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Isaac Haxton
Isaac Haxton est un joueur de poker professionnel américain originaire de New York. En décembre 2024, il avait remporté plus de 50,3 millions de dollars au cours de sa carrière et était considéré comme l'un des meilleurs joueurs de tournois de poker high stakes de tous les temps. Haxton a fait irruption sur la scène en 2007, terminant deuxième du World Poker Tour Championship Event lors du PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.
Sam Greenwood Talks About Some of the Issues Plaguing the High Roller Scene
Sam Greenwood has been one of the most outspoken pros in poker’s high roller community as of late, and as one of the game’s best, he certainly has a right to do so. Greenwood has a total of $11 million in live tournament winnings with cashes spanning back to 2008. He has long been a staple in the scene and is considered by many to be one of the best in the game, playing at the highest stakes in some of the toughest games with no fear.
Another Canadian Tops the Field After Day 1c of Summer Slam 2018 Main Event
Day 1c of the Summer Slam 2018 Main Event saw the $200,000 guarantee left in the dust as 269 entries piled up over the course of 15 levels. Another Canadian sits atop the counts as Jeff Thibideau leads just 60 survivors into Day 2. Thibideau bagged 475,500 to capture the Day 1c chip lead. Steve Rumery (317,000), Adam Cacciotti (306,000), Joe Latona (258,000), Chris Damick (255,500), Summer Slam 2017 Main Event runner-up Kristan Mackiewicz (254,500) round out the largest stacks in the room.
Shaun Deeb Wins Second Bracelet of the Summer in $10,000 6-Max ($814,179)
Shaun Deeb has become the first player to win two bracelets during the 2018 World Series of Poker after he defeated Paul Volpe heads-up to win Event #74: Big Blind Antes $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship for $814,179.
Win Big Even if You Fold in the Flush Jackpot at BestPoker
If you are looking for a new place to play on a huge network, soft players, and great promotions, look no further than BestPoker. The online poker room operates on the GG Network, the largest Asian online poker network in the world. If you are not already playing at BestPoker, you can snag an amazing welcome package that includes up to $2,000 in bonuses and an invitation to the monthly New Player Freeroll awarding $1,000 in cash prizes.
Xiaobo Zhou Takes Down Inaugural OPC Main Event Title ($184,939)
This inaugural Oriental Poker Championship had two flagship events: the HK$100K High Roller, and the HK$16,500 Main Event. And if it wasn’t for our new Main Event champion Xiaobo Zhou, the same player would have won them both. Ivan Leow’s performance this week will be remembered for a while.
Scott Margereson Crowned WPT Seminole Hard Rock Champion
The United Kingdom’s Scott Margereson has more than doubled his live poker tournament winnings thanks to winning the 2018 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event for $696,740. * First-prize includes a $15,000 entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions. Margereson, known as “Aggro Santos” in online poker circles where he has won almost $4.2 million from tournaments, was one of 1,309 entrants who helped create a $4,188,800 prize pool in the $3,500 Main Event.
WSOP Announces Expanded BB Antes, Return to Rozvadov
The calendar has turned to April, which means less than two months remain before poker's marquee event, the World Series of Poker, gets under way for its 49th running. Every year, WSOP staff implements a few tweaks here and there in an effort to continue to evolve the product, and one such change for 2018 will see expanded use of the big blind ante format.
Inside Gaming: Sands Bethlehem Sold to Alabama Tribe, Not MGM
This week's installment of Inside Gaming begins with the announced sale of a Pennsylvania casino to a Native American group based in the southeastern U.S., shares news of a casino in Greece being forced to close amid a tax dispute with regulators, and notes how the purchaser of the SLS Las Vegas has been approved for a gaming license by regulators. We've been reporting here over the last year about efforts to sell the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem in Pennsylvannia.
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