2019 World Series of Poker News: Father-to-be Wins HUGE
Jorden Fox captured his first bracelet and conquered a 3,253-player strong field in Event #22: $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold'em. The soon-to-be father received $420,693 for his accomplishment, overcoming a final table that included the likes of bracelet winner Jeffrey Smith and music supervisor Scott Vener. Sarah Herring talks to him about his experience and what it meant to share this triumph with his family and his coming daughter.
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Brian Green: Wins the FIRST 2019 World Series of Poker Bracelet
Brian Green won the World Series of Poker 2019 $10K No-Limit Hold ‘Em Super Turbo Event. Green defeated an impressive final table including Ali Imsirovic, Asher Conniff, Ping Liu, 3-time WSOP Bracelet winner Loren Klein, and 6-time WSOP Bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu. Green, who works in the automotive industry in Texas, takes home his second biggest live cash for $345,669. For live updates from all of the World Series of Poker 2019 events click below:
News from 2019 World Series of Poker: June 13
Welcome to your June 13th update from the 2019 World Series of Poker. Day 16 is going to be a wild one and Sarah Herring will also catch you up on anything you might have missed from Day 15.
3 Bracelets were awarded yesterday:
1. Andrew Donabedian Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet and $205,605 by Beating Huge 2,577-Player Field in Event #25: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack
2. Rami Boukai Wins Event #23: $1,500 8-Game Mix ($177,294)
3. John Gorsuch Completes Epic Comeback to Win 2019 WSOP Millionaire Maker for $1,344,930
And there are going to be Two Bracelets coming today!
1. Mizrachi Goes For Bracelet Number Five on Final Day of Event #27: Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
2. Will Stephen Song Top the Charts on the Final Day of Event #28: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em?
Penultimate day in Event 26 The Marathon:
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2019 World Series of Poker Bracelet Winner Event 28
Stephen Song entered the day with nearly half the chips in play among the six remaining players at the beginning of Day 3 of the 2019 World Series of Poker Event #28: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em but it wasn't an easy task to get his first bracelet he explains to Sarah Herring. Song explains that he will spend a lot of his $341,854 winnings with his father's company as he has a great respect for him.
Song discusses playing against Ryan LaPlante and his relief when the bracelet winner busted.
You can read more about the event on the live blog here:
News From 2019 World Series Of Poker: June 15
The $10,000 HORSE event finished yesterday with Greg Mueller winning his third bracelet and $425,347. At one point on the final table in Limit Hold’em, he was all in with bottom pair, no kicker and no fold equity. After winning that hand and fast forwarding a few hours, Mueller defeated Daniel Ospina heads up to claim his first bracelet since 2009.
In the $3,000 6-Max tournament Thomas Cazayous won his first bracelet. Cazayous came into the final table as the biggest stack and never dipped below second place. He was nicknamed ‘The Silent Assassin’ by the rest of the final table which he ended up living up to as he picked off the final four players, one by one, to record his biggest live tournament cash at $414,766.
The second and final starting flight of the $1,000 Double Stack began today. Yesterday saw 2,944 players enter for Day 1A which were cut down to just over 1,000 after 11 hours of play. Robert Peacock captured his first bracelet last year and $644,000 first place prize.
The $3,000 Shootout will also kick off today with Joe Cada looking to defend his title from last year which saw him take his third bracelet and $226,218. Cada actually had an amazing 2018 WSOP as he then went on to beat 3,120 players in the $1,500 Closer at the end of the series to win his fourth bracelet eventually finishing 3rd in the 2018 WSOP Player Of The Year leaderboard.
Yesterday the $10,000 Dealers Choice event began with 114 players entering. At the end of play yesterday, well known Jeff Lisandro bagged the chip lead from the remaining 44 players. Not far behind him though is head of the Markup Police Department and 2018 WSOP Player Of The Year - Shaun Deeb. Adam Friedman who won this event last year is still in with a chance at defending his title. In fact there is a long list of very well known players that will be returning today including; Frank Kassela, Nick Schulman, Phil Galfond, Brian Hastings and trying to win his second bracelet of the series Michael ‘The Grinder’ Mizrachi.
In the $1,000 Seniors event 252 players will take to their seats to try and navigate their way through the day to make the final table which will be played out tomorrow. Howard Mash comes in to the day as the chip leader and he will be looking to win his first WSOP bracelet and winning the $662,000 first place prize would more than triple his current total live tournament earnings. WPT Champion Victor Ramdin is another one of the big stacks and Poker Hall of Famer Barry Greenstein will also be taking his seat today.
