Poker may have existed long before Doyle Brunson was around, but in terms of competitive poker for big money and the WSOP, Brunson was one of the founding fathers of the game. An all-rounder of exceptional ability he amassed ten WSOP bracelets in his career, including back to back Main Event titles in 1976 and […]
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WSOP 2019 Main Event: Hossein Ensan is crowned World Champion; Dario Sammartino Runner-Up
Day 1A of this event now feels a very long time ago. It was in fact a full two weeks ago that this huge event got underway, before going on to become the second largest field in WSOP Main Event history at 8,569 entries. Last night, the journey came to an end with Hossein Ensan […]
WSOP 2019: Daniel Tang wins his first WSOP gold at the Final Fifty High Roller
Huge celebration at the World Series of Poker 2019 with one of Asia’s leading pros, Daniel Tang, achieving the dream at Event #90: US$50K Final Fifty No Limit Hold’em High Roller. Tang overcame the 123 strong field to capture his first-ever bracelet and a bucketful US$ 1,608,406 in winnings. Tang’s WSOP achievements For the vast […]
Vegas poker alternatives to the WSOP this summer
Every summer for many years now, Vegas becomes the world’s poker mecca. Players do not just come to play the World Series of Poker events at the Rio themselves, they also flog to about half a dozen other poker rooms to battle it out on the felt. Somuchpoker.com provides you with a concise overview of the […]
[Watch] New Tom Dwan Interview released by Triton Poker
Tom Dwan arrived on the poker scene in the same way many others did ten years ago. Having risen through the ranks online he became one of an elite few who sat at the biggest tables in the online world. It was only once he stepped into the live arena though, that Dwan set himself […]
Phil Ivey’s edge-sorting saga continues
The poker world did receive some interesting insights into the high-stakes baccarat world in the past six years, when poker legend Phil Ivey ended up in the headlines around the two biggest and most famous lawsuits in gambling history. It was no news that Ivey enjoyed the pit games, but when the “Poker King” had […]
2019 WSOP Preview: 13 new events announced
Every year, poker fans across the world start to get excited around the end of June. Checking online to find updates and live streams or booking flights to head out to Las Vegas, everyone who plays poker knows what the World Series is and how closely it is tied to the history of the game. […]
Ramon Colillas wins the PSPC; Marc Rivera jumps to the top of the Philippines All Time Money List
The most highly anticipated event of the 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure concluded with Platinum Pass winner Ramon Colillas becoming the envy of all. The Spaniard was the last man standing at the US$ 25,000 PokerStars Players Championship awarding him a mind-blowing US$ 5,100,000. Colillas was one of two players in the top 3 that earned […]
[Watch] The 6 poker hands that made 2018
Crazy WSOP Main Event hand that set the final table Every player thinks of one day reaching the WSOP Main Event final table, which makes the situation surrounding this hand during the 2018 Main Event all the more compelling. Could there ever be a more dream destroying situation in poker than this? Can Labat consider […]
Jack Sinclair wins WSOPE Main Event Title
Jack Sinclair banished the memory of an 8th place finish at the 2017 WSOP in the best way possible last night, winning the WSOPE Main Event for 1,122,239 Euros ($1,279,352). He outlasted a field of 534 players to claim his first career bracelet, besting a final table that included former WSOP Main Event winner, Ryan […]