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by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 17, '24

After two weeks of adrenaline-pumping action, the 2024 World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event has finally narrowed its record field of 10,112 entries down to a single player. Longtime poker pro Jonathan Tamayo emerged victorious with the championship bracelet and the first-place prize of $10,000,000. “Joe McKeehen told me that this tournament’s […]

by Steve Schult | Published: Jun 04, '21

This year’s World Series of Poker was pushed back to the fall, but tournaments in Las Vegas are still plentiful throughout the summer with other properties holding tournament series with massive prize pools. Longtime poker pro Jonathan Tamayo took down one of the first major tournaments of the season, earning $237,935 at the Wynn Summer […]

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Dec 04, '24

After this summer’s World Series of Poker main event win by Jonathan Tamayo, the series has announced some changes for the upcoming WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas regarding outside help and the use of electronic assistance while at the tables. A controversy arose after Tamayo appeared to be receiving real-time assistance (RTA) from poker pros […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 17, '24

The largest World Series of Poker main event ever held is now down to just three contenders, each with their eyes on the championship bracelet and the first-place prize of $10,000,000. The 2024 WSOP $10,0000 buy-in no-limit hold’em world championship drew a record 10,112 entries, resulting in a prize pool of $94,041,600. There is still […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 15, '24

The 2024 World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event set the record as the largest ever held, drawing 10,112 entries to create a prize pool of $94,041,600. After four starting flights, two day 2s, and six consecutive days of combined-field play, there are now just nine players remaining with a shot at the […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Apr 30, '24

The first-ever PokerGO Tour Texas Poker Open $3,300 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event drew a field of 735 entries to the Champions Club Texas in Houston, TX. The sizable turnout saw the tournament’s $2 million guarantee easily surpassed, with $2,205,000 in total prize money ultimately paid out among the top 86 finishers. The largest chunk […]

by Craig Tapscott | Published: Jul 23, '13

The Pros: Bryan Piccioli, Scott Sitron, Peter Jetten, and Jonathan Tamayo Craig Tapscott: What are the biggest leaks you see players have in tournament play? Bryan Piccioli: A mistake I see a lot of players making is not adjusting properly to certain stack depths. This is especially true in live events when you don’t have […]

by Brendan Murray | Published: Dec 11, '12

British poker pro John Eames has joined Iveypoker.com, the new training site from Phil Ivey. The young Brit, who has World Series of Poker and European Poker Tour final tables under his belt, joins fellow countryman James Dempsey on Team Ivey. Eames said on Twitter: Excited to announce that I will be representing iveypoker.com as […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Sep 23, '09

In its eight-year history, only two players had won multiple bracelets at the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Unknown Canadian player spawng was the first to accomplish the task, picking up his first bracelet in 2005 and his second just a year later. In 2006, Kyle “kwob20” Bowker won both of his bracelets, […]

by Scott McDaniel | Published: Jun 25, '08

After some tightly contested heads-up play, the ever-patient Frank Gary finally got the better of Jonathan Tamayo in some big hands and took down event No. 41, mixed hold’em, pocketing the $219,217 first-place prize and WSOP bracelet. Gary hails from Fort Meyers, Florida. The 42-year-old is a former software engineer who sold his business and […]