Kathy Liebert

Mike Leah won the Falls View Poker Classic $1,100 side event in 2014, 2016, and in 2017. In 2018, though, he failed to cash and set himself the goal of winning the WPT Main Event instead, announcing it on twitter before the tournament started. He did exactly that, coming out on top of a field of 517 players to take home the lion share of the CAD2,337,803 prize pool.

Day 1 of the partypoker MILLIONS Germany €50,000 Super High Roller has ended with 8 players of the 47 initial entries continuing their road to victory and that first-place prize of €800,000. The third and last Super High Roller on the schedule attracted 36 unique players with 11 of them having had to reenter after failing to win an all-in early on. Leading the pack with the biggest stack is Mustapha Kanit with 11,475,000 chips.

The Lucky Hearts Poker Open at Seminole Hard Rock is well under way, and one of the big events of the series wrapped up Tuesday night when Scott Baumstein claimed the $1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood title. It's the biggest score in a career that's seen the longtime tournament grinder pile up over $1.8 million in cashes. "I feel good, I'm just glad it's over," he told tournament reporters.