Three months away until the prestigious World Series of Poker comes to life and already, poker players across the globe are teeming with excitement. This year’s festivities are about to bring in a whole new level of action with the premier event gearing to surpass 2022’s overwhelming success. From last year’s record-breaking $327.9 million […]
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Ben Lamb’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Ben Lamb is an American professional poker player. He was born on March 31, 1985 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He’s best known for reaching the WSOP Main Event final table twice, in 2011 and in 2017. He cashed in the WSOP ME four times in total. He also has a WSOP […]
Ethan Yau’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Ethan Yau, better known by his YouTube username “Rampage” or “Rampage Poker”, is an American professional poker player and poker vlogger. He was born in 1997 near Boston, Massachusetts. He’s best known for his YouTube channel with over 100,000 subscribers where he posts his regular poker vlogs. In those videos, […]
David Peat’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – David Peat, also known as “Viffer”, is an American professional poker player. His exact age is unknown, but he’s estimated to be in his early to mid 50’s. He is from Cleveland, Ohio. He’s best known for appearing on the classic NBC show Poker After Dark, The Game Show Network’s […]
Read the Greatest Stories In Poker History in Newly Released Book
Poker has been around for over 200 years. During these two long centuries, many fascinating stories have developed around the world’s favorite card game. Some have been written by some of the greatest storytellers that ever lived in the United States, such as Mark Twain (who famously once said “there are few things that are […]
2021 WSOP final festival highlights: Josh Arieh wins WSOP Player of the Year; Inspiring performances; Over $231M paid out
After 54 days of thrilling action, the 52nd Annual World Series of Poker has come to an end. 88 bracelets were awarded at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino and eleven at online platform WSOP.com. Here’s a look at some of the festival highlights, top performances, series numbers, and player achievements. Josh Arieh wins […]
2021 WSOP: Michael Addamo strikes again for $1.9M and fourth career bracelet; Boris Kolev and Daniel “SilasSilver” Turner win maiden titles
After seven weeks of games, the 52nd Annual World Series of Poker came to a breathtaking close as Australia’s Michael Addamo proved once again he is today’s king of No Limit Hold’em. Addamo took down the $100,000 High Roller NL Hold’em tournament to seize another seven figure payout of US$ 1,958,569. This was his second […]
2021 WSOP: Adrian Mateos banks SHR title for US$ 3.2M; Jeremy Ausmus outlasts Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu; Robert Cowen wins first bracelet
A buffet of high roller bracelet events resulted in star-studded fields at the 52nd World Series of Poker. Two of the four games have completed with four players pocketing seven figures. Spain’s Adrian Mateos banked over US$ 3.2M and his fourth career bracelet at the steepest buy in event of the series, the US$ 250K […]
2021 WSOP: Benny Glaser clinches fourth title; Ole Schemion, Jason Wheeler win first bracelets, Marc Rivera 4th place; Six final tables for Phil Hellmuth
The 52nd World Series of Poker awards table is emptying out fast with another three bracelets snatched up. Coming out victorious were first time champions Ole Schemion and Jason Wheeler while UK’s Benny Glaser outlasted a lengthy heads up match to clinch his fourth career gold. Among the Asian contenders, Philippine player Marc Rivera placed […]
2021 WSOP bracelet winners: Brian Hastings, Denis Strebkov, Chad Himmelspach, Paulo Joanello, Aleksejs Ponakovs, Yuliyan Kolev
Now that the Main Event excitement has cooled we jump back to the other events where four players have secured bracelets on the live stage and two at online platform WSOP.com. The latest champions were Brian Hastings for his fifth career gold strap, Denis Strebkov for his second, and one each for Chad Himmelspach, Paulo […]