Daniel Strelitz Living in Fear, The Great Uber Bluff & Joseph Cheong Hustled After Winning Maiden Bracelet

Paul Seaton - June 20, 2019June 20, 2019

You know what they say: you wait for ages for a bus then two arrive at once. Well, for poker players, that might be bracelets. On a night where two men rewrote their poker epitaphs and faced their new selves in the mirror, it was all about the taxi driver

Jaded Joseph Cheong Happy to Get Out of the Hole and Parlay His $687k Score Into More

Joseph Cheong after winning his first career World Series of Poker bracelet.

Remko Rinkema - June 20, 2019

Unflappable might be the best way to describe the latest World Series of Poker bracelet winner Joseph Cheong. Cheered on by those on the rail and on Twitter, Cheong was quite possibly the 84th happiest person with his own bracelet win in the $1,000 Double Stack No Limit Hold’em event. “It

WSOP Report Day #21 – Negreanu Leads Seven Card Stud Final Table, Cheong on Brink of First Bracelet

Daniel Negreanu looks to win his first bracelet in Las Vegas since 2008 on PokerGO and CBS All Access today.

Paul Seaton - June 19, 2019June 19, 2019

With six tournaments failing to reach their conclusion on a super Tuesday at the 2019 World Series of Poker, there were reasons to celebrate for a six-time winner and a player who most would say is overdue his first bracelet. Let's start with Kid Poker. NEGREANU LEADS SEVEN CARD STUD FINAL

Robert Mitchell Wins the WSOP $800 Deepstack Event for $297,537

Paul Seaton - June 19, 2019

Robert Mitchell won his first-ever WSOP bracelet after a mammoth day at the felt in the 37th event of this summer's 2019 World Series of Poker. MITCHELL COMPLETES CAREER-DEFINING VICTORY By the time the dust had settled, Robert Mitchell's at-times miraculous win in the $800 NLHE Deepstack event saw him bank the

The Hangover Part IV: WSOP Edition and O’Dwyer is the Star of the Poker Twitter Show

Paul Seaton - June 19, 2019

How's your World Series of Poker going? After three weeks at the felt, some players are coming into their own, while others are flat out on their back in the middle of the Rio floor, while people step over their prone body. That's not an exaggeration. OUT FOR THE COUNT At least

NHL Star Phil Kessel: “Competing is in my blood and that’s why I love poker.”

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Phil Kessel in action during the 2019 World Series of Poker.

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Remko Rinkema - June 18, 2019

Phil Kessel is a bigtime poker fan and player, so what better place to be than the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas at this point of the year? For eight straight years, during the NHL off-season, Kessel has been coming out to the game’s biggest tournament series and

WSOP Report Day #20 – Seiver Leads Seven Card Stud Championship from Clements and Mueller

Paul Seaton - June 18, 2019June 18, 2019

If you're wondering who's reigning supreme in WSOP bracelet events that are yet to reach their conclusion, you've come to the right place. Who's running Scott Seiver closest in the Seven Card Stud? Which huge name has a top 10 double stack pile of chips? And which living legend is

WSOP Winner’s Circle: Adam Friedman Wins Back-to-Back Dealer’s Choice Championship Bracelets

Paul Seaton - June 18, 2019June 18, 2019

Two WSOP bracelets were won by players on Day #20 of the 2019 World Series of Poker. One was a first-time bracelet winner, the other a man who won the same bracelet a year and a week previously. Let's start with the history-making man who went back-to-back. FRIEDMAN DEFEATS DEEB HEADS-UP

Negreanu Needs Some Space, Friedman Fulfills Bracelet Dreams & Seniors Fight Back on Tanking

Paul Seaton - June 18, 2019June 18, 2019

Did you choose the over or under on three weeks for when poker players start to complain about the little things in (poker) life? If you chose the under, then congratulations! It really did only take 20 days. Now tuck those elbows in and enjoy our round-up of what the

WSOP Report Day #19 – Justin Bonomo Leads Final Ten to Shootout Showdown, Shaun Deeb Leads Final Five in Dealer’s Choice

Paul Seaton - June 17, 2019June 18, 2019

With four more WSOP bracelet events taking place in Las Vegas Nevada overnight, there were big chip stacks for 2018's WSOP Player of the Year Shaun Deeb and Justin Bonomo, who leads the all-time money list. We assess who stands in the way of both men winning bracelets on Monday. BONOMO