Author: Harry Evans

The Lithuanian poker player Robertas Gordonas emerged victorious from the <strong Main Event of the 2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix UK, taking home the lion’s share of the guaranteed prize pool as well as the event’s title. The player was granted with a monetary prize estimated to £150,000 for his efforts. This weekend, the partypoker Grand Prix UK Main Event gathered a total of 5,143 entries, all of whom were outlasted by Gordonas. The guaranteed prize pool gathered over the event amounted to £1,000,000, and the event offered multiple Day…

Army veteran Nathan Gamble managed to win his first WSOP bracelet after taking down the 2017 WSOP $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo. The poker player emerged at the first place of the ranking, defeating a total players field of 830 entries and making a great impression at the final table, which ended up with him winning the event’s title, his first gold bracelet as well as a guaranteed prize pool portion estimated at $223,339. In addition, Nathan Gamble entered a last longer bet with five other players on the first day…

The American poker pro Joe McKeehen won his second WSOP gold bracelet by conquering the 2017 WSOP Event #38. McKeehen, who previously won the 2015 Main Event of the World Series of Poker, also got the largest cash portion of the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Championship event. The player was granted with a first-place prize estimated to $311,817, which is currently the fourth-largest cash prize in the American’s WSOP career. So far, his WSOP earnings amount to more than $10,000, while the cash generated in WSOP Circuit events amount to…

The Swedish poker player Rifat Palevic returned on the poker arena, by winning the 2017 WSOP $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Super Turbo Bounty event, becoming the latest WSOP bracelet holder. Over the period from 2009 to 2011, Palevic managed to finish in the money in a number of World Series of Poker (WSOP), but after that took a few years off the poker tables. Now, he came back to the WSOP and managed to make a powerful return, by emerging victorious from the Super Turbo event. This was also one of…

The German poker player Christopher Frank ranked among the 2017 WSOP gold bracelet holders, after taking down Event #33 – the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em. The young poker pro conquered the event, which brought him the lion’s share of the guaranteed prize pool, as well as the first gold bracelet in his career so far. Christopher Frank also became the first German to win a WSOP bracelet in this year’s edition of the Series. The bracelet winners so far come from the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Spain, Russia, Venezuela and…

Professional poker player David Bach became took down the WSOP $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship, becoming the first player for this Series’ edition who won a second gold bracelet. In the early hours of Sunday morning, the Athens, Georgia-residing player emerged victorious from the event, which made him the first double bracelet winner this summer. In order to win the WSOP $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship event, Bach overcame the strong competition of all other players who entered the event. This year’s WSOP H.O.R.S.E. Championship event accumulated an overall players field of 150 entries,…

The Australian poker player James Obst managed to claim his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet by taking down the 2017 WSOP $10,000 Razz Championship. Apart from the Series’ gold bracelet, Obst also took home a $265,138 cash portion of the guaranteed prize pool in the tournament event which appeared as his 21st career WSOP cash and sixth final table. The Australian’s cash prize was not enough to surpass his best live cash of $427,930 which was generated after he ranked 13th at the 2016 WSOP $10,000 No-Limit…

Canadian poker player Pablo Mariz became one of the 2017 WSOP gold bracelet winners after taking down the annual Millionaire Maker event. This is the first WSOP bracelet in the 27-year-old player’s career so far, not to mention the fact that he took home a massive cash prize that made him a millionaire. So far, the prize of $1,221,407 is the biggest cash portion ever won by the Canadian in his career as a poke player. Pablo Mariz’ total live winnings are currently estimated to a total of $1,310,867. In…

The San Diego, California player John Monnette managed to take down the 22nd Event of this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP), claiming his third WSOP gold bracelet. Monnette took home a first-place prize estimated to $256,610 and his third bracelet won in a WSOP competition. The American player emerged victorious from the 2017 WSOP $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship event. He was granted with the largest cash portion of the guaranteed prize pool, with the prize being almost equal to his best live cash of $279,206 generated over…

Tyler Smith managed to conquer the WSOP $565 Pot Limit Omaha re-entry event and became the latest gold bracelet, despite the fact he has lately preferred to spend his time at cash game tables than playing in large poker tournaments. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) $565 Pot Limit Omaha re-entry was the first tournament event Smith took part in a period of almost two years. In order to emerge victorious in the above-mentioned event, he outlasted a massive players field amounting to 3,186 entries. In return, he was granted…