First WSOP winner’s bracelet for Wang

May 30, 2015

26-year-old New Jersey grinder Michael Wang has claimed the honours, his first World Series of Poker gold winner’s bracelet and a hefty $466,120 in prize money after taking down the second event, a $5,000 buy-in NLHE competition at the Rio in Las Vegas. A field of 422 hopefuls, including aces like Brian Hastings, Kevin McPhee, […]

Colossus packs’ em in at WSOP

May 30, 2015

There can be little doubt that the $565 buy-in Colossus competition is the talk of this year’s World Series of Poker, which kicked off its 46th edition in Las Vegas Wednesday. Friday’s 10 am start of the first of four entry flights for Colossus saw every nook and cranny at the Rio packed with tables […]

Barnette is this year’s casino employee poker champ at WSOP

May 29, 2015

Pechanga Casino poker supervisor Brandon Barnette (29) has won the first event in this year’s World Series of Poker, the $565 buy-in Casino Employees NLHE competition, after besting a field of 687 other hopefuls who generated a prize pool of $344,000. His reward is a prize of $75,704 and a prestigious WSOP gold winner’s bracelet. […]

DFS and poker cross-over event planned for WSOP

May 29, 2015

The booming world of daily fantasy sports will intersect with live poker action at a special event sponsored by DFS market-leader DraftKings and the World Series of Poker in the current 46th edition of the prestigious Las Vegas tournament, which kicked off this week. WSOP spokesman Seth Palansky said that in keeping with the tournament’s […]

WSOP Colossus attracting a huge field

May 29, 2015

The World Series of Poker’s new $595 buy-in Colossus event appears likely to live up to its name; WSOP officials revealed Thursday that more than 14,000 players have already signed up for the Friday, May 29 and Saturday, May 30 starting flights. Executive director Ty Stewart used Twitter to make the announcement, emphasising that there […]

Poker’s biggest festival starts this week

May 26, 2015

Top poker players from all over the world are probably winging their way to Las Vegas – or have already arrived – today in preparation for this year’s 45th World Series of Poker festival, which will see 68 highly competitive events played out over the next few weeks, and tens of millions of dollars in […]

WSOP comic should be a big hit

May 15, 2015

Chad Holloway, the managing editor of the popular information publication and website Poker News, has come up with a unique attention-grabber for fans at this year’s World Series of Poker, which starts later this month – a fully illustrated comic featuring poker’s biggest festival. The World Series of Zombies combines the current fascination with back-from-the-dead […]

Radanov takes WSOP New Orleans Main Event

May 13, 2015

33-Year-old Memphis resident Damjan Radanov took down the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event held at Harrah’s in New Orleans for a payday of $174,514, besting a field of 554 players that included the likes of four-time ring winner David Nicholson. Radanov met Nicholson heads-up, denying him a fifth ring but a consolation prize […]

Schedule for WSOP Europe published

May 8, 2015

The World Series of Poker Europe has published the program for its eighth edition with a new host country and a venue that is expected to enhance interest and attract poker players. This year’s outing is set for October 8-24, 2015, in the Spielbank Berlin, Germany with 10 WSOP gold bracelet events up for grabs, […]

WSOP launches new support forum

May 8, 2015

The World Series of Poker has taken a step to improve previously complained about player service levels by launching a dedicated WSOP.com forum. Players are invited to post their views and questions, which will promptly receive attention, the company promises, adding that players on the New Jersey and Nevada regulated online poker sites will find […]