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Craig Varnell managed to defeat a massive player field of 2,419 entries to win his first ever bracelet in Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha event for $181,790. This was his third final-table finish at the WSOP series.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha won by Craig Varnell for $181,790

The scheduled 3-day event had to extend one more, fourth day in order for a top winner to be determined, and in the end it was Adam Friedman who took down Event #18: $10,000 Dealer's Choice 6-Handed Championship, outlasting a total field of 111 entries to win the prize money of $293,275 and his second-career WSOP bracelet.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed won by Adam Friedman for $293,275

Bulgarian poker pro Ognyan Dimov was the last man standing in a player field of 1,663 entries in this year's WSOP Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed event, obtaining his first-ever gold bracelet and the $378,743 top prize. He is the third Bulgarian poker player in history to ever win a WSOP title, next to fellow countrymen Nick Jivkov and Simeon Naydenov.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed won by Ognyan Dimov for $378,743

It really appears that Justin Bonomo is an unstoppable force in his quest to earn more money and to add another bracelet to his name in this year's WSOP events.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #16: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship won by Justin Bonomo for $185,965

Nicky Palma, a New York poker pro, has been accused by fellow poker pro, Tim Reilly, for scamming backers. In addition to this, he is also being accused by his poker player ex-girlfriend, Stephanie Hubbard, for sexual assault and battery.

Read more » Poker Pro Nicky Palma Accused of Scamming Players and Sexual Assault

This is the first WSOP bracelet ever for the Russian part-time poker player, and Zhigalov said he has dreamed about winning his first one since he was 16. After 3 long days with more than 14 hours of poker play, Russian Andrey Zhigalov has won his first-ever WSOP gold bracelet this past weekend in Event #15 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. for a memorable $202,787 payout after a grueling heads-up battle against Timothy Frazin.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Event won by Andrey Zhigalov for $202,787

Back in 2015, Daniel Ospina finished runner-up (second place) in the WSOP $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Deuce-to-Seven Lowball event. Little did he knew that three years after, this 2018 is going to be the year that he will finally get his very first gold bracelet and he'll be the first WSOP bracelet winner for his home country, Colombia.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #14: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw won by Daniel Ospina, the First Colombian ever to win a WSOP event, for $87,678

At the WSOP, there will never be a shortage of first times for anything and everything. Event #13: Big Blind Antes $1,500 NLHE, an event that was held for its very first time at the WSOP, had been bagged by Benjamin Moon, who was happy to take home his first-ever gold WSOP bracelet plus a sweet sum of $315,346 first-place cash prize, his reward for outlasting a total of 1,306 entries.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #13: Big Blind Antes $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em won by Benjamin Moon for $315,346

At its fourth consecutive run at the annual WSOP, on late evening of Thursday last week, the $565 buy-in COLOSSUS has finally wrapped up, and the one who managed to win the event's bracelet and $1 million first-place prize money was Roberly Felicio, a Brazilian restaurant owner.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #7: COLOSSUS $565 No-Limit Hold'em won by Roberly Felicio for $1 Million

American poker player Jeremy Harkin outlasted a player field of 406 entrants, finally earning his very first WSOP bracelet in his entire poker career and a nice sum of $129,882 as his prize money on Event #12: $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #12: $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed won by Jeremy Harkin for $129K

The 2018 WSOP's first Championship event has concluded, and the victor is American poker pro Paul Volpe, who claimed his third bracelet after dominating Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship for $417,921.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship won by Paul Volpe for $417,921

We're starting to think that Justin Bonomo is just yawning as he won yet another high roller event in just 4 days...

A mere few days has passed after Justin Bonomo shelled out five $25K buy-ins to win $350,000 in the Aria High Roller on May 31st, he shelled out yet again two more expensive buy-ins in the same edition on June 3rd, earning a sweet $310,500 in the end!

