Ali Imsirovic, who was accused of cheating online and during live tournaments, was eliminated from the World Series of Poker Main Event on Monday at Bally’s.
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Joe Marincola of Philadelphia bought into the WSOP’s $10,000 No-limit Hold’em World Championship for the second straight year using an interest-free credit card.
Layne Flack, who died in July 2021 at age 52, was a six-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and one of the early faces of the poker boom in the 2000s.
Luke Vrabel, who was reinstated this summer following a five-year ban from the World Series of Poker, was climbing the Main Event chip counts on Day 3.
After officials predicted a record-breaking field prior to the start of the WSOP’s $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em World Championship, the Main Event officially featured 8,663 entrants.
Eric Goldstein of Las Vegas won an online satellite into the World Series of Poker’s $10,000 buy-in Main Event while he was asleep. “Kind of a little surreal,” he said.
Phil Hellmuth didn’t make it to the first break Thursday before he was eliminated from the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Main Event at Bally’s.
Vince Vaughn has been an unofficial ambassador for Las Vegas since he delivered the iconic line “Vegas, baby, Vegas!” in the 1996 movie “Swingers.”
Craig Reifsnyder, a recently retired mailman from Pennsylvania, realized his dream by playing in the World Series of Poker Main Event on Sunday at Bally’s.
Phil Hellmuth finished second in the $3,000 buy-in Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em tournament early Sunday at the WSOP at Bally’s Event Center.
The WSOP’s $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em World Championship, better known as the Main Event, begins Sunday at Bally’s. The final table is set for July 15 and 16.
Doyle Brunson, 88, announced Thursday on his verified Twitter account that he was skipping the World Series of Poker Main Event, which starts Sunday.
Eric Smidinger of Evergreen, Colorado, won the World Series of Poker’s $1,000 buy-in Seniors No-limit Hold’em Championship on Monday at Bally’s Event Center.
Joey Weissman of Syosset, New York, went wire to wire at the final table to win the inaugural BetMGM Poker Championship on Sunday night at Aria.
Phil Ivey fell short of his 11th career World Series of Poker bracelet Saturday at the final table of the $250,000 buy-in Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em event.