June 25, 2018
Against the odds, Baltimore-native David Brookshire outplayed a field of 402 players in the World Series of Poker’s Event 46, the $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo / Stud Hi-Lo for a payday of $214,291 and his first WSOP bracelet. Brookshire (35) fought a hard fight in heads-up play against Nevada’s Brendon Taylor who dominated most of the final table. “This is a […]
June 25, 2018
Israel-based poker pro Timur Margolin (34) has claimed his first World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet and the main prize of $507,274 after winning the $2,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event. The competition pulled in 1,248 entrants, creating a prize pool of $2,808,000 from which 188 players cashed. Margolin said the win was satisfying from the […]
June 24, 2018
The eyes of Texas were upon Nicholas Seiken (29) Sunday when he took down the World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in 2-7 Triple Draw championship event, besting a field of 109 laden with top players despite his relative inexperience. In fact it was that inexperience that persuaded him to play much of the competition tight, […]
June 24, 2018
31-year-old Mario Prats Garcia showed the World Series of Poker the havoc that an experienced online turbo tournaments player can wreak Saturday when he demolished five final table opponents in just 13 hands. Spanish-born but Prague-based Garcia was one of 1,712 entrants in the $1,000 buy-in Big Blind Ante NLHE Turbo event, and he dominated […]
June 24, 2018
The World Series of Poker $25,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller event over the weekend attracted a field of 230 and generated a prize pool worth $5,462,500, enabling 35 entrants to cash. Claiming the lion’s share of the prize pool at $1,402,683, Las Vegas poker pro Shaun Deeb (32) achieved the biggest single reward […]
June 23, 2018
The World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in NLHE Shootout event is in this year’s record books with Californian poker pro Preston Lee (32) claiming the top prize of $236,498 and his first winner’s bracelet. The event attracted 908 entries, generated a prize pool of $1,225,800 and culminated in a gruelling 5-hour heads up between Lee […]
June 22, 2018
Online and live poker pro Eric ” Basebaldy” Baldwin has claimed his second World Series of Poker winner’s bracelet and a pay-day of $319,580 after winning the $1,500 buy-in NLHE event, besting a star-studded entry field of 1,330. His first WSOP bracelet came from the same event nine years ago. By the time the final […]
June 22, 2018
The $1,000 buy-in NLHE Double Stack event at the World Series of Poker was taken down Thursday by Las Vegas poker pro Robert Peacock, who bested a field of 5,700 to claim his first WSOP winner’s bracelet and the main prize of $644,224. The massive field and rate of attrition meant that an extra (fifth) […]
June 21, 2018
Yaniv Birman (35), a Los Angeles businessman who prefers cash game action to live tournament play, has emerged victorious in the World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Seven Card Championship, an event which attracted a stellar field of 83 entrants, creating a prize pool of $780,200 that enabled 13 players to cash. Birman’s first prize […]
June 21, 2018
Yueqi Zhu won his first WSOP bracelet on his 72nd WSOP cash through a poker career spanning two decades and eleven final table appearances. The 55-year-old engineer outplayed a 773-entry field and ultimately Gabriel Ramos heads-up to win the title, bracelet and $211,781 in Event 35, the $1,500 mixed Omaha hi-lo event. Final Table Results: […]