Author: Harry Evans

The American Mike Wattel become a second-time winner of a World Series of Poker gold bracelet after emerging victorious from this year’s Event #72. The player took down the 2017 WSOP $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Championship receiving the lion’s share of the tournament’s guaranteed prize pool. The Chandler, Arizona-based player was granted with a monetary prize estimated to $245,451 after he managed to overcome the competition of the largely professional players field. What is more, Wattel also faced strong rivalry over the final table play, as seven of the eight players…

The Australian poker player Heidi May found her place among the World Series of Poker bracelet winners, after taking down the 2017 WSOP $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship. This is a great success for May, who has managed to claim the title of one of the traditional WSOP events. This year’s edition of the WSOP $10,000 Laries No-Limit Hold’em has gathered a players field of 718 entries, with the young Australian player emerging as winner and taking home his first WSOP gold bracelet. The participants accounted for an overall guaranteed…

The US poker player Rylah Divine registered his best live cash by emerging victorious from Event #63 of the 2017 edition of the World Series of Poker. The Las Vegas, Nevada-residing player has just won the 2017 WSOP $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event, taking home a cash prize of $262,501 and scooping his first-ever gold bracelet. The 37-year-old player earned the biggest cash portion of the event’s guaranteed prize pool, which also turned out to be the largest one in his career so far. This was also Rulah Divine’s third career…

The Romanian poker player Alexandru Papazian emerged victorious from Event #60 of this year’s edition of the World Series of Poker. Apart from winning the title of the 2017 WSOP $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em and scooping a massive monetary prize for outlasting the rest of the event’s entries, Papazian also won the first WSOP gold bracelet in his career. As mentioned above, the Romanian was granted with the lion’s share of the guaranteed prize pool, taking home a monetary prize estimated to $888,888. This was the six WSOP cash…

The UK and Ireland are to see a large number of poker tournaments to start in July 2017. These events and tournaments are to feature a great variety of buy-ins and guaranteed prize pools in order to match the needs of all kinds of players. Some of them have already started, while other are set to begin over the upcoming days and weeks. Players who would enjoy to join some of them could look below for more information. Tomorrow, this year’s edition of the 888 Max event is to start…

Artur Rudziankov emerged victorious in the 2017 WSOP $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event. The player, who triumphed in the Monday afternoon, won his first WSOP gold bracelet, as well as a guaranteed prize pool portion estimated to $395,918. The 2017 WSOP $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event brought together a total of 1,763 entrants who competed for the title. They accounted for a total prize pool estimated to $2,380,050, which was divided among 265 players who finished in the cash. The victory brought the 29-year-old player his largest-ever live cash, estimated to $395,918,…

The 23-year-old German poker player Jens Lakemeier climbed on top of the players field of the 2017 WSOP $2,500 Big Bet Mixed tournament, winning his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet. His victory comes as a proof of the recent success for German poker player in international poker tournaments. In order to come on top of the tournament’s ranking, Jens Lakemeier outlasted a field of a total of 179 entrants and took home not only the event’s title, but also his first gold bracelet and a guaranteed prize pool…

The UK poker player Max Silver managed to take down the 2017 WSOP $3,000 Limit Hold’em 6-Handed event, winning not only the lion’s share of the guaranteed prize pool and the event’s title, but also his first World Series of Poker bracelet. The Dublin, Ireland-based player has received a total of $172,645 for his efforts after winning the three-day Limit Hold’em Event. Despite that the prize did not manage to surpass his best live cash of $432,960 generated by him winning the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em event of the 2015…

US poker player Bryan Yoon has become one million dollars richer, after he got crowned as the winner of the 2017 World Series of Poker Event #47. The resident of Henderson, Nevada, claimed the title of the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Monster Stack event, taking home a massive guaranteed prize pool portion estimated to $1,094,349. The prize granted to the 27-year-old player after him winning the $1,500 NLHE Monster Stack was also the best live cash generated over the poker career of Yoon. It also boosted his total live earnings to…

US poker player Christopher Vitch became the next WSOP bracelet owner after the Phoenix, Arizona-based player defeated his last standing opponent and won the 2017 WSOP Event #48 for $320,103. Emerging victorious from the 2017 WSOP Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 9 or Better Championship brought Vitch his second World Series of Poker bracelet. The first one came to him after he won the 2016 WSOP $2,500 Mixed Lowball Triple Draw event. The victory also brought the 34-year-old Christopher Vitch the largest live cash prize he has ever received in his…