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Joe Cada may have finished only at 5th place in the Main Event of this year's WSOP (for $2,150,000), but that's probably okay with him because after a few days, he has gotten his fourth career bracelet when he took down Event #75: The Closer - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em for $612,886!

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #75: The Closer - $1,500 NLHE won by Joe Cada for $612,886, gets 4th Career Bracelet

The poker player who has made himself super busy during the first half of the year 2018 and has been reaping a lot of cash prizes and recognition for all his hard work is none other than Justin Bonomo, and now the latest achievement that he can potentially put under his name could be that he'll win a summer tournament that is worth $10 million in cash prize.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #78: The Big One for One Drop - Justin Bonomo Leads Final 6

The excitement gets higher as each day passes by at the 2018 WSOP Main Event, because as more and more players get eliminated, then the more difficult it is for the remaining ones to stay afloat in the hopes of finally winning that coveted Main Event championship bracelet as well as the humongous first-place prize money worth more than $8.8 million!

Read more » 2018 WSOP Event #65: $10,000 NLHE Main Event won by John Cynn for $8.8 Million

It looks like Phil Hellmuth can't stop smiling, because he has finally won the 15th bracelet of his poker career in this year's WSOP Event #71 $5,000 NLHE (30-min levels) and he even has a plump sum of $485,082 to take home to his wife!

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #71: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em won by Phil Hellmuth for $485,082 and 15th Career Bracelet

The final table has finally been set in the 2018 WSOP $10,000 Main Event World Championship. From a player field of 7,874 entries in total (the 2nd biggest field in the tournament's history), now there are only nine players left to battle it out for the championship gold bracelet and the first place prize money of a whopping $8.8 million.

Read more » 2018 WSOP Main Event: Day 7 - Final Table Now Set, Joe Cada aims for Second Title

Being able to outlast a field of 901 entries is an achievement done by Ronald Keijzer, who won his very first bracelet and he takes home with him a plump $475,033 payday in Event #69 $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #69: $3,000 PLO 6-Handed won by Ronald Keijzer for $475,033

A total of 109 survivors out of the initial 7,874 entries returned to Day 6 of the 2018 WSOP Main Event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, and all of them are vying for the number one spot that gives them not only a golden bracelet, but also a whopping $8.8 million cash prize! At the end of the day, the 100+ contenders have been narrowed down to 26 hopefuls left, and the one to lead them on this day was Aram Zobian with 41,585,000 chips.

Read more » 2018 WSOP Main Event: Day 6 - Aram Zobian leads with 41m chips, 26 Players Remain

Last Friday evening at the 2018 WSOP Event #66 $1,500 NLH, something said by a poker player to another fellow player led to his disqualification from the WSOP event.

Adrian Sorin Lovin, a poker pro who registered from Russia but at the WSOP he wore blue shirts emblazoned with ‘Team Italy', had advanced to Day 2 in Event #66 with a fairly healthy stack. At that time, the initial field of 1,351 was narrowed down to 227, which was 24 spots from the money bubble.

Read more » Racist Poker Pro thrown out of WSOP Event

A total of 7,874 players jumped into Event #65 $10,000 NLHE Main Event World Championship, and now only 109 players remain as Day 5 ended in a rather peculiar way. Day 5's chip stack hero is Houston resident Michael Dyer with 12,180,000.

Read more » 2018 WSOP Main Event: Day 5 - Michael Dyer leads with 12m chips, 109 Players Remain

Once again, the 2018 WSOP $10,000 Main Event has narrowed down its second biggest field in the history of the prestigious tournament (7,874 entries), and after a total of 41 hours of poker play so far in this event, the field of 1,182 now has only 310 players left after Day 4.

Read more » 2018 WSOP Main Event: Barry Hutter leads with 5.5m chips, 310 Players Remain

Event #62 $888 Crazy Eights NLHE 8-Handed has been bagged by Galen Hall, who outlasted a massive field of 8,598 player entries, winning his very first WSOP gold bracelet and the cool $888,888 top prize money after managing to hold on and survive 4 days of extreme poker action.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #62: $888 Crazy Eights NLHE 8-Handed won by Galen Hall for $888,888

On Monday, the World Series of Poker has released the list of the 10 finalists eligible for the 2018 Poker Hall of Fame class. Just one or two will be inducted.

