Winning a WSOP Circuit Ring is often seen as a platform to winning WSOP bracelets. There are more rings around than bracelets, they cost less bucks to enter. But over the past few years, a rivalry has developed at the top of the all-time list of WSOP Circuit ring winners that has enthralled the poker… Continue reading Ari Engel Ties the Lead in WSOP Circuit Victories After Two in One Week

This week the World Series of Poker Main Event, in all its glory, returns to the Rio for what is strongly rumored to be the very last time. Thousands of players – both pros and recs – will pony up the $10,000 buy-in in hopes that after more than two weeks, it will be they… Continue reading First-Round Picks: The 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event

Two new WSOP bracelet winners were crowned as Lara Eisenberg won the Ladies Championship and Dalibor Dula won a $1,000 Freezeout event, with more gold grabbed by first-timers in both cases.

The 2019 WSOP Global Casino Championship crowned its winner on Thursday as Ryan Eriquezzo bested the 128 player field of WSOP Circuit grinders to capture his historic second career national title, a World Series of Poker bracelet, and the $279,431 first-place prize.

Take a quick look at Isaac Haxton‘s live tournament results over the past few years and you might be surprised by the lack of first place finishes. Considered by many on the high roller scene to be one of the best poker players on the planet, Haxton hasn’t won a tournament since January 2017.

One look at #WSOP gives even those with the slightest interest in poker a severe case of FOMO. The first week of the 49th Annual World Series of Poker had it all. Big names fighting for multimillion-dollar scores and players mixing it up both on and off-the-felt.

As the final days of 2017 slowly tick by, it’s time to take a look back at the year in poker. Over the last 10 days of the year, PocketFives is taking readers on a trip back in time to recap the last 12 months in a fun and unique way. To date we’ve gone… Continue reading 2017 in Review: Accusations & Insults Ignite The Year In Grudges

Christian Pham once registered for a World Series of Poker tournament by mistake and won it. On Sunday, Pham made all the right moves to end Day 6 of the 2017 WSOP Main Event and ended up as the chip leader with just 27 players remaining. Pham’s move up the chip counts came at the… Continue reading WSOP: Christian Pham Soars to Day 6 Chip Lead; 27 Remain

Seven weeks ago, on the opening day of the 2017 World Series of Poker, Maurice Hawkins told the world that he was going to win $7 million this summer. He’s a had decent enough summer so far, with four cashes for $271,608, but if he’s going to hit that number, he’s got only one option… Continue reading WSOP: Maurice Hawkins Back in Las Vegas, Ready to Win the Main Event

Just a few weeks ago, Maurice Hawkins was telling the world his plan to win $7 million this summer at the World Series of Poker. Now he’s not only planning on that, but he’s going to take down Player of the Year and the Main Event in the next couple of weeks. But first he’s… Continue reading WSOP: Maurice Hawkins Ready to Hit Home Run in Monster Stack

In the previous installment of 50 Days and 50 Nights with Maurice Hawkins, the 10-time WSOP Circuit ring winner was cruising his way through the Marathon and appeared to be on track to win his first WSOP bracelet and pick up his biggest career score. That’s not what happened though. Maurice Hawkins finished Day 4… Continue reading WSOP: Verbal Scrap, Early Bustout Highlight Maurice Hawkins’ Week

In the first installments of 50 Days and 50 Nights, we introduced you to 10-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Maurice Hawkins and talked about his first 10 days at the 2017 World Series of Poker. Things weren’t going well then, but the last few days has brought about a real change, or two. For the… Continue reading WSOP: Maurice Hawkins Within Arms Reach of Bracelet #1 in Marathon

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

Saturday saw two gold bracelets won at the 2017 World Series of Poker. It also saw two events with massive fields record another day in the books. Without further ado, here’s a run through all of Saturday’s action.

In the first installment of 50 Days and 50 Nights, we introduced you to 10-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Maurice Hawkins and went over his blueprint for finding success at the 2017 World Series of Poker. Now it’s time to talk about the first week, how he’s feeling and what he’s looking forward to. It’s… Continue reading WSOP: No Cashes, Some Boredom Lead Maurice Hawkins to ‘Fun It Up’