World Series of Poker news.
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 registrations were tallied, the 2017 WSOP… Read more »
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, including the first… Read more »
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 day, the six-man pack… Read more »
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 traffic and… Read more »
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 largest online prize pool… Read more »
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 – $1500… Read more »
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 »
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 perfectly… Read more »
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 »
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’ll just… Read more »
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 Mercier, who won this event last… Read more »
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 Razz World Championship… Read more »
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 $2.6 million. Monnette entered… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 both had tasted victory at… Read more »
The biggest news out of the 2017 World Series of Poker on Monday (and into Tuesday morning) was arguably Doug Polk’s victory in the $111,111 One Drop High Roller Event, his third WSOP bracelet win in the last four years. Flying under the radar in that tournament, though, was a card controversy that resulted in… Read more »
Doug Polk doesn’t play as much poker as he used to, but the World Series of Poker (WSOP) tends to bring the best out of the world’s best players, no matter how active they are. Such was the case for Polk last night, as he won the $111,111 One Drop High Roller Event, the most… Read more »
There were only 29 players remaining in the 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 to begin Saturday’s Day 3, but that didn’t mean that it would be a swift ride to the tournament’s completion. It took 11 hours for Benjamin Zamani to emerge triumphant after 2:30 in the… Read more »
The first weekend of the World Series of Poker has a bit of something for everyone. For those looking to win a big stack of cash for a small buy-in, there “The Colossus” (more on that elsewhere). For those who have a bit more cash burning a hole in their pockets – about $111,111 worth,… Read more »
The first weekend of action is underway at the 2017 World Series of Poker, but action from earlier in the week has already handed out two bracelets. On Thursday night, Bryan Hollis emerged as the champion of the Casino Employees’ Event, while action on Friday saw Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov defeat a difficult field… Read more »
The 2017 World Series of Poker is underway and, even though the action has only been going for 48 hours, the first bracelet to be awarded is coming up this evening. Event #1, the $500 Casino Employees’ Event, will conclude this evening, while a respectable field of strong teams turned out for the latest innovation… Read more »
The World Series of Poker evolves every year; not everybody likes every change that is made, but it does appear that WSOP officials do take player suggestions into account and try to adjust to the times. Case in point: 2015, when the very first online bracelet event was held. It was by all indications a… Read more »
It is that time of year, the most glorious time of year for poker players and fans around the world. The 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP) officially opens today. For nearly two months, poker players will flock to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to try to live the dream and… Read more »