The list of 10 poker players was created after a process of public nomination and a vetting of these nominations by the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council. The decision now falls in the hands of 28 living members and a few journalists to determine who gets inducted.

Read more » The Finalists for 2018 Poker Hall of Fame

Let's take a look at what's happened in the starting 3 days of WSOP's Event #65: $10,000 NLHE MAIN EVENT - World Championship.

Day 1A
A total of 925 players participated in the first Day 1 flight of the Main Event but after 5 levels of 2 hours each, only 659 survived to advance to Day 2. Timothy Lau claimed chip leader position (338,700 chips), followed by Truyen Nguyen (324,800) and Chris Fraser (316,100).

Read more » 2018 WSOP: The Big Stack Players on Day1A, Day1B & Day1C of the MAIN EVENT

Dan Matsuzuki, a resident of Tempe, Arizona, has won his first ever gold bracelet in this year's WSOP Event #64: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better. The first place cash prize of $364,387 in this event is now his biggest career cash as his previous best is just a 9th place finish in the 2015 WSOP $1,500 Ten Game Mix 6-Handed for $9,018.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #64: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better won by Dan Matsuzuki for $364,387

Scheduled from June 3 to July 3, 2018, Event #11: $365 PLO GIANT of the 2018 WSOP has now come to an end, and the one who outlasted a field of 3,250 entries is Canadian Tim Andrew, who has won his very first bracelet with his first cash at the WSOP series.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #11: $365 PLO GIANT won by Canada's Tim Andrew for 116,015

There were a total of 8,920 players who signed up for Event #6: $365 GIANT NLHE (scheduled from June 1 to July 1, 2018), and in the end it was Jeremy Perrin who emerged victorious, taking home his first-ever bracelet and a nice sum of $250,966.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #6: $365 GIANT No-Limit Hold’em won by Jeremy Perrin for $250,966

This year at the WSOP, Phil Galfond now has a total of three bracelets to his name, after he won Event #60: $10,000 PLO Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship which had a player field of 237 entrants. Along with the bracelet and the title, he took home the first-place cash prize worth a whopping $567,788.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #60: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship won by Phil Galfond for $567,788

After defeating a player field of 2,065 entries in this year's WSOP Event #59: $1,000 NLHE Super Turbo Bounty, Mike Takayama has officially become the first Philippine poker player to have ever won a WSOP bracelet in the history of the prestigious annual poker festival. His success from defeating Italian poker player Lorenc Puka has earned him a gold bracelet and an awesome $198,568 first-place prize money.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Mike Takayama becomes First Philippine player to win WSOP bracelet

The prestigious annual poker festival referred to as the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is full of surprises. The long hours and especially the consecutively long days can get to one's nerves, but it certainly isn't right if one player harasses another for no particular reason at all. For example, an intoxicated English poker player named Stuart ‘NutterRutter' Rutter tried to harass the 14-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth as well as the other players at the table, resulting to multiple penalties and the security behind his back.

Read more » Phil Hellmuth Harassed by UK Poker Pro ‘NutterRutter' at 2018 WSOP Event

Scott Seiver came back from being short-stacked at the bottom of the counts during five-handed action to make it to heads-up play against fellow American Matt Szymaszek.

The match was short and swingy. Seiver started with a 2-1 lead and quickly had Szymaszek down to just a few bets. Szymaszek then managed to come back from a 10-1 deficit to overtake the chip lead.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Scott Seiver Wins Second Bracelet in Event #48: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship

Tommy Nguyen, a 28-year-old Canadian student making his first appearance at the WSOP, outlasted a massive field of 6,260 entries over four days of play in Event #48: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MONSTER STACK to win a massive $1,037,451 and his fist World Series of Poker bracelet!

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Canadian student turns $1.5k into $1M and earns first bracelet!

On Tuesday, Loren Klein won the biggest $10,000 pot-limit Omaha championship in World Series of Poker history. The tournament (Event #49: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship) attracted 476 entries and Klein, 32, received $1,018,336 in prize money and his third WSOP bracelet!

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Loren Klein Wins Third Bracelet in Three Years!

USA's Shaun Deeb, 32, bested a star-packed field in Event #42: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller to claim yet another WSOP bracelet and $1.4 million in prize money! It was the Las Vegas-based online and live poker pro's third WSOP bracelet after winning his first two in 2016 and 2017. Not to forget, the $1,402,683 winner's check is the largest of his career!

