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106 Players Remaining in 2019 WSOP Championship Event, Timothy Su Leading the Way

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By Earl Burton - July 11th

If the 2019 World Series of Poker Championship Event were a horse race, the equivalent would be the Belmont Stakes, the longest race of thoroughbred horse racing’s Triple Crown. And, if it were like a horse race, we could say we have entered the top of the stretch after Day 5. But it would be… Read more »

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2019 WSOP Main Event Day 4: 888 Qualifier Morrone Takes Chip Lead

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By Dan Katz - July 10th

It’s time to get serious at the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event. Day 4 was a crossover day of sorts, as the money bubble burst at the end of Day 3 and now it was time for players to start trying to charge up the leaderboard. With just 354 players remaining, it is… Read more »

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Georgii Belianin Apologizes for 2019 WSOP Main Event Drunken Incident

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By Dan Katz - July 9th

Georgii Belianin, the poker player who was disqualified from the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event on Day 1C for taking the chips of an absent player in the seat next to his, has issued a public apology for what transpired. As witnesses to the incident told it, Belianin had been playing for a… Read more »

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2019 WSOP Main Event Day 3: Bubble Bursts Exactly on the Money

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By Dan Katz - July 9th

I should have stopped writing before my last sentence yesterday. It was in that final sentence that I predicted that the money bubble of the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event would not burst until early in Day 4. I WAS WRONG, OK? Because of course tournament officials had to let things play out… Read more »

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2019 WSOP Main Event Nearly Becomes Largest Ever, Julian Milliard Leads the Way

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By Dan Katz - July 8th

It is a new week at the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event. All flights are complete – the three from Day 1 and the three from Day 2 – and now everyone who still has chips will unite into a single field today for Day 3. Everybody under one roof, all playing at… Read more »

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History Made as 2019 WSOP Championship Event Becomes Second Largest Ever

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By Earl Burton - July 7th

The first of two-Day Twos set flight on Saturday after what was a tremendously tumultuous Friday of action at the 2019 World Series of Poker Championship Event. Unlike the turmoil of Day 1C, Day 2AB (the combination of Days 1A and 1B) went through five levels of action with…GASP!…only POKER being played! By the end… Read more »

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Robert Campbell Holds WSOP POY Lead, Shaun Deeb in Striking Distance

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By Earl Burton - July 6th

With the 2019 World Series of Poker Championship Event into its Day 2 action, the contenders have begun to make themselves known for the Player of the Year award. While it might be obvious that a two-time bracelet winner is in the lead, what might be surprising is just how small that lead might be.… Read more »

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Strange Occurrences Happen During Day 1C of 2019 WSOP Championship Event

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By Earl Burton - July 6th

To say that there have been some strange occurrences going on at the Rio for the 2019 World Series of Poker Championship Event (the “Main Event”) would be a huge understatement. A check of the lunar calendar doesn’t show that there is a full moon or any other heavenly alignment to cause issues, but there… Read more »

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Robert Campbell Becomes First Double Bracelet Winner of 2019 WSOP

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By Dan Katz - July 4th

Over the weekend, I was combing through results from the 2019 World Series of Poker, seeing many familiar names and many unfamiliar ones and wondered to myself if there had been any double bracelet winners this year. Obviously, I could have carefully studied the list of winners, but that’s a long list and I’m a… Read more »

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Holy Cow, It’s Already Time for the 2019 WSOP Main Event

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By Dan Katz - July 3rd

Tonight, across the United States, people are getting an early start on the Independence Day fireworks, while looking forward to the most impressive displays tomorrow night and then figuring out creative ways to use up the rest of their celebratory explosives throughout the weekend. Most of the people in the Rio poker room in Las… Read more »

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2019 WSOP: Nick Schulman Wins $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

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By Dan Katz - July 2nd

I have been in the poker/poker news industry for 14 years, but I will readily admit that I am not all that into actually watching poker. When I covered the World Series of Poker live a couple times, it was exciting to be there and I very much enjoyed the experience, but in the crowd… Read more »

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2019 WSOP: Scott Seiver Wins $10,000 Razz Championship

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By Dan Katz - July 2nd

Razz is a polarizing game. World Series of Poker Main Event commentator Norman Chad has led the hate parade and many people have jumped on his bandwagon. Many view it as a game based too much in luck; the best starting hands aren’t huge favorites over decent starting hands and so much of the result… Read more »

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Phillip Hui Stuns WSOP Crowd, Wins $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship

