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Los Angeles pro and WSOP regular Daniel Alaei, 30, is the winner of the most prestigious Omaha High-Low Split tournament of the Year. The $10,000 buy-in event attracted 157 entries who battled it out over three days of play. The total prize pool amounted to $1,4,75,800 and 9 of the 18 players who cashed had won WSOP gold in the past.

Read more » 2015 WSOP Event #21: Daniel Alaei Wins 5th Bracelet & $391,097!

In case you missed it, Neymar Jr joined the world's largest poker site last month. To celebrate the signing of the Brazilian football superstar, PokerStars will give away packages featuring two tickets to an FC Barcelona game, seven nights hotel accommodation for two, $800 for travel expenses, an invitation to meet Neymar Jr, and a €2,2150 EPT Barcelona side event ticket.

Read more » Win a fantastic trip to Barcelona to meet Neymar Jr

Arizona poker pro Matt Elsby became the most recent gold bracelet winner at the 2015 World Series of Poker after outlasting a field of 319 players in the $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-handed event. It was the 29-year-old's first WSOP title, and the $230,799 first-place prize is his biggest live tournament score of his carrer.

Read more » Matt Elsby Wins Event #19: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

Although it might seem like it, it's not only in Las Vegas (2015 WSOP) that big poker tournaments are taking place at the moment. Yesterday, after three day of play, Daniel Chutrov stood tall as the champion of the 2015 Unibet Open Glasgow Main Event.

Read more » Daniel Chutrov Wins Unibet Open Glasgow

When the fourth and final day of the Millionaire Maker (the sixth-largest live tournament in poker history) event kicked off, there were only 17 players left from a total of 7,725 entries. Among these 17 players were big names such as Erick Lindgren, Oliver Busquet, Andrew Lichtenberger and Mike Sexton.

Read more » 2015 WSOP: Adrian Buckley Wins Event #16: MILLIONAIRE MAKER $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

160 players became 22 players after 10 levels of play on Day 2 of the $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed event. Keven Stammen, who has close to 3.9 million dollars in tournament earnings, will bring the heaviest bag of chips to the third day of play. He bagged up the chip lead mainly thanks to taking down a big pot with straight flush early on Day2.

Read more » 2015 WSOP Keven Stammen Leads Final 22 In Event #19: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

888poker, the official sponsor of the 2015 World Series of Poker, has signed three-time WSOP bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche. The German pro won his first major live tournament in 2009 (LAPT Mar Del Plata Main Event for $381k) and has had a lot of success ever since. 

Read more » Dominik Nitsche Joins 888poker

The final 17 players of 7,725 entries will return tomorrow for Day 4 of the Millionaire Maker $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event. Despite such a massive field of players, there are still several big names alive and kicking, including Erick Lindgren, Oliver Busquet, Mike Sexton (picture), and Andrew Lichtenberger.

Read more » 2015 WSOP: 17 Players Left In MILLIONAIRE MAKER Event

Phil Hellmuth has just extended his lead further on the WSOP gold bracelet leaderboard after picking up his 14th bracelet in the $10,000 buy-in Razz Championship (Event #17).

Read more » 2015 WSOP: Phil Hellmuth Wins A 14th Bracelet!

The fast-paced turbo event attracted 1,791 entries and only took two days to complete. John Gale, from London, England, received $298k and his second gold bracelet after defeating Gary Luther heads up.

Read more » 2015 WSOP: John Gale Wins Event #18: $1,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em

Event #17: $10,000 Razz Championship is down to 12 players after two days of play. Although Adam Owen sits at top of the chip counts heading into Day 3, all eyes will be on Phil Hellmuth when the cards are back in the air.

Read more » 2015 WSOP: Phil Hellmuth Among Final 12 in Razz Championship

Shaun Deeb took down the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship on Saturday after outlasting 128 entries over three days of play. The famous high-stakes pro received his first WSOP gold bracelet along with the $318,857 top prize after defeating Paul Volpe heads-up.

Read more » 2015 WSOP: Shaun Deeb Wins Event #15: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship

Some say ‘three is the magic number' and/or ‘third time's the charm'. Barry Hutter probably agrees that there's something special with number 3. The pro from Florida took down his first WSOP event and gold bracelet on Saturday. It was his third final table appearance at the WSOP and also his third cash of the 2015 World Series.

Read more » 2015 WSOP: Barry Hutter Wins Event #14: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

Russia is known for producing a lot of great chess players. Some of the chess world's brightest minds have turned to poker in recent years for the oppurnity of making some serious cash, including Kontatnin Maslak - the winner of Event #13: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo.

Read more » 2015 WSOP: Konstantin Maslak Wins Event #13 - $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo

The $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six Max saw a field of 1,651 entries. After three days of play, Idan Raviv, 24, stood tall as the winner and received $457,007 in prize money. In addition, he became the first poker player from Israel to win a gold bracelet at the 2014 World Series.

