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WSOP Event #49 and #50: Ante Only NLHE and $5,000 NLHE Are Over

July 2, 2012 at 5:29 PM |

Day 3 of inaugural Event #49 $1,500 Ante Only No Limit Hold'em and Day 4 of Event #50 $5,000 No Limit Hold'em are finished in WSOP 2012.

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Oleksii Kovalchuk Wins Second Bracelet at WSOP Event #42

June 25, 2012 at 7:03 PM |

22 players were still in play on day 3 of the WSOP event #42 $2.500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better, with the five-time WSOP champion Jeff Lisandro in the lead with 355,000. Finally, Lisandro did not make it to the final table and said goodbye in tenth place.

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WSOP Event #33 - Max Steinberg Wins His First Bracelet

June 20, 2012 at 4:31 PM |

14 players remained at the start of WSOP Event #33 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em, day 3. Vitaly Meshcheriakov was in the lead with 946,000 chips. The nine-handed final table started at the 23rd blind level (3,000/10,000/20,000).

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WSOP Event #32 - David Bakes Baker Wins

June 19, 2012 at 3:19 PM |

136 players started day 2 of the $10,000 HORSE event, with the French WSOP champion Fabrice Soulier in the lead with 146,300 in chips. 

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WSOP Events #25 – #28: Recap

June 18, 2012 at 5:41 PM |

Of the events finished during the past weekend in WSOP 2012, let us take a look at the results of Event #25 $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout, Event #26 $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha, Event #27 $1,500 HORSE and Event #28 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em - Four-Handed.

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WSOP Event #20: Benjamin Scholl takes down $5,000 Limit Hold'em

June 13, 2012 at 2:45 PM |

By the third day of Event #20, the $5,000 Limit Hold'em tournament at the WSOP, 17 players remained, lead by Matthew Woodward. In the end, Benjamin Scholl emerged victorious cashing $206,760.

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WSOP Event #18: Phil Hellmuth Wins 12th WSOP Bracelet

June 11, 2012 at 5:28 PM |

Only 18 players were left when the cards hit the air on Day 3 of WSOP Event #18 $2,500 Seven Card Razz. Brandon Cantu started as chipleader with 298,500, followed closely by Brendan Taylor (288,500) and Phil Hellmuth (287,500). Of course, the greatest attention was paid to the performance of the 11 times WSOP champion.

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WSOP Event #15: Friedman Wins Seven Card Stud, Ivey is 7th

June 9, 2012 at 10:31 PM |

19 players started Day 3 of WSOP Event #15 $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better, with Adam Friedman in the lead with 323,500 in chips. Event #10 $5,000 Seven Card Stud winner John Monnette was slightly behind with 314,500. A total of 212 players started Day 1 of the event for a prize pool of a handsome $996,400.

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WSOP 2012 Event #7: Andy Bloch Wins

June 3, 2012 at 7:30 PM |

Another starry finale was held on Day 3 of Event #7 $1,500 Seven Card Stud in this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP). David Williams (493,500), Andy Bloch (296,500) and Barry Greenstein (254,000) led the field in the final table.

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Jens Kyllönen is also Playing the Big One

May 24, 2012 at 3:43 PM |

Finnish high stakes pro Jens Kyllönen (Jeans89) will also take part in the most expensive tournament of all time.

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EPT Berlin 2012 - Davidi Kitai Wins Main Event

April 23, 2012 at 5:02 PM |

Belgian WSOP winner Davidi Kitai won his first EPT title in Berlin. The €5,300 buy-in EPT Berlin Main Event finished yesterday.

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Ivey and Durrrr in the Greatest Buy-in Tournament in Asia Ever

April 11, 2012 at 6:48 PM |

As a side event to the Asian Poker Tour Philippines Main Event, the HKD 1,000,000 Manila Millions Super High Roller will be held on 20 April.

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PartyPoker Premier League V - Battle of Giants in the Final

April 11, 2012 at 6:29 PM |

Durrrr, jungleman12, Sam Trickett, Patrik Antonius, Phil Laak, Tony G, Scott Seiver and Matthew Frankland formed the final table of PartyPoker Premier League V.

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EPT Campione 2012 - Jannick Wrang Wins

April 2, 2012 at 12:39 AM |

Olivier Busquet, Koen De Visscher, Mario Nagel, Stefano Puccilli, Jannick Wrang, Fabrice Soulier, Balázs Botond and Robin Ylitalo started play at the final table of EPT Campione.

