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The US poker player Benjamin Zamani became the one to take home the first Omaha bracelet of the 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Zamani triumphed at the first position early in Sunday, winning the $1,500 buy-in Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better event which took place at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. This is the second WSOP bracelet that has been won by Zamani in his career so far, with the German-born player also being the only one of the Event #4’s finalists who has previously won one. Apart…

The German professional poker player Christoph Vogelsang emerged as the crowned winner of the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl that took place at the Aria Resort & Casino. It took Vogelsang approximately five hours of heads-up play in order to take down the event and overcome the competition of his major opponent Jake Schindler for the No. 1 position. The chip lead swung a few times over the fierce heads-up play, to eventually end up with Vogelsang as a winner. The German poker pro managed to almost double his overall…

US poker player Jake Schindler started $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl’s Day 4 as a chip leader after fierce action over the third day of the event, which is being held at the Aria Resort & Casino. As previously reported by Casino Guardian, he emerged as a chip leader at the end of Day 3 and started Day 4 with a total of 4,080,000 in chips, followed by Cristoph Vogelsang with 2,650,000. Considering the fact that Day 4 featured the unofficial final table of the event and there were almost…

The third day of the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl has come to an end, reaching the money bubble. The end of event’s Day 3 saw Jake Schindler as the one who ended up as a chip leader. The $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl is hosted at the Aria Resort & Casino. The event gathered a players field of a total of 56 entries, with only 19 of them left at the end of Day 2. The entries managed to boost the guaranteed prize pool to a total of $16,800,000,…

With only a few days left until the end of May, it is time for the poker lovers in the UK and Ireland to turn their eyes towards the upcoming live poker tournaments, festivals and events, which are set to take place in June 2017. As always, UK and Ireland are set to host a variety of poker tournaments over the upcoming month, with each of the live poker events featuring great prizes in return to different buy-ins in order to match all types of players. The Rendezvous Poker Festival…

The organisers of the World Poker Tour (WPT) announced the remaining schedule of the WSP Main Tour’s Season XVI, revealing seven more stops in 2017 in a number of symbolic poker venues, a well as five events that are to be broadcast on TV. The Chief Executive Officer of the WPT Adam Pliska explained that the organisers of the World Poker Tour believed in long-lasting partnerships with some of the most attractive casino venues in the US. Mr. Pliska further shared that each of the venues that had hosted the…

Jason Baldridge managed to keep his steady march over the final day of the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s New Orleans Main Event and was crowned as the event’s winner. In order to take down the $1,675 Main Event, Baldridge managed to outlast a players field of 758 entries who gathered at Harrah’s New Orleans Hotel and Casino to try winning the last gold ring of the 2016/2017 WSOP Circuit. Baldridge, who until recently was only a part-time tournament player overcame stiff competition to take home his first gold ring as well…

The final day for both the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s New Orleans and the WSOP 2016/2017 season as a whole has come. Only two players are to be announced as gold ring winners, as well as the full list of qualifiers for the Global Casino Championship. The Main Event of the series at the Harrah’s New Orleans started on Friday and Saturday, featuring a buy-in of $1,675 and a pair of starting flights. The event managed to attract a combined players field of a total of 758 entries, only 144 of…

One of the most successful poker card room brands on a global scale, partypoker, announced that it has inked a new sponsorship deal, making another addition to its team of ambassadors. The Brazilian superstar Bruno Gagliasso has become the latest addition and face of the brand for Brazil, joining his countryman Joao Simao. The latter is already playing both live in Latin America, as well as online, as a partypoker ambassador. The other partypoker ambassador in the region – Joao Simao – said he was very happy with the fact…

The World Series of Poker Circuit continues its nation-wide expansion. WSOP announced the domestic Circuit schedule for its fourteenth season, with the series aimed to reach even more poker lovers in the US. The organisers of the WSOP Circuit events revealed that Season 14 will see the record 26 tour stops, all of which would be linked by a points system closely related with the gold-bracelet awarding system of WSOP as well a massive prize pool of over $1,000,000 for its Global Casino Championship. The 2017/2018 edition of the WSOP…