July 6, 2018
This year’s four online events at the World Series of Poker show that there is wide appeal for this type of event, attracting worthwhile entry lists and general interest. The recent evolution of shared state player pools in Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware have boosted that appeal, as is apparent from the wider participation and […]
July 6, 2018
Belgian hedge fund manager and poker ace Galen Hall (33) is $888,888 wealthier this morning after his profitable victory in the World Series of Poker $888 buy-in Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed event. The big win brings his career live tourney earnings to over $5 million, and adds a maiden WSOP bracelet to his achievements. […]
July 5, 2018
The World Series of Poker organisers anticipated a large field for the third starting flight in this year’s $10,000 buy-in NLHE Main Event and they were not disappointed; 4,571 players, many of them respected names in the game, turned up for the last starting day, with the shuffle up and deal call made by the […]
July 5, 2018
The second starting flight for this year’s World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in NLHE Main Event attracted 2,378 entries Wednesday, but only 1,801 survived to go further in the competition when the survivors of all three starting days combine. The second starting day field this year was up 10 percent on 2017, and combined with […]
July 4, 2018
Arizona cash game grinder Dan Matsuzuki (28) made an impulsive decision urged on by a friend to enter the World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Seven Card Stud Hi Lo championship event, and it paid handsome dividends. Matsuzuki bested a field of 141 to claim his first World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet and the […]
July 4, 2018
Online and live poker pro Phil Galfond (33) has claimed his third World Series of Poker bracelet and prize money of $567,788 after winning the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship. It was a remarkable achievement, given that Galfond has been too busy preparing his new Run It Once Poker online business to […]
July 3, 2018
The first of three starting days for the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off in Las Vegas Monday with 925 hopefuls registering – up from last year’s 795 Day 1A entries. The start comes at the end of a month of WSOP tournaments that has so far seen over 60 gold […]
July 2, 2018
Phill Galfond has added a third WSOP bracelet to his trophy case having outlasted 237 players and winning Event 60: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship at the 49th World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournament. Galfond (33) outplayed Michael McKenna heads-up for the title, bracelet and top prize of $567,788, his twentieth WSOP career cash taking his total earnings to around 2.8 […]
July 2, 2018
One of the frustrations in Las Vegas poker pro Jean-Robert Bellande’s otherwise successful career has been his inability to corral a World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet, but he finally managed to lift that monkey off his back over the weekend with a win in the $5,000 buy-in NLHE Six-Handed event. In addition to finally […]
July 1, 2018
Las Vegas poker pro and coach Chance ‘Bingshui” Kornuth achieved the rare distinction of becoming both a live tournament and online World Series of Poker bracelet holder early Sunday morning when he took down the $3,200 buy-in WSOP.com Online High Roller event, besting a field of 356 with 124 re-buys to claim his second WSOP […]