Five players will be returning today to play out the $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha event. None of the five players are bracelet winners so all of them will be looking to capture their first and the $236,000 up top. This event was actually due to finish yesterday but the overall entries were 540 players up from last year which means that it will need an extra day to finish. Coming in to the final table with over half of the chips is Luis Zedan who has almost 16,000,000 chips of the 30,000,000 in play. Still in with a shot at winning is the UK’s very own Sam Razavi who has a pretty staggering 46 recorded live tournament wins so he will be no stranger to this final table secnario as he looks to win his first bracelet.
The $1,500 Limit Deuce To Seven Lowball Triple Draw will also find a winner today with 17 players returning from the 467 that entered. Hanh Tran comes in to the day as chip leader and will be looking to defend his title after winning this exact tournament last year for $117,000 and his first WSOP Bracelet. Towards the end of the year he then won his second bracelet at the World Series Of Poker Europe in a €560 PLO tournament. That would mean that if he does manage to successfully defend his title he will have won three bracelets in a year, which will actually tie him for the record for the most bracelets won by a player in a single year. The competition is still pretty tough though with lots of bracelet winners still in contention including three time winners - Frankie O’Dell, David Bach and Benny Glaser. Daniel Strelitz is also still in with a shot on winning his second bracelet this series after capturing the $3,000 6 Max title last week.
The $2,620 Marathon will finally come to a close today after five extremely long days of Poker. 1083 players started on this poker adventure and today only 6 will be returning. Jared Koppel comes in today as the overwhelming chip leader with over double the amount of chips that second place player has. He will be looking to win his first bracelet and only his second reported live tournament. His first was two years ago here at the Rio in a $365 Deepstack for $20,707. He’s already surpassed that cash with every returning player being guaranteed at least $80,000. They will all be eyeing up that top prize though which is a mouthwatering $477,000.
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News From 2019 World Series of Poker: June 14
Day 17 Update on June 14th from the 50th annual world series of poker
Probably the most exciting news to emerge from the Rio yesterday was Michael Mizrachi winning his 5th bracelet. The chants of Michael Mizrachi's rail echoed around the Amazon room from Event #27: $1,500 Stud Hi-Lo as he captured bracelet number five, becoming the most successful bracelet-winner of the decade.
The other champion to be crowned yesterday came in Event #28 a $1k No Limit Event with more than $340K up top. The man who came in with nearly half the chips in play is the man who walked away with the bracelet and we were tableside to capture his thoughts after play ended.
Coming into Day 5 of the Marathon there are 16 players left, and in the spirit of the marathon the 100-minute levels will continue until there are only 6 players remaining. Roman Korenev is the main to catch at the moment.
That star power at the Rio can always be found in the $10k horse championship which is down to just 7 players. Dario Sammartino will be looking to capture his first bracelet, but just behind him in chips is Scott Clements who has already won a bracelet this summer and 3 in total. Behind him in Greg Mueller and really with a variant like HORSE things can shift pretty quickly. All the players have about $55k locked up but with more than $425K up top you will not want to miss and you can watch on CBS all access or Poker Go starting at 1pm local time.
For those not glued to the $10K, I have to imagine you will be refreshing one of my fav tourneys of the summer. The $3k 6 max. There are currently 20 players from the original 754 battling for a top prize of almost $415K. There are three previous bracelet winners still in contention including chip leader Upeshka de Silva as well as Angel Guillen and Kyle Cartwright.
58 players remain in event 30 the $1k PLO. You can follow all the action on the PokerNews blog.
There are two day twos today as the Seniors return with a whopping fifteen hundred and fifty players still in the mix.
Event #33 the $1500 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw, is coming back today with 139.
Today two events are kicking off which included another early 10am start for the $1k Double Stack which already has close to 1500 entries
Finally the 10k Dealers Choice will begin at 3pm pacific time and should attract some of the most skilled players around.
Cord Garcia Talks About The Heads Up Championship
Sarah Herring talks to poker pro Cord Garcia, the original Colossus champion, about moving up and growing up. Garcia opens up about how his life is changing as he climbs up the ranks and joins the nosebleeds. After never having left the county he took a trip to Europe in 2018 immediately final tabled the EPT Barcelona confirming that he can go and play anywhere. Garcia shares his thoughts on the Big 50, life in Los Angeles and more.
