The World Series of Poker did it again. In 2023, the WSOP made a concerted effort to promote its Main Event – its $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em World Championship – with the clear goal of setting a new attendance record. There were more live satellites in the months leading
It’s that time of year again. The World Series of Poker prepares to induct one person into its Poker Hall of Fame. The final announcement will happen on July 14 at the start of Event 95. This week, the WSOP made public its list of ten finalists from the original
The feat is almost unheard of. Winning three World Series of Poker bracelets in the same series is rare. Despite the availability of 99 live tournaments at the 2024 WSOP and the addition of dozens more online during the same summer months, it is difficult for even the best players
Several poker players have earned their fifth bracelets this year at the World Series of Poker. Some did more, as John Hennigan won his seventh and Phil Ivey won his 11th. Daniel Negreanu now joins the club of players adding to their impressive career bracelet collections, as he won his
Just past the halfway mark of the 2024 World Series of Poker, yet another player won his fifth career gold bracelet. This time, it was a name in poker that is familiar to the pro contingent but tough to pronounce and relatively unknown to the recreational poker community. Yuri Dzivielevski
Most of the attention in the poker world is on Las Vegas. There are many tournament series happening in poker rooms around town, from the World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris on the Las Vegas Strip to lower buy-in series at the Orleans and Golden Nugget, as
Every poker player who heads to the World Series of Poker each year has the same goal – to win a bracelet. There are variations on that goal, as some players want to win that bracelet in a particular event, others want to win two or more bracelets, and some
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
