One month ago Kristen Bicknell won the award for best female player in the world after topping the rankings of the 2017 Global Poker Index. Today Bicknell proved that it is no coincidence that she is considered the best female player in the world right now. Bicknell who has won …
Maria Ho was only two spots away from winning her first 2018 title when she final tabled the $25,500 LAPC Rockstar Energy High Roller. Ho entered the stacked final table that included Nick Petrangelo and Alex Foxen second in chips. Down to three players Ho was all in with ace-five suited …
The WSOP Circuit Las Vegas has been a huge success for female poker players. First Lena Evans won Event #5, then Louise Francoeur took down Event #8, and now two-time bracelet winner Loni Harwood has taken down Event #13: $2,200 NLH High Roller. Harwood outlasted 129 players and beat Joseph Cheong heads-up to collect her …
The WSOP Circuit Rio Las Vegas saw yet another female poker player winning a ring yesterday. After Lena Evans won her second gold ring a couple of days ago and Nadya Magnus finished runner-up in another event, Louise Francoeur emerged victorious in Event #8: $365 No-Limit Holdem. The Las Vegas based pro …
Just three months ago poker player and philanthropist Lena Evans won her first WSOP Circuit ring at Planet Hollywood. Today she won her second gold ring and $15,977, when she took down Event #5: $365 No-Limit Holdem Turbo at the Rio in Las Vegas. By doing this she also became the first …
Maria Lampropulos must be the owner of one of the most impressive learning curves in poker. Back in November 2014 the Argentine cashed in her first tournament. It was the R$3000 BSOP Millions Main Event in Sao Paulo, and Lampropulos wound up taking 188th place for R$ 7,350 ($2,913). Since …
In the spring of 2017 Maria Konnikova began her poker journey in Monaco. The Ph.D. in psychology and writer for magazines like The Atlantic and The New York Times and author of two best-selling books Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes (2013) and The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It …
Maria Ho entered Day 5 of the WSOPE Main Event at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov as the chip leader with 12 players left. When the 6-handed final table was set, Ho had eliminated the reigning champ Kevin MacPhee in 10th place, and bagged the chip lead once more. Looking …
If the poker gods did indeed exist Maria Ho would win the 2017 WSPOP Europe Main Event. Ho has been last woman standing in the WSOP Main Event two times – in 2007 (38th) and in 2014 (77th), and in 2011 she claimed the same title, finishing in 27th place …
It took 15 WPT seasons before Ema Zajmovic became the first woman to win a WPT Main Event on the Main Tour back in February this year. Fortunately, women have been more successful on the felt of the WPT National Main Events with three winners so far: Natalia Nikitina (2011), Mette-Louise Christiansen (2014), …