It was a normal Thursday evening for most people. In Las Vegas, players filled poker rooms for cash games and some of the multitude of tournaments in various series this summer. One of them was the World Series of Poker, happening at the Horseshoe and Paris on the Strip. Almost
Multiple bracelet winners will receive a lot of attention at the World Series of Poker, as per usual. It is often deserved, as it can be so difficult to win a WSOP bracelet, even now with hundreds of opportunities per year. The fields are larger than ever, and the level
The 2024 World Series of Poker has started off with impressive final tables, several of which have resulted in some of the game’s greats winning bracelets. The best example in the first week was John Hennigan winning Event 7 for his seventh career WSOP gold bracelet. As the WSOP played
The poker tournaments in Las Vegas may be the talk of the industry at the moment, but the vast majority of the world’s players are not actually in Las Vegas. They continue to play poker in their home games and online. For those players, for those who don’t have five-figure
The 55th World Series of Poker is underway in Las Vegas, and several players have already won WSOP gold bracelets within the first week of action. Everything kicked off on May 28 with players from around the world descending upon the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas properties. Very quickly, everyone
There is FOMO everywhere. The fear of missing out is a very real thing at the beginning of June, as it feels like everyone is in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker and the many other tournament series happening around Sin City this summer. The truth is that
Poker players had been waiting for months. The World Series of Poker announced its 99-event summer schedule for Las Vegas – the 55th Annual World Series of Poker – in the middle of February. There were two major omissions from that announcement, but the WSOP rectified one of those with
On the weekend before the start of the 2024 World Series of Poker, it finally happened. The WSOP online poker site connected its platforms in Nevada, New Jersey, and Michigan. It had been in the process for many months. It was clear that the WSOP hoped to have the process
As the World Series of Poker prepares to say the first of many “shuffle up and deal” commands for the summer, WSOP executives making announcements and putting out new information all over the place. This announcement is about the Player of the Year race. And the new rules couldn’t be
As the World Series of Poker crew makes its final preparations for the 2024 WSOP to begin on Tuesday, May 28, it’s a good time to look at the current player rankings and statistics. Everything can change over the summer, not only because of the WSOP results but those from
More than 1,000 players qualified to play in the 2024 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions. They qualified through 2023 WSOP bracelet events in the US, Czech Republic, and Bahamas, as well as throughout the 2023/2024 WSOP Circuit international and domestic seasons. There was $1M put into the prize
With the 55th edition of the World Series of Poker just a week from kickoff, the host of this iconic summer series announced new payouts for many of its tournaments. Many of the changes affect minimum cash amounts that are now approximately double the buy-in. As for the Main Event,
