Poker news tagged with '2018 wsop'

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

It was last year's WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship that Johannes Becker finished runner-up (2nd place), but this year the German is no more settling for second best after he managed to defeat Scott Seiver to win Event #8 $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball for $180,455.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #8: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball won by Johannes Becker for $180,455

The first-ever edition of the 2018 WSOP $100,000 buy-in NLHE event that attracted a total of 105 players has been won by Nick Petrangelo, who acquired his second WSOP gold bracelet and the awesome first-place prize money of $2,910,227!

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #5: $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em won by Nick Petrangelo for $2.9 Million

It was a great weekend for Julien Martini at this year's WSOP as he became the very first non-American poker player to win a gold bracelet after a tough heads-up match with Kate Hoang in Event #4 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better. He won his very first WSOP title bracelet plus a sweet $239,771 prize money.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better won by Julien Martini for $239,771

Event #3 of the 2018 WSOP was bagged by Joseph "Joe" Cada, who outlasted a total of 363 entries, winning the prize money worth $226,218 plus a gold bracelet, thereby bringing his total WSOP bracelet count to 3.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #3: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout won by Joe Cada for $226,218

The first gold bracelet to be awarded at the 2018 WSOP has been won by Elio Fox, who outlasted a player field of 243 at Event #2: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em for a sweet prize of $393,693.

This is Elio Fox's second gold bracelet in his poker career, with his first one acquired as the 2011 WSOP Europe Main Event winner.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #2: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Event won by Elio Fox for $393,693

Prior to joining in at the 2018 WSOP Event #1 on May 30 (Wednesday), Jordan Hufty only had $1,900 in career live tournament earnings, and now that he took down the 2-day first event of this year's WSOP, he can now add a sweet $61,909 to his lifetime live poker winnings.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #1: $565 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em Event won by Jordan Hufty for $61K

Even if there wasn't a WSOP bracelet awaiting the top winner, the prize money is reward enough for most poker players who have joined in on the opening event of WSOP 2018.

On May 29, 2018 (Tuesday), the $250 Daily Deepstack was the opening event to this year's WSOP, and the one who bagged the event was five-time bracelet winner Allen Cunningham. He managed to defeat a field of 298 players, claiming the top prize money worth $14,084.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: First Non-Bracelet Event won by Allen Cunningham for $14K

There will be 78 official gold bracelet events awaiting poker players who will join in on the 2018 World Series of Poker, starting on May 29 up until July 17, 2018.

At this moment, the reigning champ is 888poker ambassador Scott Blumstein. The poker player from New Jersey won a humongous $8,150,000 as his reward for outlasting a massive field of 7,221 players in the 2017 WSOP Main Event.

Read more » 2018 WSOP Action kicks off this week!

The 2018 World Series of Poker schedule has just been announced this Tuesday, and 78 official gold bracelet events will be up for grabs. Also, after four years, they are finally bringing back the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop! The 2018 WSOP is scheduled from May 29 to July 17, 2018, with the Main Event on July 2 to 14, 2018, and the Big One for One Drop on the last day, July 17.

Read more » 2018 WSOP Schedule Announced - $1 Million Buy-in Tournament Returns