Month: July 2013

Nevada

Matthew Ashton wins World Series of Poker Event #55

Matthew Ashton laid claim to the $50,000 Poker Players Championship and the Chip Reese trophy early Friday morning following a grueling, 10-hour final table. The victory, which comes in one of the most coveted World Series of Poker tournaments among profe

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Nevada

Brett Shaffer wins World Series of Poker Event #53

The story of the tortoise and the hare teaches us that, oftentimes, slow and steady wins the race. That is the case today as Brett Shaffer, a 30 year old from Beloit, Kansas, defeated a field of more than 2,800 players to win his first bracelet as well a

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Nevada

Steve Sung wins World Series of Poker Event #52

Steve Sung won his second gold bracelet during the early morning hours of Monday in the prestigious $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed event at the 44th Annual World Series of Poker. In addition to putting him in the elite company of multiple bracelet wi

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Nevada

Kristen Bicknell wins World Series of Poker Event #51

Watch out world, the Canadians are in double digits.

Ottawa’s Kristen Bicknell collected the tenth gold bracelet for Canada this summer after taking down the Ladies No Limit Hold’em Championship event. In what was her first-ever WSOP cash and first fi

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