No stopping Gates as final table edges nearer
Garry Gates’s rail here at the Rio has been swelling all week, and the 15 or so folk who are now three deep around the main feature table stage just erupted in jubilation. Gates was all in with pocket...
View ArticleEnsan, Gates top two at WSOP Main Event final
It was clear at the start of Friday that we were in for an extraordinary day. It always is when they play down to a final nine at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. What we could not have...
View ArticleWSOP 2019: Final table player profiles
The final table for the 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event was set at around 2am Saturday morning at the Rio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. Each of the nine players, the last from a...
View ArticleWSOP 2019: The Final Table
Well, well, well. Here we are. It’s Day 8 of the 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and the finishing line is in sight. That’s because the final table starts today — at 6.30pm local time —...
View ArticleMarchington marches on as Skrbic and Su depart
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final is well and truly up and running–and we’re very quickly down to seven players after near back-to-back knockouts. Both Milos Skrbic and Timothy Su are...
View ArticleMarchington out, 'Maybe I'm the youngest seventh-place'
Only six players now remain in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event after the elimination in seventh place of Nick Marchington. The 21-year-old Brit, who led the field at the end of Day 6, was...
View ArticleWSOP: Gates unafraid as five left in hunt for $10m
The first of a three-part World Series of Poker (WSOP) trilogy is in the books as the 2019 Main Event final table played five hours on Sunday night. The idea was to reduce the returning field of nine...
View Article#LFGGG in WSOP Main Event; Russia's "kolobcheena" wins the Milly ($108K)
Here’s everything you need to know from the weekend… WSOP Main Event down to five MicroMillions kicks off Russia’s “kolobcheena” wins Sunday Million ($108K) Top 5 results from the High Roller Club Top...
View ArticleWSOP: Gates to fans: 'Support fuels me'
Great success on a public stage, particularly the kind that brings money, almost always draws from the woodwork old friends and long-lost contacts, suddenly remembering their old buddy after all these...
View Article'Villain' Maahs busts in fifth for $2.2m
Three and a half hugely tense hours at the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event have just ended with the elimination from the tournament in fifth place of Kevin Maahs. He takes...
View ArticleChris Moneymaker Selected for Poker Hall of Fame
The votes are in. Chris Moneymaker, the best-named poker champion ever and one of the best ambassadors the game has ever had, has been selected for the Poker Hall of Fame. We all know how Moneymaker...
View ArticleThrilling ride ends in fourth for Garry Gates
Poker tournaments come and go, even those the size of the World Series of Poker Main Event. Bust-outs are all part of it, and we grow immune to to the emotions, standing distant on the rail. But when...
View ArticlePSPC champ pops the question
What comes to mind when you think of the Bellagio fountains? Your friend’s vacation selfie? The ending of Ocean’s Eleven? That time you left the casino at 6am after an all-night cash session? From here...
View ArticleMicroMillions 2019 Results Hub
Designed to be read in less than one minute. So, let’s quit wasting time… The winners so far: There have been 13 MicroMillions winner over the first two days of play. Here’s the roll call. Sunday 14...
View ArticlePlaying live poker with PokerStars School
Maybe you’ve dreamed about playing a live poker tournament for a long time. Maybe you just got the itch after watching PokerStars’ own Garry Gates take fourth place at the WSOP Main Event final table....
View ArticleThree becomes one to name $10m WSOP champ
Well here we are. After 90 events spread across 48 days, we’ve reached the last day of the 2019 World Series of Poker–and there’s the small matter of the Main Event winner to be decided. By close of...
View ArticleHossein Ensan: King of the WSOP
In front of the noisiest crowd ever assembled for a poker tournament anywhere in the world, Germany’s Hossein Ensan defeated Dario Sammartino, of Italy, tonight to claim the 2019 World Series of Poker...
View ArticlePokerStars Ambassador Daniel Cormier wins ESPY
This year’s ESPYs — ESPN’s annual sports award show — were the first to feature a category for Best MMA Fighter. While previous years had lumped boxers and mixed martial artists into a single Best...
View ArticleEn Route pour l'EPT begins at Gujan-Mestras
Today begins what should be an exciting tournament in southwestern France — the En Route pour l’EPT event at the Casino Gujan-Mestras. The €200 Main Event kicks off at today with satellites continuing...
View ArticleHow the Sunday Million was won (July 14)
As the final table of the WSOP Main Event was beginning in Las Vegas this past Sunday, nine PokerStars players from six countries were already well on their way to the final of the Sunday Million. They...
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