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Esfandiari Melts Down, Misses Second WSOP Bracelet

Three-handed in Event 36, the $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout, Antonio Esfandiari had roughly 73 percent of the chips in play against American Jeremiah Fitzpatrick and Craig McCorkell. It was such a...

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Obrestad on Vegas, WSOP Success, Norwegian Poker

The young Norwegian online pro rocked the poker status quo in 2007 when she won the inaugural WSOPE Main Event for $2 million. Just 18 years old at the time, Obrestad represented a dramatic shift for a...

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Massive Value in PokerListings Battle of Malta Qualifiers

Party Poker and Titan Poker were first off the blocks with qualifiers for the Battle of Malta with a full $2,500 package already awarded on Party Poker last Saturday. With just a $5 buy-in and a very...

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Baker Breaks Through with First WSOP Win

Baker outlasted 476 players and then beat close friend Greg Mueller heads-up to win Event 37 $2,500 8-Game Mix for $271,312. “This is great,” he said. “This is why we get up every day and come in here....

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WSOP 3-Bet: Rousso Roached, Ultimate Poker, Zolotow’s Diamonds

Today in the WSOP 3-Bet we take a look at Vanessa Rousso losing a prop bet, Station Casinos launching an online poker app and Steve Zolotow’s bizarre diamond story. Leave suggestions for future WSOP...

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McCorkell on First British Bracelet at 2012 WSOP

The 26 year old mounted an improbable comeback from being the short stack with three players left – including noted pro Antonio Esfandiari – to beating Jeremiah Fitzpatrick heads-up to win $368,593 and...

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German Publisher Wins WSOP $10k PLO

Jachtmann, the founder of German poker magazine POKERBLATT, has been playing cards for over two decades but this was only his second cash at the WSOP. “It was a dream to even make the final table,”...

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WSOP 3-Bet: Bardah Binks, Players Championship, Ivey Absence

There was plenty of action to go around with the first German bracelet winner of the summer and a hundreds of thousands awarded to players. Today in the WSOP 3-Bet we look at Sorel Mizzi and Marco...

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Why Poker Needs a Pro to Win the $1M Big One for One Drop

And with a projected prize pool of over $42 million, and 15 amateurs currently committed to playing, there’s a real chance that a huge chunk of that money might be leaving the poker world forever....

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Luke Schwartz Out of the Pit, Back on the Grind

In the following two years the man known formerly as “_FullFlush1_” went on a downswing that involved poker and casino gambling but with two major wins online this year and a new focus on mixed games...

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WSOP 3-Bet: Glazier Gold, Rad Chad, Bonne Action

Today in the 3-Bet we bring you another stunning result from a woman at the World Series, an AARP-themed rant from recent WSOP final tablist Norman Chad, plus a French silent movie submission for the...

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WSOP Tweet Relief: Ivey On My Left? Perfect

Depends on who you ask, really. For some, like, say, Phil Ivey or Patrik Antonius, it's pretty much a non-entity. They're in the best position at the best table everytime they play, because they're the...

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Ukraine’s Oleksii Kovalchuk Scores Second WSOP Victory

Just 22 years old Kovalchuk has absolutely crushed the live circuit since his first cash in February of 2011. Since then he’s won over $2.1 million including two Italian Poker Tour titles, a...

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Former Model and NY Cop Wins WSOP Bracelet

Ostrander pocketed $742,072 when he won Event 41, $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em, in Las Vegas Monday. “One thing I’ve learned about poker over the years is that no matter how far you go in a tournament you...

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Gus Hansen Defends Lederer, Ferguson in Full Tilt Scandal

In September of 2011 Hansen released a statement saying he was blindsided by what had come to light about the management of FTP leading up to Black Friday. He was one of the few members of Team Full...

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WSOP 3-Bet: Channing Beat, Dwan Tweet, Duke Dispute

Today in the WSOP 3-Bet we bring you news of another close call for London poker legend Neil Channing, reports from Tom Dwan and the high-stakes games he’s playing in Macau plus photos of the latest...

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WSOP Tweet Relief: All Hell Breaks Loose

Check the full blow-by-blow of the hand from our live coverage last night for the details, but the long and the short of it is this: Shaun Deeb, Abe Mosseri and Nikolai Yakovenko got involved in a...

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Doyle Brunson: This WSOP Might be My Last

“This may be my last one ever because it’s just too long,” Brunson told PokerListings.com in Las Vegas. “I like to play seven or eight hours, and I can go a little longer than that but these WSOP days...

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888poker’s Sam Holden Looking to Repeat at WSOP

Holden, a 23-year-old poker pro from Herstmonceux, East Sussex finished 9th out of 6,865 at the $10,000 WSOP world championship last year. It was an accomplishment that changed his life in a big way....

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Brooklyn Native Henry Lu Wins First WSOP Bracelet

In a massive upset victory against UK veteran Neil Channing, Lu rallied back from an enormous chip deficit to hand the Brit his second WSOP runner-up finish. Down to Just One Big Blind Even more...

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