A stunning day of poker inside the Horseshoe and Paris casinos saw ten bracelet events progress and the final nine players in the Main Event reached in style. As the dust settled on a phenomenal day of poker, American player Adam Walton led the World Championship with nine players remaining. A $12.1 million top prize… Continue reading WSOP 2023: Final Table Reached in Main Event, Alex Kulev Claims $2 million Top Prize in $50,000 High Roller

This week, the WSOP Main Event kicks off at the 54th annual World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris casinos in Las Vegas. With plenty of other events to get your teeth into as well, it will be a life-changing week for many players as the great and good battle to reach the… Continue reading What’s Happening in Week 6 of the World Series of Poker?

The World Series of Poker returns this summer and the 54th Annual WSOP is ging to be bigger and better than ever before.

From the hopeful amateur to the World Series of Poker Main Event winner, every tournament poker player knows what it’s like to grind a short stack. Down to 15 big blinds, whoever they are will be looking to bounce back into the game and today’s 15 Bigs participant is no different. In fact, he’s come… Continue reading 15 Bigs: Ryan Riess

The structure for the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event has been released. From previous announcements, we know that the amount of starting chips went from 50,000 in 2018 to 60,000 in 2019, a big blind ante format will be used and registration has been extended until the start of Day 2. Now, let’s dive… Continue reading 2019 WSOP Structure Breakdown: The Main Event

Poker Summer Camp 2018 has come to a close. The 49th annual World Series of Poker is officially in the books and, as time passes, this year will be remembered for the wild one it was. Thousands of players flooded the halls of the Rio All Suites & Casino in search of their slice of… Continue reading The 2018 WSOP Provided Some Moments That Won’t Soon Be Forgotten

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

What are you supposed to expect when the event you grew up watching is suddenly live and in front of your own eyes? Scott Blumstein saw Chris Moneymaker win the Main Event when he was a teenager but never thought he’d make it to the poker’s biggest stage in his first ever attempt. Neither did… Continue reading 3 Glorious Days: The Scott Blumstein Main Event Final Table Rail

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Day 4 of the WSOP Main Event proved to be a moving day of sorts as less than 300 of the 1,084 players who entered the day moved on to Day 5. Scott ‘Sblum2711’ Blumstein started Day 4 top-10 in chips and maintained his stack around the 2,000,000 mark all day and will bring approximately… Continue reading WSOP: Scott Blumstein Enters Day 5 Refreshed and Relaxed

If you look in the Brasilia Room at Joe McKeehen’s Main Event title banner, you see a man holding up the championship bracelet with a $7.6 million smile on his face. Behind the pile of money and glory are another man who helped to finance McKeehen’s buy in and the entry fee for at least… Continue reading WSOP: Gjergj Sinishtaj is the Piece Buying King of The Main Event

Over 7,000 entrants jumped in this year’s WSOP Main Event and roughly half of them returned Wednesday for Day 2C. Mike Azzaro is one of those players and is making his second straight Day 2 appearance. Last summer, Azzaro made a Day 5 run that wound up with him earning his best tournament result from… Continue reading WSOP: Mike Azzaro Comes Into Day 2C With a Chance to Save his Summer

Last year at this time, David ‘dehhhhh’ Coleman was another New Jersey online grinder looking to move up in the virtual world. Fast forward a year later, and Coleman is the #1 on ranked player in the state and among the first players to break 100,000 on Day 1C of the World Series of Poker… Continue reading WSOP: NJ Grinder David Coleman Hoping for Rookie Main Event Success

Poker tournament professionals are keenly aware of the fact that downswings are inevitable. The duration of them is a complete unknown but when they hit, there is no telling when the sun will shine once again. Mike Azzaro struggles continue this summer as he’s only put together a ledger of $3,850 in tournament earnings. July… Continue reading WSOP: Mike Azzaro Keeps His Summer Hopes Alive By Playing The Long Game

So you’ve made it through Step 1 of the 888poker World Series of Poker Main Eventsatellite program and now you’re wondering what’s next. Or, you’ve decided to jump in at Step 2. Either way, your Main Event qualification journey continues at the near rock-bottom price of 10 cents. Yes, just a dime can qualify you… Continue reading How to Qualify For the 2017 WSOP Main Event for Just $0.10