World Series of Poker news.
There are just a few major events left on the schedule for the 2020 online WSOP at GGPoker (more on that in a minute), but one of them is being completed today. Event #54, the $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold’em Championship, has come down to its Final Four and the players have been champing… Read more »
Last night, I wrote that Norman Chad is just about the last person in the poker world you would want to see get COVID-19 (I don’t want anyone to, but that’s not the point), but unfortunately, he did. Using a little parallel article structure for a moment, the last person in the poker world I… Read more »
One of the biggest tournaments to date at the 2020 online WSOP, the $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold’em Event (#54 on the schedule on GGPoker), has worked its way down to the Final Four competitors. Of the 128 players who started the tournament, the four – three gentlemen and a lady – outlasted the… Read more »
Especially with the size of the fields, it was thought to be an impossibility – someone winning two 2020 online WSOP bracelets. That theory was trashed on Thursday night, however, as Alek ‘astazz’ Stasiak earned his second WSOP bracelet of 2020 in taking down the $1000 No Limit Hold’em tournament on GGPoker. It only took… Read more »
The 2020 online WSOP rolled along on Wednesday, this time completely on the GGPoker platform. It turned out to be a historic night as, after an 11-hour battle on the virtual felt, Ireland’s Eoghan O’Dea made history in winning Event #51, the $400 Pot Limit Omaha tournament. Truly International Event Draws Large Field There was… Read more »
The first 31 events of the 2020 online WSOP are in the books, and the first leg of the 2020 online WSOP has been completed on WSOP.com. At about 6AM Saturday morning, online player ‘2Rivers’ was able to vanquish the 1455 player field to pick up a six-figure payday. The action now moves over to… Read more »
The 2020 online WSOP rolled along on Wednesday as two notable pros – Kristen Bicknell at GGPoker and Nick Guagenti at WSOP.com – emerged from two large fields to take their respective gold bracelets. While capturing their new pieces of jewelry, the duo also picked up two of the larger paydays of the entirety of… Read more »
This week, Roberto Romanello got his name on a very short list, becoming just the ninth player in poker history to win poker’s Triple Crown. In winning the 2020 World Series of Poker Online Event #39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em, Romanello he nabbed his first career WSOP bracelet. That, along with previous World Poker Tour and… Read more »
Would’ve made George Carlin blush Daniel Negreanu is in internet jail. On Sunday, Twitch suspended the Poker Hall of Famer’s channel following an incident during his Friday night stream in which he let loose with a barrage of expletives and threats on a viewer. Negreanu was playing in the 2020 World Series of Poker Online… Read more »
With action going on across two platforms, the 2020 online WSOP has ramped up the action. For the first full weekend of play on WSOP.com and GGPoker, the bracelets have been flowing like water. That doesn’t mean that the crème of the crop hasn’t come to the fore, however, as top pro Nick ‘samadhi’ Binger… Read more »
Tony Dunst won the 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Event #21: $777 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed on Tuesday night, nabbing $168,342.09 for the victory. Using the screen name “Panoramic,” Dunst outlasted 848 opponents; the 849 total entries and 512 re-buys grew the prize pool to $952,700. This is Dunst’s second career bracelet – he… Read more »
Popularity: a blessing and a curse It was certainly an exciting weekend at GGPoker, as the first World Series of Poker Online bracelet to be awarded outside of the United States was won by Shoma “pp_syon” Ishikawa of Japan, but connectivity issues marred what would otherwise have been a celebratory Sunday. Included in the problems… Read more »
Three sevens on a slot machine usually means a jackpot for the person that hits it (“777”). That was the case for popular tournament professional Pat ‘IchiiKawawa’ Lyons on Saturday morning as he picked up his first piece of jewelry at the 2020 online WSOP. Saturday evening turned out to be Scott ‘BudLightLime” Hempel’s coming… Read more »
Now well into its second week, the 2020 online WSOP has been consistent with its field sizes and prize pools. As they prepare to start up the “international” leg of the 2020 online WSOP on GGPoker, WSOP.com will continue to have tournaments up until the end of July. Getting ready to start the second weekend… Read more »
2015 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Joe McKeehen won his third career bracelet on Tuesday, taking down Event #14: $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller at the 2020 WSOP Online. The tournament had a prize pool of more than $1.5 million after 368 players entered and 128 re-bought. It took him a grueling 14… Read more »
Gotta do what you gotta do This COVID-19 pandemic has turned the poker world (and everything else) upside down. The World Series of Poker is weird right now. The live Series postponed (probably cancelled, if I may use another parenthetical), one leg of the WSOP is being played online right now on WSOP.com with another… Read more »
Sometimes the rich and famous are just like the rest of us. And this weekend, it was Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu to whom we could all relate. During the 2020 World Series of Poker online, in the middle of a live stream, Negreanu’s connection to the WSOP.com went down multiple times on Friday,… Read more »
Event #11 of the 2020 online WSOP is in the books and it took no time at all – turbos are like that! In the end, Raman ‘Acrogum’ Afanasenka took down the championship in a little over seven hours. Also in the event was 2020 online WSOP bracelet winner Robert ‘bustinballs’ Kuhn, who extended his… Read more »
One of the great British ska bands from the late 1970s/early 80s was the group Madness, who’s main claim to fame (other than a little ditty called “Our House”) was an instrumental called “One Step Beyond.” On Friday night, Ryan ‘Im.Sorry’ Torgerson took that adage to its full fruition, going “one step beyond” his previous… Read more »
As they prepare to kick off the second weekend of the 2020 online WSOP after some eventful occurrences, a trio of bracelets have been awarded. Among those crowned was the first World Champion of the World Poker Tour, who surprisingly demonstrated his skills on the virtual felt to capture his first ever WSOP bracelet, and… Read more »
Mike “The Mouth” Matusow had a Mike Matusow day at the 2020 World Series of Poker Online this past weekend. But even after threatening violence upon a player who had the audacity to beat him in a hand, even after a little demonstration of misogyny, and even after just generally being a complete asshole, Caesars… Read more »
Six events down, 25 to go. On Monday night, Nathan “surfbum” Gamble won the first non-Hold’em event on the 2020 World Series of Poker Online slate, a 12-hour marathon of $600 Pot-Limit O8 Six-Max. For his triumph over 832 other entries, Gamble won $89,424.21 and his second career bracelet. Gamble’s first bracelet came in 2017… Read more »
Played a hand terribly… In a throwback to the days when Mike “The Mouth” Matusow frequently found himself on World Series of Poker television broadcasts flapping his maw in embarrassing fashion, Matusow couldn’t handle his own poor play during the 2020 WSOP Online and laid into an opponent during his live stream. A two-hand live… Read more »
Allen “Acnyc718” Chang captured his first World Series of Poker bracelet Sunday night, winning Event #5: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em in the 2020 WSOP Online. It was a lengthy tournament, taking ten and a half hours to whittle down from 854 players to just one. For the victory, Chang banked $161.286.44. I’m not sure if TheHendonMob.com… Read more »
Blitzing through a field highly reminiscent of 2019, Matt ‘Bodeyster’ Bode grabbed his first WSOP bracelet in winning the $500 No Limit Hold’em Super Turbo event in slightly more than six hours last night. Finishing off the fourth event of the WSOP.com leg of the 2020 online WSOP, Bode was able to pick up just… Read more »
