July 19, 2016
The 47th edition of the World Series of Poker has created new records over its seven-week run and 69 tournaments, which are now drawing to a close as the main event nears its final table. The organisers have released some impressive statistics that include: * 107,833 entries (up 4.2 percent), just the second time the […]
July 19, 2016
The Global Poker League is eyeing expansion into the social and real money poker environment through a new vehicle titled PlayGPL, and has issued a Request for Proposal from social operators like Zynga, Pokerist, Boyaa, Tencent and DragonPlay, according to media reports. It is at present not known which real money online poker operators it […]
July 18, 2016
It was the biggest pay-day yet in the Swede’s career. The tournament prize pool totaled $3,924,000 from which the 654 finishers collected prize money, and had the satisfaction of knowing that a percentage of the prize pool will help provide water for disadvantaged communities. The poker community via the World Series of Poker has donated […]
July 17, 2016
Day 5 at the World Series of Poker main event saw just 251 survivors from the 800 who started Day 4, and the 6,737 who enrolled in the event. Chip leaders for Day 5 were Bryan Piccioli (4,026,000), Daniel Colman 3,711,000 and Thomas Miller (3,684,000), but Piccioli was among those who did not survive the […]
July 13, 2016
US online and live tourney professional player Clayton Maguire (47) has emerged from a field of 1,247 as the winner in the innovative mixed online and live No Limit Hold’em competition at the World Series of Poker. The online element in the event led to a final live table at the Rio in which Macguire […]
July 12, 2016
When former World Series of Poker main event champion Joe McKeehen gave the “shuffle up and deal” call Monday for the final entry day in this year’s main event it was the starting signal for 4,240 players and a new record for a third day start. Added to the 2,497 players who started playing in […]
July 12, 2016
888Poker’s partnership with the World Series of Poker this year resulted in the European online poker provider sending 250 players from 35 nations to Las Vegas for the world’s most prestigious tournament. 148 of these won seats in the main event currently running its course at the Rio, whilst the rest played in the inaugural […]
July 11, 2016
22-year-old German online and live poker pro Fedor Holz, who says that this is his final World Series of Poker, is going out in style with a win in Event 67, the $111,111 buy-in High Roller for One Drop No-Limit Hold’em competition, that has boosted his bank balance by $4,981,775 and, incredibly for such a […]
July 11, 2016
Veteran online and live tournament grinder Kyle Bowker (33) from New York has secured his first World Series of Poker bracelet at last after more than 200 entries in WSOP events over the years….and the first prize of $294,960 in the $3,000 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha Eight of Better tourney made the achievement that much […]
July 11, 2016
After many years on the professional poker and broadcasting scene the dapper Tony Dunst (31) has finally claimed a World Series of Poker bracelet and the $339,254 that went with it in the $1,000 buy-in NLHE event this week. The 2,452 entry field included some tough professional players who ran deep, such as Faraz Jaka, […]