The field for this year’s WSOP Main Event reached the impressive number of 7,874 but with the second day starting flights now having come to a close, we have just 2,786 players still standing (1,182 make the money). The players are competing for a piece of the $74,015,600 prize pool, with $8,800,000 set aside for […]
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WSOP Main Event draws second largest attendance in history; Ins and outs and Asians into Day 2
After a month of continuous poker action at the 49th World Series of Poker, the highly prestigious US$10,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event finally took center stage, and to say it was big is an understatement. The past three days saw players from all over the world crowd the Rio All-Suite Casino resulting in an […]
Asian Teams flying high in $1,000 Tag Team Event as Nikita Luther and Giuseppe Pantaleo take home the gold
The Tag Team event is one of the more unusual events seen at the WSOP each year, with players forming partnerships or groups, and sharing playing duties between them throughout the tournament. This year’s event had a $1,000 buy in, and saw 1,032 teams take part, creating a prize pool of $928,800. Many star players […]
Mike Takayama makes history as the first Filipino to win a WSOP bracelet
After 49 years, the World Series of Poker finally crowned its first Filipino champion with Mike Takayama winning the $1K NLH Super Turbo Bounty. Takayama overcame the 2,065 field to capture the highly coveted WSOP gold bracelet and his largest career win of $198,568. In a brief interview with the WSOP media, Takayama expressed, “Very […]
Asians running deep at the WSOP; Chris Chong captures largest-ever WSOP payout for Singapore
With a large contingent of Asian players pursuing their WSOP dreams, albeit winning a bracelet or just being part of the experience, many have already already tested the waters and have come up on the black in some events. Asians at WSOP for the first time Take Mike Takayama, one of the few representatives of […]
WSOP Player of the Year Race heats up as Shaun Deeb wins $25K PLO Event
Shaun Deeb has won his third bracelet at the 2018 WSOP, defeating Ben Yu heads up in the $25K PLO Event to bank a career best score of $1,402,683. Deeb had to navigate a field of 230 talented players to win the event, including his heads-up opponent, who he lost a heads-up battle with during […]
Arne Kern wins WSOP Millionaire Maker; Sam Razavi runner-up; deep runs by Asian players
The 2018 World Series of Poker concluded one of the largest events the festival has seen thus far, the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em MILLIONAIRE MAKER event, with Germany’s Arne Kern capturing his first WSOP gold bracelet. This was a huge achievement for Kern who had to navigate the massive 7,361 field, and overcome some of […]
Asian players head to Las Vegas for 2018 WSOP campaign
Asian players begin their WSOP journey! The great migration has started once again. Players from all around the world have been arriving in Las Vegas these last few days to begin their challenge for coveted WSOP bracelets. Asian players may not be filling up the registration lists for events just yet, but significant numbers are […]
WSOP Stories: Ivey Back, Negreanu vs Polk, Hellmuth’s mark-up controversy
Ivey returns In what is arguably the biggest piece of news to come out of the first few days of the WSOP, Phil Ivey has once again returned to the biggest tournament stage of all, entering the $100,000 High Roller event. His presence will surely have sent ripples around the Rio, especially as he made […]
The Ultimate Poker Schedule: Plan your Vegas summer with ease
Going to Vegas during the World Series of Poker but don’t have enough money to play the big events? No problem. Anyone who has been to Vegas at the height of the poker season knows there are many more value tournaments to be played than just the WSOP at the RIO Hotel and Casino. Luckily […]