Chris Ferguson Leads WSOP Player of the Year Ranking after Summer Series’ End

Chris Ferguson Leads WSOP Player of the Year Ranking after Summer Series’ End

by July 24, 2017

Chris Ferguson made a nice comeback to the live poker scene after disappearing for several years. The 2000 WSOP Main Event champion kept a low profile after facing a US Department of Justice indictment back in 2011.He made his official comeback to the world of live poker dur ...

Scott Blumstein Wins 2017 WSOP Main Event

Scott Blumstein Wins 2017 WSOP Main Event

by July 23, 2017

The 2017 WSOP Main Event was classy, funny, and packed with quality action from start to end. There were 7,221 entries to join the tournament’s field this year, but it was New Jersey online grinder Scott Blumstein to capture the World Champion gold bracelet and the $8.15 mi ...

Scott Blumstein Leads Last 3 Survivors Into 2017 WSOP Main Event Final Battle

Scott Blumstein Leads Last 3 Survivors Into 2017 WSOP Main Event Final Battle

by July 22, 2017

The poker world is one playing day away from having its new World Champion. There are three players left to contend for that title and they will all do their best to capture it, which promises nothing else but quality poker action on the final day of the 2017 WSOP $10,000 Main Ev ...

Manig Loeser Wins 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro HK$100,000 Main Event

Manig Loeser Wins 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro HK$100,000 Main Event

by July 21, 2017

Germany’s Manig Loeser took down the Triton Super High Roller Series Montengro last night after an hour-long heads-up battle against Macau businessman Richard Yong. The two players exchanged the lead several times, before their final all-in confrontation.Loeser collected HK$1 ...

Who’s Who at the 2017 WSOP Main Event Final Table

Who’s Who at the 2017 WSOP Main Event Final Table

by July 20, 2017

Four players from the US, two from the UK, two from France, and a single player from Argentina represent this year’s 2017 WSOP $10,000 Main Event Final Table. Each of the nine finalists had the task to survive through seven full days of play and to build a solid stack that would ...

Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg and Fintan “EasyWithAces” Hand Join Team PokerStars Online

Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg and Fintan “EasyWithAces” Hand Join Team PokerStars Online

by July 19, 2017

Online poker room PokerStars has recently signed Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg and Fintan “EasyWithAces” Hand as the newest members of its Team PokerStars Online. The two players have joined a roster of seven fellow online poker pros, with the likes of Randy Lew, Jaime Staples, and K ...

Fedor Holz Tops 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro HK$250,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max

Fedor Holz Tops 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro HK$250,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max

by July 18, 2017

The WSOP Main Event is entering its final stages in Las Vegas, but one particular poker pro is reaping the benefits of his skills somewhere else. German high roller specialist Fedor Holz bested the field of yet another such tournament to increase his behemoth poker bankroll and t ...

Christian Pham Leads Final 27 Into 2017 WSOP Main Event Day 7

Christian Pham Leads Final 27 Into 2017 WSOP Main Event Day 7

by July 17, 2017

One-time gold bracelet winner Christian Pham from Minnesota ended Day 6 of the 2017 WSOP Main Event as the player to bag and tag the most chips, a total of 31,440,000 to be more precise. Pham will thus lead the 27 remaining survivors into Day 7 of the tournament.Their task w ...

Robin Hegele Leads after 2017 WSOP Main Event Day 5

Robin Hegele Leads after 2017 WSOP Main Event Day 5

by July 16, 2017

The behemoth field of this year’s WSOP Main Event was reduced to just 85 players on Day 5 of its schedule. Those remaining survivors are set to progress to Day 6, led by Germany’s Robin Hegele. The player bagged and tagged 9,990,000 worth in chips on Saturday night, j ...

Belgium’s Kenny Hallaert Eyes Back-To-Back WSOP Main Event Final Table Appearances

Belgium’s Kenny Hallaert Eyes Back-To-Back WSOP Main Event Final Table Appearances

by July 15, 2017

Day 4 of the 2017 WSOP Main Event just came and went and the field (originally comprised of 7,221 participants) was further reduced to 297 players, who will continue their fight for the $8.15-million first-place prize and the champion’s gold bracelet on Saturday.Argent ...

Judge Denies Phil Ivey’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Borgata Edge Sorting Case

by July 14, 2017

Phil Ivey is arguably one of the best poker players of our generation. However, over the past several years, we have been hearing less about his poker endeavors and more about his court troubles. And although the player may have hoped for eventual resolution of his legal issues, ...

UK Supreme Court Hears Phil Ivey’s Crockfords Baccarat Appeal Case

by July 13, 2017

The UK Supreme Court is set to hear today poker pro Phil Ivey’s case in relation to his unpaid baccarat winnings of £7.8 million from Crockfords Casino in London.Ivey played punto banco, a popular baccarat variant, at the above-mentioned casino in August 2012. The player acc ...

Lawrence Bayley and Mickey Craft Lead after 2017 WSOP Main Event Day 2AB

by July 12, 2017

The 2017 WSOP Main Event has really got into full swing as Day 2AB on its schedule ended mere hours ago. A total of 2,219 players returned from Days 1A and 1B to continue their participation in the world’s most prestigious No-Limit Hold’em tournament.However, not all of them ...

Mike Wattel Beats Chris Ferguson to Scoop 2017 WSOP $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship Title

by July 11, 2017

Arizona-based poker pro Mike Wattel won his second WSOP gold bracelet mere days ago. The player emerged as the victor from the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship after a final table, packed with former gold bracelet winners, and an epic six-hour heads-up battle against former W ...

Harrison Gimbel Completes Poker’s Triple Crown with 2017 WSOP $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Victory

by July 10, 2017

Harrison Gimbel knows perfectly well what it feels like to win a major poker tournament. He has won some of the world’s largest. However, over the years of his poker career, he has somehow missed out on a WSOP title. Until Saturday night.The player bested a packed field of 1 ...