Author: Harry Evans

The 2016 WSOP managed to break a few records, with more than 107,830 entries who got attracted. The record number of 107,833 entries in this year’s most prestigious poker tournament worldwide is more than 4% up the record-setting series in 2015. The latter gathered 103,512 entries. This makes 2016 WSOP the second time in its entire history when more than 100,000 were generated. A number of new record were set over the 2016 WSOP, such as the most total cashers, largest number of total entries, largest non-hold’em live tour field…

Although poker fans’ attention has been captured by the WSOP over the last couple of weeks, they were enabled to enjoy yet another exciting tournament. The Bellagio in Las Vegas played host to Bellagio Cup XII. The $10,000 buy-in event attracted 268 entrants who accumulated a prize pool of $2,599,600. As many as 27 players made it to the money bubble and the lowest payout amounted to $23,396. At the end, it was Kuljinder Sidhu who topped up the field and pocketed the top prize of $599,440 as well as…

Day 7 of the 2016 WSOP Main Event was completed mere hours ago. The event attracted a total of 6,737 players who created the impressive prize pool of $63,327,800. After seven days of play, the names of the final nine players were clear. The Final Table event is set to start on October 30. Meet the players who formed the 2016 November Nine. Cliff Josephy finished the Main Table event as a chip leader and secured a place at the Final Table. He has two WSOP bracelets as well as…

The last event on the schedule of the 47th Annual World Series of Poker was completed late on Sunday. And what better conclusion to the whole poker festival than players raising money for a good cause while playing their favorite game. Quite surprisingly, the WSOP $10,000 was not the last event on the Series schedule this year. Instead, the $1,000 + $111 Little One for ONE DROP No-Limit Hold’em took that role. The event together with the $111,111 High Roller for ONE DROP, held a few days ago and won…

Valentin Vornicu, who has been taken as a newcomer to this year’s WSOP Main Event, managed to lead into the Day 3 of the event. A total of 2,186 players remained on Day 3 action after a large number of the starting 6,737 dropped out. The tension and excitement in the atmosphere could be easily felt in the air, especially considering the prize of $8 million for the winner and the fact that less than one third of the overall number of players remained on Day 3. The 33-year-old Romanian…

Sofia Lövgren, ambassador of 888poker, continues her successful performance in 2016 World Series of Poker, proceeding on Day 2 of the tournament’s Main Event. In an interview for PokerNews, the young Swedish player said she was primarily a cash-game player and she preferred to combine Las Vegas-based tournaments with live cash games. She has taken part in a total of ten WSOP events up to date and is well-known for as a participant in Colossus and Millionaire Maker, where she managed to finish at the 12th position. The player herself…

The tournament series of the WSOP have always been among the most anticipated events that take place in Las Vegas on a yearly basis. The Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino has become home of the event and gathers hundreds of participants from all over the world every year. Of course, many events are available, but it is the Main Event that is found the most attractive by rule. This year’s WSOP Main Event has set a record when it comes to the total number of participants registered. A total…

The WSOP $1,000 Online No-Limit Hold’em Event was held for a second consecutive year with great success. This year’s edition literally blew away the one that took place in the summer of 2015, with more than 1,240 participants compared to the 905-player field last year. The event was held in two days. The No-Limit Hold’em Championship’s first stage started online, and only the final six players headed to Las Vegas to take part in the live final table. The players were required to be positioned in Nevada in order to…

The popular German high roller Fedor Holz became the victor in the $111,111 One Drop event, winning his first WSOP gold bracelet and $4.98 million. The 22-year-old player, who lives in Germany, had managed to accomplish literally everything that can be done in poker tournaments. The only thing missing was exactly a WSOP bracelet, which he finally managed to get. Now the widely-respected Holz won the $111,111 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament that took place in Las Vegas and was played for more than three days and nights. The prize of…

The professional poker player and WPT commentator and analyst Tony Dunst managed to get his first WSOP bracelet by winning the $1,000 Buy-in No-limit Hold’Em Event. The 31-year-old Dunst, who is a popular commentator on the WPT TV series and is well-known for his contribution to the game’s growth, collected the top price in WSOP Event #63, which amounted to $339,254 and also became the newest member of poker’s gold bracelet club after outlasting more than 2,450 players in the tournament. The year 2016 has been quite successful for Tony…