The $1,500 Antes Only NL Hold’em event saw World Series of Poker organisers experimenting with a different format. Instead of blinds, each player put up an ante before each hand was dealt, and starting with the player after the dealer button , there was then the option to bring-in with the smallest denomination chip left [...]
Mike Mizrachi won his second World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship yesterday with another stunning display of poker at the final table. He picked up $1,451,527 along with his third WSOP bracelet for his efforts. The day could scarcely have begun better for Mizrachi, as in only the third hand he eliminated shortstack [...]
Joey Weissman collected comfortably the biggest payday of his live poker career as he dominated the final day of the World Series of Poker$2,500 NL Hold’em event to capture the $694,609 first prize along with the winner’s bracelet. With most of the big names opting to play in the Poker Players’ Championship, there weren’t too [...]
Rocco Palumbo became the latest player to win a World Series of Poker bracelet by taking down the $1,000 BL Hold’em event, defeating 2,948 other players in what was the largest event – barring the seniors – of the series so far. Although many of the biggest names opted not to play in the tournament, [...]
Oleksii Kovalchuk claimed the second World Series of Poker bracelet of his career by taking down the $2,500 Omaha/Stud Hi/Lo tournament in Las Vegas yesterday. The Ukrainian earned himself $228,014 for the feat, overcoming a host of notable poker players in the process. The final day began with twenty-two players in contention for the title, [...]
Jan-Peter Jachtmann clearly enjoys Pot Limit Omaha. Having already cashed once in this year’s World Series of Poker in a PLO tournament, he improved upon his 43rd position to come through a stellar field and win the $10,000 event, defeating overnight chip leader Andrew Brown in the heads-up, and winning himself $661,000 in the process. [...]
Friday at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas saw a further two winners’ bracelets decided, with Dung Nguyen picking up the $1,500 NL Hold’em event, while David “ODB” Baker triumphed in the $2,500 Eight Game tournament which had been held over from Thursday. The Eight Game tournament was already at the heads-up stage, [...]
British poker fans have had little to cheer at this year’s World Series of Poker but that all changed yesterday as Craig McCorkell picked up his first winner’s bracelet, and the $368,593 first prize. McCorkell is primarily an online cash player, and his previous best cash was $133,127 for his ninth position in the EPT [...]
Wednesday saw two further bracelets decided at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, with the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Handed tournament producing the first ever Japanese winner, as Naoya Kihara put in a great performance to take the $512,029 first prize. Kihara’s great run began on Day 2, as he took out several [...]
Max Steinberg became the latest player to win a bracelet at the World Series of Poker on Tuesday, taking down the $1,000 NL Hold’em event and earning himself $440,238 in the process. It was a first WSOP win for the man from Oakland, California, bettering the runners-up spot he achieved in a tournament in the [...]
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