The long-time poker pro continues to excel as he looks for a purple jacket The most recent final table at the Poker Masters was the eighth of 10 featured in this year’s series in Las Vegas. Only two events remain in a wide open field competing for the Purple Jacket and the $50,000 Championship Bonus
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Vanessa Selbst to appear in Showtime’s ‘Billions’ show
The poker pro is set to try her acting chops in the drama series One of the most successful tournament poker players ever, Vanessa Selbst is the all-time female earnings leader with almost $10.9 million in lifetime cashes. The 39-year-old Yale Law graduate leads the second-ranked female by $3.6 million (Kristen Bicknell – $7,255,874), although
Scammer admits fake cancer claim to receive money to play in WSOP tourney
Rob Mercer took cash for a WSOP buy-in after telling people he needed money for cancer treatment Amateur poker player Rob Mercer received thousands of dollars from donors after falsely claiming he had terminal cancer in hopes of getting enough money to pay entry fees to play in this summer’s World Series of Poker. The
Kristen Foxen’s latest WSOP win puts her in a league of her own
Foxen is the first female player to win four WSOP gold bracelets Kristen Foxen made poker history this week by becoming the first female player to win four World Series of Poker gold bracelets. The Canadian pro outlasted the 492-player field to win the 2023 WSOP Online $888 buy-in No-Limit Hold ’em ‘Crazy 8’s’ event
Kristen Foxen and Calvin Anderson on fire in WSOP Online US events
Both players are among several that have already added bracelets to their collections Players in Nevada and New Jersey are participating in the WSOP Online US Domestic Bracelet series, with some of poker’s biggest names already securing bracelets, such as Kristen “krissyb24” Foxen, who won her fourth bracelet in WSOP Online Bracelet #6 – $888
Darren Elias takes down Poker Masters event #2
The ongoing poker series has several big names vying for huge prizes Four-time World Poker Tour Main Event winner Darren Elias has won the 2023 Poker Masters Event #2, claiming $223,100 and the Poker Masters trophy. He triumphed over a final table of poker legends such as Erik Seidel, Bin Weng and Eric Baldwin. Weng
Phil Ivey’s already signed up for the WPT Big One for One Drop
The Poker Hall of Famer is already committed to the $1M buy-in WPT event Poker fans have even more reason to get excited about the upcoming World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship this December at Wynn Las Vegas. WPT ambassador Phil Ivey has been verified as the first player to enter the $1,000,000 buy-in Big
Big names get ready for the Poker Masters series
The Poker Masters gets underway today, and names like Koon and Schulman are expected to arrive The eighth edition of the Poker Masters high roller series is set to run from September 14-26 at the PokerGo Studio. Since Steffen Sontheimer won the first series in 2017, the Poker Masters has been one of the highlights
David Kozma ships record WPT Prime poker event in Liechtenstein
The WPT’s stop in Liechtenstein proved to be a huge event for players The 2023 World Poker Tour (WPT) Liechtenstein CHF $1,100 (US$1,232) buy-in main event was held at Grand Casino Liechtenstein and set a new regular-season WPT Prime record with 1,644 entries and a $1.8-million prize pool. After two full days of action from
Phil Hellmuth once turned down a chance to play poker with Michael Jordan
The WSOP bracelet leader will always regret his missed once-in-a-lifetime opportunity Seventeen-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, known to drop names occasionally, appeared on the NESN Chicken Dinner Podcast and talked about turning down an offer to play poker from Michael Jordan, a decision he later regretted. Hellmuth talked about meeting the six-time NBA champion
Nik Airball lives up to his name on Hustler Casino Live
The regular show fixture claims to be $8 million in the hole The latest edition of The Nick Vertucci Podcast featured Hustler Casino Live regular Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot, with the poker pro saying he was currently on about an $8 million downswing. After learning this surprising revelation, Vertucci asked Airball about other poker-related subjects
Hustler Casino Live figure faces fraud accusations
Wenzhi Fei is accused of running a crypto scam, but denies the allegations Hustler Casino Live regular Wesley/Dr. Hash has been blamed for running a $5 million crypto scam. An anonymous account on Reddit posted evidence earlier this week that allegedly shows they and a friend were victims of a $250,000 scam after the SupremeX