Tough heads up concludes WSOP Razz event

July 1, 2018

Over five hours of intense heads up action in the four day $10,000 buy-in Razz Championship concluded Sunday at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas with Oklahoma poker pro Calvin Anderson claiming his second winner’s bracelet and the first prize of $309,220. The competition recorded 119 entries, creating a prize pool worth $1,118,600. […]

Ryan ‘Toosick’ Tosoc wins WSOP online championship event

June 30, 2018

The World Series of Poker $1,000  buy-in NLHE Online Championship event over the weekend turned out to be something of an endurance test, running for over 15 hours with a four-hour final table and a two-hour heads up. The event pulled in 1,635 entries (1,180 unique players and 455 re-entries) generating a prize pool worth […]

Veiga claims his first WSOP bracelet

June 30, 2018

Portuguese poker pro Diogo Veiga is enjoying a good run at the poker tournament tables this year with two big six-figure cashes in the past three months. Back in April he took home Euro 555,000 after a sixth placing in the PartyPoker Millions Barcelona Grand Final, and on Friday he claimed the Euro 522,715 main […]

Joey Couden wins $1,500 PLO8 event at WSOP

June 29, 2018

Event 53 – the $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better competition is in this year’s World Series of Poker record books as a win for Ohio poker pro Joey Couden, who claimed his first winner’s bracelet and the main prize of $244,370 for the victory. The win was the largest of Couden’s eight cashes […]

World Series of Poker NLHE Bounty event concludes

June 29, 2018

Thursday afternoon at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas saw US poker pro and coach Ryan Leng score his first winner’s bracelet and biggest yet pay day of $272,765 in taking down the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Bounty competition. The event ran for an unscheduled fourth day and attracted 1,983 starters, generating a […]

Another WSOP bracelet for Scott Seiver

June 29, 2018

33-year-old New York poker pro Scott Seiver boosted his career earnings to $23 million Thursday after claiming the $296,222 main prize and his second World Series of Poker bracelet in the $10,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em Championship. At times it was touch and go for the New York pro as he battled his way through a […]

Canadian student turns $1,500 into a million dollar pay day at WSOP

June 28, 2018

On Wednesday night in Las Vegas Canadian accounting student Tommy Nguyen (28) turned a $1,500 buy-in in the World Series of Poker NLHE Monster Stack competition into a $1,037,451 pay day enhanced with his first WSOP winner’s bracelet. He became this series’ ninth millionaire winner just two months after winning $167,000 at a major poker […]

Jay Kwon takes his first WSOP bracelet

June 27, 2018

Massachusetts-native and online player Jay Kwon has won his first World Series of Poker title, bracelet and a $125,431 prize after topping a field of 389 entries. “I came here on Saturday on a whim,” said Kwon. “I took my CFA level 1 test on Saturday and then I just wanted a break and some of my friends were […]

Third bracelet running for Klein at WSOP

June 27, 2018

US poker pro Loren Klein (36) had plenty to celebrate at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this week: a $1,018,336 winner’s pay day and the rare achievement of winning his third bracelet in as many years. Klein triumphed in the $10,000 buy-in PLO Championship, besting a final table laden with respected and […]

Brookshire stages remarkable recovery to claim WSOP victory

June 26, 2018

David Brookshire (35) narrowly avoided elimination at a late stage in the final table of the World Series of Poker $2,500 buy-in Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event, but managed to recover from an 8 to 1 chip disadvantage to ultimately win the event, claiming his first winner’s […]