June 17, 2014
31-year-old Kansas poker professional Brett Shaffer is a familiar face at World Series of Poker gatherings, having been a regular player in live poker’s biggest tournament over the last decade, during which he has won a bracelet (last year) and qualified for four final tables. This week he again shone, winning his second bracelet and […]
June 17, 2014
2009 World Series of Poker main event winner Joe Cada (26) displayed the skill that has won him millions in live tournament clashes when he bested an star-studded entry field of 263 other players Monday in taking down the $10,000 buy-in NLHE Six Handed competition – number 32 on the WSOP 2014 schedule – to […]
June 16, 2014
Online poker ace Calvin “Cal42688” Anderson, who has already amassed well over $3 million in career earnings, showed once again that he is more than comfortable around a top live tournament table over the weekend when he won event 30 at the World Series of Poker – a $1,500 buy-in Seven Card Stud Eight-or-Better competition. […]
June 16, 2014
Frenchman Pierre Malan has won his first World Series of Poker bracelet and $536,768 after surviving a tough and talented field of 1,164 other players to claim victory in event 29, a $2,500 buy-in NLHE contest that carried a prize pool of $2,650,375. After 3 days of hectic action Malan entered the heads up with […]
June 15, 2014
Washington state pro Tommy Hang (34) will be celebrating this weekend after winning his first World Series of Poker bracelet and a worthwhile $230,744 main prize in event 27, a $10,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. championship competition he has been aiming for over the years. 743 entrants contributed to a prize pool worth $1,003,050 in the event, […]
June 15, 2014
The highly experienced Russian poker ace Alex Bilokur demonstrated his considerable skills over the weekend by taking down event 28 on the World Series of Poker schedule despite starting the heads up at a 8 to 1 chip disadvantage. The $10,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold’em Championship event attracted a stellar field of 160 players, creating a […]
June 14, 2014
Seattle online entrepreneur Andrew Rennhack – he runs an ATM business – will be able to pay off a new condo he bought recently with the $504,239 first prize he won in event 26 at the World Series of Poker this week. The 28-year-old bested a field of 1,593 other players who anted up $1,500 […]
June 14, 2014
24-year-old Kevin Eyster added to his career earnings in online poker of over $3 million Friday by taking down the four day event 24 – NLHE Six Handed – for his first WSOP bracelet and a handsome first prize of $622,998. Along with 540 other players, Eyster bought in for the event at $5,000, creating […]
June 13, 2014
British poker pro John Kabbaj has claimed his second WSOP winner’s bracelet – his first was in a $10,000 buy-in PLHE championship back in 2009 – after besting a field of 470 entrants to triumph in the $2,500 buy-in Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi Lo Split8 or Better competition – event number 25 on the WSOP […]
June 12, 2014
With over a third of the events scheduled for the 2014 World Series of Poker now complete, it is clear that American players are flocking to the Las Vegas venue, with many earning big money from cashes in the wide variety of competitions on offer. Thus far, 23 of the coveted WSOP winner’s bracelets have […]