Poker news tagged with '2014 wsop'

Canadian Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu has had an incredible year so far on the live tournament circuit, including 9 cashes worth over $8.5 million at the 2014 World Series of Poker.

Thanks to his outstanding achievements this summer, Negreanu now has a great chance of winning back-to-back WSOP Player of The Year titles! In addition to that, he turned 40 on July 26th which means that he's a big favorite of being inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame!

Read more » WSOP: Daniel Negreanu On His Success This Summer

The 45th annual World Series of Poker Main Event is set after 7 intensive days of play! Nine players is all that remains of a massive field of 6,883 players from 87 different nations. The final nine players come from six nations (Brazil, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United States.), including the first player ever (Bruno Politano ) from Brazil to reach a final table in a Main Event.

Read more » 2014 WSOP Main Event: The Final Table Is Set! Players From Six Nations!

Day 6 of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event began with 79 players, but after 11 hours of play only 27 remained. Swedish poker pro Martin Jacobson (perhaps best known for winning the 2014 EPT Vienna Main Event) will lead the remaining players into Day 7 with a stack of 22,335,000 - about 5.7 million more than Luis Velador (USA) in second place. According to WSOP's website, Jacobson got most of his chips in Level 27 when he won a big pot off Jason Johnson after he flopped a set with pocket 6's and got paid off by Johnson's pocket kings.

The remaining players are now guaranteed a minimum payday of $286,900 with the chance of going all the way to the top prize of $10,000,000! We will be back with another brief report tomorrow afternoon. Stay tuned! 

2,571 players sat down at the tables at the Rio All-Suit Hotel and Casino for Day 2C of the 2014 WSOP Main Event on Tuesda. Once concluded after 10 hours of poker action, the legendary Phil Ivey was on top of the hill with a great stack of 505,000 chips which puts him on top of all fields! Some 1,400 players survived to Day 3C!

The C-field had a lot of famous poker icons when it started. Some of which were eliminated during Day 2 including Phil Hellmuth, Gus Hansen, JC Tran, Gerard Pique, Andreas Hoivold, Dutch Boyd, Joe Hachem, Matt Salsberg and Daniel Colman. However, Daniel Negreanu made it and, although his stack is very shy (39,800), is ready for Day 3C!

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Event #65 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 2C

The survivors from Day 1 A & B continued their play in this year's main event on Tuesday. The two fields were seated in different rooms in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino; survivors from Day 1a played in the Amazon Room while the B's were playing in the Brasilia and Pavilion rooms. Once Day 2 was concluded, approximately 700 players survived from both fields out of the +1,900 players that came through from Day 1.

The chip leaders from Day 1, Martin Jacobson and Trey Luxemburger, could not hold on to the top through Day 2 although Jocobson played very well most of the day and finished 9th on 342,700 chips. Luxemburger finished the day on 64th with a stack worth 186,800. The man that bagged the most after Day 2 is a relatively unknown player called Tim Stansifer who took over the lead with a chip count of 481,500.

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Event #65 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 2 A/B

The 2014 WSOP's Main Event kicked off this weekend on Saturday. There were 771 players that sat down at the tables at the Rio for Day 1A of this year's $10,000,000 1st place guarantee event. No other than the legendary 2005 main event winner Joe Hachem kicked off the event by announcing the classic "Shuffle up and Deal".

Day 1A gathered some famous poker faces. No less than 5 previous gold bracelet winners were among the participants: Tom McEvoy, Johnny Chan, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Merson, and Ryan Riess.

Once Day 1A concluded, the chip leader was Sweden's Martin Jacobson who bagged 200,100 chips for round 2. The young Swede has earned a total of $1,204,983 in WSOP winnings where the major part comes from finishing on 6th place in 2013's Event #47: One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em where he won $807,427.

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Event #65 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 1A

On Thursday, after three action-packed days of poker, Phillip Hui had overcame a field of 457 runners to nab his first gold bracelet and the biggest payday of his career ($286,976) in Event #59: Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better!

Read more » 2014 WSOP - Event #59: Phillip Hui Wins After An Incredible Comeback!

No bracelet number 14 for Mr. Phil Hellmuth this time as he ended up in 6th place in Event #61: Seven Card Stud ($10,000 buy-in). Well, a big congratulations to Matt "Grapes" Grapenthien for besting an extremly tough field of 102 players to claim his first gold bracelet and $268,473 in prize money!

Grepenthien, a well respected online cash game grinder with some minor live tournament cashes dating back to 2004, overcame multiple chip disadvantages during the 9-hour final table, including the heads-up match against Todd Brunson.

