July 7, 2017
Nevada daily fantasy sports operator USFantasy Sports (USF) has opened a prop-bets market on the 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event for the first time. Until the cards hit the felt on July 8, 2017, bettors can wager on successful poker professionals such as Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan, Jason Mercier and Daniel Negreanu […]
July 7, 2017
This year’s World Series of Poker schedule of competitions has almost completed, with the main event due to kick off on July 8; among the last few contests was Event 64, the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Mix, in which Austrian poker pro Sebastian Langrock scored a bracelet and the $268,555 main prize after […]
July 7, 2017
French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese regulatory authorities met in Rome Thursday to formalize and sign an agreement on the sharing of online poker liquidity. The purpose of this agreement is to strengthen cooperation and exchange of information between authorities in order to allow for the sharing of liquidity between authorized online poker operators, combat the […]
July 7, 2017
The sudden financial failure of online poker veteran site PKR earlier this year left an estimated 60,000 players “short changed”, according to a press statement from rival Pokerstars Thursday…and the market leader has decided following an agreement with PKR’s Administrator on a bold new initiative making players’ PKR balances available dollar-for-dollar in PokerStars accounts…with no […]
July 6, 2017
World Series of Poker event 60, the $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em wrapped up with Romanian Alexandru Papazian winning his first WSOP gold bracelet in the 2017 series after defeating German Kilian Kramer heads-up in the special eight-themed tournament. Papazian pocketed a massive $888,888, his sixth WSOP career cash, and became the first Romanian in […]
July 6, 2017
Sudden and poorly communicated decision results in an immediate halt to operations and a warning to players to withdraw balances before July 20 closure. Cassava Enterprises-888 – the companies behind the popular, 1,500 player WSOP Online UK website has informed players that the site will close on July 20 in a warning to withdraw their […]
July 4, 2017
Artur Rudziankov has become the second Czech WSOP bracelet winner in history, winning Event 58, the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’Em for a $395,918 payday. Rudziankov, a Belarusian native who has lived in the Czech Republic for the past 19 years, defeated Prats Garcia in aggressive heads-up play. This win more than doubles Rudziankov’s eleven previous WSOP […]
July 3, 2017
Andres Korn took down the 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event 56, $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em for his first bracelet and a $618,285 payday. Korn outplayed a field of 623, ultimately defeating Pete Chen heads-up to claim the largest score of his career. The Argentinean is looking ahead to the Main Event, saying he would […]
July 3, 2017
Californian businessman and ardent poker fan Tommy Le (35) celebrated a $938,732 win – and his first WSOP bracelet – this weekend after besting a professional player-heavy field of 428 in the $10,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha Championship in Las Vegas. Players familiar with Le’s love of poker were not surprised; his passion for the game […]
July 3, 2017
Relatively low-profile Los Angeles cash game player Smith Sirisakorn turned out the surprise winner of his first bracelet and $215,902 in prize money over the weekend in the World Series of Poker $2,500 buy-in Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix contest. The young amateur, who says he rarely plays […]