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 »
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 »
The 2023 World Series of Poker Championship Event is certainly one for the record books. After two levels of late registration concluded on Saturday, the official count for the largest Championship Event of all time was set. By the end of the night, two players had eclipsed Day 2ABC chip leader Christopher Brammer to take… Read more »
So, has there been anything that happened over the past couple of days at the 2023 World Series of Poker? As expected, the 2023 WSOP Championship Event soared past the record for most players on Day 1D of the event. Thursday afternoon, Day 1D eclipsed the 8773-player mark to become the largest Championship Event in… Read more »
The third of four Day Ones at the 2023 World Series of Poker Championship Event is in the books, and it is leading towards what could be a historic moment. Christopher Brammer packed up a stack of 366,100 chips in what has, to date, been the largest day of action at the WSOP. That is… Read more »
Two starting flights down, two to go. The 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event is halfway through its four Day 1s and it is still Day 1A’s Yehuda Dayan who enjoys the chip lead, advancing to Day 2A with 389,900 chips. Nobody from Day 1B eclipsed the 300,000-chip mark, but several ended the night… Read more »
The World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off on Monday as more than 1,000 hopefuls paid the $10,000 to participate in the most famous poker tournament on Earth. Tournament organizers have been confident all year that this one will break the 2006 record of 8,776 entrants. Last year’s Main Event came within 100 of… Read more »
Chris Brewer got emotional a couple weeks ago when he won his first-ever World Series of Poker bracelet after years of coming close. With the “one of the best to never win one” title shed, perhaps he was a little more relaxed, as this past weekend, he won his second, taking the crown in Event… Read more »
The Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas are buzzing on this, the fourth weekend of action at the 2023 World Series of Poker. The Ladies’ Championship has reached the money and should be looking at setting a final table on Saturday. Around the felt battlegrounds, Ryan Miller was able to vanquish Bryn Kenney in what was… Read more »
One thing that doesn’t get enough attention is the “women-only” tournaments in the world of poker. Unless a man takes on the dubious challenge of entering one of these tournaments (as is permissible by law, but just because it is permissible doesn’t make it right), you usually don’t hear about it. Thus, it is a… Read more »
Since roughly 2018, poker professional Shaun Deeb has etched his name in the hunt for the prestigious World Series of Poker Player of the Year award. 2018 would see Deeb take down the title and, in 2019, he barely missed out on repeating as the POY when Robert Campbell passed him. Last year, Deeb came… Read more »
One of the great things about the 2023 World Series of Poker is that it seems to have been bringing more attention to the non-Texas Hold’em tournaments. Whether they are High Roller events or mixed game tournaments, these disciplines of poker are certainly demonstrating that they are viable and extremely popular around the Horseshoe and… Read more »
The first month of the 2023 World Series of Poker has seen several historic moments, but, arguably, Thursday was one of the biggest. In one of the marquee events of the WSOP, Brian Rast earned his third-ever title in the event (and sixth WSOP bracelet overall) against what was a power-packed final table. Elsewhere around… Read more »
This afternoon, Caesars Entertainment and World Series of Poker officials announced the eleven people who are the nominees for induction into the Poker Hall of Fame. The 2023 class is split almost equally between players who have had a long history on the felt versus those who have contributed from off the velvet baize. It… Read more »
Ashton looking to join elite club The $10,000 Main Event is the most famous poker tournament at the World Series of Poker (and in poker, in general), but the most prestigious event just may be the $50,000 Poker Players Championship. It is called a championship for poker players, after all. With the sky-high buy-in and… Read more »
Chris Brewer has been one of the most successful high stakes tournament players over the last few years, routinely finding himself deep in high roller tournaments. In fact, he currently ranks number two on the PokerGO Tour leaderboard. But one thing has eluded him: a World Series of Poker bracelet. On Sunday, he finally achieved… Read more »
It is the third weekend of action at the 2023 World Series of Poker, and there is action everywhere you look at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. A trio of bracelets were handed out on Friday night, while one of the largest buy-in tournaments in WSOP history opened action. Saturday will be the day… Read more »
As of today, at the 2023 World Series of Poker, 35 tournaments are in the books. Surprisingly, that is only slightly more than a third of the events that are on the roster for poker players from around the world. As the third Thursday of the series kicks off today, two men are celebrating their… Read more »
Shaun Deeb loves playing poker, loves making money. But more than most players, he really loves the competition of tournament poker. Poker is a game, after all. Deeb is one of those guys who really tries to win Player of the Year awards, to try to win more than his friends, just because those races… Read more »
Ben Lamb ran through an absolutely stacked final table on Tuesday to win his second career World Series of Poker bracelet, taking the title in Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship. For the win, Lamb cashed for nearly half a million dollars. Poker is a funny game in that luck plays as… Read more »
