Month: June 2013

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Brandon Wong wins World Series of Poker Event #50

Brandon Wong was so close to a bracelet this past April at the World Series of Poker Asia Pacific he could taste it. Wong outlasted a stacked field in a $2,200 Mixed event and found himself at the final table with the current WSOP Player of the Year point

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Marco Johnson wins World Series of Poker Event #48

Marco Johnson’s 2013 World Series of Poker was a mega success regardless of what happened in Event 48, a $2,500 Six-Handed Limit Hold’em event. He laid claim to five cashes and more than $200,000 in earnings, but somehow, that wasn’t enough.

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Anthony Gregg wins World Series of Poker Event #47

When Greg Merson made his incredible run to a Main Event victory last year, Anthony Gregg was the best friend he could’ve asked for. The Maryland-based poker pro was at every rail, traveled with his friend to Europe, and helped keep Merson focused on poke

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Vladimir Shchemelev wins World Series of Poker Event #46

Vladimir Shchemelev’s World Series of Poker resume got a serious upgrade in Event 46, a $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low tournament. The 40-year-old resident of St. Petersburg, Russia outlasted a stacked field to win his first bracelet along with $279,094.

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Ben Volpe wins World Series of Poker Event #45

Ben Volpe was on the losing end of a two-outer against Paul Lieu heads-up in the $1,500 Ante-Only No-Limit Hold’em tournament, but he didn’t let that shake him. The 26-year-old CPA from Chicago kept his nose to the grindstone and battled back to best Lieu

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Sandeep Pulusani wins World Series of Poker Event #44

Things didn’t look so good for Sandeep Pulusani when he got heads-up against Niall Farrell in the $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em event at the 44th Annual World Series of Poker early Thursday morning. The experience was there for him, but the chips weren’t, and h

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Jesse Martin wins World Series of Poker Event #43

Jesse Martin outlasted a stacked final table and beat David “Bakes” Baker heads-up to win his first gold bracelet in the $10,000 2-7 No Limit Single Draw event at the 44th Annual World Series of Poker Tuesday night. In addition to his first gold bracelet,

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Norbert Szecsi wins World Series of Poker Event #42

Over 40 events into this year’s World Series of Poker, only a handful of nations have earned bracelets. While the United States and Canada have been cleaning up, other nations like Great Britain and France have gone winless. Today though, another country

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