With a heavy heart, Poker News Daily reports on the passing of a man whose multi-faceted and iconoclastic approach to life resulted in excellence across many fields. Steve Albini, a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and producer of one of the iconic rock albums of the Nineties, stunningly passed away on Wednesday morning… Read more »
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Not the “Usual Suspects” atop the WSOP Player of the Year Standings
The 2019 World Series of Poker is well past the halfway point and, as such, it’s time to look at the race for the Player of the Year award. The WSOP POY has been awarded since 2004 to the player who amassed the most points over the run of the summer (and, since 2011, the… Read more »
“World” Bests “Kid Poker” for $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship
In what was arguably the most talent-laden final table of the 2019 World Series of Poker so far, two Poker Hall of Famers squared off on Wednesday night to determine the champion of the $10,000 Seven Card Stud event. In the end, it was John ‘World’ Hennigan who got the best of Daniel ‘Kid Poker’… Read more »
Frankie O’Dell Wins Third WSOP Bracelet
It is clearly not easy to win a World Series of Poker bracelet. If it was, I would have one (to be fair, I should start by actually playing in a WSOP event, but let’s not pick nits). To win more than one is something that I, frankly, feel is absurd. On Sunday, Frankie O’Dell… Read more »