Tags : 2018 wsop main event

  • WSOP: John Cynn Beats Tony Miles to Win 2018 Main Event, $8.8M
    WSOP: John Cynn Beats Tony Miles to Win 2018 Main Event, $8.8M

    Most poker players would consider finishing 11th in the World Series of Poker Main Event to be an amazing accomplishment. Maybe not in the moments following their elimination, but eventually they’d accept what they did as something special. For the last two years, John Cynn has allowed his 2016 11th place finish to be his […]

  • WSOP: Tony Miles Had a Feeling, So He Called in Reinforcements
    WSOP: Tony Miles Had a Feeling, So He Called in Reinforcements

    The moments immediately after the World Series of Poker Main Event reaches a final table are all kinds chaotic for the nine players who have just become millionaires. ESPN needs some interviews on live television and WSOP executives are giving instructions how the next day will go and photographers are trying to coordinate a group […]

  • WSOP: Tony Miles Takes Charge of Main Event Final Table with 3 Left
    WSOP: Tony Miles Takes Charge of Main Event Final Table with 3 Left

    Michael Dyer started Day 9 of the World Series of Poker Main Event with nearly 40% of the chips in play with just five opponents standing between him and $8.8 million and the title of World Champion. After six hours of play on Friday night, just three players remain but Dyer is suddenly staring up […]

  • WSOP: Fast-paced Main Event Carnage Reigns on Day 6, Aram Zobian Leads
    WSOP: Fast-paced Main Event Carnage Reigns on Day 6, Aram Zobian Leads

    One day after a power outage wreaked havoc on the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event, the remaining 109 players returned to action and continued with a breakneck pace of eliminations with 83 more players being shown their way to the cashier while just 26 remain in contention for the $8.8 million first-place prize.

  • WSOP: Martin Sejer’s Sole Main Event Satellite Entry Became $57,010
    WSOP: Martin Sejer’s Sole Main Event Satellite Entry Became $57,010

    Martin Sejer was the last 888poker qualifier left in the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event before his opponent rivered a king to send him back to Copenhagen, Denmark with $57,010 and a story.

  • WSOP: Triple Bracelet Winner Brian Yoon Ascending on Main Event Day 5
    WSOP: Triple Bracelet Winner Brian Yoon Ascending on Main Event Day 5

    Amidst the carnage that was the first level and a half of Day 5 play in the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event, Brian Yoon continued to push ahead and took his 3,228,000 starting stack all the way up 5,000,000 very quickly.

  • WSOP: Barry Hutter Leading into Day 5, Phil Ivey Gone
    WSOP: Barry Hutter Leading into Day 5, Phil Ivey Gone

    In what felt like a flash, the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event suddenly just has 310 players left with Barry Hutter standing on top of the entire field.

  • WSOP: Piece-Buying Now Serious Business for Hunichen and Kornuth
    WSOP: Piece-Buying Now Serious Business for Hunichen and Kornuth

    Over the last five or six years, Chris Hunichen and Chance Kornuth have each bought dozens upon dozens of pieces of players in the World Series of Poker Main Event. This year the pair have teamed up, not only to be able to put more money to work, but to bring some sort of organization […]

  • WSOP: Shawn Daniels Tops Day 2AB, Galen Hall Wins $888 Bracelet
    WSOP: Shawn Daniels Tops Day 2AB, Galen Hall Wins $888 Bracelet

    After all the madness that was a record-setting Day 1C of the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event, a rather modest 2,453 players made their way back to the Rio for Day 2AB.

  • WSOP: Derrick Cavaco Hoping Main Event Run Benefits Vets with PTSD
    WSOP: Derrick Cavaco Hoping Main Event Run Benefits Vets with PTSD

    If the next 10 days go perfectly for Derrick Cavaco and he wins the 2018 WSOP Main Event, he will pocket exactly zero dollars. If he busts before the money bubble bursts, it will have cost him exactly zero dollars.