After a $1.2 million score, Shaun Deeb said he plans to eventually have the most World Series of Poker bracelets, though it could take “a decade or two.”
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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.
Gershon Distenfeld, who reached the WSOP Main Event final table last year, is donating his six-figure prize from the $1,500 No-limit Hold’em Shootout.
The World Series of Poker has added starting flights to the $10,000 buy-in Main Event with the U.S. set to loosen international travel restrictions.
Phil Hellmuth packed what would be a lifetime of accomplishments for most players into the first three weeks of the World Series of Poker at the Rio.
Michael Addamo won his fourth major title in a little over a month, claiming the $50,000 buy-in High Roller No-limit Hold’em at the World Series of Poker.
Adam Friedman became the first person to win the same WSOP event three times in a row, defeating Phil Hellmuth heads-up early Thursday at the Rio.
Layne Flack, who died in July at age 52, is nominated alongside seven other top players and two other industry figures for the Poker Hall of Fame.
Hellmuth, the 1989 WSOP Main Event champion, now has six more bracelets than his next closest rivals — Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan and Phil Ivey.
Lara Eisenberg, a radiologist from Maryland, won the $1,000 buy-in Ladies No-limit Hold’em Championship on Thursday at the Rio.
Daniel Lazrus won $1 million — the biggest first prize so far at this year’s WSOP — in the $1,500 buy-in Millionaire Maker on Wednesday at the Rio.
John Monnette won the $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship at the World Series of Poker, defeating political polling analyst Nate Silver heads-up.
Nate Silver, founder of the website FiveThirtyEight.com, is among the final 10 players in the $10,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em Championship at the Rio.
High-stakes standout Jason Koon won the $25,000 buy-in Head-up No-limit Hold’em Championship at the World Series of Poker at the Rio.
Long Ma, a 35-year-old from Dallas, cut through his last four opponents to win the $500 buy-in The Reunion No-limit Hold’em event Tuesday at the Rio.