Jun 22, 2024 “It’s been 15 years. I think I’ve made nine final tables.” Those were the first words George Alexander chose with which to celebrate his inaugural World Series of Poker bracelet after Dzmitry Urbanovich heads-up to win Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship, ending a lengthy wait that had seen so many close calls.
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Jun 22, 2024 Out of the 1,252 players that registered for Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em at the 2024 World Series of Poker, it was Norwegian Erlend Melsom that ultimately emerged victorious. After three long days of play, Melsom, who is not a frequent tournament or no-limit hold’em player, was able to take down
Jun 21, 2024 Dan “Jungleman” Cates went out of character a bit when he used speech play to get paid off with a straight flush during Friday’s Hustler Casino Live. The hand aired on the stream a little after 7:30 p.m. PT, and it involved a brutal river card that cost poker vlogger Mariano Grandoli,
Jun 21, 2024 Maksim Pisarenko has overcome a 181-player field that created a prize pool of $1,683,300 and defeated Mike Leah heads up to claim his first WSOP gold bracelet and the $399,988 first-place prize in Event #45: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship. Pisarenko’s victory came after a lengthy heads-up match that went back-and-forth several times inside
Jun 21, 2024 The odds of getting pocket kings in against pocket aces is a miniscule 0.004%. But what about throwing pocket queens into the mix? And in the biggest buy-in event of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP)? That’s exactly what happened between high roller heavyweights Justin Bonomo, Jason Koon and Isaac Haxton
Jun 21, 2024 The 11-year bracelet drought for Daniel Negreanu goes on thanks to his old pal, Phil Ivey, who ended his own decade-long drought earlier this month. Both Poker Hall of Famers reached Day 3 of Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) on Friday. Ivey Sends Negreanu
Jun 21, 2024 The ending to a $600 buy-in Ladies Event at Wynn Las Vegas brought about a bit of controversy, which we discuss in this edition of The Muck, when the final 15 players decided to just chop up the pot. According to results for this event on The Hendon Mob, the no-limit hold’em
Jun 21, 2024 Guests: Kyle Anderson In the 839th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is joined by Kyle Anderson and Connor Richards at Level 9 in Las Vegas and talk about latest from the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and about town, including the much-talked-about 15-way chop in the Wynn Summer Classic
Jun 21, 2024 After a 16-hour marathon day of poker, a champion has been crowned in Event # 51: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas in the form of Peter Park. Park has officially won the grand prize of $240,724, and his first WSOP bracelet by defeating Mark Dube heads
Jun 21, 2024 If learning about poker players winning bracelets is what gets you hot under the collar, boy, do we have a 2024 World Series of Poker recap for you! Four, yes four players returned to their hotel rooms and apartments after Day 23 of the 2024 WSOP at the Horseshoe and Paris Las
Jun 21, 2024 This June, you can grab the chance to win an unforgettable British Grand Prix experience through WPT Global’s Casino Race Leaderboard, along with a share of $25,000 in cash and prizes. That’s right! For this weekend only, WPT Global Casino players have the chance to win an incredible hospitality package at the
Jun 20, 2024 Christopher Vitch has won his third gold bracelet here at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Event #48: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas as he topped the field of 2,212 entries. It took three days for Vitch to take home the lion’s share of the
Jun 20, 2024 Pedro Neves arrived at the final table of the 2024 World Series of Poker Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em as the odds-on favorite, as he had almost twice the stack of the second in chips, Aaron Johnson. He still had to eliminate his last six opponents on Day 5 to
Jun 20, 2024 One of the loudest final tables of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) so far, one defined by two-outers, three-outers and a rail whose energy would be hard to match, wrapped up tonight with longtime high-stakes pro Chris Hunichen winning his first bracelet and a career-high score of $2,838,389 in Event
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Jun 20, 2024 June is Pride Month. Dedicated to celebrating and commemorating LGBTQ+ pride, Pride Month is over 50 years old and started after the Stonewall riots, a series of gay liberation protests in 1969. PokerNews will release a series of articles to mark Pride Month, showcasing the role LGBTQ+ individuals play in our industry
Jun 20, 2024 All But Seven Slain in the Monster Stack; Pedro Neves Leads Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em Final Day Chip Counts No More Horsing Around as $10K H.O.R.S.E. Championship Reaches Final Five Event #45: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship Final Day Chip Counts Huge Day 1b Turn Out Sets New Seniors Championship Record
Jun 19, 2024 In Event #44: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em at the 2024 World Series of Poker, Jared Kingery emerged as the latest bracelet winner after three intense days of battle. Kingery reigned over Javier Gomez in heads-up play, claiming $410,359 and his first career bracelet, while Gomez settled for $273,581 as the runner-up. 2024 World
Jun 19, 2024 The PokerNews Deepstack Challenge (PNDC) has entered its fourth and final week, with the results from Week 3 leaderboard all in the books. New Zealand poker player Charlie Hawes became the first non-American to win the weekly leaderboard, which sends the best ten players into the $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship bracelet event.
Jun 19, 2024 It only took slightly longer than half an hour to crown a winner in Event #43: $1,500 Mixed: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Big O (7-Handed) and the first player from Sweden posed for the winner shots this summer here at the 2024 World Series of