Read more » 2015 WSOP: Idan Raviv Wins Event #12 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six Max

William Kakon, among the top 1 percent of all real estate brokers in the United States for six consecutive years - with more than $3 billion in overall sales, earned his first bracelet and $196,055 in prize money for making it through a field of 660 entries in the $1,500 BUY-IN LIMIT HOLD'EM CHAMPIONSHIP.

Read more » 2015 WSOP: William Kakon Wins Event #11 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em

24-year-old student Paul Michaelis from Germany outlasted a field of 639 players to become the first international bracelet winner of the 2015 World Series of Poker. Michaelis, who currently resides in Vienna, Austria, received $189,818 and his first WSOP gold bracelet for his first place finish.

Read more » 2015 WSOP: Paul Michaelis Wins Event #8 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em

In the early hours of the morning, the 44 year old italian pro Max Pescatori had beaten the rest of the field and won WSOP event no.9, the $1500 Razz tournament and secured him his 3'rd career bracelet.

Pescatori, who is widely known in the poker community as "The Italian Pirate" won his first bracelet back in 2006 where he took down the $2.500 NLHE event and won $682.389. Two years later he took down his second bracelet in the $2.500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha event where he added $246.509 to his bankroll.

After what some would call a major tournament drought, Pescatori is finally on top again after outlasting a tough 462 players field and a final table which included 2 time WSOP bracelet winner, Eli Elezra. Heads-up Pescatori eventually overcame Ryan Miller to win the title and add $155.947 to his career live tournament earnings, which now exceed $3.7m

After three days, 128 players and a total prize pool of $1,344,200, the $10K Heads Up NLHE Championship has been concluded! The man who out-mastered the rest and won his second gold bracelet is a proffesional gambler from Louisiana by the name of Keith Lehr. Lehr won seven straight heads up matches and bagged $334,430 as this years's Heads Up Champion!

Read more » WSOP 2015 Event #10: Keith Lehr Wins $10K Heads Up NLHE Championship

The american "boss" Paul-Paulgees81-Volpe only needs to knock out one more player, before he can call himself double world champion. WSOP event no.10 - 10.000$ Heads Up No Limit Hold'em championship is known as one of the toughest tournaments of the series, as there are virtually no soft spots in the field. It came to show yesterday as there were pretty much entirely known players registered, so you had to bring your A-game if you had hopes of advancing to the next round.

Paul managed to do just that, when he beat, Barry Hutter, Isidro Sifuentes and Mathew Cooperin his three matches, and is therefore ready for the final.

If Volpe gets the victory it will be his second WSOP bracelet of his career and his second world championship, as he took down the championship in the 2-7 draw lowball last year.

For the final Volpe is up against WSOP winner Keith Lehr, who beat Jake Schindler, Valeriu Coca and Dee Tiller.

This is what they're playing for:

1. 334.430$

2. 206.620$

The winner of the 2015 WSOP event #5 THE COLOSSUS was no other than the 25 year old Cord Garcia from Houston, Texas. Mr. Garcia earned his first gold bracelet by outlsting a field of more than 22,370 players that participated in this $565 No Limit Hold'em event. The total prize pool was $11,187,000 and Garcia bagged $638,880.

Read more » 2015 WSOP Event #5: Cord Garcia Wins THE COLOSSUS!

Event #5: THE COLOSSUS $565 No-Limit Hold'em, the biggest live tournament in WSOP history, is down to final table of 9 players after four days of play. The remaining 9 players, who have outlasted 22,365 entries so far, are guaranteed a $67,681 payday on tomorrow's final table, with the chance of taking home the first-place prize of $638,880 (more than 1,100-times the €565 buy-in).

Read more » 2015 WSOP: THE COLOSSUS Final Table Is Set

Poker player and businessman Paul "MalACEsia" Phua is a free man after the the U.S. Districs District Judge Andrew Gordon on Monday threw out the case and barred the government from using evidence FBI agents seized during the raid on July 9 2014.

Read more » Paul "MalACEsia" Phua Freed From Illegal World Cup Betting Charges

The $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship always attract a star-filled field of poker players. But despite the tough competition the same player has emerged victorious in this event two years in a row.

In 2014, Tuan Le bested 120 entries to win $355,324. Yesterday, he received $322,756 in prize money for overcoming a field of 109 players over three days of play. According to WSOP.com, he's the first player to repeat as champion in the same WSOP bracelet event since 2009.

Read more » 2015 WSOP: Tuan Le Scores Second $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship Title!

Day 3 is in the books. Ray Henson, who finished 12th in the 2007 WSOP Main Event, will lead the remaining 39 players of 22,374 entries into Day 4, which likely will be the final day of play.

Read more » Event #5: THE COLOSSUS $565 No-Limit Hold'em: 39 Players Survived Day 3