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Kevin Eyster Wins Event #24: $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em

Event #24: $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em attracted 541 runners who battled it out for four days of play until a winner had been crowned. Kevin Eyster, a poker pro originally from Louisiana now residing in Denver, received the $622,998 first-place prize (his largest live tournament cash to date) and his first gold coveted bracelet for the accomplishment!

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Here Are The Winners of Event #24 - #30

This event saw 470 runners who battled it out for 3 days and 28 levels of play until a winner had been crowned. After defeating Thomas "Thunder" Keller heads up, John Kabbaj was awarded his second gold bracelet and $267,327 in prize money!

Read more » John Kabbaj Wins Event #25: Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

Iraj Parvizi, a 48-year-old wealthy Iranian-Born financier, is currently taking legal action against Les Ambassadeurs Casino. Parvizi is requesting the London casino to pay him back the £10,000,000 he has lost over the past 4 years in high-stakes poker games in which he claims to have been cheated out of money by poker pros.

Read more » £10,000,000 Lawsuit Against London Casino

Kory Kilpatrick Wins Event #20: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

At the beginning of the final day on Tuesday, 10 players had a decent chance of taking down Event #20: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. Three players, Taylor Pair, Chris Bell and Phill Galfond, were looking to win their second bracelet, but at the end of it all it was Kory Kilpatrick from Georgia who had all the chips. In total, Kilpatrick bested a field of 389 players over three days of play to capture his first gold bracelet and $254,891 in prize money!

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Here Are The Winners Of Event #20-23

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Dan Heimiller Wins Event #17: Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship

Dan Heimiller brought one of the bigger stacks into the third and final day of the biggest Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship in history! In total, the tournament saw 4,425 entries and Heimiller bested the final 32 players after almost 10 hours of play on Sunday (the third day).

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Another Three Bracelets Have Been Awarded

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest.

I am a semi-pro poker player and an author. I am currently working on several projects for publication, and will be discussing them on occasion in this blog. If you are a fan then I warn you, from time to time there will be spoiler book ideas discussed.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 21)

Gregory Kolo Wins Event #12: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em ($169,225)

On Friday, Gregory Kolo came into the $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em final table as the chip leader, partly thanks to him knocking out former November Niner Phil Collins close to the end of play on Day 2.

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Here Are The Latest Winners...

A lot was at stake for Mr. Daniel Negreanu on the final table of the Event #13: No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball, given that he could win his 7th gold bracelet but also because he and Phil Ivey have accepted large bets on whether they will win a bracelet this summer. And to make things extra exciting, Negreanu made it to heads-up against Paul Volpe after a few hours of play...

Read more » 2014 WSOP Paul Volpe Denies Negreanu His 7th Bracelet In Event #13

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Jonathan Dimming Wins Event #8: Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em

The Millionaire Maker event ($1,500 buy-in) saw a record field of 7,977 entries that created a massive $10,768,950 prize pool! After 4 days of play, including the final table that lasted for 12 hours of play!, Jonathan Dimming from Buffalo, New York, had all the chips in play and received an incredible $1,319,587 along with his first gold bracelet.

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Brief Recaps Of Event #8, #10 & #11

American Jeffrey Smith from Encinitas, California has just laid hands on the $323,125 top prize and his very first gold coveted WSOP bracelet after besting a field of 1,940 players over 3 days of play! Smith defeated his final opponent, Danny Nguyen, after an extremly tight heads-up battle that lasted for three hours.

In the final hand, Smith raised to 160k and Nguyen pushed all in. Smith called right away and turned over A9, Nguyen showed Q6. The board ran out 935910 and Smith won the final hand of the tournament with three of a kind nines. Danny Nguyen received $199,829 for his runner-up finish.

In May 2009, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow released his autobiography Check-Raising the Devil, a book that has it all: drugs, sex, partying, jail, suicidal depression, bipolar bouts and world champion poker. From the beginning the plan was to make a weekly TV-series of Check-Raising the Devil, but now it seems like it will be made into a movie instead!

The fact is that the production company 1984 Professional Defence Contractors (The Grey with Liam Neeson, Killing Them Softly with Brad Pit, etc.) already has started working on the photoplay of his book! It will be produced by Adi Shakar, Spencer Silna and David Islan, and apparently they have had talks with potential actors for the movie. According to a Swedish poker site, Mike Matusow said in an interview at the 2014 WSOP that Nicolas Cage is interested in the role as him!

Vanessa Selbst Wins Event #2: Mixed Max No-Limit Hold'em

Although Jason Mo dominated a great part of the final heads-up match of Event #2: Mixed Max No-Limit Hold'em, it was Vanessa Selbst who stood tall as the winner at the end of all! Besides the top prize of $871,148 (She now has over $10 million in career live tournament earnings), Selbst received her third WSOP gold bracelet for besting a field of 131 entries! Jason Mo received $538,308 for his second place finish, which was his third runner-up finish in a WSOP event since 2010!

