Bin Weng started the year strong and never looked back Chinese-American poker player Bin Weng has been dominating the live poker tournament stage in 2023. Weng moved to the US when he was 18 and is the co-owner of a small Chinese restaurant on Long Island. He started playing poker around 2008 and has now
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Dan Sepiol is now a WPT World Champ
The win leads to a $5.2-million payday after cutting a deal with the runner-up Dan Sepiol secured his biggest career cash after winning the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship $10,400 main event, besting his second-best score by over $5 million. Sepiol and his backers will divide the $5,282,954 prize he won in the $40 million
Poker player allegedly held captive in extortion scheme
George Janssen claims he was held for over a month Federal investigators are reportedly investigating the alleged kidnapping of a Michigan poker player and four-time World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Ring winner, who was held captive for over a month as part of a two-year extortion plot. Local news reports say that George Janssen
Ren Lin finds success at the WPT World Championship
Lin takes down Jason Koon on his way to making poker history Ren Lin continued having success on Day 4 of the 2023 WPT World Championship on Monday, finishing third in chips at the end of the night and among the 45 players remaining as the final table approached, along with the $5.6 million prize
Bin Weng takes down the WPT World Championship High Roller event
The poker pro has scored three big WPT wins this year, as well as other victories Bin Weng has added another title to his stellar 2023 accomplishments. The 40-year-old Philadelphia pro began the year with his first $1 million cash at the $5,300 buy-in The Return at the Borgata and wrapped it up with another
Calvin Anderson ships the WPT Prime Championship for $1.3 million
Anderson took down Aaron Pinson in the final heads-up battle for the win Calvin Anderson became a millionaire on Tuesday at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Championship, beating Aaron Pinson heads-up for the win at the $5 million guaranteed $1,100 buy-in tournament. The 10,512 entries almost doubled last year’s count in the event won
Poker community irked by PokerStars’ response after player busted for cheating
A poker player caught in the act of cheating receives only a small slap on the wrist from PokerStars A popular Twitch streamer, Felipe Carmanhani, was seen using GTO Wizard during a session on PokerStars, bringing up the window showing the software’s output during play and apparently not caring if anyone saw it. Caught in
WSOP winner Joe Hachem makes unbelievable fold during the WPT Championship
Hachem folds K-K preflop, and his decision proves to be right on the money As the money bubble got closer on Day 2 of the 2023 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, Joe Hachem got the poker world to react after making an incredible fold while at the featured table. Everyone watched as he
Garrett Adelstein shows he’s still got it as he returns to the poker tables
The player is back from self-imposed exile and proves that he hasn’t lost his touch High-stakes cash game specialist Garrett Adelstein ended his self-imposed fifteen-month exile after the incident with Robbie Jade Lew in one of the most notorious poker hands in history, returning to the tables on Bally Poker Live. Adelstein sat down against
Jason Koon falls to Masashi Oya in WSOP Paradise Ultra High Roller
Oya picks up $2.9 million and his first bracelet after beating the high-rolling regular Masashi Oya has won the $2.9 million top prize at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) $100,000 Ultra High Roller at Atlantis Bahamas after battling past eight established pros who played their best poker at the final table. With $24 million
Lisa Costello takes down WPT Ladies Championship in Las Vegas
The long-time player rebounded from just five big blinds to win the tournament Las Vegas resident and retired poker pro Lisa Costello was the winner of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Ladies Championship that just ended at the Wynn, taking home $85,297 and the championship trophy. It was an improbable win after Costello found herself
Erik Seidel picks up 10th WSOP bracelet
The Poker Hall of Famer shows his skills once again at the felt Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel clamped down his tenth World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet after winning the $50,000 Super High Roller at the WSOP Paradise at the Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas. He joins a small group of poker legends