Jon Turner Wins CPPT IV DeepStack Extravaganza III $5,000 Main Event

by July 23, 2016

The Venetian Las Vegas has played host to the Card Player Poker Tour IV – DeepStack Extravaganza III poker festival over the past two months. The highlight tournament – the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event with a guaranteed prize pool of $2 million, was completed late on ...

Anthony Gregg Reaches Best GPI Player of the Year Rank

by July 22, 2016

Finishing 50th in the 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event, American poker professional Anthony Gregg improved his position in the GPI Player of the Year race, the ranking’s traditional Wednesday update showed. Gregg is currently taking 11th place, the highest one he has taken sinc ...

Jason Mercier Wins 2016 GPI WSOP Player of the Year Race

by July 21, 2016

American poker pro Jason Mercier has officially become the 2016 GPI WSOP Player of the Year after collecting a total of 2195.57 points during this summer’s edition of the globally popular poker festival. Mercier cashed in 11 events throughout the Series. What is more, the p ...

Neymar Jr and Ronaldo Nazario Kick Off PokerStars #raiseit Campaign

by July 20, 2016

Brazilian football legends Ronaldo Nazario and Neymar Jr have kicked off PokerStars’ newest social media campaign dubbed #raiseit. Both football players are members of the online card room’s SportStars team, created with the aim of promoting the game of poker and its ...

Kuljinder Sidhu Wins Bellagio Cup XII $10,400 Main Event

by July 20, 2016

Although the 2016 WSOP, played at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino from May 31 to July 18, was the poker festival to attract the greatest attention for over a month, there were a number of other noteworthy poker events to have taken place in Las Vegas. The Bellagio Cup XII was indi ...

Cliff Josephy Leads 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event November Niners

by July 19, 2016

The WSOP $10,000 Main Event Day 7 has been completed and play at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino has wrapped up or at least for the summer. There are still nine players in contention for the top prize of $8 million and the gold bracelet hand-crafted exclusively for this year’ ...

Michael Tureniec Wins 2016 WSOP $1,000 + $111 Little One for ONE DROP

by July 18, 2016

The 2016 edition of the WSOP is coming to a close. The $1,000 + $111 Little One for ONE DROP No-Limit Hold’em was the last gold bracelet event to take place this summer, leaving just the Main Event gold piece to find its owner, but as every year, this is going to happen in ...

Jerry Wong Completes 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event Day 5 as Chip Leader

by July 17, 2016

Day 5 of the 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event is history with only 80 hopefuls still in contention for the first-place prize of $8 million and a gold bracelet hand-crafted specially for the tournament’s champion. Jerry Wong from Brooklyn, New York took the lead half an hour bef ...

Bryan Piccioli Leads 251 Hopefuls into 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event Day 5

by July 16, 2016

Another day has passed by, drawing the 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event, currently played at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, to a close. Bryan Piccioli, a player from Allegany, New York with one previous WSOP-related victory, ended Day 4 of this year’s edit ...

Kenny Hallaert Leads 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event Survivors into Day 4

by July 15, 2016

With an initial field of 6,737 entries, there are now only 800 players left to be contending for this year’s WSOP $10,000 Main Event gold bracelet and the top prize of $8 million. Day 3 of the tournament was played on Thursday, July 14 and was completed with Belgian poker p ...

Gustavo Lopes Ends 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event as Chip Leader

by July 14, 2016

Day 2C of the 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event was concluded only a few hours ago. A sweeping number of 3,252 players returned from the tournament’s Day 1C. After the scheduled ten and a half two-hour levels were completed, there were as many as 1,416 survivors left. They bagge ...

Valentin Vornicu Leads 2016 WSOP $10,000 Main Event Day 2A/B Survivors

by July 13, 2016

The beginning of the WSOP $10,000 Main Event traditionally marks the end of the poker festival. It has been so since 1970, when the world’s most highly anticipated annual poker tournament was first held. This year’s $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship kicked o ...

Jason Mercier Tops 2016 GPI WSOP Player of the Year Ranking

by July 12, 2016

As the $10,000 Main Event is currently running at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, this year’s edition of the World Series of Poker is entering its closing stage. For the second year, the WSOP and the GPI have joined forces to honor the player who emerges as the leader of th ...

Fedor Holz Wins 2016 WSOP $111,111 High Roller for ONE DROP

by July 11, 2016

Apparently, German wunderkind Fedor Holz will never get tired of winning high roller events. The 2016 WSOP $111,111 High Roller for ONE DROP has become the latest prestigious tournament to be taken down by the young poker pro. Holz collected his debut gold bracelet and the first- ...

Courtney Kennedy Wins 2016 WSOP $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship

by July 11, 2016

Courtney Kennedy, a poker dealer from Detroit, Michigan, won this year’s $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship, scooping her first-ever WSOP-related cash of $149,108 and her first gold bracelet, respectively.In her post-victory interview, the player said th ...