Read more » 2014 WSOP - Event #61: Seven Card Stud: Matt Grapenthien Defeats Todd Brunson For The Title

The $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship attracted a field of 102 players when it started two days ago. Leading the way into the third and final day of the tournament is Todd Brunson, son of poker legend Doyle Brunson.

Read more » 2014 WSOP - Event #61: Seven Card Stud: Todd Brunson Leads Final 9; Hellmuth In 3rd place!

1,475 players turned up for the $1,500 Mixed-Max event when it kicked off on Monday. After three long days of poker, long-time pro Jared Jaffe had all the chips in play after eliminating fellow American pro Mike Watson in second place. Jaffe received $405,428 in prize money and earned his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet!

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Jared Jaffee Wins Event #58: No-Limit Hold'em Mixed Max!

On Wednesday, the final 16 of 2,525 players returned to the poker tables for Day 3 of Event #56: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em. Five players were sent packing during the first two levels of play and Bastian Fischer finished eleventh soon after.

The two tables then became an unofficial final table of 10 players until Matt Salsberg shoved with A[d]K[d] on the board 6[d]10[s]J[s] into the 10[c]10[d] of Raymond Henson. The last two cards were to no help for Mr. Salsberg who finished in 10th place for $23,202.

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Mike Kachan Wins $403,483 In Event #56: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Daniel Colman, 23, is the winner of the second $1,000,000 buy-in BIG ONE for ONE DROP! The final table action lasted for 118 hands and Colman defeated no one else than Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu heads-up to nab the bracelet and a bank-busting $15.3 million in prize money. Colman, better known as heads-up sit-n-go specialist "mrgr3n13", battled Negreanu for 46 hands before an epic all-in occurred...

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Dan Colman Wins BIG ONE for ONE DROP ($15,306,668)!!!

The final table of Event #57: The Big One for One Drop ($1,000,000 buy-in) is set after two days of intensive play! Day 2 began with 31 players and Sam Trickett out in front. After 13 hours of poker action, Rick Salmon (FILM PRODUCER, ACTOR, TELEVISION PRODUCER, ENTREPRENEUR, PROFESSIONAL POKER PLAYER) bagged up the largest stack (23,575,000 chips) amongst the nine survivors.

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Rick Salomon Leads Final Nine In The Big One for ONE DROP

Florian Langmann Wins Event #54: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

A big congratulations to Germany's Florian Langmann who bested a field of 474 runners in Event #54: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low for a $297,650 payday!

The 31-year-old from pro from Hamburg, who has been coming to the WSOP for several years, had already accumulated $2 million in live tournament cashes before the win, but this was his first bracelet victory and first final table appearance at the World Series of Poker.

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

John Hennigan Wins Event #46: The Poker Players Championship

The $50,000 Poker Players Championship, one of the most prestigious tournaments of the 2014 World series of Poker, concluded on Saturday after five long days of play. The last man standing at the end of it all was Johh Hennigan, a long-time pro from Philadelphia, who received his third gold bracelet along with $1,517,767 in prize money! This win marked Hennigan's third straight cash in the Poker Players' Championship, including a third place finish last year!

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Brief Recaps of Event #46, #49, #50, #52 & #53

Event #48: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better attracted a field of 991 players who created a prize pool of $1,337,850. The top 117 players each earned a payday and it was Tyler Patterson who nabbed the biggest slice of the cake - $270,992 - after three days of intensive play. Besides the prize money, Patterson received his first gold coveted bracelet!

Read more » Tyler Patterson Wins Event #48: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

A big congratulations to Jesse McEuen, the winner of Event #47: $1,500 Ante Only NL Hold'em! McEuen bested a field of 714 players over three days of play to lay hands on his first gold coveted bracelet and $212,093 in prize money!

Final table results:

1st: Jesse McEuen - $212,093
2nd: Jonas Lauck - $130,955
3rd: Rhys Jones - $85,131
4th: Simeon Naydenov - $62,528
5th: Adam Levy - $46,575
6th: Ryan D'Angelo - $35,143
7th: Herbert Yarbrough - $26,825
8th: Jeremy Joseph - $20,704
9th: Arthur Pro - $16,145

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Jesse McEuen Wins Event #47: Ante Only No-Limit Hold'em

Will Givens is the latest bracelet winner at the World Series of Poker. The Denver, Colorado poker pro played another final table in the same $1,000 No Limit Hold'em event just a week ago and took 4th place for $84,680. He didn't waste his second shot at a bracelet though - since he's now the champion of Event #45: No-Limit Hold'em!