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Shaun Deep Wins Third WSOP Bracelet in $25,000 POT-LIMIT OMAHA 8-HANDED HIGH ROLLER

Event 40 $2,500 Mixed Big Bet of the 2018 WSOP has been bagged by Scott Bohlman, who now has cashed for the 51st time at the series, also savors his very first gold bracelet and a nice sum of $122,138 after outlasting a field of 205 players.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #40: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet won by Scott Bohlman for $122,138

Event #39 $1,500 NLHE Shootout of the WSOP this year has been won by Preston Lee, who now relishes his very first gold bracelet and a sweet sum of $236,498 as his first place prize after more than 12 hours and 121 hands of heads-up play against Corey Dodd.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout won by Preston Lee for $236,498

The most recent $1,500 NLHE event at the 2018 WSOP has been a smashing success, attracting a player field of 1,330 entries to build a total prize pool of $1,795,500! The event was so huge that it needed a fourth, unscheduled day of play in order to determine the top winner.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #37: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em won by Eric Baldwin for $319,580

Event #34 $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold'em of this year's WSOP has been won by Robert Peacock, after he managed to outlast a player field of 5,700 entries, winning his very first WSOP gold bracelet and the first place prize of $644,224.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #34: $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold'em won by Robert Peacock for $644,224

On July 15, 2018, "the WSOP and One Drop announce the return of The BIG ONE for One Drop, a $1 million buy-in tournament capped at a maximum of 48 players and the most significant charity initiative in poker history.

Read more » WSOP 2018: Negreanu, Hellmuth, Ivey among contenders for $1 Million Buy-in WSOP Tournament ‘The Big One for One Drop'

The 2018 WSOP Event #36 $1,000 Super Seniors NLHE has been won by Farhintaj Bonyadi, who managed to outlast a player field of 2,191 players, claiming her very first gold bracelet and taking home with her a nice sum of $311,451.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #36: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Holdém won by Farhintaj Bonyadi for $311,451

As mentioned before, there's never a shortage of first-time WSOP bracelet winners every time at the prestigious poker festival held annually every summer. On Monday, another first-timer WSOP bracelet winner is born, and it was Yueqi Zhu who took down Event #35 $1,500 Mixed Omaha after defeating a player field of 773 to win the title and the first place prize money worth $211,781.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #35: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Big O (5-Card PLO/8) won by Yueqi Zhu for $211,781

Michael ‘Grinder' Mizrachi does it again, and for the third time ever in his illustrious poker career, he has won this year's WSOP Event #33 $50,000 Poker Players Championship, bagging his 4th bracelet and a whopping $1.2 million cash prize!

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #33: $50,000 Poker Players Championship won by Michael Mizrachi for $1,239,126

This year's WSOP Event #32 $1,000 Seniors NLHE has been won by Matthew Davis, who came out on top of 5,918 players to claim his very first WSOP gold bracelet and a fat sum of $662,983 as his first place prize money.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #32: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em won by Matthew Davis for $662,676

The past weekend was a memorable one for Steven Albini as he won his very first WSOP bracelet in Event #31 $1,500 Seven Card Stud, taking home a nice sum of $105,629. He managed to overcome a player field of 310, outlasting a stacked final table that included the likes of two-time bracelet winner Frankie O'Dell, and two six-time bracelet winners Chris Ferguson and Jeffrey Lisandro.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #31: $1,500 Seven Card Stud won by Steven Albini for $105,629

It's a lucky Saturday (June 16) for Ryan Bambrick as he won his first WSOP gold bracelet in the 2018 WSOP Event #30 $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha. The 30-year-old poker player from New Jersey outlasted a player field of 799 to win $217,123.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #30: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha won by Ryan Bambrick for $217,123

Hanh Tran bags his very first WSOP bracelet in this year's Event #29 $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw after being able to outlast a field of 356 players. Along with the title and bracelet, he's also won the first prize cash money worth $117,282.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #29: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw won by Hanh Tran for $117,282

This year's WSOP Event #26 $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha attracted a field of 986 players. The eventual winner was 46-year-old Filippos Stavrakis, a Maryland resident, who won his first WSOP gold bracelet and a $169,842 cash prize. He dedicates his very first win to his late brother, Jimmy.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #26: 1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha won by Filippos Stavrakis for $169,842

