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Josh Arieh came into the 2021 World Series of Poker as a two-time bracelet winner, with more than $5.4 million in prior cashes in bracelet events. The 2004 main event third-place finisher’s last win at the series came in 2005, with two runner-up finishes and another third-place showing in the 16 years since that title run. After those close calls, the 47-year-old from Atlanta, Georgia was able to break through once again and emerge victorious in this year’s $1,500 pot-limit Omaha event, defe...

Three players from Lithuania have won World Series of Poker gold bracelets. Vincas Tamasauskas, Gediminas Uselis, and Vladas Burneikis all secured their WSOP hardware in online events. That meant that when Karolis Sereika outlasted a 1,441-player field in the fast-paced 2021 WSOP $1,500 super turbo bounty no-limit hold’em freezout, he became the first player from his home country to take down a bracelet in a live event. “This is the first live Lithuanian WSOP bracelet, so that means a lot to...

Ran Koller made his first career tournament victory a memorable one as it came with a World Series of Poker bracelet. The native of Israel took down the massive 2,778-entry field in the $800 no-limit hold’em deepstack event. He defeated fellow Israeli Ran Ilani heads-up to earn $269,478, by far the largest score of his career. Ilani took home $$166,552 for his runner-up finish. “It’s amazing,” Koller told WSOP live reporters after his victory. “I do not even have words for it. It was s...

Just after the clock struck midnight and it was officially Saturday morning at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino, Anthony Zinno became the 53rd player in poker history to own at least four World Series of Poker bracelets and the 55th to win at least two bracelets in one series. The poker pro from Rhode Island bested a field of 594 entries to win the $1,500 HORSE. He took home $160,636 for his efforts, which bumps his career tournament earnings to more than $10.6 million. Zinno also added...

A WSOP.com tournament regular took down the third online bracelet of this fall’s World Series of Poker as Pete Chen won the $400 no-limit hold’em ultra deepstack. The native of Taiwan netted $82,559 after defeating a 1,023-entry field to earn his first WSOP bracelet. While Chen plays most of his tournament volume online, he is an accomplished live pro with $3.1 million in live tournament earnings. Outside of a runner-up finish in the $5,000 no-limit hold’em at the 2017 WSOP, most of Chen�...

Lara Eisenberg has achieved a lot of impressive things in her life. She holds a world record in skydiving, having taken part in a 400-person formation that came together in the skies over Thailand in 2006. The Radiologist from Silver Springs, MD added to her unique collection of achievements by winning the 2021 World Series of Poker $1,000 buy-in Ladies no-limit hold’em championship on Thursday, earning her first gold bracelet and the top prize of $115,694. This was the largest tournament scor...

Nate Silver was thrust into the public eye when his U.S. Presidential election model correctly predicted the outcomes in all but one of the 50 states in 2008. The founder and editor-in-chief of data-driven politics and sports website FiveThirtyEight was named one of Time’s ’World’s 100 Most Influential People’ in 2009 and released a New York Times bestselling non-fiction book in 2012. Before Silver built a media empire, however, there was a time when he was a professional poker player. H...

In just 16 hours of poker, Michael Perrone turned $1,000 into $152,173 and a World Series of Poker bracelet. The New York native bested a 1,640-entry field in the $1,000 super turbo bounty no-limit hold’em to earn his first bracelet, the six-figure score and however many $300 bounties he picked up along the way. With the super turbo structure, blinds were raised every 20 minutes, allowing the large field to play to a winner in just one day. It’s the continuation of a strong 2021 for Perrone,...

The 2021 World Series of Poker Online $5,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event drew a massive field of 4,092 entries. The $20,000,000 guarantee was just missed, resulting in an overlay for those that took their shot at this huge event. The tournament officially began on Aug. 22, with registration not coming to a close until Sept. 5. The final table was set later that day. After a week-long pause, the final table resumed on Saturday, Sept. 11. In a matter of hours, the final nine were narrowed...

After facing a huge chip deficit four-handed at the final table, Roland ‘Quina Quen’ Czika mounted a massive comeback to earn his first World Series of Poker bracelet. The Hungarian topped the 975-entry field in the WSOP Online International $400 pot-limit Omaha double chance event to earn $55,369 along with the hardware. He defeated China’s Lei ‘A LEI’ Yang heads-up to secure the title. Mike Watson, a high-stakes pro with $12.1 million in live tournament earnings, finished third. Czik...