Five Things We Learned from Day 1 of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship

The big one is back. Every elite multi-game poker player wants to win it, very few can miss it and as poker fans, we adore it. Every table is packed with professional poker players of the highest standard, and the only bad thing about the $50,000-entry Poker Players Championship is

James Holzhauer Tries Not to Suck, Williams Talks Binions and Seidel is a Teamster

  Whether you're one of the best players in the world, today was a very special day at the 2019 World Series of Poker, with the $50,000 Poker Players Championship kicking off at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.  With Jason Mercier returning to the felt in dramatic fashion and legends of

“I Didn’t Want to Miss This One” – Jason Mercier Makes 2019 WSOP Debut in $50k Players Championship

Jason Mercier all smiles playing the 2019 $50,000 Poker Players Championship.

The World Series of Poker is not quite the same without Jason Mercier's contagious laugh roaring through the Amazon room or seeing him sprinting over from Brasilia because his event just went on break and he's being blinded off in another. For more than a decade, Mercier was one of the

WSOP Player of the Year Race: Dan Zack Back Up Top, Ari Engel Surges After Maiden Bracelet Win

Ari Engel jumps into 2019 World Series of Poker Player of the Year contention with his first bracelet win.

He had the lead after 25 events, lost it to Upeshka De Silva for a few days, but Dan Zack is back in the 2019 World Series of Poker Player of the Year race lead with 49 events in the books. There are 40 more events left to be finished

WSOP Report Day #26: Moreno Goes for Monster Stack Glory, Schwartz Shoots for Second Bracelet in a Week & Foxen Big in the Deepstack

With four events not yet finding a winner in last night's WSOP tournaments, we've got all the news for you on how they stand. Can Luke Schwartz make it two WSOP bracelets in a week after never having won one before this year's Series? Will Alex Foxen give the fanboys

WSOP Winner’s Circle: Kim Wins Ladies Event & Yuri Dzivielevski Also Bags First Bracelet

Three more WSOP winners were draped in gold on Sunday night as the $1,000 Ladies Event, $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event and latest Online event all met with completion. Let's start with the ladies. KIM DEFEATS MATSON HEADS-UP TO TAKE LADIES

Smith Bets His Shirt, Jesse May celebrates Full Flush Victory & Teddy KGB Arrives

It's Day #25 of the 2019 World Series of Poker and just when you thought the greatest poker festival on Earth couldn't get any weirder, well, it does. From losing your shirt in a table game to a dealer incentive, today is a case of 'Anything Goes' in the poker