Tamar Abraham Wins $1,000 Ladies Event Winning your first World Series of Poker bracelet is special. Winning it in against a historically large field is even better. That’s what Tamar Abraham did Sunday, grabbing the crown in the $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship. With 1,295 players, it was the largest field in the event’s history,… 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 »
Phil Hellmuth has done it again. In one of the top moments of the 2023 World Series of Poker, the 1989 World Champion once again etched his name into the record books, winning his seventeenth WSOP bracelet in Event #72, the $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em tournament. At a table that included another… Read more »
Canadian Lonnie Hallett foiled those who were looking to witness history Monday, as he defeated Poker Hall of Famer Billy Baxter heads-up to win the 2023 World Series of Poker $1,000 Seniors Event. It was history-making for Hallett, though, as it marked the first gold bracelet win of his career and a $765,731. Hallett went… 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 »
“Horrible for poker” The talk of the poker world the last few days has been the cheating allegations against Martin Kabrhel, who finished third in the $250,000 No-Limit Hold’em Super High Roller event on Sunday. Multiple players at the final table and at tables with him on previous days suspect he was marking the cards… 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 »
Cheating allegations getting serious You can always count on there being some sort of controversy every year at the World Series of Poker. The 2023 edition has been fairly clean, that is, until this past weekend, when multiple poker pros accused Martin Kabrhel of marking cards during the $250,000 High Roller event. Now the WSOP… 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 »
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 »
Ok, let’s get right to it. Here are some of the latest goings-on at the 2023 World Series of Poker. There have already been over two dozen bracelets awarded and there’s still over a month left in the festival. Poker overload. Jason Simon is the last Gladiator standing Jason Simon won Event #18, the inaugural… Read more »
On Sunday, Earl Burton caught you up on a bunch of the day’s tournaments at the World Series of Poker, but the WSOP is so busy that there was even more going on after he clicked “publish.” So, let’s take a quick look at a couple of the more interesting tournaments as the weekend came… Read more »
Imagine the excitement of attending the first week of the World Series of Poker. Paris Las Vegas and Horseshoe Las Vegas are buzzing as people’s quests for a bracelet – including yours! – begin. Now imagine being asleep in your hotel room in the wee hours of the morning, perhaps with your significant other, and… Read more »
If poker is your business, then business has been pretty good over the last week. The 2023 World Series of Poker has been doing some brisk business, seventeen events into the schedule, and several bracelets have been handed out over the last couple of days. Here’s a quick look at who those fortunate recipients have… Read more »
The 2023 World Series of Poker is only a week old and we already have our first double bracelet winner. On Tuesday morning, Chad Eveslage won Event #10: $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship, just a few days after winning Event #5: $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed. Perhap’s it’s time to name the game type “Chad’s Choice?” Joking… Read more »
Less than a week into the 2023 World Series of Poker and we are already at the point where a million events overlap and it feels like there is a final table concluding every other minute. On the first Sunday of the WSOP, the schedule really came to a head as four gold bracelets were… Read more »
No solvers during a hand…or at all? With each World Series of Poker comes rules changes and clarifications, though the vast majority of time, they are minor. With the 2023 WSOP beginning today, tournament organizers have felt the need to clarify the rule about the use of real-time assistance (RTA) apps, particularly following the recent… Read more »
Yes, I 100% went for the cliché in the headline. I’m not a tournament director, so I need to take the one really good opportunity I have per year to use it. Maybe two, if I go for the gold on Day 1 of the Main Event. But yes, the 2023 World Series of Poker… Read more »
In a time not too long ago, the journey to Las Vegas for poker tournaments in May meant only one thing – you were headed to the World Series of Poker. Over the years, however, other casinos have learned that the WSOP isn’t a beast to be feared but a challenge to be faced. With… Read more »
The poker world was stunned late on Sunday night when word came down that one of the genuine legends of the world of poker, the man who basically taught the world how to play the game of Texas Hold’em, and whose very name was synonymous with the sport of poker had passed away. On Sunday… Read more »
We are only a month away from the 2023 World Series of Poker, so it is only natural that the two major tournament poker circuits get in their last action before everyone goes to “Summer Camp” in Las Vegas. On Friday, the World Poker Tour will open action on their latest trek to Florida. Later… Read more »
Load up on energy drinks Daniel Negreanu had better get some rest over these next six weeks because he has a busy summer ahead. Over the weekend, the Poker Hall of Famer posted his schedule for the 2023 World Series of Poker and it is a doozy, leaving him with essentially no rest at all.… Read more »
The World Series of Poker has announced that registration for this summer’s WSOP will open on Thursday, April 13. The Series begins on May 30 and runs through July 18. Caesars recommends players use the online registration system, which will be at bravopokerlive.com (the site does not work right now because registration is not open… Read more »
We’re about two months away from the 2023 World Series of Poker and as such, online poker rooms have started ramping up their WSOP satellites. One of those poker sites is GGPoker, which has had a tight relationship with the WSOP for several years now. On Sunday, GGPoker launched its “Road to Vegas” promotion, during… Read more »