Event #25 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better at the 2018 WSOP is a golden event for poker player Benjamin Dobson, as he outlasted a field of 596 players to win his very first gold bracelet and a sweet prize of $173,528.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #25: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better won by Benjamin Dobson for $173,528

Attracting a field of 7,361 total player entries, the third biggest field in the event's 6-year history, this year's WSOP #21 $1,500 buy-in NLHE Millionaire Maker created a huge prize pool of $9,937,350.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER won by Arne Kern for $1.1 Million

Yet another first bracelet moment for an aspiring poker player just happened at the 2018 WSOP Event #22 $1,500 Eight Game Mix. Philip Long outlasted a field of 481 players to win his first-ever live tournament title and of course, his first WSOP gold bracelet.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #22: $1,500 Eight Game Mix won by Philip Long for $147,348

Outlasting a player field of 518, derivatives trader Jeremy Wien has taken the top prize money worth $537,710 and his very first gold bracelet in this year's WSOP Event #20: Big Blind Antes $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #20: Big Blind Antes $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em won by Jeremy Wien for $537,710

Seeing the 10-time bracelet winner Doyle Brunson at the 2018 WSOP is a wonderful sight for poker fans, but, for good reason, this may be the last time that the octogenarian poker legend will ever be attending the prestigious annual summer poker tournament festival.

Read more » Brunson Announces Retirement as he makes it through Day 2 of Event #23, Finishes 6th

Craig Varnell managed to defeat a massive player field of 2,419 entries to win his first ever bracelet in Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha event for $181,790. This was his third final-table finish at the WSOP series.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha won by Craig Varnell for $181,790

The scheduled 3-day event had to extend one more, fourth day in order for a top winner to be determined, and in the end it was Adam Friedman who took down Event #18: $10,000 Dealer's Choice 6-Handed Championship, outlasting a total field of 111 entries to win the prize money of $293,275 and his second-career WSOP bracelet.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed won by Adam Friedman for $293,275

Bulgarian poker pro Ognyan Dimov was the last man standing in a player field of 1,663 entries in this year's WSOP Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed event, obtaining his first-ever gold bracelet and the $378,743 top prize. He is the third Bulgarian poker player in history to ever win a WSOP title, next to fellow countrymen Nick Jivkov and Simeon Naydenov.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed won by Ognyan Dimov for $378,743

It really appears that Justin Bonomo is an unstoppable force in his quest to earn more money and to add another bracelet to his name in this year's WSOP events.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #16: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship won by Justin Bonomo for $185,965

This is the first WSOP bracelet ever for the Russian part-time poker player, and Zhigalov said he has dreamed about winning his first one since he was 16. After 3 long days with more than 14 hours of poker play, Russian Andrey Zhigalov has won his first-ever WSOP gold bracelet this past weekend in Event #15 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. for a memorable $202,787 payout after a grueling heads-up battle against Timothy Frazin.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Event won by Andrey Zhigalov for $202,787

At the WSOP, there will never be a shortage of first times for anything and everything. Event #13: Big Blind Antes $1,500 NLHE, an event that was held for its very first time at the WSOP, had been bagged by Benjamin Moon, who was happy to take home his first-ever gold WSOP bracelet plus a sweet sum of $315,346 first-place cash prize, his reward for outlasting a total of 1,306 entries.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #13: Big Blind Antes $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em won by Benjamin Moon for $315,346

At its fourth consecutive run at the annual WSOP, on late evening of Thursday last week, the $565 buy-in COLOSSUS has finally wrapped up, and the one who managed to win the event's bracelet and $1 million first-place prize money was Roberly Felicio, a Brazilian restaurant owner.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #7: COLOSSUS $565 No-Limit Hold'em won by Roberly Felicio for $1 Million

American poker player Jeremy Harkin outlasted a player field of 406 entrants, finally earning his very first WSOP bracelet in his entire poker career and a nice sum of $129,882 as his prize money on Event #12: $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #12: $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed won by Jeremy Harkin for $129K

The 2018 WSOP's first Championship event has concluded, and the victor is American poker pro Paul Volpe, who claimed his third bracelet after dominating Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship for $417,921.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship won by Paul Volpe for $417,921