The 73rd event of the 2017 World Series of Poker festival has now concluded, culminating with a new world champion being crowned in Las Vegas. The event in question, was of course the fabled Main Event – a poker tournament that attracts players from across the world each year. 7,221 were drawn like moths to […]
30/05/17 – WSOP
WSOP Main Event: Lamb and Saout return as Blumstein leads Final Table
After 7 days of gruelling poker, in which a field of 7,221 has been ground down to 9 we now have our final table of survivors. Some of these players have been here before and come agonizingly close to wearing the crown, but most are in new territory. With 1,075 players having already been paid […]
WSOP Main Event: Asian hopes evaporate as Christian Pham takes the lead
As the WSOP Main Event draws ever closer to the final table finale, we bring you a recap of the astonishing numbers involved, the stories of surviving stacks and the action as it unfolded on the sixth day. The numbers 7,221 players began this year’s Main Event, which is the third largest Main Event field […]
WSOP Main Event: Damian Salas leads after Day 4 as Chinese contingent carries Asian hopes
With the fourth day of this year’s Main Event now concluded, just 297 players remain in contention for poker’s world championship, from the 1,084 who began the day. There is an $8,150,000 1st prize up for grabs, which is just a portion of the $67,877,400 prize pool which is to be paid out. At 7,221 […]
WSOP Main Event: 2,600 players qualified to Day 3, Asian hopes prosper
After the third largest field in WSOP Main Event history descended on the Rio to stake their claim to the $8,150,000 1st prize and the crown of poker world champion, 5,519 survivors from the 7,221 entrants returned for day 2 to continue their challenge. Here is our recap of the action from day 2ab and […]
WSOP: Double bracelet for Nipun Java; Heidi May reigns; 10th cash for Aditya Sushant, Martin Kozlov high rolls to 9th place
As the WSOP 2017 comes closer to its final days, many well known players from Australia and India continue to make headlines. Here is all the latest news on some of the biggest noise makers and notable pros. Second Bracelet for India’s Nipun Java What a thrilling series it has been for India’s #1 ranked […]
WSOP Main Event 2017: Everything you need to know about the three starting days
Running the numbers The Main Event for the 2017 World Series of Poker has exceeded most expectations in terms of field size, with the third largest ever field of 7,221 assembling itself across three starting days in the Rio. The largest ever field was 8,773 in 2006, which was outlasted by champion Jamie Gold. Jonathan […]
WSOP: Runner-up for Pete Chen and deep runs for Naoya Kihara, Vivian Im, Richard Zhu
While the 48th annual World Series of Poker continues to bring ear-to-ear smiles to all of the latest bracelet winners, there are also plenty of players just as happy at having gone deep for a profit. In the Asian contingent, the latest big money-maker was Taiwanese pro Pete Yen Han Chen for his thrilling runner-up […]
WSOP Update on Australian and Asian performances at the felt
The 2017 WSOP has completed nearly thirty days of action with gold bracelets constantly being claimed everyday. While Asia and Australia have only picked up a couple combined, their presence is very much felt. For James Obst and Aditya Agarwal, their continued performance has earned them high ranking in the WSOP POY leaderboard while other […]
WSOP: Online legends Moorman and Deeb rock the felt; Double bracelet for Bach; status on Ivey and Brunson
It continues to be an exciting WSOP 2017 with all types of stories grabbing the headlines. For our latest update, we start off with two online legends Chris Moorman and Shaun Deeb. Days ago, Moorman finally captured his first WSOP victory which of course came with that coveted gold bracelet. He has been ecstatic, to […]