World Series of Poker news.
Just 59 players remain in the inaugural WSOP Paradise Main Event as the Day 3 players look to make Thursday’s final table. It’s a good race at the top of the leaderboard as Henrique Lessa is in the pole position with 8.640 million chips, followed closely by 2023 WSOP Main Event third-place finisher Adam Walton… Read more »
Former EPT Prague champ Jordan Saccucci, a prime suspect in an Ontario burglary spree, somehow thought it was as good idea to show up to WSOP Paradise over the weekend. He played in Day 1B of the Main Event. Saccucci did not make it through to Day 2, not because he was knocked out by… Read more »
The Main Event of the World Series of Poker Paradise in the Bahamas is underway right now, but the excitement from Saturday is what folks are still buzzing about around the Atlantis. In Event #7, the $50,000 Super High Roller tournament, Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel was able to capture the victory in an… Read more »
The 2023 World Series of Poker Paradise is underway in the Bahamas and, after a tentative start, the money has started to flow. Two events are in the books, which barely brought out enough players to crack the guarantees that were placed on the tournaments. That has changed with the first “big money” tournament of… Read more »
In today’s poker world, it is not unusual for players to have to make decisions regarding what tournaments they want to take part in. Rare is it, however, that the tournaments in question are of such luminous status that people will make note of who is going where. That’s what we’re looking at when it… Read more »
In what was a truly international final table, Austria’s Max Neugebauer was able to outlast the remaining eight men from the final table (and the 817-player field) to capture the championship of the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event on Wednesday. In front of a packed house at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech… Read more »
The 2023 World Series of Poker Europe is underway at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, and it has been notable in that new names have appeared on the medal stand. In the first four tournaments, players who aren’t household names have been taking the gold bracelets. This isn’t to say they aren’t successful… Read more »
15 more bracelets up for grabs The 2023 World Series of Poker Europe is underway at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, setting off on a three week festival during which 15 gold bracelets will be awarded. The Main event for the 14th running of WSOP Europe is slated to begin November 10. When the… Read more »
New, curious gold bracelet series We’re not sure exactly when they did it, but GGPoker and the WSOP quietly changed the structure terms of its much-hyped $5,000 WSOP Paradise Main Event in the Bahamas in December. Fortunately, David Lappin, a poker pro and host of “The Chip Race” podcast, wasn’t so quiet, pointing out late… Read more »
Bert “girafganger7” Stevens is no stranger to online tournament success. After all, he once commanded the top spot in the PocketFives online poker rankings. He has won loads of big tournaments, including the GGPoker Super MILLION$ Main Event and two EPT Online events (he was the first player to accomplish the latter). But this week’s… Read more »
Quite some time ago – in fact, it was one of the first articles I ever wrote as a poker journalist – I talked about how the current tournament poker world was beginning to encroach on itself. At that time, the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker were beginning to square off… Read more »
GGPoker has revealed the schedule for the upcoming 2023 WSOP Online. Running August 20 to October 2, WSOP Online will offer 33 official gold bracelet events and $60 million in guaranteed prize pools. WSOP Online debuted in 2020, when the traditional, live World Series of Poker had to be canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic… Read more »
It seems like the 2023 World Series of Poker just finished – probably because it did – but Caesars and WSOP officials aren’t wasting any time. Striking while the iron is hot, the organizations have announced the dates for the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe. Once again, the best in European poker will gather… Read more »
The 2023 World Series of Poker was certainly one for the record books. As a “thank you” to the 10,043 players who stepped to the tables for the WSOP Championship Event, Caesars Entertainment and the WSOP decided to do a couple of things out of the ordinary. First, everyone who participated in the tournament received… Read more »
The summer Bacchanalia that is the 2023 World Series of Poker is now in the history books. The massive 2023 WSOP Championship Event has concluded, with Daniel Weisman walking off with the record $12.1 million prize pool and the massive Championship bracelet. But there is something else we have to look at before we wrap… Read more »
Looking to capitalize on the momentum of the just-ended World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, Caesars Entertainment has announced a new WSOP in the Bahamas. Called “WSOP Paradise,” the series at Atlantis Paradise Island will run December 3-14. Partnering with GGPoker, the World Series of Poker will dole out 15 official gold bracelets at… Read more »
The 2023 World Series of Poker has come to and end and the poker world is celebrating Daniel Weinman, who won the biggest Main Event in Series history. Loads of other players had WSOPs to remember, whether they won a bracelet (or two), made a profit, or simply got to experience the world’s greatest poker… Read more »
One hand changed everything Atlanta’s Daniel Weinman is the new champion of the poker world, winning the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event in a quick, two-hour final day. The Georgia Tech grad won the biggest prize in Main Event history, $12.1 million, triumphing over a field of 10,043 players, far and away the… Read more »
Though the eyes of the poker world are on the final three players in the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event, Monday is also a big day for smaller buy-in, regional players, as it marks the start of the 2023-2023 WSOP Circuit season. Aside from a holiday break in December, the schedule is nearly… Read more »
We will know who the newest World Series of Poker Main Event champion is later tonight or, if it goes like some final days have gone, tomorrow morning. Just three players – Steven Jones, Daniel Weinman, and Adam Walton – remain, battling it out for astronomical prize money. It’s anyone’s bracelet at this point. Jones… Read more »
The 2023 World Series of Poker has certainly been one for the record books. Besides the five new members of the Six Bracelet Club (Josh Arieh, Jeremy Ausmus, Shaun Deeb, Jason Mercier, and newly inducted Poker Hall of Famer Brian Rast) and the record-breaking non-Texas Hold’em tournaments, the 2023 WSOP Championship Event shattered the record… Read more »
It all comes down to this. In what was a rather quick evening – at least when it comes to determining the final table – the 2023 World Series of Poker has worked its way to its final nine combatants. While they are taking a well-deserved day off on Saturday, Adam Walton will be able… Read more »
In golf, the third day of a tournament is usually called “Moving Day” because the players who truly stake themselves as contenders to win the title make their biggest moves up the leaderboard. The same holds true in the late stages of a poker tournament – the players who are poised to battle it out… Read more »
It seems like the 2023 World Series of Poker Championship Event has been going on forever – and there are still four more days to go – but, in reality, it has only been in action for the past ten days. Day Six is now in the books, with 49 players left on the battlegrounds,… Read more »
Those remaining in the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event can look at things one of two ways: a) they need to outlast 140 more players to make the final table, or b) survive three more days. Either way, as close as the 149 players are to the promised land, they are still very… Read more »