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Here Are The Winners Of Event #2 - #7

After 3 intensive days of play, the $500 Casino Employees Event came to an end with Roland Reparejo as the winner! Reparejo, who's been playing this tournament several times in the past few years, bested a field of 876 players to lay hands on his first gold bracelet (2014 WSOP's first bracelet) and an $82,835 payday! 

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Roland Reparejo Wins The First Bracelet Of The Summer!

The long wait is finally over as the 2014 WSOP is under way in Las Vegas (the first bracelet winner should be announced shortly here on the news section)! Unfortunately, some poker pros onsite have had a nightmare start to the increadible tournament series as laptops, cash and other items have been stolen from their rooms at the Rio All-Suite Las Vegas Hotel in the past 2-3 days.

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Several Thefts at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino

Although the top tennis players in the world train several hours a day when they aren't playing matches and traveling, there are times when a break is required. A couple of days ago, Rafael Nadal, Juan Monaco, Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco took some time away from Roland Garros (French Open) to play some poker.

Read more » A Little Break From Tennis

Approximately two weeks ago, poker superstar Sorel Mizzi announced via twitter that he had laid a 3:1 bet for $10k that he could swim from Ipanema Beach (Rio, Brazil) to one of the islands about 5km away.

Mizzi asked his followers on twitter for training advice after the annoucement: "anyone have any insight / training advice ?  I use to swim quite a bit when I was a kid but haven't swam in a while and a bit out of shape."

Read more » Sorel Mizzi's 5km Swim Challenge

The long wait in soon over as the 2014 World Series of Poker begins tomorrow! The 45th annual WSOP runs between May 27 and July 14, 2014 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and a total of 65 events are on the schedule, including the Main Event with its massive $10,000,000 guarantee put aside for the winner this year and the $1M buy-in charity event BIG ONE for ONE DROP!

We will do our outmost to keep all of you updated on the latest bracelet winners and the latest "gossip" from the 2014 WSOP! Stay tuned! 

Welcome mobsters, if you are reading this blog for the very first time, I thank you for your initial interest. I think that if you give it a little time, you will find something that will peak your interest.

I am a semi-pro poker player and an author. I am currently working on several projects for publication, and will be discussing them on occasion in this blog. If you are a fan then I warn you, from time to time there will be spoiler book ideas discussed.

Read more » Poker Tips, Bankroll Management and More (PART 20)

The 2014 World Series of Poker features 65 unique events and will run May 27 - July 14. Two players that will be fighting extra hard for a bracelet this summer are Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey.

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Accepting Bets On Neither Of Them Winning a Gold Bracelet...

In the aftermath of Black Friday, Kristin Wilson saw a great opportunity and grabbed it. The native Floridian, ex pro surfer turned real-estate entrepreneur, embarked on a new adventure that would result in more or less constant travelling across the Americas and Europe - all in the name of online poker.

Poker Refugees has made it their business to offer poker players help to relocate to friendlier and more tolerant online gambling jurisdictions and provide the assistance to make the move as easy as possible. The Poker Refugees team is spread out all over the globe and will make sure that clients will adjust to their new location smoothly and hassle-free in order to be able to focus on what they came there to do – play online poker.

The services that Poker Refugees are providing for the soon-to-be-in-exile poker players includes everything from practical help in sorting out accommodation, internet providers and contact with the local poker community to referrals to local lawyers, accountants and any other specialized professionals that might come in handy.

Kristin and her team is primarily operating on the American and European continent. Some of the more popular destinations where Poker Refugees has been relocating poker players to are Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Malta, Holland, Hungary, Dominican Republic and the United Kingdom.
BankrollMob had the great pleasure to ask Kristin a few questions about Poker Refugees, the past, the present and the future.

Read more » Poker Refugees: Crossing borders to get in the game!

In 2013, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (played in Florida) $5,300 buy-in Main Event drew a massive 2,384 entries thanks to a successful multi-day re-entry format, plus, of course, a $10,000,000 guarantee!

At the end of it all, Blair Hinkle, a 27-year-old pro from Kansas City, Missouri, emerged victorious (Defeated Justin Bonomo heads-up) to lay hands on $1.7m in prize money from the total prize pool of $11.9m!

Read more » $10m Guarantee Main Event Returns in August...

Poker Hall Of Fame member and Team PokerStars Pro Barry Greenstein has been around the poker scene (with huge success) for a very long time and many consider him a living legend thanks to his contributions to the game. Already back in 1991, Barry made so much money playing poker that he was able to retire from his day job to become a full-time poker pro instead.

Read more » Barry Greenstein On Re-Entry Tournaments & More...

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Read more » Important Update: Changes in Dafa Poker's exclusive BRM satellite schedule!