ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey appeals court has revived a lawsuit by a Vermont man who traveled to an Atlantic City casino for a poker tournament that wound up being canceled....
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Germany's Hossein Ensan outlasted Italy's Dario Sammartino and Canada's Alex Livingston to claim the $10 million title early Wednesday at the 50th World Series of Poker Main Event...
Tens of thousands of professional and amateur poker players go on a pilgrimage to Las Vegas every summer in hopes of returning home richer, owning a gold bracelet and having considerable bragging...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — "Jeopardy!" champion and professional sports gambler James Holzhauer didn't have as much success in his first appearance at two World Series of Poker events in Las...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — "Jeopardy!" champion and professional sports gambler James Holzhauer finished out of money in his World Series of Poker debut on Monday, a tournament official...
The annual World Series of Poker opened Tuesday in Las Vegas with dozens of scheduled card tournaments and a special event to celebrate the 50th run of a series known for minting millionaires each...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The World Series of Poker has set an attendance record for the sixth consecutive year.
Organizers on Monday announced the 50-day poker extravaganza in Las Vegas drew 123,865 players this summer.
The prize pool of the 78-event series at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino was the largest in its 49-year history, amounting to more than $266 million. That's an increase of more than $35 million compared to last year.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The 2018 World Series of Poker champion is an Indiana resident and professional player who barely missed the cut for the final table two years ago.
John Cynn won the series' marquee no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event Sunday in Las Vegas, surrounded by a cheering crowd that included his dad. He eliminated Tony Miles on the 442th hand of the final table, after playing 199 hands just against each other with bricks of $100 bills and a gold bracelet at the table.
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The new champion of the World Series of Poker no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event says he feels "pretty overwhelmed" after outlasting thousands of competitors to take home $8.8 million.
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Houston resident Michael Dyer has gone out in third place at the no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
The 32-year-old was eliminated Saturday, the third day of play at the final table. He takes home $3.75 million.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Only six players remain in the no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Three players busted out of the tournament's final table Thursday, while another one emerged as the leader with 156.5 million chips.
Houston resident Michael Dyer was beginning play Friday with more than double the chips of his next closest competitor. Michigan resident Nicolas Manion has over 72.2 million chips.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The centerpiece tournament of the World Series of Poker kicked off Monday in Las Vegas, drawing players from around the U.S. and beyond hoping for a piece of the more than $60 million in prize money.
ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — Nearly a year ago, it appeared as though Altoona resident Dan Ott had changed his life forever.
At just 25 years old, he made it through thousands of competitors to make the World Series of Poker's final table and outlasted seven more players there to finish as the runner-up.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The 2018 edition of the World Series of Poker opened Tuesday in Las Vegas with 78 high-stakes card tournaments expected to again draw tens of thousands of players and break an attendance record thanks in part to regulatory changes.
LONDON (AP) — He's long been a winner at cards, but American poker star Phil Ivey's good fortune does not extend to Britain's Supreme Court — he lost a major case Wednesday that will keep him from cashing in.
The British Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that Ivey had used illegitimate means to amass 7.7 million pounds ($10.2 million) in winnings during a stint at the baccarat table in 2012.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A New Jersey man with a degree in accounting is this year's World Series of Poker champion.
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A Pennsylvania man who finished second in the World Series of Poker says the cards didn't go his way.
Daniel Ott is from Altoona, Pennsylvania, and earned $4.7 million at the series' marquee no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event early Sunday in Las Vegas. Scott Blumstein, of Brigantine, New Jersey, won and takes home more than $8.1 million.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The World Series of Poker is down to its final nine.
The final table for the marquee no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event in Las Vegas was set early Tuesday. The nine men who emerged from a field of more than 7,200 participants after 10 days of play now have a chance to win a grand prize of more than $8.1 million and a gold title bracelet.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alex Christoff didn't know it at the time, but his lifelong romance with poker and gambling had been written in the cards — or at least in the whir-and-clang of a slot machine — by the time he was just 12 years old.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The best in golf shoot for a green jacket at the Masters. The deftest in tennis try for a title at Wimbledon. And the most skilled in poker attempt to earn a bracelet at the World Series of Poker no-limit Texas Hold 'em Main Event.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — With his chips stacked up and cards facing down on the green-felted table, poker Hall-of-Famer Daniel Negreanu leaned his body on a cushion tucked between his chest and a chair's backrest while he focused in a recent dealer's choice tournament he entered at the ongoing World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
A massage therapist stood behind him for more than an hour, running her hands up and down his back, shoulders and neck as he played.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The World Series of Poker is going back to crowning its main event champion in July.
ESPN is adding live coverage for the entire Texas Hold 'em main event starting with this year's edition, the series said on Monday. That change ends the recent tradition of having a months-long break between the time when the final nine-player table is set in July and when the winner is determined.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Mark Few lifted the transition game he used for years at Gonzaga from Roy Williams' playbook. When Few first started going on those Nike-sponsored vacations that coaches take during the offseason, it was the North Carolina coach and his wife who made the Fews feel welcome.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — When the Monte Carlo casino closes its eight-table poker room in about a month as part of a $450 million overhaul, the Las Vegas Strip will be down nearly a quarter of the tables it had a decade ago.
Casinos constantly adjust their floors to meet customer demand. And unlike the boom years when they competed for card fans after everyman Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker's main event in 2003, poker's appeal in Sin City has been weakening this decade.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — When the Monte Carlo casino closes its eight-table poker room in about a month as part of a $450 million overhaul, the Las Vegas Strip will be down nearly a quarter of the tables it had a decade ago.
Casinos constantly adjust their floors to meet customer demand. And unlike the boom years when they competed for card fans after everyman Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker's main event in 2003, poker's appeal in Sin City has been weakening this decade.
HOUSTON (AP) — Michael Phelps approaches his Super Bowl pick with equal parts athletic achievement and brand loyalty.
So while he admires Tom Brady, he will not commit to the New England Patriots winning Super Bowl LI.
Phelps commented on the big game, his trademark Phelps face, and hosting the Big Game Big Give poker tournament Saturday night in Houston.