Jason Mercier won the World Series of Poker’s $1,500 buy-in No-limit 2-7 Lowball Draw at Horseshoe Las Vegas for his sixth career bracelet.
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The 54th annual WSOP begins Tuesday at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas, with 95 live bracelet events and 20 online events scheduled.
Since the rise of online poker, there have been multiple World Series of Poker Main Event champions in their early 20s.
Norwegian Espen Jorstad released a statement Monday denying that he agreed to swap a percentage of his winnings from the WSOP Main Event with another player.
After failing to cash in the first 10 events, Sean Winter won the $25,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em event for $440,000 and the $50,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em series finale for $756,000.
The field for the $1,000 buy-in Seniors No-limit Hold’em World Championship at the World Series of Poker was down only slightly from the last live WSOP.
Michael Addamo won the $300,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl on Wednesday, 10 days after claiming the overall Poker Masters title at the PokerGO studio.
The flagship World Series of Poker returns to live play Thursday at the Rio after being canceled last year and delayed this year because of the COVID pandemic.
The poker rooms at Bally’s and the Flamingo will be closed for two months so dealers at those rooms can assist with the World Series of Poker.
Phil Hellmuth, the all-time leader in World Series of Poker tournament victories, will face an amateur on the next “High Stakes Duel” on PokerGO.
Noel Furlong, an Irish businessman and horse trainer, won $1 million at the 1999 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em World Championship.
The heads-up battle between the U.S. and international winners was moved from Wednesday to Sunday because of pandemic travel complications.
The Review-Journal’s Jim Barnes sought poker glory from his living room Monday in Event 27 of the World Series of Poker Online.
Romaine won Event 28 of the World Series of Poker Online, a $1,000 buy-in Omaha High-Low tournament, early Wednesday, earning $110,672.62.
The room will have plexiglass dividers like its fellow MGM Resorts casino the Bellagio. Other rooms in town are playing five-handed without dividers.
