Brennan Benglis Wins First Circuit Ring with $365 NLH 6-Max Victory

Brennan Benglis Wins First Circuit Ring with $365 NLH 6-Max Victory

by May 17, 2018

After a decade of middling good results on the poker tournament scene, US grinder Brennan Benglis claimed a notable victory at Harrah’s New Orleans on Wednesday. The 33-year-old poker player defeated 335 entrants and took the first WSOP gold ring in his career by winning the $365 ...

Sandeep Vasudevan Wins $365 PLO Event at Harrah’s New Orleans

Sandeep Vasudevan Wins $365 PLO Event at Harrah’s New Orleans

by May 16, 2018

Sandeep Vasudevan emerged victorious in the fourth event of the Harrah’s New Orleans series after defeating more than 150 entrants and claiming the first-place prize of $12,314. The San Antonio resident won his second career WSOP ring after his first ring came with a win at the $ ...

Araya Wins 3rd WSOP Ring at Harrah’s New Orleans, Vornicu Smashes All Records

Araya Wins 3rd WSOP Ring at Harrah’s New Orleans, Vornicu Smashes All Records

by May 15, 2018

After grueling, almost 7-hour poker play on the final table, Abraham Araya took the third WSOP gold ring in his career, claiming the $580 No-Limit Hold’em title for $27,043 at the Harrah’s New Orleans stop of the World Series of Poker. The bigger sensation, however, came in a few ...

Valentin Vornicu Sets a World Record after Winning 11th WSOP Gold Ring at Harrah’s New Orleans

Valentin Vornicu Sets a World Record after Winning 11th WSOP Gold Ring at Harrah’s New Orleans

by May 14, 2018

The prestigious World Series of Poker, currently underway at the Harrah’s New Orleans, took off with a memorable win that entered the WSOP gold ring leaderboard history. US-based poker pro Valentin Vornicu claimed the title at the first event of the festival and the 11th WSOP rin ...

Valentin Vornicu Aims for Record 11th WSOP Circuit Gold Ring at Harrah’s New Orleans

Valentin Vornicu Aims for Record 11th WSOP Circuit Gold Ring at Harrah’s New Orleans

by May 13, 2018

The WSOP Circuit is about to wrap its 2017/18 season and Harrah’s New Orleans is the final stop on the series’ schedule. The first event on the festival’s calendar kicked off a few days ago and its final of four starting flights was completed last night at the h ...

Jon “luckyfish89” Clark Wins SCOOP-18-H $1,050 NLHE Progressive KO

Jon “luckyfish89” Clark Wins SCOOP-18-H $1,050 NLHE Progressive KO

by May 12, 2018

UK player Jon “luckyfish89” Clark emerged as the winner of the SCOOP-18-H $1,050 NLHE Progressive KO last night after outlasting 1,344 runners, including runner-up finisher owilson25 from Honduras who dominated action for a big portion of the tournament.Luckyfish ...

UK’s Ben Jones Wins Event #14-L $215 High Roller for Second SCOOP Title

UK’s Ben Jones Wins Event #14-L $215 High Roller for Second SCOOP Title

by May 11, 2018

As another day of the ongoing SCOOP went by, UK’s Ben “jenbizzle” Jones won his second title from the popular online poker series after emerging victorious from Event #14-L $215 High Roller last night.Aside from a new title to his resume, the player also collected $162,039.3 ...

Cem1994 Claims Second SCOOP Title, Takes Down Super Tuesday SE

Cem1994 Claims Second SCOOP Title, Takes Down Super Tuesday SE

by May 10, 2018

The 2018 Spring Championship of Online Poker is in full swing on PokerStars and multiple players have already shipped cashes from the popular online poker festival. Dutch player Cem1994 was the latest such player, knocking off a field of 1,149 entries in the SCOOP-11-H $1,050 NLH ...

Poker Pro Gordon Vayo Sues PokerStars over Denied $700,000 SCOOP Payout

Poker Pro Gordon Vayo Sues PokerStars over Denied $700,000 SCOOP Payout

by May 9, 2018

US poker pro Gordon Vayo, best known for his runner-up finish in the 2016 WSOP Main Event, is suing PokerStars for refusing to pay him nearly $700,000 after he topped the field of as SCOOP event last spring.The online poker operator has said that it cannot pay Vayo his prize ...

Mike Jukich Wins WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Baltimore Main Event for First Gold Ring

Mike Jukich Wins WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Baltimore Main Event for First Gold Ring

by May 8, 2018

Mike Jukich was not even planning to take a trip to Horseshoe Baltimore over the weekend. However, he not only took that trip, but also ended up as the winner of the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Baltimore Main Event.The player thus earned $165,438, his first WSOP Circuit gold ring ...

Larry Greenberg Claims First WPT Title in Inaugural WPT Bellagio Elite Poker Championship

Larry Greenberg Claims First WPT Title in Inaugural WPT Bellagio Elite Poker Championship

by May 6, 2018

Larry Greenberg bested the field of the inaugural WPT Bellagio Elite Poker Championship to claim his first WPT Main Tour Main Event title. The player emerged as the victor over a field of 126 entrants to win a first-place prize of $378,879 and secure a $15,000-worth entry into th ...

Nicolas Dumont Outmaneuvers Tough Final Table to Win EPT Monte Carlo Main Event

Nicolas Dumont Outmaneuvers Tough Final Table to Win EPT Monte Carlo Main Event

by May 5, 2018

Nicolas Dumont, a driving instructor from Paris, France, steered his way through the final table of the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event just beautifully to collect a first place prize of €712,000, the tournament trophy, and a Platinum Pass to the PokerStars Players Championship next y ...

Nicolas Dumont Leads EPT Monte Carlo Main Event 8-Handed Final Table

Nicolas Dumont Leads EPT Monte Carlo Main Event 8-Handed Final Table

by May 4, 2018

Nicolas Dumont, a driving instructor from France, emerged Thursday night as the chip leader in the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event and will thus be leading a pack of eight players into the final day of the prestigious tournament.Day 5 of the Main Event kicked off with 16 survivor ...

Tomas Jozonis Leads 16 Finalists Into EPT Monte Carlo Main Event Day 5

Tomas Jozonis Leads 16 Finalists Into EPT Monte Carlo Main Event Day 5

by May 3, 2018

Day 4 of the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event was a relatively short one but full of action and speedy eliminations of tournament entries. The day kicked off with 45 remaining players, but several hours later that number was reduced to just 16 finalists.The 16 hopefuls are set to ...

David Peters Leads Final 45 into EPT Monte Carlo Main Event Day 4

David Peters Leads Final 45 into EPT Monte Carlo Main Event Day 4

by May 2, 2018

US poker pro David Peters is leading what had left of the field of the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event after the tournament’s Day 3 of action. The player accumulated a stack of 1.839 million over the course of play by once again maintaining his well-known composure and making the righ ...