The biggest event of Canada’s year in poker concluded last night as Michael Wang won his first World Poker Tour (WPT) event for almost $300,000. The WPT Playground Montreal Main Event featured six superb final table players, as the poker professional Michael Wang used all of his experience to get his way up the leaderboard […]

With five events taking place on a superb Sunday of action, Bally’s and Paris were filled with WSOP hopefuls looking to either save their summer or seal yet more profit on an already thrilling trip to Las Vegas. Three bracelets were won on the day in live events as   Brandt Wins Second Summer Bracelet […]

On Sunday, Ioannis Angelou-Konstas topped won the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS UK Main Event for a whopping £940,000. Despite entering the final day with the chip lead, the road to the winner’s circle wasn’t an easy one for Angelou-Konstas, who had to defeated a field of 1,015 entries and top a final table that included Alex […]

Another week into the Las Vegas summer and more prize pools outside the Rio are building into seven-figure territory. Last week’s individual performances of Antoine Saout and Chris Moorman were replaced by big fields and huge numbers. The Venetian Sets a New Record The Mid-States Poker Tour $1,100 $3.5 million guaranteed event set a record […]

PocketFives had the opportunity to chat with Michael miw210Wang (pictured), a 26-year-old poker pro from Livingston, New Jersey who made his dreams come true by capturing his first World Series of Poker gold braceletin Event #2, a $5,000 buy-in NLHE tournament.

On Friday, Livingston, New Jersey’s Michael miw210Wang (pictured) became the first open bracelet winner of the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP). He took down a $5,000 No Limit Hold’emevent for his first WSOP title.