Author: Paul Oresteen

Max Silver Leads Day 3 of Six Max, Final Table on PokerGO

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The World Series of Poker Event #27: $3,000 Six Max No Limit Hold’em has 21 players returning for the final day of play. Once the field reaches the final table it will be streamed in its entirety exclusively on PokerGO. Max Silver leads the field with three times the average

James Obst Breaks Through with Razz Bracelet

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The World Series of Poker $10,000 Razz Championship returned nine Mixed Game heavyweights for the final day of play. In the field were two-time bracelet winners Brandon Shack-Harris and Nick Schulman, Anthony Zinno and David “ODB” Baker. But James Obst returned with the chip lead, battled his way to heads-up

Team Martins and Leah Close Gap on Negreanu

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The World Series of Poker is approaching the midway point and Daniel Negreanu’s $25,000 Fantasy League is heating up. Team Negreanu remains in the top spot despite only gaining 10 points in the last week while Team Martins and Team Leah earned big scores to keep pace. Daniel Negreanu is

Maurice Hawkins Looking for Gold in Marathon

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Maurice Hawkins isn’t hard to miss in a poker room – he’s loud, sometimes sporting bleached-blond hair and usually has giant stack of chips. He’s the all-time leader with 10 World Series of Poker Circuit rings and has $1.58 million in WSOP cashes, but has yet to win a bracelet.

Pablo Mariz Wins Millionaire Maker for $1.2 Million

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The World Series of Poker $1,500 Millionaire Maker was an experiment five years ago when it appeared on the schedule and it’s grown to one of the most popular events on the schedule. The event drew 7,761 entrants and Pablo Mariz joined the WSOP millionaire’s club with $1,221,407 after defeating

Colossus Winner Thomas Pomponio Leads WSOP POY Race

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The World Series of Poker is two weeks old and with event numbers climbing through the twenties the Player of the Year race is heating up. Colossus winner Thomas Pomponio leads the race with 347.08 points but has several pros on his heels. Aditya Agarwal cashed in six events

John Monnette Wins No Limit Deuce to Seven Championship

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The final table of the World Series of Poker $10,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Championship returned eight world-class players to play for the title. But the day belonged to John Monette, in under six hours of play he won his third career bracelet and $256,610. “There were some

Ryan Laplante: One Year from Emotional Bracelet Speech

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Poker doesn’t cross path with world news often, but 366 days ago one of the worst hate crimes occurred in Orlando when 49 people were murdered in an LGBTQ nightclub. The next day, Ryan Laplante, an openly gay man, won his first World Series of Poker bracelet - a goal

Millionaire Maker Moving Day Predictions for Final Table

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Day 3 of the World Series of Poker $1,500 Millionaire Maker has 136 players returning to action. The goal is to trim the field to a final table for Wednesday’s exclusive final table broadcast on PokerGO at 2:30 pm ET with hole cards.  The event drew 7,761 entrants and