If the 2019 World Series of Poker has any sort of theme, it might be centered around the great players how have eliminated the zero next to their personal bracelet count. While Day 1B of the Main Event was taking up most of the available tables on Thursday, two more talented and respected players picked […]

Most of the poker world was focused on the start of the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event on Wednesday, but there was plenty of other stuff going on on Wednesday including three brand new bracelet winners and another Championship event reached a final table.

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There were supposed to be two bracelets awarded Wednesday at the 2016 World Series of Poker, but Ryan D’Angelo ended up getting the spotlight all to himself. D’Angelo battled and beat John Monnette heads-up to win his event while the first $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event of the summer stopped with four players remaining and […]

In 2013, the Millionaire Maker debuted at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), the goal of which was to give those who couldn’t shell out five-figure buy-ins the chance to play in a massive live tournament for a whopper of a potential prize.

In a series of Tweets, poker pro Olivier livb112Busquet (pictured) seemingly called out the “old guard” of poker. He Tweeted last week, “This idea that current pros ‘owe’ some past group of pros for paving the way or growing the game is just nonsense.” According to a later Tweet, the one person who could receive […]