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EPT Barcelona Day 1b Recap
Both starting flights at the EPT Barcelona Main Event have now finished, and Dragon Kostic will still hold the chip lead when Day 2 gets underway later today. Kostic remains the only player out of the remaining 728 player field to have a stack of over 200,000 chips, with 215,000 to ...
Tom Alner Bests the Red Dragon
Tom “Baby” Alner survives a field of 645 en route to winning the Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon Main Event. Macau has been kind to professional poker player Tom Alner. Before registering for the Red Dragon Main Event, the young English pro known as “Baby,” had already final tabled three other ...
Isildur Takes a Beating
In the past two weeks alone, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has reportedly lost over $1.7 million. Being Victor Blom must be stressful. The young phenomenon, who first appeared on the nosebleed stakes poker scene a few years back, caught the attention of many pros with his wildly aggressive style. At first, every ...
Jonathan Bredin Overcomes Odds, Wins ANZPT Queenstown Snowfest
In what amounts to the most heartfelt story in poker tournament history, cerebral palsy sufferer Jonathan Bredin takes down the ANZPT Queenstown Main Event. There’s no denying that poker is an emotional sport. Winning a major tournament can go down as a poker player’s most monumental triumph just as easily as ...
Doyle Brunson Receives Another Honor
Poker’s living legend Doyle Brunson receives another honor as day 1B of the World Series of Poker Main Event begins. Poker Fans also receive a ME surprise. Brunson’s career is one of poker firsts. He was the first player to top the million dollar tournament winnings mark, he’s first to take ...
Players Throw Conventional Wisdom out the Window
Conventional wisdom for early stages of the Main Event is to play tight and to avoid coin flips. On day one five players throw conventional wisdom out the window. The Main Event has been described as hours of boredom followed by minutes of sheer terror. The starting stacks, the structure, the ...
Loni Harwood Claims WSOP Event #60
Circuit Queen Loni Harwood breaks through 2,541 players en route to a win in Event #60 – $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Some claim that it’s the Year of the Canadian. Others believe it to be the year that the elder statesmen of poker made a roaring comeback. But after three final ...
Teichert Wins WSOP #56 Event
German Nikolaus Teichert has won the $2,500 No Limit Hold’em event (#56), beating a field of 1,736 players to win a WSOP Gold Bracelet along with $730,756. The first player to be eliminated from the final table was Nicholas Levi, who was eliminated by Nikolaus Teichert after Levy’s A♠ 3♠ was ...