James Obst

This year's crown jewel $10,000 WSOP Main Event drew 9,735 to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for a prize pool of over $90 Million. At the end of Day 2, Japanese contenders were among the top stacks.

As the 2025 WSOP chugs along at the Horseshoe and Paris Hotels in Las Vegas, players from Asia and the Asia-Pacific region are making their presence felt across the board.

"Running like god", those were the words Australian pro James Obst used to describe his incredible run at the WPT Australia Championship. "It's too good to be

The 2024 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas has crowned another four champions and the Asia-Pacific poker community tripled its tally for the summer thanks to the victories of James Obst from Australia and China’s Xixiang Luo. Furthermore, Spanish High Roller regular Sergio Aido has won his first bracelet while Scott Seiver has become […]

Since 2013, James Obst has consistently raked in the dough at the series however a bracelet has eluded him. Well not anymore! The superstar Aussie from Adelaide won his first gold bracelet at Event #26: US$10,000 Razz Championship. Interview by Gaelle Jaudon Somuchpoker: You had a really great start this year with a second place […]

The WSOP 2017 may be seeing many coveted bracelets land in the hands of the host Americans but some of them do slip away. The Liv Boree – Igor Kurganov tandem took one for their respective countries followed by the Nipun Java – Aditya Sushant tandem for the first-ever bracelet awarded to India. While there were several […]