Dan Smith achieved a lifelong goal as he claimed his first-ever World Series of Poker bracelet at Bally’s casino in Las Vegas last night. Winning the $25,000-entry Heads Up Championship for over $509,000 the charismatic Smith overcame German high roller regular Christoph Vogelsang to claim his maiden bracelet victory in a career laden with success.

After two more tournaments closed out the 2021 World Series of Poker, there was late drama across the Rio. Michael Addamo claimed the High Roller victory that confirms 2021 as the ‘Year of Addamo’, Boris Kolev won his first-ever bracelet and there was late drama in the WSOP Player of the Year race, which was… Continue reading WSOP 2021: Michael Addamo Wins $100,000 High Roller for $1.95m, Boris Kolev Closes Out Rio WSOP with Maiden Victory

In early 2019, having become one of the most respected heads-up No Limit Hold’em players in the world across a decade of high stakes online crushing, Kevin Rabichow decided to switch gears and commit his time and energy to live tournaments. Six months later, he finished second in the partypoker Millions Montreal $10K for $484,460.

After 23 prior attempts, high-stakes cash game pro Alexandros Kolonias finally broke through this week and made the final table of the weekly $10,300 buy-in GGPoker Super MILLION$. A hard-fought battle through a swingy and tough final table helped Kolonias erase all his prior Super MILLION$ frustrations by taking down the tournament and walking away… Continue reading Alexandros Kolonias Takes Down GGPoker Super MILLION$ For $438K

The final table of the World Poker Tour Rolling Thunder stop was not hurting for storylines before play began on Tuesday afternoon. Defending champion Erkut Yilmaz had a shot at going back-to-back. Jake Schwartz had another shot at his first WPT title at his sixth final table. Robert Heidorn, who bubbled the 2019 WSOP Main… Continue reading Tony Tran Crushes WPT Rolling Thunder Final Table for Second Title

Francois Billard has had a lot of success at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal over the course of his career, but Sunday night the Canadian poker pro put an exclamation point on all of them by winning the partypoker MILLIONS North America Main Event for a career-best $715,414 score.