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News From 2019 World Series of Poker: June 12
Day 15 is well underway and there is tons of action at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino. Sarah Herring the latest news from recent bracelet winners, who is going to a final table, who has all the chips and more.
Event #24: $600 WSOP.com ONLINE Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
Event #22: $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold'em
Event #23: $1,500 Eight Game Mix
Event #21: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship
Event #19: Millionaire Maker - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Event #25: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack
Event #26: $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em Marathon
Event #27: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Event #28: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Event #29: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
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Stephen Chidwick wins his FIRST WSOP Bracelet and $1,618,417!!
Stephen Chidwick is the latest WSOP winner after he defeated a field of 278 players to capture his first WSOP Bracelet in the $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller Event. Chidwick has recently become a first time father as well which meant that this was his first WSOP event this summer. Normally he would be deep into his summer grind by now but this later start seems to have paid off as he turned his max late registration into a pretty hefty pay day pocketing himself $1,617,417.
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News From The 2019 World Series Of Poker: June 22
It’s now over halfway through the 2019 World Series Of Poker and here are all of the updates that you need to know today.
Last night saw the $1,500 Bounty tournament crown a winner. 1,807 players started this event but it was Asi Moshe who was the last man standing. Asi takes home his third WSOP bracelet and at one point when they were four handed he found himself with almost 60% of the chips in play. He used his big stack aggressively but then three handed he saw his 7 to 1 chip lead do a complete turn around as he ended up as one of the short stacks. He managed to recompose himself and eventually regained control to knock both of the remaining players out to earn himself $253,000 for his first place finish as well as all that extra bounty money!
Just 7 players will be returning today to finish the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller event. As to be expected there are some big names still left in contention including chip leader Stephen Chidwick. This is Chidwick’s first WSOP event this year as he has just become a brand new Father! Congratulations to Stephen and this tournament could become another new first for him as he looks to win his first WSOP bracelet.
The $1,000 Ladies tournament will see 43 women return today. This event is due to play down to a final 6 players which will be finished tomorrow. Almost 1000 players entered this event which has generated a first place prize of $167,308. Tu Dao was down to just 13 big blinds in the last level of the day but went on an insane heater to run up her stack from around 150,000 to 850,000 which has now bagged her the chip lead. Ana Marquez comes in the day as another chip leader and she is looking to improve upon her tenth place finish in the $1,500 Millionaire Maker earlier this series.
26 will return for the $2,500 No Limit event which saw just shy of a 1,000 players enter. Lots of bracelet winners are still in the field including two time bracelet winners Barny Boatman, David Baker and Kristen Bicknell. The winner of this event will take home a very impressive $427,399 as well as one of those very shiny and very exclusive 50th Anniversary WSOP Bracelets.
The $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw will find it’s winner today. There are only 3 players of the remaining 9 who do not currently have a bracelet. Looking to add to their WSOP bracelet collection will be Brian Hastings, Calvin Anderson and Daniel Ospina who will all be taking their seats as well today.
The $2,500 Mixed - Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better / Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or better. Yeah, that event will continue today with 128 remaining from the 401 that entered. Some notable names left in this field include bracelet winners - Phil Hellmuth, Shaun Deeb, who is one of the chip leaders & Eli Elezra.
The second and final flight of the $1,500 Monster Stack kicks off today. Yesterday saw 3,928 players enter Day 1A with just over a thousand advancing to Day 2. Yesterday saw Connor Beresford steadily build a stack throughout the day and at the end he found himself bagging the chip lead with over 400 big blind!
The $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 Handed event will also begin today. Last year Loren Klein won his third bracelet in this event and just over $1,000,000 after he out lasted 475 other players. In fact, for those of you that don’t know, Klein has etched himself into a WSOP record this year as he recently took down the $2,500 Mixed Big Bet event which means he has now won a WSOP bracelet every year for the past four years. This is something that only Bill Boyd and Doyle Brunson managed to do back in the seventies. Arguably Klein’s achievement is slightly more impressive with him doing it in the modern era of Poker which draw larger field sizes for the events.
LIVE PokerNews Podcast from 2019 WSOP
June 12, 2019 - Episode 4
In the 4th episode of this special World Series of Poker edition of the PokerNews Podcast Sarah Herring and Jeff Platt discuss
-If the recent addition of the $50K Final Fifty should be included in the Fantasy Draft
New Bracelet?
