Cliff Josephy Headlines Final 27 In 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event
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Cliff Josephy Headlines Final 27 In 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event - James Obst, Kenny Hallaert and Tom Marchese among remaining players with a shot at the bracelet and $8 million top prize. “Things just all went my way today,” said Josephy. “I didn’t play any big pots that went against me. The biggest pot I could have lost was my pocket kings vs. pocket aces for four million.”
Michael Tureniec Wins 2016 World Series of Poker $1,111 Little One For One Drop -The Swedish poker pro won the final gold bracelet of this year’s World Series of Poker. “I started to pick up some big hands when we got short-handed,” Tureniec said. “It helped me a lot to get some chips when we were down to 3 or 4 players, and then when I was heads up against him, I had a chance. Calvin (Anderson) was a tough player, so getting some chips to play with was very important by the time I got to heads up.”
Kassouf-Matuson WSOP Main Event Hand Controversy Explained - Donnie Peterson, Editor-in-Chief of PokerNews.com explains the full Kassouf-Matuson hand and controversy from the 2016 WSOP Main Event.
Jerry Wong Holds Top Stack With 80 Left in 2016 WSOP Main Event - The 2016 World Series of Poker main event has reached a crucial crossroads. Some 6,656 players have fallen to this point, but for the 80 players still in contention for the $8 million top prize, there are two clear outcomes. Jerry Wong stands tall in the lead with 11.555 million in chips; he’s one of three players to bag over 10 million heading into Day 6. Jan Suchanek (10.305 million) and Kenny Hallaert (10.05 million) round out that top three.
Brian Green Wins $1.1 Million in One Drop With No Sleep in Five Days - Green told Card Player that he borrowed $10,000 from another poker player and then played a 10-hour session of blackjack at the Golden Nugget in Downtown Las Vegas. “I ran the money up to $113,000, and my mom was worried about me carrying around that much cash, so I deposited it and then sent a wire [to the Rio],” he said.
Former Vikings Star Antoine Winfield Tries His Hand at WSOP Main Event - Antoine Winfield watched an unknown accountant win $2.5 million for winning a poker tournament in 2003. Since that moment, the former Vikings standout defensive back has believed “If he can win it, so can I!” Thirteen years later, Winfield was one of 764 players competing in the World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas last week.
2016 WSOP Main Event Field Hits 6,737 players, 5th-largest of all Time - Who is destined to take home the $8 million first-place prize, to top a field of 6,737 that stands as the largest a WSOP main event has seen in five years? It could be Timothy Sheehan, who surged to the top of the overall chip counts by the close of Day 1C Monday with 394,100, or Andrey Zaichenko, or Gary Sewell, who also topped their respective starting flights.
Place Prize
1st $8,000,000
2nd $4,658,452
3rd $3,451,175
4th $2,574,808
5th $1,934,579
6th $1,463,906
7th $1,250,000
8th $1,100,000
9th $1,000,000
Total prize pool: $63,327,800
Fedor Holz Wins $111,111 Buy-In High Roller For One Drop No-Limit Hold’em Championship - The 22-year-old German high-stakes poker pro collected a whopping $4,981,775 top prize in Event #67 and this is his first WSOP bracelet. One Drop drew the biggest field in its short history – creating $19 million prize pool. Las Vegas poker pro Dan Smith came close to first WSOP win, but finished as runner up
Jens Kyllonen wins $25K Buy-In Pot-Limit Omaha High-Roller Championship - The Finnish PLO specialist collected the $1,127,035 top prize in Event #62. It is his first WSOP bracelet. Kyllonen becomes the third WSOP gold bracelet winner in history from Finland. Tommy Le fights tough battle, but finishes as runner up
Tony Dunst Wins WSOP Gold Bracelet in $1K NLHE - The popular television commentator and poker pro collected $339,254 top prize in Event #63. Another huge field jammed the Rio – 2,452 entrants in latest NLHE tourney. Jason Rivkin finished as runner up
Doug Polk and Ryan Fee Win $1000 Buy-In Tag-Team No-Limit Hold’em Event – The dynamic duo collected the $153,358 top prize in Event #61. This first team poker event in 34 years at WSOP drew rave reviews and is a big success. 863 teams registered to play in the group competition with the top 130 cashing. With Ryan Laplante cashing for 12th time at 2016 WSOP, this set the new “most cashes” yearly mark.
David Prociak Wins $1500 Buy-In Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split Tournament - The Florida business owner collected $156,546 top prize in Event #60. It was his first year attending the World Series of Poker. Brandon Shack-Harris nearly won his second gold bracelet in ‘16, but instead finishes as runner up.
Oldest Man to Enter This Year’s WSOP Event Cashes - Toledo poker pro David Peters collected the $412,557 top prize in Event #56. After 38 WSOP cashes, Peters finally gets a win while Ireland’s Cathal Shine finished as runner up. The big headline on the day centered around who finished in 56th place. That would be 91-year-old Danut Chisu, from Romania, oldest player to enter. Ryan Laplante cashes again – his 11th already at ’16 series – on pace to break all-time cashes record.