Read more » Justin Bonomo wins $310K and Second $25K Aria High Roller in 4 Days

It was last year's WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship that Johannes Becker finished runner-up (2nd place), but this year the German is no more settling for second best after he managed to defeat Scott Seiver to win Event #8 $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball for $180,455.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #8: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball won by Johannes Becker for $180,455

The first-ever edition of the 2018 WSOP $100,000 buy-in NLHE event that attracted a total of 105 players has been won by Nick Petrangelo, who acquired his second WSOP gold bracelet and the awesome first-place prize money of $2,910,227!

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #5: $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em won by Nick Petrangelo for $2.9 Million

It was a great weekend for Julien Martini at this year's WSOP as he became the very first non-American poker player to win a gold bracelet after a tough heads-up match with Kate Hoang in Event #4 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better. He won his very first WSOP title bracelet plus a sweet $239,771 prize money.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better won by Julien Martini for $239,771

Event #3 of the 2018 WSOP was bagged by Joseph "Joe" Cada, who outlasted a total of 363 entries, winning the prize money worth $226,218 plus a gold bracelet, thereby bringing his total WSOP bracelet count to 3.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #3: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout won by Joe Cada for $226,218

The first gold bracelet to be awarded at the 2018 WSOP has been won by Elio Fox, who outlasted a player field of 243 at Event #2: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em for a sweet prize of $393,693.

This is Elio Fox's second gold bracelet in his poker career, with his first one acquired as the 2011 WSOP Europe Main Event winner.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #2: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Event won by Elio Fox for $393,693

Prior to joining in at the 2018 WSOP Event #1 on May 30 (Wednesday), Jordan Hufty only had $1,900 in career live tournament earnings, and now that he took down the 2-day first event of this year's WSOP, he can now add a sweet $61,909 to his lifetime live poker winnings.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #1: $565 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em Event won by Jordan Hufty for $61K

Even if there wasn't a WSOP bracelet awaiting the top winner, the prize money is reward enough for most poker players who have joined in on the opening event of WSOP 2018.

On May 29, 2018 (Tuesday), the $250 Daily Deepstack was the opening event to this year's WSOP, and the one who bagged the event was five-time bracelet winner Allen Cunningham. He managed to defeat a field of 298 players, claiming the top prize money worth $14,084.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: First Non-Bracelet Event won by Allen Cunningham for $14K

Justin Bonomo came out on top in the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl $300,000 buy-in NLHE event, outlasting a tough field of 48 players to claim the championship ring and take home the humongous first place prize of $5,000,000.

Read more » Justin Bonomo wins 2018 Super High Roller Bowl for $5,000,000

Many of us dream of ditching our boring, soul-crushing jobs in exchange for that easier and rewarding life filled with fun, excitement, and lots of money, but of course, what kind of gig should we get to achieve that?

If poker is one of those answers, we all know too well that poker is not for everyone. But, one woman has proven that it doesn't take a very extraordinary skill to be able to make that leap from that daily humdrum world into a higher, more thrilling landscape - that if you just push yourself more and with a little luck on your side, you can flourish and make it bit doing something you don't know anything about before.

Read more » Writer decides to write Book about Poker but Stops after Winning Thousands of Dollars playing it

Seven years after the Black Friday, an event that shook the poker world with poker's big three (Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars, and Ultimate Bet) getting indicted, Chris Ferguson finally re-emerged issuing an apology for his role in it.

Read more » Chris Ferguson Issues Short Apology to the Poker Community

There will be 78 official gold bracelet events awaiting poker players who will join in on the 2018 World Series of Poker, starting on May 29 up until July 17, 2018.

At this moment, the reigning champ is 888poker ambassador Scott Blumstein. The poker player from New Jersey won a humongous $8,150,000 as his reward for outlasting a massive field of 7,221 players in the 2017 WSOP Main Event.

Read more » 2018 WSOP Action kicks off this week!

The famed Las Vegas casinos may be facing quite a dilemma as tens of thousands of hospitality workers are preparing for a strike next month.

Unions representing Las Vegas casino workers on Tuesday won the right to have a citywide strike as early as June 1 should they be unable to reach a deal with their employers. The voting reached 99% from roughly 25,000 members of the Culinary Local 226 and Bartenders Local 165 that participated in the voting session.

Read more » Las Vegas Casino Workers vote to authorize Strike, may leave casinos unable to function properly