June 11, 2014
Minnesota poker pro Chris Wallace (40) had reason to be delighted this week, earning himself a half-million dollars and claiming his first World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet after besting a field of 200 in the $10,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. championship event at the Rio in Las Vegas. The St. Paul native nicknamed “Fox” with some […]
June 11, 2014
Doug Polk, a well-respected player on the virtual nosebleed tables at Full Tilt Poker, where he is better known and often feared as the aggressive “WGCRider” has scored his first World Series of Poker bracelet, proving that he can be just as dangerous on the live tournament tables, even in major competitions. Polk survived a […]
June 11, 2014
Georgia professional poker player Kory Kilpatrick took down the 2014 WSOP Event 20: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout, taking a seat at his first WSOP final table to win the title, bracelet and $254 891 in prize money. Joining Kilpatrick at the final table were previous bracelet winner Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond, Chris Bell and Taylor Paur. […]
June 10, 2014
Houston, Texas grinder Ted Gillis is the latest WSOP bracelet winner after taking down the event 19, a $1,500 buy-in NLHE contest which recorded an entry list of 2,086 players, all keen for a share of the $2,816,100 prize pool. The large field distilled to a final table that saw Gillis facing John Hennigan, Dejan […]
June 9, 2014
Two more World Series of Poker events reached a conclusion Sunday night, with Dan Heimiller and George Danzer respectively winning event 17 Seniors NLHE Championship and event 18, a $10,000 buy-in Seven Card Razz competition. The Seniors event pulled in 4,425 entries to generate a prize pool of $3,982,500 which over two days was whittled […]
June 9, 2014
Belgian ace Davidi Kitai claimed his third World Series of Poker bracelet over the weekend – the only European to do so – but only after a tough tussle with Gordon Vayo that demanded an extra day be set aside in order to decide a winner. On Saturday the two ended heads up action with […]
June 8, 2014
Todd Bui, a cash-game grinder from Sacramento and Los Angeles, claimed his first WSOP winner’s bracelet and a $124,510 prize Saturday for taking down Event 16, a $1,500 buy-in Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Low Ball contest. 348 hopefuls entered for the event, creating a prize pool of $469,800. Among the entrants were names like Todd […]
June 7, 2014
US grinder Nick Kost scored his biggest career win yet, and his first World Series of Poker bracelet when he took down event 14, a $1,500 buy-in Limit Omaha Hi Low Split 8 or Better competition to claim the first prize of $283,275 in Las Vegas Friday. 1,036 players entered for the event, generating a […]
June 6, 2014
High profile poker pro Daniel Negreanu was denied his seventh World Series of Poker bracelet Thursday as events 12 and 13 concluded at the Rio in Las Vgeas. Event 12, a $1,500 buy-in Pot Limit Hold’Em contest which attracted an entry field of 557 and generated a prize pool of $751,950, was won by Greg […]
June 5, 2014
Justin Bonomo has spent years as an online and tournament poker professional, earning over $7 million during an at times controversial career, but until this week a World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet has eluded him. That all changed with his victory Wednesday in the $1,500 buy-in NLHE Six Handed competition at the Rio in […]