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By Earl Burton - June 29th

Coming to the final table of the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship at the 2019 World Series of Poker on Friday, there were plenty of eyes on the “stars” of the show. Josh Arieh, who had been hovering around the top of the leaderboard since the start of the tournament; Shaun Deeb, the defending WSOP Player… Read more »

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Josh Arieh Leads Final Table of PPC, Phil Ivey Comes Up Short

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By Earl Burton - June 28th

The penultimate day of the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship at the 2019 World Series of Poker has arrived. After four days of play among 74 of the greatest poker players in the world, the final table will feature longtime pro Josh Arieh and a tightly packed bunch of competitors. One of those competitors, alas, will… Read more »

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Phil Ivey Maintains Lead in $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship, 12 Players Remain

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By Earl Burton - June 27th

For the second day in a row, 10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Ivey bagged up the chip lead in the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship at the 2019 World Series of Poker. But he isn’t the only story among the 12 men left in the event, with a nominee for the Poker Hall… Read more »

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First-Time WSOP Bracelet Winners Rule the Week

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By Dan Katz - June 26th

For much of the first month of the 2019 World Series of Poker, it has seemed like the bracelet races were going to those who already had one, two, or three WSOP wins on their record. And that’s great – it is further evidence that poker is a game of skill, that the best players… Read more »

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Jeopardy! Record-Setter James Holzhauer Competes at WSOP

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By Dan Katz - June 26th

The game show Jeopardy! has been on the air for decades, a staple in homes across America, but rarely has it been appointment viewing like it was this spring when professional sports bettor and former semi-pro poker player James Holzhauer went on a run the likes of which had only been seen a couple times… Read more »

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Trio of Top Pros Shed Label, Earn WSOP Bracelets

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By Earl Burton - June 23rd

Everyone knows that Phil Hellmuth has the record for the most World Series of Poker bracelets won (15), but when it comes to the best of those that have never won a piece of the coveted jewelry, it is a lively debate. On Saturday, three men who were arguably atop the list for the dubious… Read more »

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Not the “Usual Suspects” atop the WSOP Player of the Year Standings

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By Earl Burton - June 22nd

The 2019 World Series of Poker is well past the halfway point and, as such, it’s time to look at the race for the Player of the Year award. The WSOP POY has been awarded since 2004 to the player who amassed the most points over the run of the summer (and, since 2011, the… Read more »

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“World” Bests “Kid Poker” for $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship

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By Earl Burton - June 21st

In what was arguably the most talent-laden final table of the 2019 World Series of Poker so far, two Poker Hall of Famers squared off on Wednesday night to determine the champion of the $10,000 Seven Card Stud event. In the end, it was John ‘World’ Hennigan who got the best of Daniel ‘Kid Poker’… Read more »

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Michael Mizrachi, Greg Mueller Win Big Non-Hold’em Events at 2019 WSOP

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By Earl Burton - June 15th

Look at any tournament schedule nowadays and you will see a predominance of Texas Hold’em tournaments on the roster. But what is arguably the true test of a poker player is their skills in non-Hold’em games – Stud, Razz, even Omaha. Over the past couple of days, two of the veterans of the game with… Read more »

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Dario Sammartino Holds Dominant Lead at Final Table of $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship

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By Earl Burton - June 14th

The final table of the 2019 World Series of Poker’s $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship couldn’t get to the six players left that seems to be the trend of this year’s tournament, but they got close. They will come back today with six players left and determine the champion, with Italy’s Dario Sammartino holding a dominant lead… Read more »

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John Gorusch Wins 2019 WSOP Millionaire Maker

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By Dan Katz - June 12th

One of the things that is fun about watching poker, reading about poker, or writing about poker is that it is one of the few sports (or games, if that’s how you think of it) in which it is really easy to live vicariously through the competitors. So many of them – even the ones… Read more »

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Another Controversial Hand at the WSOP, This Time Involving Maria Ho

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By Dan Katz - June 12th

There was another minor hand controversy at the 2019 World Series of Poker this week. I call it “minor,” but I still love it. When I heard about it, especially since it involved a notable poker player, I thought to myself, in my best Montgomery Burns voice, “Excellent.” Mainly because of the result, what happened… Read more »

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Eli Elezra Wins $1,500 Seven-Card Stud, Fourth WSOP Bracelet

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By Dan Katz - June 11th

There are 47 players who have won at least four bracelets at the World Series of Poker. After winning Event #20: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud last night, long-time poker pro Eli Elezra is one of them. This was Elezra’s first WSOP win since 2015, when he won this exact same event. His first bracelet came in… Read more »

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