-Jorden Fox heartwarming win in the $1k Double Stack
-Jim Bechtel Breaks Record:
-Dan Zack still ahead in POY
-Eli Elezra wins 4th Bracelet
-Drama over some of the structures and More
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Kristen Bicknell on Sneaking Out of the House to Go Play Poker
Two time GPI Female Poker Player of the Year Kristen Bicknell wasn't always a well-known professional poker player. Her now very supportive parents weren't as supportive when they first caught their 18 year old daughter playing online poker. Did that discourage Bicknell? Nope. She obviously continued her play and worked her way up to being a consistent force in the poker world. She tells PokerNews what her parents think of her career now and if they follow her in poker tournaments. Bicknell considers what her next goals are in poker and how to keep improving her game.
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Michael Mizrachi Wins 5th Bracelet at 2019 World Series of Poker
MIchael the Grinder Mizrachi is no stranger to the bracelet circle after having won 5 bracelets in the last decade. Mizrachi shares with Sarah Herring about his lucky charm that he thinks helped him win Event #27: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better. But he also admits that he felt he had an edge on most of the field.
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2019 World Series of Poker Fantasy Draft Drama
THE 888poker GREAT DEBATE:
The recent addition of a $50k Final Fifty High Roller to the 2019 WSOP schedule threw a wrench in fantasy leagues that are designed for the World Series of Poker and are also the basis for a lot of side bets. The leagues, the $25k Fantasy run by Daniel Negreanu and the $2.5k Fantasy league run by David 'ODB' Baker, have a lot of money on the line and decisions are made during the draft based on the WSOP schedule.
Immediately, players involved began to debate whether or not to add the added $50k into the draft. Negreanu proposed to appoint an arbitration committee of three to hear arguments on either side and make a final ruling.
Sarah Herring talks to Daniel Negreanu, David Baker, Frank Kesella, Remko Rinkema, Donnie Peters and Phil Galfond to get a rounded perspective from both sides.
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What do you think?
PokerNews Podcast Live from 2019 WSOP: June 14
Jeff Platt and Sarah Herring come you live from the Rio in Las Vegas to update you on the latest news to come out of the 2019 World Series of Poker brought to you by 888poker.
They talk about the Grinder, Michael Mizrahi's 5th Bracelet. The $10K HORSE with 3 players Left. The $3k 6-Max and the ever popular $25K Draft Controversy.
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Why Is Eugene Katchalov Late to the World Series of Poker?
Eugene Katchalov just arrived at the Rio Las Vegas to play his first World Series of Poker event: the 888poker Crazy 8's tournament. Katchalov has been staying busy outside of poker. He got married, started an e-sports company and has been traveling the world. Not a bad life! Does he still want to play poker full time? Does he have big goals for the Main Event? Watch to find out!
2019 World Series of Poker: The Polar Bear Returns
It has been several years since we have seen a polar bear in Day 3 of an event. In 2017 we saw Brandon Shack-Harris playing in this costume and now in 2019 his buddy Eric Rodawig is carrying on the tradition in the same event . $1500 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or better.
Both players are members of a home game community including the likes of bracelet winner and musician Steve Albini. Part of their game has evolved into a poker clothing line featuring nittykitty and this year Rodawig speaks about the release of the next incarnation of Nitty Kitty, Run it Twice Mice. You can check out all of their gear at:
WSOP 2021 | Father Daughter Tag Team To Score At The 2021 WSOP
Father daughter duo David and Amanda Botfeld team up to play in the 2021 WSOP. The pair played in the $1000 Tag Team event, and took home 3rd place, a story, and $49,512!
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Here's What You Have To Do If You Want to Achieve Big Things in Poker
You're really gonna have to study if you want to accomplish big things in poker, says 888poker pro ambassador Vivian Saliba. She's been putting the work at the poker tables in over the last couple years; between poker training, solvers, live commentary, live poker and online sessions she's accumulating the hours seeing the poker results.
WSOP poker record-breaker Tiffany Michelle is on the ground at the 888pokerLIVE London Weekend tournament and gets a few minutes to ask Vivi everything about how she's working to improve her poker game.
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2019 WSOP Chainsaw Report: Markup, Fantasy Draft, Structure Sucks
It is that time again, the time of the year where we let The Chainsaw Allen Kessler tell you exactly what is wrong at the 2019 World Series of Poker. In this first episode of 2018 Kessler explains why he might be the best value in poker, how Shaun Deeb ended up taking him in a cross-book in the Fantasy Draft and what is wrong with all the mixed game structures this year.
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