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EPT Campione 2012 - Follow the Final Table Live

March 31, 2012 at 4:53 PM |

EPT Campione, the first ever EPT event to take place in the beatiful Italian enclave. The €5,300 buy-in EPT Campione main event has boiled down to the final table which is happening at this moment. You can follow the action at PokerStars.tv.

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EPT Campione 2012 - Davide Andreoni in the Lead

March 27, 2012 at 6:22 PM |

Italian Davide Andreoni is leading PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) after day 1A.

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WSOP National Championship to Host a Super Field?

March 9, 2012 at 5:16 PM |

The WSOP National Championship sees its structure completely reformed this year, including the addition of $1,000,000 to the prize pool.

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Sean Jazayeri Wins WPT L. A. Poker Classic

March 2, 2012 at 7:39 PM |

US player Sean Jazayeri won the World Poker Tour L. A. Poker Classic (WPT LAPC) Main Event for $1,370,240, defeating 'Doc Sands' heads-up.

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LAPT Grand Final - Nestola Wins, Negreanu 6th

February 21, 2012 at 12:41 PM |

Only the monogram is the same, instead of Daniel Negreanu, Daniele Nestola took down the R$289,300 main trophy of the PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Grand Final's Main Event. Negreanu finished 6th.

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Aussie Millions 2012 Main Event – Dion in the Lead, Ivey is Shortstack in the Finale

January 28, 2012 at 10:45 AM |

Yann Dion finished Aussie Millions Main Event Day 4 in the chiplead; the total of 12 players remaining includes Mohamad Kowssarie, Daniel Idema, Lee Nelson and Phil Ivey, as well.

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Aussie Millions 2012 Main Event - Phil Ivey Among Leaders

January 25, 2012 at 6:03 PM |

Robin Ylitalo took position as chipleader at the Aussie Millions Main Event Day 1C. Phil Ivey is also among the ones in lead.

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PCA 2012 High Roller - Leonid Bilokur Defeats Duhamel, Wins High Roller

January 15, 2012 at 4:50 PM |

The Ukrainian Leonid Bilokur took down the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure's (PCA) $25,000 High Roller Event, taking home a massive $1,1 million first prize. 2010 WSOP champion Jonathan Duhamel finished 2nd.

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PCA 2012 High Roller - Jason Koon Leads, Haxton, nanonoko and Duhamel at Final Table

January 14, 2012 at 2:39 PM |

The Main Event is over, however, there is one more important tournament running at the Bahamas: the PCA 2012 $25,000 High Roller. It is currently lead by Jason Koon, but there are very big names still at the table.

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PCA 2012 Super High Roller - Viktor Blom Wins His First Live Tournament

January 8, 2012 at 1:05 PM |

Killer high stakes action went down yesterday at PCA's tables, the extraordinarily strong final table of this year's Super High Roller tournament ended with the victory of Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom. This is the young Swedish pro's first live tournament win.

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PCA 2012 Super High Roller - Galen Hall Takes Lead, Isildur1, Negreanu at Final Table

January 7, 2012 at 3:18 PM |

An extraordinarily strong final table formed yesterday at the PCA 2012 Super High Roller tournament, the chipleader Isaac Haxton was eliminated, Daniel Negreanu, Jonathan Duhamel and Viktor Blom are still in for the $1,254,400 first prize.

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PCA 2012 Super High Roller - Galen Hall Takes Lead, Isildur1, Negreanu at Final Table

January 7, 2012 at 3:18 PM |

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PCA 2012 Super High Roller - Haxton, Blom, Seidel Take the Lead

January 6, 2012 at 1:22 PM |

Isaac Haxton leads the field at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure's (PCA) $100,000 Super High Roller Event by the end of Day 1. Viktor Blom and Erik Seidel are also amongst the top players.

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WSOPE 2011 Main Event: Fox Is Champion, Moorman Finishes 2nd

October 21, 2011 at 5:54 PM |

Maintaining his lead throughout the finale, Elio Fox won the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event for €1.4 million. Chris Moorman barely missed the bracelet.

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WSOPE Event #4 - Tristan Wade Wins, ElkY 5th

October 14, 2011 at 6:31 PM |

The WSOPE Event #4, the €3,200 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout has ended with the victory of the young American pro Tristan Wade. The French Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier came in 5th.

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WSOPE Event #2 - Hinrichsen Wins, Romanello 5th

October 12, 2011 at 4:39 PM |

Roberto Romanello missed his Triple Crown yesterday at the second event of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE); Andrew Hinrichsen took the bracelet and the €148,030 prize.