Hung Le Wins 2016 World Series of Poker $888 No-Limit Hold'em Event - The $888 buy-in Crazy Eights event at the 2016 World Series of Poker drew a sizable field of 6,761, creating a total prize pool of $5,403,391. The $888,888 first-place prize was already guaranteed, and was won by an unlikely player in Hung Le.
Brandon Shack-Harris Wins Event 51: Jason Mercier on Pace to Break Record WSOP Cash - The Chicago poker pro collected $894,300 top prize in Event #51 and wins his second career WSOP gold bracelet – both in Pot-Limit Omaha. Previous WSOP winner Loren Klein finished as runner up while Jason Mercier cashed for tenth time at 2016 series – on pace to break record.
Shaun Deeb Wins A Seven-Card Stud Gold Bracelet - He won the $1500 buy-in Seven-card stud event and collected the $111,101 prize in Event #49. This was his second WSOP career bracelet.
Kristen Bicknell Wins Latest Gold Bracelet Tournament Victory at 2016 World Series of Poker - Bicknell became the first female gold bracelet winner of the 2016 World Series of Poker. The 29-year-old Canadian won the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Bounty tournament, which was played over four days and three nights and just concluded at the Rio in Las Vegas. With her impressive victory, Bicknell became the first female to win a gold bracelet at the 2016 World Series of Poker. She’s also the first Canadian. Fittingly for the resident of Ottawa, the triumph took place on Canada Day. Bicknell collected $448,463 in prize money, making this the biggest win of her career. Her prior win in the 2013 Ladies World Poker Championship paid $173,922.
University of Arizona College Professor Wins Big at 2016 WSOP - A University of Arizona College professor has just won the $1500 buy-in “Monster Stack” No-Limit Hold’em Event #41 at this year’s World Series of Poker. 6927 players took part in the event, a number equivalent to recent Main Events. As a result of the high player pool, everyone who made the final table walked away with six figure winnings.
George Danzer Wins $10K Buy-In Seven-Card-Stud High-Low Split Event - The German poker pro collected $338,646 top prize in Event #43. This is his second time winning the prestigious $10K Eight-or-Better event for second time, good for fourth career gold bracelet. With the victory he also seized the all-time WSOP wins leads among German players.
Chris Ferguson Makes Final Table but Falls Short: Continues to Draw Condemnation - Australian Martin Kozlov poker pro collected $665,709 top prize in Event #39 but it was another figure at the final table that drew most of the attention. Ferguson, who has resurfaced after a five-year absence following a scandal involving Full Tilt Poker, continues to deliver plenty of controversy to this year’s World Series of Poker. It was his first final table appearance since 2010.
Rafael Lebron Wins $3000 Buy-In Six-Handed Limit Hold’em Event - Lebron collects $169,337 top prize in Event #38. He had finished 2nd in an event last week. Greek player Georgios Zismopoulos finished as runner up while defending world poker champion Joe McKeehen finished fourth and Matt Matros, holder of three Limit Hold’em gold bracelets, came in fifth.
Hani Awad Wins $2500 Buy-In Mixed Omaha/Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split Event - The Israeli-born Las Vegan collected $213,186 top prize in Event #36 and dedicated victory to his 93-year-old mother. Jason Mercier made another deep run, but no final table – finishes 11th.
Andrey Ziachenko Wins $1500 Buy-in Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball - For Ziachenko, nine years of playing at the WSOP finally pays off. He now has 32 cashes at WSOP events totaling $1,160,546. Jameson Paintroved er ptough, but finishes as runner up. Belgian player Bart Lybaert cashes for the eighth time at this year’s series – currently on pace to break record for most cashes in single year.
Glaser Takes His 2nd Gold Bracelet at 2016 WSOP - British poker pro Benny Glaser collects $407,194 top prize in Event #32
He wins second gold bracelet at the 2016 WSOP, and third overall. Glaser dominated in the Omaha High-Low Split – scooping second win at this series while Jason Mercier made another deep run – his fourth final table appearance at this year’s WSOP, finishing in 8th-place finish. Chicago poker pro “Skippy” Lorgeree finished as runner up.
Jason Mercier Eliminated in 8th - It wasn't to be this time around. After winning two bracelets at this year's World Series of Poker, Mercier was eliminated this morning. See how it all went down here
Jason Mercier Gunning for 3rd Bracelet at This Year’s WSOP – Can Mercier complete the trifecta? He’s already won two bracelets at this year’s World Series of Poker and was among the last players sitting in the Event #32: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship.
Johnnie Craig Wins 2016 Seniors WSOP Championship for $538,204 - 54-year-old Johnnie Craig from United States has won the biggest seniors poker event of all time at the 2016 World Series of Poker. An incredible 4,499 entries took part in the Senior event.
Alexander Ziskin Wins 2016 World Series of Poker $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event - 30-year-old poker pro Alexander Ziskin has won event no. 29 at the 2016 World Series of Poker, defeating a field of 1,476 entries in the $1,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em event to win his first gold bracelet and the $401,494 top prize.
