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  • Hail to the Victors: Joe Cada Wins Second WSOP Bracelet
    Hail to the Victors: Joe Cada Wins Second WSOP Bracelet

    Wearing a maize and blue University of Michigan shirt, 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe Cada (pictured), known as jcada99on PocketFives, won his second bracelet on Monday. According to WSOP.com, Cada snapped a rather dubious streak for Main Event winners in the process: “Since Carlos Mortensen won the Main Event in 2001, […]

  • Hold Onto Your Butts: WSOP $5K NLHE Six-Max Finale on Thursday
    Hold Onto Your Butts: WSOP $5K NLHE Six-Max Finale on Thursday

    On Thursday, Event #24 of the 2014 World Series of Poker, a $5,000 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max contest, will play down from 17 players to one bracelet winner. The field is rock solid, containing nine PocketFivers, one Main Event champion, one November Niner with a huge chip lead, and one player looking to become the […]

  • Brock Parker (t soprano) Wins Third WSOP Bracelet
    Brock Parker (t soprano) Wins Third WSOP Bracelet

    On Tuesday, PocketFiver Brock t sopranoParker (pictured) earned his third World Series of Pokerbracelet, this time taking down a $10,000 Limit Omaha High-Low event (#10) for $443,000. The tournament started over the weekend with 178 entrants and Parker won his first bracelet since capturing two in the same week in 2009. It marked his first […]

  • Millionaire Maker Attracts Second Largest WSOP Field Ever
    Millionaire Maker Attracts Second Largest WSOP Field Ever

    The extravaganza known as the World Series of Poker Millionaire Maker kicked off on Saturday with two flights, one at 11:00am local time and one at 5:00pm. When all was said and done, 7,977 entrants turned out, the second largest field in WSOP history, trailing only the 8,773 who turned out for the 2006 Main […]

  • MrSmokey1 Leads WSOP $1K PLO With 6 Left
    MrSmokey1 Leads WSOP $1K PLO With 6 Left

    On Friday, Steve MrSmokey1Billirakis (pictured) will go after his third World Series of Poker bracelet. This time, he leads a $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha event at the Rio in Las Vegas, the site of the WSOP. The tournament, according to ESPN’s Andrew Feldman, has set records already: “Event 3 of the @WSOP, $1K PLO, became […]