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Le wins WPT500 at Gardens

The WPT500 debut at the Gardens Casino drew a huge crowd of 3,266 entries to the $565 main event, which grew the prize pool to $1.63M, easily surpassing the $1M guarantee. Peter Hengsakul began the final table with the lead, but it was first-time World Poker Tour player Dong Le defeating Owen Crowe in heads-up […]

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Busse ships record Ocean’s 11 event

Poker pro Shawn Busse took down the largest main event in Ocean’s 11 Casino history, outlasting more than 900 players in San Diego for $48,910. The tournament had six starting flights that drew 861 entries, as well as a Quantum Reload Day 2 direct buy-in option that had 59 players put up $1,500 to enter […]

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Wilkerson captures WSOPC in L.A.

Dylan Wilkerson has played two World Series of Poker Circuit events this year and he’s had a stellar showing in both. At the end of February, Wilkerson finished 11th in the WSOPC main event at the Rio and took home $20,908. Just a few weeks later, Wilkerson improved on his performance and won the main […]

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Strelitz dominates L.A. Poker Classic

Daniel Strelitz of Torrance, Calif., took home more than $1M after winning the L.A. Poker Classic. The 27-year-old pro bagged the chip lead at the end of Day 3, Day 4 and Day 5, and though he lost the lead briefly at this World Poker Tour final table, he bounced back heads-up and took down […]

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