Author: Paul Oresteen

Jake Bazeley & Frank Kassela Headline $5K Turbo on PokerGO

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The World Series of Poker Event #45: $5,000 No Limit Hold’em Turbo event is slated for two days on the calendar. Day 1 saw the field draw 505 entries that built a $2.4 million prize pool. Day 2 resumes at noon for the 49 returning players with the stream exclusively

Dmitry Yurasov Takes Down $10K Six Max on PokerGO

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The final day of the World Series of Poker $10,000 Six Max No Limit Hold’em Championship returned two dozen players to play down to a winner. Though Charlie Carrel began the day with the chip lead, Dmitry Yurasov built his stack midway through the day, smashed his through the final

Team Leah Takes Over Lead in $25K Fantasy Standings

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While Daniel Negreanu’s $25,000 Fantasy League may be a the mid-point of the World Series of Poker, the real party is about to start. It’s no secret the formula is weighted towards $10,000 events and higher, and there’s a ton of those coming up on the schedule. For the meantime,

Nadar Kakhmazov Takes Down $5K Six Max on PokerGO

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The World Series of Poker $5,000 Six Max No Limit Hold’em event drew 574 players that built a $2.6 million prize pool. The final six players returned on Wednesday, playing out the final table live exclusively on PokerGO and Nadar Kakhmazov and won his first bracelet for $580,338 in just

Christopher Frank Joins German WSOP Bracelet Club

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For the last couple of years German players have dominated the game at all levels. Whether there’s something in the water or there’s advanced group-think from the German contingent, another German player joined the ranks of World Series of Poker bracelet winner when 22-year-old Christopher Frank took down Event 33:

James Obst Takes over WSOP Player of the Year Lead

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The World Series of Poker reached the midway point with four weeks of events in the books and the Player of Year race is tightening up and could be anyone’s title. James Obst leads the race with 509.01 points after winning the Razz Championship, finishing runner-up in the $1,500 No

Rifat Palevic Wins First Bracelet in One Day

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The World Series of Poker always finds room on the schedule to experiment with formats or a few first-time events, sometimes they’re hits like the Dealers Choice or Millionaire Maker or sometimes they fall by the wayside like the Ante Only event. The $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty event looks like

Daniel Negreanu, JC Tran Headline Limit Hold’em Championship

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The World Series of Poker returns 15 players to Day 3 of the $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship with some a line-up boasting Daniel Negreanu, JC Tran, Terrence Chan, Sorel Mizzi, former champ Ben Yu and defending champ Ian Johns. While this year the event regained some prestige this year