Jason Mercier claims second bracelet!
| June 23, 2011 | Posted by admin under Poker News |
Jason Mercier has won the first ever WSOP $5,000 six-handed PLO event to win his second bracelet Tournament destroyer Jason Mercier has won Event 35 of the WSOP 2011: the $5,000 six-handed PLO, the first event of its kind at the Series. In 2009 he won the $1,500 PLO. The 3-day event attracted a quality…
WSOP 2011 on record breaking run
| June 21, 2011 | Poker News |
The WSOP 2011 is on course to be a record breaking series despite the events of Black Friday Records are being broken at the WSOP 2011 even after the potentially damaging events of Black Friday. With 30 events having taken place, overall participation has increased by 11.7%. The WSOP 2011 has attracted 33,173 entrants which…
Mark Radoja Scores Second Canadian WSOP Bracelet of 2011
| June 17, 2011 | Poker News |
We’re beginning to see a trend at the WSOP: Drop out of college, become a poker pro, win a WSOP bracelet. That’s the basic premise of Mark Radoja’s $436,568 victory in the $5k Shootout at the WSOP, although he’s quick to caution that it doesn’t work out this well for everyone. “I don’t recommend it,”…
Bracelet no.3 for the UK!
| June 13, 2011 | Poker News |
Darren Woods has become the third Brit to bag a bracelet at the WSOP 2011 Darren Woods has won Event 19 at the WSOP: the $2,500 Limit Hold’em/Six-handed event, picking up over $213k and setting the UK on course to a record bracelet haul. Woods beat Kim Nguyen – only the third woman to make…
EPT Berlin Numbers Down
| June 6, 2011 | Poker News |
EPT Berlin will likely fall short of the 945 entries it drew last year with just 315 players entering on the first of two starting days Tuesday. EPT Berlin defending champ Kevin MacPhee. Wednesday’s Day 1b is expected to draw as many as 400 players to the Spielbank Casino in the German capital – a…
Katchalov Catches WSOP Gold
| June 4, 2011 | Posted by admin under Poker News |
Celebrated poker player Eugene Katchalov added the one thing missing from his impressive poker resume late Saturday night. Katchalov outlasted 355 players and then came back from an almost insurmountable heads-up deficit to beat Italian Alessio Isaia to win his first WSOP title in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud event. “I can’t describe how happy I…
WSOP to host $1m tournament
| June 2, 2011 | Posted by admin under Poker News |
Look around poker nowadays and there’s plenty of one-upmanship. You’ve got your nosebleed players, your seven-figure bankrolls, your Super High-Roller events. Well, now the WSOP has joined the party and this week unveiled the Big One, a $1m buy-in event for the world’s richest players. Announced by millionaire and one-time high-stakes fish Guy Laliberte, he…
Erik Seidel wins WPT High Roller
| May 23, 2011 | Posted by admin under Poker News |
Hall of Famer claims fourth title of 2011 Before you say anything, no you haven’t read this story before and yes Erik Seidel has won another high roller event. The all-time money winner now has a staggering four titles and $5,590,166 in tournament winnings in this year alone, and we’ve not even got our pasty…
The World Poker Tour
| May 19, 2011 | Posted by admin under Poker News |
Another stellar final table on the The World Poker Tour, plenty of high-stakes action online and a few record breaking regional PokerStars tours meant for a busy week in the PokerListings news room. A few stories may not have recieved the front page play they deserve, but thankfully we’ve put them together in our weekly…
April High Stakes: Antonius Arrives
| May 2, 2011 | Posted by admin under Poker News |
One Team Full Tilt member rose to dominance in April’s high stakes online games while another came crashing down. Team Full Tilt Pro Patrik Antonius, who’s had a mediocre 2011, absolutely crushed his competition winning $2.3 million. Strangely his amazing hot streak began almost immediately after U.S. players were forced to vacate Full Tilt Poker…
