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Fedor Holz Wins WSOP $111,111 High Roller for One Drop

German poker pro wins his first WSOP bracelet and $4,981,775 The 22-year-old poker pro has won his fifth title of the year. He defeated a field of 183 players to win his first bracelet and the first-place prize of $4,981,775. “Normally I am good with words, but this time, I really don’t know what to say. I just feel so overwhelmed, and I didn’t think that it would be like this. I just feel like I’m in heaven right now,” said Holz after his win. This was his third seven-figure tournament score this year. He has made 13 table and cashed for $14,517,350. His lifetime earnings are now over $18 million and put him in ninth place on the all-time money list. Holz came into […]

Man Donates $10,000 Ladies Championship

It was bound to happen, the first man in the $10,000 Ladies Championship is there On Friday started the “$10,000” Ladies Championship, but the majority of the players posted $1,000 to play. Starting in 2013, the event is an official $10k Championship, but women got $9,000 discount to play. This was made as a way to discourage men from playing the tournament. As we know, since 2013 there was not a single man in this tournament. This year the strike was broken by Tony Ruberto, who paid $10k to participate in the event. He was sitting at the same table as Karina Jett, and she posted a photo of him on Twitter. According to her, Ruberto lost a prop bet and entered the event. This […]

Brian Rast Wins $50,000 Poker Player Championship

34-year-old wins the event for the second time, earning a third bracelet and $1,296,097 Brian Rast is the second person in history to win the $50,000 Championship twice. “This is what I have chosen to do with my life,” Rast told WSOP.com after the win. “I would be dishonest if I were to say that I haven’t thought about my place in the game. I could have done a lot of things with my life when I was in my early twenties. I chose poker. And I do care. I don’t care what other people in the world think, but I care what other poker professionals think. I take poker seriously and where my legacy is and how my peers think of me is a […]

Hung Le Wins Crazy Eights Championship For $888,888

Vietnamese immigrant has won the Crazy Eights Championship at 2016 WSOP How fitting that Hung Le, a Vietnamese immigrant won the tournament at the 2016 WSOP on the Fourth of July. Le had never previously played in a major tournament, and this is also his first cash in a poker event. “I tried to come out to Las Vegas to get lucky,” Le said after winning the event. In one of the hands of the heads-up match, Le raised preflop with Q-3s to 600,000 on the BTN and Michael Lech re-raised to 1,300,000. Le shoved, and Lech called him with A-To. Le was able to catch a three on the river and doubled up his stack. “It’s the only way I can beat him – […]

Safiya Umerova Wins Event#50

Two days ago Kristen Bicknell became the first woman with a bracelet from the 2016 WSOP and last night Safiya Umerova grabbed the second one But last night this number has grown, when Safiya Umerova won Event#50 $1,500 Shootout. She was able to defeat Neil Farrell heads-up to win her first bracelet and $264,046. The heads-up game started with Farrell in lead, but Umerova doubled up several times and changed this. In the final hand, when Farrell moved all-in with queen-high, Umerova called with Ah 6h and hit an ace on the flop. Umerova improved to a flush on the river and Farrell hit the rail. “Because I wasn’t sure if I even deserved to have one. I’ve only been playing poker seriously for a year,“ […]

George Danzer Wins Fourth Career Bracelet

George Danzer won the $10,000 Stud Eight-Or-Better event for $338,646 The 33-year-old German pro won one more bracelet after topping a field of 136 players in the $10,000 Stud Eight-Or-Better event at the 2016 WSOP. With his earning of almost $400k, Danzer reached more than $2,6 million in career tournament winnings. His first three bracelets came in 2014 in Stud Eight-Or-Better, Razz, and Eight-Game Mix. With four WSOP bracelets, he broke a tie with Dominik Nitsche for the most titles by a German player. “It’s not like you win three every year. That’s tough to do,” Danzer said. “Last year was a brick year for me, so this is becoming a much better year, so far. Everybody always tries to race for bracelets. But we […]

Phillip McAllister Wins WSOP Event #42

22-year-old pro Phillip McAllister won his first WSOP bracelet in $3,000 NLHE Shootout event for $267,720 McAllister, who has been playing online as “Grindation”, has online winnings of $2 million. Earlier this year, he made his biggest live score for his third place at the PCA Main Event, which brought him $356k. This WSOP winning brought him his second 6-figure live score. He had to top a field of 400 players throughout three days of action. The final table wasn’t easy with names such as Stephen Chidwick, Faraz Jaka, Maria Ho, and Kyle Montgomery. A bit surprising but none of the players at the final table have a bracelet in their careers. After quick eliminations, Montgomery grabbed the chip lead with 3,8 chips over McAllister […]

Benny Glaser Wins Bracelet #2

In four days the 27-year-old pro won two bracelets from Omaha events The UK pro scooped a bracelet in Event #26 $1500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better and right after came to the $10,000 Omaha Championship to beat the best of the best players and take his second bracelet from the 2016 WSOP. Last night, Glaser came into the 3-handed battle with a slight chip lead over his opponents – Doug Lorgeree and Matt Glantz. The start wasn’t that good for him as he lost several pots in a roll and dropped to 1,7 million chips, while Glantz moved up to 2,7 million and Lorgeree became the new leader with 4 million in front of him. However, Glaser managed to win several huge pots that […]