The 2017 World Series of Poker has reached the penultimate day of its Championship Event. Nine players started on Thursday night and seven came back on Friday. As play closed last night, Scott Blumstein emerged as the odds-on favorite to be poker’s next World Champion. Six of the seven men who cam ... Read more »
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2017 WSOP Championship Event Final Table, Night Two: Scott Blumstein In Dominant Position to Take World Championship
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2017 WSOP Championship Event Final Table, Night One: Scott Blumstein Retakes Lead as Play is Cut Short
The 2017 World Series of Poker Championship Event’s Night One (seems a bit odd to say that!) action is in the books and it certainly was entertaining. As the seven players (more on that in a bit) prepare to take on Night Two in a few hours, Scott Blumstein will have a monstrous lead, bigger ... Read more »
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Breaking Down The 2017 World Series of Poker Final Table
After heading off on an unknown road a couple of weeks ago – and, instead of having to wait 100 days to come back as in year’s past – the final table of the 2017 World Series of Poker’s $10,000 Championship Event is ready for action on Thursday night. In front of the cameras of ... Read more »
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2017-2018 WSOP International Circuit Schedule Released
As if the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event hasn’t been big enough news for the past week, the WSOP recently gave players outside of the United States something to look forward to, releasing the schedule for the 2017-2018 WSOP International Circuit. The schedule consists of thirteen events, th ... Read more »
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2017 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table Set
One of the most exciting days on the annual poker calendar has been completed, as the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event final table has been determined. Leading the final nine players into Thursday’s action is New Jersey’s Scott Blumstein with 97.250 million chips, followed by the UK’s Joh ... Read more »
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2017 WSOP Main Event Down to 27
The 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event is down to just 27 players from its original 7,221 as the action heads into the last day before the always anticipated final table. Christian Pham, who earned his seat in the Main Event via a $575 satellite, leads the field with 31.440 million chips. As we . ... Read more »
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2017 World Series of Poker: Championship Event Money Bubble Pops, Patrick Lavecchia Tops Field
Late Thursday evening, the 2017 World Series of Poker Championship Event reached its second milestone. After becoming the third-largest WSOP Championship Event of all time (the first milestone), the first players to take a bit of the more than $67 million prize pool (and get a new mark on their Hend ... Read more »
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2017 World Series of Poker: Artan Dedusha Leads as Field Comes Together for Day 3
The 2017 World Series of Poker Championship Event is in full swing as, after the completion of Day 2C early this morning, Artan Dedusha will take the survivors towards the first day of action when all the competitors will be battling it out at the same time. Dedusha started the day’s action with a ... Read more »
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2017 Boasts Third-Largest WSOP Main Event in History
The nuttiest part of the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event is over, as thousands of players gathered at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino Saturday through Monday for the tournaments opening starting flights. To break out an overused cliché, “when the dust cleared” Monday and the registrati ... Read more »
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2017 World Series of Poker: James Calderaro Adds WSOP Bracelet to Mantle of Poker Trophies
With the start of the 2017 World Series of Poker Championship Event today, the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino will be abuzz with action. While Day 1A of poker’s premiere event is sure to garner the most news, there are some preliminary events still wrapping up in the massive Rio tournament rooms, ... Read more »
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2017 World Series of Poker: Elior Sion Defeats Tough Final Table, Captures $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship
Despite arguably not being one of the “bigger” names on the final table, the United Kingdom’s Elior Sion defeated a tough final table to capture one of the biggest prizes in tournament poker, the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship at the 2017 World Series of Poker. At the start of the final ... Read more »
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Oh God, Chris Ferguson is in Contention for 2017 WSOP POY
I know everybody is looking forward to the start of the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event this weekend and might not really be focused on the present. I know lots of people in the United States are a bit hungover from the Independence Day revelry yesterday or simply exhausted from battling traff ... Read more »
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WSOP Produced Largest Prize Pool in Nevada Online Poker History
