Bin Weng started the year strong and never looked back Chinese-American poker player Bin Weng has been dominating the live poker tournament stage in 2023. Weng moved to the US when he was 18 and is the co-owner of a small Chinese restaurant on Long Island. He started playing poker around 2008 and has now
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Borgata Winter Classic coverage coming to PokerOrg
Poker fans can catch the action at the tables in this huge festival BetMGM has just disclosed a collaboration with poker media platform PokerOrg as the authorized partner for the Borgata Winter Poker Open. The Open has $10 million in guaranteed prizes available and is set to take place at the ‘prime poker hub’ on
Dan Sepiol is now a WPT World Champ
The win leads to a $5.2-million payday after cutting a deal with the runner-up Dan Sepiol secured his biggest career cash after winning the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship $10,400 main event, besting his second-best score by over $5 million. Sepiol and his backers will divide the $5,282,954 prize he won in the $40 million
Charity Series of Poker to host tournament in January
The tourney, along with an awards dinner, celebrates those who keep the organization alive The Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) will host an awards dinner and poker tournament to kick off the new year, which honors all players, staff, volunteers and sponsors who helped make their endeavors possible in 2023. The exciting evening of festivities
Ren Lin finds success at the WPT World Championship
Lin takes down Jason Koon on his way to making poker history Ren Lin continued having success on Day 4 of the 2023 WPT World Championship on Monday, finishing third in chips at the end of the night and among the 45 players remaining as the final table approached, along with the $5.6 million prize
The DeepStack Extravaganza poker tournament series kicks off on Christmas
The upcoming series will offer almost $1 million in cash prizes for the holidays The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas will host its upcoming DeepStack Extravaganza (NYE) tournament series from December 25 through January 7, with 19 events and almost $1 million in guaranteed prizes. The highlight of the series is the $1,600 buy-in $400,000
Calvin Anderson ships the WPT Prime Championship for $1.3 million
Anderson took down Aaron Pinson in the final heads-up battle for the win Calvin Anderson became a millionaire on Tuesday at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Championship, beating Aaron Pinson heads-up for the win at the $5 million guaranteed $1,100 buy-in tournament. The 10,512 entries almost doubled last year’s count in the event won
WSOP Paradise snafu leads to investigation
A player inadvertently lost a huge chip stack during a hand and not even the dealer caught it A huge dealer error has caused controversy, and an investigation was opened after the final table at the WSOP Paradise Main Event. The mistake cost Australian poker player Daniel Neilson a whopping 10 million chips, equal to
WSOP winner Joe Hachem makes unbelievable fold during the WPT Championship
Hachem folds K-K preflop, and his decision proves to be right on the money As the money bubble got closer on Day 2 of the 2023 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, Joe Hachem got the poker world to react after making an incredible fold while at the featured table. Everyone watched as he
2024 WSOP schedule set, with the Main Event to be held in July
One of the biggest poker events of the year is already getting ready for another deep run The World Series of Poker (WSOP) just finished its WSOP Paradise festival in the Bahamas and has now turned its focus to Las Vegas with the announcement of the dates for the 2024 WSOP. The 55th edition of
Jason Koon falls to Masashi Oya in WSOP Paradise Ultra High Roller
Oya picks up $2.9 million and his first bracelet after beating the high-rolling regular Masashi Oya has won the $2.9 million top prize at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) $100,000 Ultra High Roller at Atlantis Bahamas after battling past eight established pros who played their best poker at the final table. With $24 million
World Poker Tour Prime Event down to final six players
The remaining players will take home at least $290,000 each The $1,100 World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime event at the WPT World Championship series is down to the final six players, who made it through a record-breaking 10,516 entrants to play for their cut of the $10,196,640 prize pool. These are the players that will