June 18, 2014
Congratulations to Spanish pro Rodrigo Espinosa who bested a talented field of 749 other players to clinch the Euro 136,000 first prize in the main event of the Euro 1,100 buy-in United Kingdom and Ireland Poker – Estrellas Poker Tour main event in Marbella this week after five days of tough, competitive action. The young […]
June 18, 2014
Guy Laliberte’s charity poker concept Big One for One Drop, which raises funds for clean water developments in third world nations, is again proving popular as part of the World Series of Poker festivities in Las Vegas. The second outing of the $1 million buy-in competition takes place in two weeks’ time, but has already […]
June 18, 2014
The Pokerstars brand has been putting time in on the player communications front following the buzz around the deal between its parent the Rational Group and Amaya Gaming, with director of poker room operations, Steve Day, doing sterling work on major forums like twoplustwo. The central message is that there will be little change for […]
June 18, 2014
Eric Buchman, a highly experienced New Yorker who placed fourth in the 2009 World Series of Poker main event, won his second WSOP bracelet this week after a tense heads up against famous Russian poker pro Alexander Kravchenko in event 34, a $1,500 buy-in Seven Card Stud contest. 345 entrants ponied up the moderate buy-in […]
June 17, 2014
31-year-old Kansas poker professional Brett Shaffer is a familiar face at World Series of Poker gatherings, having been a regular player in live poker’s biggest tournament over the last decade, during which he has won a bracelet (last year) and qualified for four final tables. This week he again shone, winning his second bracelet and […]
June 17, 2014
2009 World Series of Poker main event winner Joe Cada (26) displayed the skill that has won him millions in live tournament clashes when he bested an star-studded entry field of 263 other players Monday in taking down the $10,000 buy-in NLHE Six Handed competition – number 32 on the WSOP 2014 schedule – to […]
June 16, 2014
Online poker ace Calvin “Cal42688” Anderson, who has already amassed well over $3 million in career earnings, showed once again that he is more than comfortable around a top live tournament table over the weekend when he won event 30 at the World Series of Poker – a $1,500 buy-in Seven Card Stud Eight-or-Better competition. […]
June 16, 2014
Frenchman Pierre Malan has won his first World Series of Poker bracelet and $536,768 after surviving a tough and talented field of 1,164 other players to claim victory in event 29, a $2,500 buy-in NLHE contest that carried a prize pool of $2,650,375. After 3 days of hectic action Malan entered the heads up with […]
June 15, 2014
Washington state pro Tommy Hang (34) will be celebrating this weekend after winning his first World Series of Poker bracelet and a worthwhile $230,744 main prize in event 27, a $10,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. championship competition he has been aiming for over the years. 743 entrants contributed to a prize pool worth $1,003,050 in the event, […]
June 15, 2014
The highly experienced Russian poker ace Alex Bilokur demonstrated his considerable skills over the weekend by taking down event 28 on the World Series of Poker schedule despite starting the heads up at a 8 to 1 chip disadvantage. The $10,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold’em Championship event attracted a stellar field of 160 players, creating a […]