Daniel Maor took down the BetMGM Poker Championship on Tuesday night at Aria for the first live tournament victory of his career.
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Los Angeles Clippers coach Tyronn Lue was at the World Series of Poker on Friday supporting a player in the $5,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em 8-handed event.
Two-time All-Star second baseman Jason Kipnis made the money at last year’s $3,500 buy-in BetMGM Poker Championship at Aria and is back for more.
Erik Seidel suffered one of the worst beats of this year’s World Series of Poker, costing him a chance to go for his 11th career bracelet.
The mystery bounty format is now one of the most popular at the World Series of Poker, as players can collect large sums of money without winning the tournament.
Golden Knights star Jonathan Marchessault performed the ceremonial “shuffle up and deal” announcement to kick off the 55th World Series of Poker.
The 55th annual World Series of Poker begins Tuesday at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas, with 99 live bracelet events and 30 online events scheduled.
Along with the 55th World Series of Poker on the Strip, several other poker events are taking place in Las Vegas this summer.
The 55th World Series of Poker schedule was released Friday and features 99 live events starting May 28 at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas.
Daniel Sepiol won the World Poker Tour’s World Championship, which featured a record $40 million prize pool, early Friday morning at Wynn Las Vegas.
When the Circa Survivor field was whittled to 13, 12 of them agreed to a partial chop of the $9.2 million pot. But one high-stakes gambler stood in the way.
The 55th annual World Series of Poker will run May 28 to July 17 at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas, officials announced Friday.
Erik Seidel won his 10th World Series of Poker bracelet at WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas, moving him into a tie with some poker legends for second on the all-time list.
Rob Mercer told the Review-Journal that he did not have terminal stage 4 colon cancer when he started a GoFundMe account to play in the WSOP Main Event.
The World Poker Tour offered one of the largest guaranteed prize pools in poker history last year. It’s going much bigger for this year’s event.