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Will Givens Wins Event #45: No-Limit Hold'em

Jordan Morgan topped a huge field of 1,914 players to nab his first WSOP gold bracelet and a $478,102 first-place prize in the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em tournament!

"It's validation to win," Morgan said afterward. "I've been coming here for ten years. It's great to finally get the bracelet that I've always wanted."

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Jordan Morgan Wins Event #44: No-Limit Hold'em

George Danzer Wins Event #38: Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

Amazing! German poker pro George Danzer has won two gold bracelets in two weeks at the 2014 World Series of Poker! After nabbing his fist ever bracelet in $10,000 Seven-Card Razz Championship, he bested a field of 134 players over three days of play in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better to win his second gold bracelet!

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Brief Recaps of Event #38-43

Brandon Paster, a 27-year-old currently residing in Amherst, Massachusetts came to Las Vegas with a specific plan: play three WSOP events and go to the Electric Daisy Carnival.

Read more » Brandon Paster Wins Event #37: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha

The $5,000 buy-in event #35: No-Limit Hold'em Eight Handed drew a field of 550 runners when it kicked off 4 days ago. The 8 players that reached the final table had a combined 21 WSOP final tables and three gold bracelets. After several hours of battle and a heads-up match that only lasted 19 hands, Brian Yoon stood tall as the winner and received his second bracelet.

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Brian Yoon Wins His Second Bracelet

Steven Wolansky just missed out on a bracelet last year when he finished second in Event #8: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix. On Wednesday he got his revenge after besting a field of 241 runners over three days of play in the No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball event. Believe it or not but Wolansky was only responsible for one elimination on this 6-handed final table...

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Steven Wolansky Wins Event #36: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball

It took three days of play for a field of 345 players to be narrowed down to a winner in Event #34: Seven Card Stud ($1,500 buy-in). Eric Buchman, who's probably best known for his 4th place finish for $2.5m in the 2009 Main Event that was won by Joe Cada, received his second bracelet along with $118,785 in prize money for wining the tournament - less than 24 hours after the 2009 Main Event Champ Joe Cada won his second bracelet.

Read more » 2014 WSOP: November Niner Eric Buchman Wins His Second Bracelet

Dutch Boyd, a poker pro originally from Missouri who now resides in Vegas, won his third bracelet in Event #33: No-Limit Hold'em yesterday. The tournament attracted 1,688 players and Boyd was the only player with a gold bracelet to his name on the final table.

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Dutch Boyd Wins Bracelet Number Three & $288,744!

Not only Joe Cada won his second bracelet today but also Brett Shaffer. Shaffer, a 31-year-old professional poker player from Beloit, Kansas  won his first bracelet in a $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event (2,816 players) last year, defeating British poker pro David Vamplew heads-up.

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Brett Shaffer Wins A Second Bracelet in Event #31

A big congratulations to Joe Cada, the winner of Event #32: $10,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship. The 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event champion bested a field of 264 runners to win his second bracelet and $670,941 in prize money! Many people have doubted that Cada was a serious player, but this win has most probably silenced some of the critics!

Read more » 2014 WSOP: Joe Cada Wins Another Bracelet!

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

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

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

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 A[d]9[h], Nguyen showed Q[h]6[h]. The board ran out 9[c]3[h]5[s]9[s]10[d] 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.

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

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! 

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...

On Monday, another 10 new players were confirmed for the 2014 World Series of Poker $1 Million BIG ONE for ONE DROP, including the first ever female participant, Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst!

"I'm so excited to be taking part in The BIG ONE for ONE DROP this year," said Selbst. "I didn't get to play in 2012, but after seeing how much fun everyone had with the event as well as how profound an impact it had on ONE DROP, I knew I had to be a part of it this time around."

Read more » 2014 WSOP: New Players Confirmed For BIG ONE for ONE DROP

The schedule for this summer's World Series of Poker has finally been released! The 45th annual WSOP has 65 events that will be played May 27 - July 14, 2014 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, and the highlight will of course be the Main Event with a massive $10,000,000 guaranteed for the winner.

Big One for One Drop, the biggest buy-in tournament in poker history, took place in Las Vegas during the 2012 WSOP and attracted a field of 48 professional players and amateurs who put up $1 million each. The tournament was won by Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari ($18.3 million) and raised a total of $10 million for charity.

Read more » Big One for One Drop: The $1 Million Buy-in Tournament Will Return In 2014!