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For the past week, all the action at the 52nd World Series of Poker was focused on the highly anticipated $10,000 Main Event NL Hold’em World Championship. Now that the rush has calmed, the official player count was 6,650 which was incredibly impressive given the vaccination mandate and challenges faced by many international travelers. This […]

If there is one clear proof that the World Series of Poker was sorely missed, it was the sheer number of players coming out for the $10,000 Main Event NL Hold’em World Championship. With the US having opened its borders on November 8, the highlighted event expanded from four starting days to six, and for […]

A colorful bag of new champions minted at the 52nd World Series of Poker. The biggest winner was Daniel Cates at the $50K Poker Players Championship 6-Handed. Cates denied series winner/ 3x bracelet winner Ryan Leng to lock up his first ever gold bracelet and have his name etched on the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy. […]

In this article, we deliver you a couple of selected poker videos of the past week. Jungleman Catches His First Bracelet Daniel “Jungleman” Cates is one of the most famous poker players out there. However, he built his fame and fortune at the nosebleed stakes cash tables of the now defunct poker site Full Tilt. […]

In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Chris Moorman and Katie Lindsay join ACR’s Team Pro Two more big names signed under Americas Cardroom’s roster of pros to start the month of November, joining the likes of Chris Moneymaker, Jon Van Fleet, Ebony […]

No shortage of outstanding achievements at the 52nd World Series of Poker as three more players were added to the list of champions. One of the biggest stories was Kevin Gerhart who captured a second title in this series for his fourth career bracelet. He became the second player to accomplish this, following in Anthony […]

Another batch of gold bracelets snatched up at the 52nd World Series of Poker. The latest champions were Brian Yoon for his fourth career bracelet, Jean-Luc Adam, Mke Ruter, Samy Dighlawi for their first bracelet, and Anatolii Zyrin who clinched the mighty COLOSSUS event for his second career bracelet. We’ve got those stories down below.  […]

Legendary Phil Ivey is always a star across the poker scene whenever and wherever he goes to major events, or at times even when he doesn’t. A few months ago, the ten-time bracelet winner expressed his plans and motivations to go back in on the action especially with the World Series of Poker events finally […]

The 52nd World Series of Poker has provided plenty of thrilling stories as players continue to pursue the coveted bracelets. The past two days witnessed golden performances by four players. Shaun Deeb banked seven figures and his fifth career bracelet, Ben Yu captured his fourth, Nicholas Julia and Robert McMillan each locked up their first. […]

Celebrations in the air as another seven players seized gold bracelets at the 52nd annual World Series of Poker. The newly minted were Brian Rast for his fifth career bracelet, Farzad “Freddy” Bonyadi for bracelet number four, Tommy Le for his second $10K Pot Limit Omaha title, and first-time winners, Anthony Denove, Alexandre Reard, Gershon […]

With 27 days of games in the books, the 52nd annual World Series of Poker has reached its halfway point. Before cards went flying on September 30, it was uncertain if the prestigious event would draw a big crowd, especially with mandatory vaccination and travel restrictions imposed on select international travelers. However, that concern was […]

A strong contingent of Japanese players have made the trek to the 52nd annual World Series of Poker and many have run deep at various events. Making the country very proud were two highly distinguished pros, Kazuki Ikeuchi, who snapped a triple runner up streak to capture his first ever bracelet, and Kosei Ichinose, who […]

Taiwan players continue to bring excitement to the Asian region as Carlos Chang wins his first career bracelet at the $2,500 Freezeout No Limit Hold’em. This was Taiwan’s second gold in this series. Two weeks prior, fellow countryman Yen Han “Pete” Chen shipped Online Event #3: $400 NLH Ultra Deepstack. Also locking up bracelets were […]

There are many reasons why players make the annual pilgrimage to the World Series of Poker, one of them is to test their skills against the creme de la creme and hopefully walk away golden. In the past couple of days, two champions have done just that, both players further cementing their names as one […]

Another seven players walked away with gold bracelets at the 52nd annual World Series of Poker. The newly minted were David “Bakes” Baker for his third career bracelet, Jim Collopy for his second career bracelet, first time winners Ran Koller, Anthony Koutsos, Karolis Sereika, Michael Noori who defeated 3x winner Ryan Leng at heads up, […]

In this column, we deliver you the latest and most interesting news and gossip from our favourite poker people. Phil Ivey set to make an appearance in Hustler Casino’s high stakes cash game While everyone has been waiting for the legendary Phil Ivey to make a showing in the 52nd World Series of Poker games, […]

Phil Hellmuth’s assault on the felt has been the talk of the town and just last night, he wowed the crowd after securing his 16th career gold bracelet. Also in the limelight were Chance Kornuth who captured his third bracelet and Dylan Weisman for his maiden victory. We’ve got those stories down below. The 52nd […]

The 52nd Annual World Series of Poker at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino awarded its first two time champion, Anthony Zinno, who clinched a second gold bracelet just four days after winning his first of the series. This brought Zinno’s total number of career bracelets to four. Also in the spotlight were three […]

In this article, we deliver you a couple of selected poker videos of the past week. Phil Hellmuth Blowup at the WSOP – a Step Too Far? Last week, we shared a video of poker legend Phil Hellmuth coming very close to his 16th WSOP gold bracelet. And wouldn’t you know it, the “Poker Brat” […]

Poker players around the world continue to descend upon Sin City for the biggest event of the year. Mixed in the crowd are Asian pros hoping to return home with gold bracelets and fatter wallets. The past week has been extremely dramatic as Taiwanese pros Yen Han “Pete” Chen, James Chen, and Ting Yi “Eric” […]