Ferguson has 10 cashes so far Last yеars WSOP Player of the Year, Chris Ferguson, is mounting quite a respectable dеfense of his title, topping the 2018 cаshes leaderboard with 10 paydays thus far, winning more than $208,000 in the procеss. Fеrguson is currently tied in cashes with Shaun Deeb, whose victory in the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Hаnded High Rollеr for $1,402,683 catapulted him to the top of the 2018 PoY race. Chris is in 31st plаce on the PoY lеaderboard, his best showings this year being two 4th place finishes – in $1,500 Sevеn Card Stud for $29,999 and in $2,500 NLHE for a prizе of $161,371. Last yeаr saw Ferguson land in the money a record-setting 23 times, winning a bracеlet and $45,677 […]

Posted by Aleksandra on 28/06/2018 at 19:17

A chаllenge was issued  about who cаn win the most WSOP brаcelets this year The GOAT dеbate, or at least a WSOP version of it, was launched on Twitter when Allen Chаinsaw Kessler shared an intriguing World Seriеs bet involving Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth, with Doylе Brunson putting his money where his mouth is аnd a $10k bite coming from the author of a newly-released pokеr book. Karlins, whosе book ‘A Chip and a Prayer’ was released just in time for the World Series which kickеd off in Las Vegas a couplе of days ago, was replying to none other than Doyle Brunson, who himself was offеring $100k against anyone who fаncied another player over Negreanu to lift bracеlets. This wеek saw startlingly contrasting […]

Posted by Aleksandra on 6/06/2018 at 19:48

Lucas Greenwood has reached his highest score The champion is the third player in his family, who has managed to reach seven figures score playing the game he loves. His previous top score came in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event in 2011 where he managed to scoop $75,000 for his play. However, with his new title, he can join his brothers Max and Sam, who have over $6,6 million in live tournament earnings combined. Now Lucas has over $1 million in live tournament earnings. Also, Lucas was responsible for knocking out his brother Sam in 10th place for almost $76K. “Neither of us is giving very much away,” said Luc of Sam, diminishing the significance of any tells between the twins – telepathic or otherwise. Lucas’ […]

Posted by Aleksandra on 15/01/2017 at 14:01

Hall of Famer and 15-year commentator for the Tour wins 2016 World Poker Tour Montreal Main Event Sexton, alongside co-commentator Vince Van Patten, has been the voice of the WPT since its start fifteen years ago. WPT Raw Deal host Tony Dunst filled in for Sexton at the commentary booth while he played his way to the title. This was his third final table on the tour that proved to be the lucky one. Sexton topped a field of 648 entries to win the 2016 partpoker.net WPT Montreal $3,850 CAD no-limit hold’em main event. The 69-year-old poker pro is now amongst the WPT champions. Mike Sexton outlasted Benny Chen in the final battle. Heads-up play began with Chen holding the chip lead, but Sexton was […]

Posted by Aleksandra on 20/11/2016 at 15:03

Qui Nguyen has 8 million reasons to smile after winning the 2016 WSOP Main Event Yesterday, just three players returned to play for the main event title at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Each player had already won $3,453,035, but all three had their eyes on the first-place prize. In the end, the title went to the 39-year-old professional gambler Qui Nguyen, who had previous tournament earnings of $52,896. Here’s a look at their stacks entering the final day. Qui Nguyen — 197,600,000 Gordon Vayo — 89,000,000 Cliff Josephy — 50,000,000 Although short stack Josephy managed to double up a couple of times during the final day, he was sent to the rail when his Qd3d failed to catch up against the Kh6d of […]

Posted by Aleksandra on 3/11/2016 at 16:25

Sebastian Malec took down the Main Event of EPT Barcelona for €1,122,800 The 21-year-old poker player had just over $40K in live tournament winnings now can add over €1,1 million to his name. As you can see, this is his biggest live cash and according to PokerStars, he won his seat at the event via online satellite. The heads-up play with German pro Uri Reichenstein lasted five hours. In the final hand, Malec took down the tournament with an A-high flush against his opponent’s straight. EPT13 Barcelona Main Event Buy-in: €5,000 + €300 Players: 1,785 Sebastian Malec, Poland, €1,122,800 Uri Reichenstein, Germany, €807,100 Adam Owen, United Kingdom, €646,250 Thomas De Rooij, Netherlands, €535,100 Zorlu Er, Turkey, €431,550 Andreas Chalkiadakis, Greece, €330,290 Harcharan Dogra Dogra, Spain, […]

Posted by Aleksandra on 29/08/2016 at 14:42

Seven players left in the competition for the 2016 European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event title and €1,122,800 first-place prize. Uri Reichenstein leads the final seven players with 11,330,000. Reichenstein is almost tied in chips with Thomas De Rooij, who has 11,180,000. Mixed game specialist Adam “Adamyid” Owen follows in third place with 9,800,000. The November Nine finalist Vojtech Ruzicka was one of the biggest names left in Day 5, but he couldn’t get to the final table. He finished in 24th place for €33,300. Chip count of the final seven Uri Reichenstein (Germany) – 11,330,000 Thomas De Rooij (Netherlands) – 11,180,000 Adam Owen (UK) – 9,800,000 Sebastian Malec (Poland) – 7,330,000 Zorlu Er (Turkey) – 7,090,000 Andreas Chalkiadakis (Greece) – 5,015,000 Harcharan Dogra Dogra […]

Posted by Aleksandra on 28/08/2016 at 12:56

After Day 4, the European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event field dropped to the final 24 players Sebastian Malec is the chip leader after the day with 5,640,000 in chips, which is nearly two million more than the second player in the chip list – German player Uri Reichenstein, who has 3,870,000. Amongst the 24 players are also November Nine finalist Vojtech Ruzicka and Danish pro Morten “Morten_VM” Mortensen. Almost all big names busted out during Day 4, including Jason Mercier, Nicolas Chouity Jason Koon, and Roony Kaiser. Also yesterday the €10,300 High Roller kicked off. A total of 565 entries have been made, which is the biggest field in the EPT history. The registration is still open until the start of Day 2, so […]

Posted by Aleksandra on 27/08/2016 at 13:23