It seems that with each passing year, the World Series of Poker sets new records. It did so on Saturday, as the $3,333 WSOP.com Online No-Limit High Roller bracelet event built the largest prize pool in Nevada online poker history. By extension, of course, the $1,335,600 prize pool was also the larg ... Read more »
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2017 World Series of Poker: Max Silver Wins First Bracelet, Mohsin Charania Makes History
With about a week remaining before the start of the $10,000 World Championship Event, the 2017 World Series of Poker continued to hand out the hardware. In one case, it was the first bracelet victory for the player but, for the other, it allowed him to etch his name into history. Event #52 – $ ... Read more »
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Ray Henson Leads WSOP Player of the Year Race One Week from Start of Main Event
With only one week until the start of the World Series of Poker’s $10,000 Championship Event, Ray Henson has been able to pull out to a slight lead in the race for the WSOP Player of the Year award. Who is in second place at this mark in the tournament schedule will surprise – and ... Read more »
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Christopher Vitch Wins 2017 WSOP $10,000 Stud Hi-Lo Championship
Remember when the World Series of Poker Main Event was such a big deal not just because it was effectively the poker world championship, but also because $10,000 was an unseemly amount of money to drop on a poker tournament? Those were the days. Now there are loads of $10,000 WSOP events, which is p ... Read more »
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2017 World Series of Poker: Joe McKeehen Breaks “Champion’s Curse,” Wins Second WSOP Bracelet
It is said that winning one bracelet at the World Series of Poker is a difficult feat, especially in this day and age of the massively large fields. It is also said that winning multiple bracelets is a true indicator of poker talent; anyone can get lucky once, doing it twice means you’ve got some ... Read more »
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Ben Yu Wins 2017 WSOP $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship
The $10,000 championship events are coming hard and heavy at the 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP). On Monday, Ben Yu won Event #34: the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship, cashing for $232,738. I was going to give you the rundown of how difficult the final table was, but I think I ... Read more »
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David Bach Wins Second Bracelet of 2017 World Series of Poker
Georgia’s David Bach became the first double bracelet winner of the 2017 World Series of Poker this weekend, taking down the tough final table in Event #30: the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship. Bach outpaced the likes of Daniel Negreanu, who made his third final table of this WSOP, and Jason Merci ... Read more »
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2017 World Series of Poker: James Obst, Chris Moorman Take Down First Bracelets
Now entering its third full weekend of action, the 2017 World Series of Poker has been the playground of the professionals over the first few weeks. That trend continued over the past couple of days as two top pros were able to take down their first bracelets respectively. Event #26 – $10,000 ... Read more »
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2017 World Series of Poker: John Monnette Wins NL 2-7 Lowball Championship
John Monnette won the third World Series of Poker bracelet of his career Tuesday, as he took the title in Event #22: the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship. The quarter-million dollar victory was his fourth cash of the 2017 WSOP and brought his lifetime live earnings total to more than $ ... Read more »
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2017 World Series of Poker: John Racener Earns First Bracelet, “PLOssus” Crowns Champion
The weekend is always too short at the 2017 World Series of Poker and, for two men, it was a time they would like to have lasted longer. Those two men, John Racener and Tyler Smith? They’re the latest champions who earned new WSOP bracelets for their play on the felt. Event #17 – $10,000 ... ... Read more »
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2017 World Series of Poker: David Singer, Adrian Mateos Earn Latest Bracelets
As the 2017 World Series of Poker gets ready to head into its second full weekend of action, two poker professionals walked off with the latest bracelets. In one case, it was the second time picking up the jewelry and, in the other, it was a third chance to “taste the gold” from the WSOP. ... Read more »
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2017 World Series of Poker: ‘The Dragon’ Strikes, Kassela Defeats Lee in Single Draw
Two more bracelets were awarded last night in action at the 2017 World Series of Poker. In both instances, it was two veterans of the game – including a former WSOP Player of the Year – who took down the gold. Event #12 – $1500 No Limit Hold’em In a final table that was dominated ... Read more »
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2017 World Series of Poker: Abe Mosseri Quickly Wins $10K Omaha Hi/Lo, David Bach Wins $1500 Dealer’s Choice, Colossus Wraps
The 2017 World Series of Poker rumbles into its second week with a host of tournaments handing out their hardware. Event #9 – $10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo Eights or Better World Championship From the 154-player field that started the tournament, the final two men were veterans of the poker world who bo ... Read more »
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