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July 2016

Poker Dealer From Detroit is the New Ladies World Champion

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 …

Safiya Umerova Wins Shootout Event and First Bracelet

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 …

Kristen Bicknell Wins Second Career Bracelet

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 …