I F*cked Up is a PocketFives series where the game’s best tell stories of where they got it wrong. Mistakes happen every day in poker and let these players be the first to tell you it happens to everyone. Before making the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event final table, Bruno Politano was a… Continue reading I F*cked Up: 888poker’s Bruno Politano Punts It Off Three-Handed

We are at the approximate halfway point of our 888poker World Series of Poker Main event satellite series and now at Step 3. The buy ins are starting to get more serious as $1 now marks the entry fee to hop on the ladder.

Nicolau Villa-Lobos has made a deep run in the World Series of Poker Main Event, he posted a runner-up finish to Mike Watson in the stacked High Roller field at the 2013 WSOP Europe series, but rather than travel the globe seeking only the toughest competition at the higher stakes, Villa-Lobos spends much of his… Continue reading Nicolau Villa-Lobos Growing Poker at Home While Seeing the World

Bruno Kawauti Talks Planning for the Future, and Predicting it Too There are not many things where, if you take 15th place, your life is going to completely change. That is the beauty of the World Series of Poker Main Event tough. Ever since Brasil’s Bruno Kawauti finished 15th in 2013, his life, his priorities,… Continue reading Brazil’s Bruno Kawauti Turning “Sick Dreams” into Reality

Last week, 888 Pokerhosted the PocketFives Open. We had well over 200 players enter including two 888 sponsored pros: Bruno Politano (pictured) and Sofia Lovgren. The former finished eighth in last year’s World Series of Poker Main Event and said of that experience, “It was the best experience of my life. It was amazing! I… Continue reading 888 Pro Bruno Politano: “My Advice is Study, Study, Study”

On Monday, the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event will resume from Las Vegas with the November Nine. The short stack in the room will be Brazil’s Bruno Politano, but according to WSOP officials, he’ll have the largest rail in the Penn and Teller Theaterat 120 friends and family (and potentially more). He’ll be… Continue reading Heads-Up with WSOP November Niner Bruno Politano

If you’re thinking of heading to the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio on Monday for the long-awaited restart of the World Series of Poker Main Event or are planning on watching the gala unfold on television, expect “the craziest year yet,” according to Caesars Interactive Entertainment Vice President Seth Palansky.

We’re coming down to the wire in the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event, which has 17 players remaining at the time of writing and will determine its November Nine this evening from the Rio in Las Vegas. Play began with 27 still standing at Noon Pacific Time on Monday and consolidated to two… Continue reading 17 Players Remain in WSOP Main Event, Martin Jacobson Leads

Brazil’s Bruno Politano finished Day 5 of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event with 5,475,000 in chips, which was good enough for fourth place with 79 players remaining.