April 28, 2015
Ryan Jones, a 24-year-old internet and live tourney professional poker player from North Carolina had reason to celebrate this weekend after taking home the $235,804 first prize in the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee Main Event. It was the biggest win yet for the young professional, way ahead of his previous best of […]
April 21, 2015
Michelle Chin has made World Series of Poker (WSOP) history at Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa by becoming the first-ever female champion of a World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event. Chin, a Taiwan native and resident of Wichita, Kansas, who classifies herself as a recreational poker player bested a totally male dominated final […]
March 25, 2015
888Poker has entered into a broad sponsorship and content pact with the World Series of Poker (WSOP) becoming the lead sponsor of the 2015 WSOP in Las Vegas and the 2015 WSOP Europe. Under the terms of the deal, outside select territories (United States, British Columbia&Quebec, Canada, Mexico, India, Italy and France), 888Poker will have […]
March 19, 2015
Los Angeles poker pro Gevork Kasabyan is the latest champion on the World Series of Poker Circuit, having taken down the $1,675 buy-in Bicycle Casino main event for $205,720, a seat at the national championship and one of the coveted WSOP Circuit gold winner’s rings. The three-day event attracted 669 entries, generating a prize pool […]
March 17, 2015
One of the biggest of the program innovations scheduled for this year’s World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas is likely to be the $565 buy-in Colossus competition, which WSOP officials have billed as hopefully the largest poker tournament ever held. Pre-registration demand has reportedly underscored that boast as thousands of players have approached […]
March 14, 2015
The always innovative organisers at the traditionally land-based World Series of Poker (other than internet satellites for seats in land events) have introduced a new – and the first – online event for this year’s edition of the prestigious Las Vegas tournament. The event will see the initial action taking place online, with the final […]
February 25, 2015
New York poker pro Jose Montes (29) is enjoying a great start to 2015, following his $352,669 triumph last month in the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Choctaw Durant, where he bested a field of 1,363, with another significant win this week. In his latest victory the New Yorker beat 761 entrants […]
February 3, 2015
The 46th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) schedule was released this week featuring nearly $200 million in prize money, several new events and an increase in starting chips. This year an eleventh new bracelet event caters for online players for the first time. The $1000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em -Limit Hold’em event will culminate in […]
January 30, 2015
The quality live and media reportage provided by Poker News on the World Series of Poker tournament will not be present this year following an apparent difference of opinion between Poker News parent IBus Media and WSOP management. Following a tweet by Matthew Parvis, head of content at IBus Media, advising that Poker News would […]
January 29, 2015
The World Series of Poker has made a change to its pay-out structure for the Main Event, replacing the $10 million first place guarantee in favour of guaranteeing 1,000 places receiving winnings. “The dream of life-changing money is core to the DNA of the WSOP Main Event and we also want to make it easier […]