one, taking down event 22, a $1,000 buy-in NLHE contest Thursday to boost his career earnings past half a million dollars and claim Canada’s first win in the current WSOP series. Greenwood survived a […]
June 12, 2015
Ben Zamani (28), a modest and retiring live tournament and online professional player from Boca Raton, Florida has triumphed in event 20 at the World Series of Poker, a $1,500 buy-in NLHE competition that attracted an entry list of 1,844 hopefuls, many of them leading professionals on the international circuit. Claiming his first World Series […]
June 11, 2015
Even 21 at the World Series of Poker – a $10,000 buy-in Omaha Hi Lo Split Championship – is in the record books as a victory for Los Angeles poker pro Daniel Alaei, who scored a first prize pay day of $391,097 for the win and his fifth WSOP winner’s bracelet. A prize pool of […]