Five players won bracelets on the busiest day of action at the WSOP so far in 2023. The summer caught fire in Las Vegas at both the Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris casinos as Jans Arends took a thrilling high roller final table for his first-ever live WSOP win, denying another man his first bracelet… Continue reading WSOP 2023: Jans Arends Crushes $100k High Roller for First-Ever WSOP Bracelet and $2.5 million

The 2019 World Series of Poker is almost here. It’s the 50th annual WSOP and there’s a lot of anticipation of what’s to come this summer. One player who always looks forward to the summer is Phil Hellmuth. He’s the poker player with the most WSOP gold bracelets (15) and most WSOP cashes (134), plus… Continue reading Holding All the Records, Phil Hellmuth Enters 2019 WSOP Wanting More

2019 marks the 50th annual World Series of Poker. The most prestigious poker festival in history has played a pivotal role in creating many of the legends and superstars of the game. To commemorate the occasion, PocketFives editorial staff each ranked the top 50 players in WSOP history in an effort to define and rank… Continue reading Ranking the 50 Greatest Players in World Series of Poker History

It’s Christmas Eve for poker players. Or, if you want to borrow from the more contemporary metaphor, it’s the day before Poker Summer Camp officially kicks off. Poker players from around the world have been flooding into Las Vegas over the past week to get settled and ready for the 2018 World Series of Poker. 

The World Series of Poker is the largest festival in the poker world for both their No Limit and Mixed Game offerings. Buy-ins reaching up to $50,000 for non-Hold’em games can only be found at the Rio for seven weeks every summer. These events often have a great impact on the WSOP Player of the… Continue reading 2018 WSOP Preview: Here Come the Mixed Game Heroes

This year’s World Series of Poker Europe begins Thursday at King’s Casino in Rosvadov, Czech Republic and along with it the race for the 2017 WSOP Player of the Year is enters its final lap. Players have 11 bracelet events left in which they can rack up cashes and add-on to their current point totals… Continue reading Chris Ferguson Leads WSOP POY Race Headed Into WSOP Europe

The 2017 World Series of Poker Player of the Year race has had more than a handful of leaders and even more controversy over who the real leader should be over the last six weeks. Current frontrunner John Monnette doesn’t care much for the controversy, but he’s clearly doing everything in his power to hold… Continue reading WSOP: POY Frontrunner John Monnette Showing No Signs of Slowing Down

While a number of the bigger names were expected to make it to the Rio Monday for Day 1C of the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event, most people were simply watching to see how many players were going to play. In the end, Day 1C turned out to be a record-setting-day with 4,262… Continue reading WSOP: Massive Day 1C Field Leads to Third Largest Main Event Ever

Through the first 20 events or so at the 2017 World Series of Poker, one of emerging themes is the number of bracelets being won by players who already have won from a previous year. That trend continued on Wednesday with John Monnette winning his third career bracelet. That was the only bracelet awarded on… Continue reading WSOP: John Monnette Takes Down $10K No Limit Deuce for Third Bracelet

There was just one bracelet awarded Monday at the 2017 World Series of Poker as a mixed game grinder who got oh-so-close to winning one last year, finally got his hands on poker’s most desired piece of jewelry. That might have been the only bracelet handed out, but there was plenty of other action including… Continue reading WSOP: Ron Ware Gets 8 Game Redemption with Bracelet Win

The second weekend of the 2017 World Series of Poker has come to an end, so while you sip your Monday morning coffee and prepare yourself for another week, why not catch up on all of Sunday’s action from the Rio?

The Rio hosted one 2016 World Series of Poker final table – the last Stud event on the schedule and the vaunted $5,000 No Limit Hold’em event brings six players to final table Friday. Registration closed on Day 2 in the $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller, the Tag Team event has nine remaining and… Continue reading WSOP: Dark Horse David Prociak Wins $1,500 Stud Hi-Lo Bracelet

The 2016 World Series of Poker could have sold some expensive seats in the Amazon Room as the final table of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship crowned a repeat champ, though not the one many expected. The $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller Day 1 field watching the final table while the rest of the… Continue reading WSOP: Brian Rast Defeats Justin Bonomo for Second $50K PPC Title

One of the largest tournaments in the history of the World Series of Poker began on Thursday, as a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Monster Stack drew 7,862 entrants. Two flights occurred during the day, the first attracting 4,020 players, the most the Rio could handle at one time. The second flight drew nearly the same… Continue reading WSOP Monster Stack Event Draws 7,862 Entrants