Even though the $1,000 Ladies World Championship attracted fewer entries this year than last year – 718 this year vs. 818 in 2016 – it did indeed seem like every well-known female poker player from around the world had signed up to play the Ladies Event, incl. bracelet winners Vanessa …
The final table of the $10,000 Ladies Championship proved to be a tough one. No less than three WSOP Circuit ring winners – Amanda ”Mandy” Baker, Wendy Freedman and Amanda Musumeci – had made it to the final, next to Chinese PokerStars pro Yaxi Zhu, who became the first winner …
Kristen Bicknell was the first woman to win a gold bracelet at the WSOP this summer, and now just two days later Safiya Umerova has followed in her footsteps to win the most coveted bracelet in poker. The result came in Event #50: $1,500 Shootout, which drew 1050 players. To …
In 2013 Kristen Bicknell won her first gold bracelet when she took down the Ladies World Championship for $173,922, beating Leanne Haas heads up. Now three years later the experienced online grinder has done it again, and this time in an open event with more than 2000 entries. The $1,500 …
Mixed game pro Esther Taylor-Brady (aka E-Tay) has been running hotter than hot this summer, and she has impressed not only with her play but also with her demeanor on and off the felt. But more on that later. Coming into this year’s series Taylor-Brady had eight WSOP cashes to …
It took 52 events before we got our first female bracelet winner at this year’s World Series of Poker. With only 16 events left on the schedule it began to look as though we wouldn’t crown a female champion this summer. But then Carol Fuchs emerged and took down one …
The World Series of Poker launched 11 new events this summer. One of the more popular has been Event #42: $1,500 Extended Play No-Limit Hold’em with 90-minute long levels and a 7,500 starting stack. A lot of players – 1,914 overall – liked the structure and signed up to play, …
In 2005 actress and poker player Jennifer Tilly won her first bracelet at the World Series of Poker. Now 10 years later, she is in contention for her second gold bracelet in Event #32: $5,000 6-Max No-Limit Hold’em. Day 2 of the event saw 190 players return to the Amazon …
The first final table at the World Series of Poker with two female players is a reality. Yesterday both Elizabeth Montizanti and Kitty Kuo won their second tables in Event #14: $1,500 Shootout. After winning their first tables on Thursday and advancing to Day 2 with 100 other players, Montizanti and …
2013 was the year Loni Harwood broke into the mainstream poker scene after capturing a WSOP bracelet in a $1,500 NLH Event and topping a field of 2,541 players. She final tabled 3 events and cashed in 6 events overall. Last year the popular pro was not able to complete the WSOP …