Who's the most feared live tournament player? The four-player shortlist for the first Global Poker Award has been revealed, with the winner set to be announced at WSOP Paradise in December.
PokerOrg's Jo Kim almost gets her ring. She made the final table of the $400 Bounty Turbo at WSOPC Panama but was eliminated in third for $4,510 plus bounties.
Meanwhile, the $1,700 Main Event resumes with Day 1C on Thursday, followed by the last two Day 1 flights on Friday. Day 2 starts on Saturday at 12pm local time.
Lexy Gavin-Mather signs with Ignition.
The pro player, author, coach and content creator unveiled her new Ignition patch yesterday - see below.
The announcement comes just days after news broke that she has signed with Poker Royalty, the talent agency that represents many of the game's biggest stars including Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Alex & Kristen Foxen and 2026 WSOP Champion Lucas Jumalon.
Poker stars mourn Roger Sippl.
The entrepreneur was a recreational player who took on some of the game's most feared named on a regular basis, sitting with the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Andrew Robl and Allan Keating in Hellmuth's home games. He appeared on High Stakes Poker and once won $1.3M as runner-up at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100K Super High Roller in 2015.
Aged 19 and diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, Sippl was given just two years to live. That was in 1975. Thoughts go out to his friends and family.
Allen Kessler bets 80 cents, hits slots jackpot for $13K.
Allen 'Chainsaw' Kessler just span for less than a buck on the 'Money In The Bank' slot and walked away with a $13,279 win.
Kessler is best-known as a poker player, and has his own mixed-game series running at Borgata in Atlantic City until Nov. 17, but he has form when it comes to hitting big on the slots. Just a couple of years ago he won a $1.2M jackpot at Thunder Valley in California.
This time he whipped his phone out to capture the moment - see below.
Triton newcomer wins $3K One-W Championship.
Elena Yasyuchenya has won the Triton ONE women's event in North Cyprus, beating fellow debtuant Kseniia Kolotiuk heads-up.
Yasyuchenya eliminated her final three opponents, including Jessica Teusl and Tang Lili, to win the $35,500 first prize.
Elena Yasyuchenya.Alin Ivan wins $450K Triton ONE title after huge hero call
Ivan has won the $3,000 QQPK Genesis at Triton ONE North Cyprus, beating a 912-entry field to claim $450,000.
The 26-year-old Romanian picked off a huge all-in bluff during three-handed play to take control of the tournament. Ivan went on to defeat Viktor Kudinov heads-up.
Speaking to Triton afterward, Ivan, whose previous biggest cash was $80,000, said, "This is a completely surreal experience. It's one of those moments you dream of when you start playing poker."
Alin Ivan.Matt Affleck leads final 29 in WPT Fall Championship.
176 players started Day 2 and the field has now been whittled down to 29, with Affleck sitting on top for Day 3 with a stack of 2,235,000 (89bb), followed by Andrew Ostapchenko with 2,005,000 (80bb).
Joe McKeehen, Jesse Lonis, Cherish Andrews, Landon Tice and Phil Hellmuth all survived the day. Hellmuth Has a stack of 355,000 (14bb).
Day 3 starts at 11am local time at the Venetian, Las Vegas, and will play down to the final table of six. See full chip counts on the WPT site.
Matt Affleck.John Phan and Danny Qutami share Day 1C chip lead at WPT Venetian.
Phan and Qutami bagged identical stacks of 388,000 to share the Day 1C chip lead – and the overall chip lead – at the WPT Venetian Fall Championship.
The final Day 1 flight attracted 246 entries, taking the total field to 510 and generating a $2,346,000 prizepool. A total of 176 players return for Day 2 on Sunday at 11am local time – including Phil Hellmuth and his son, Nick – with 64 set to make the money.
Day 1C top five chip counts:
- John Phan: 388,000
- Danny Qutami: 388,000
- Steve Hoang: 379,000
- Gladys Landegger: 357,000
- Matt Affleck: 308,000
John Phan.Poker for a good cause at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas today. The All In for CP charity tournament gets underway at 4pm PT, raising money for the One Step Closer Foundation.
The $1,000 buy-in event features $500 rebuys and add-ons, with half the prizepool going to charity. Montel Williams is among the names involved, with poker pros and other celebrities also expected to attend.
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