
In 2015, he defeated 402 entrants to capture the $124,590 first prize in the LA Poker Open at the Commerce Casino, in LA.
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Later that year he beat 283 competitors to earn his first World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) gold ring and $124,590 in prize money.Īnd he’s continued to collect a six-figure score in each of the proceeding years. Something clicked when Sean Yu battled his way through 3,599 entrants to win the $260,000 first prize in the 2014 WPT500 at Aria. Here are three live tournament tales to catch up on and we’ll begin at the Commerce Casino, Los Angeles. But the rest of the live tournament scene hasn’t gone into a deep freeze. The Poker Masters on Poker Central has captured your attention. And he wouldn't give me any hotel insider tips.Three tales from the live tournament territory including the Commerce Poker Series, Borgata Poker Open, and the Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour Main Event in Leeds. I spoke with double bracelet winner Tanner Bibat and, frankly, the crumb bum and I agreed on NOTHING: “I do play a lot online and it just happens to be my week,” he told WSOP commentator Norman Chad after his latest win. The last week brought him two bracelets, quite an impressive run. He also won a WSOP Circuit ring on in 2019. The tournament brought in 939 entries for a $229,928 prize pool.Įarlier in the series, Bibat took first in the $400 Pot Limit Omaha for $29,460. Uke Dauti took runner-up for $30,488 and Anna Antimony grabbed third for $22,096. The player originally from Dunwoody, Georgia, scored the top spot again for $42,053 and is proving to be quite an online poker phenomenon.Ī pair of New Jersey players also fared well. Tanner Bibat continued his huge run through the series by capturing his second bracelet in this event. Event 15: $365 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Deepstack Kevin Garosshen scored second place for $33,117 with Quintin Trammell finishing third for $24,001. The event produced a field of 555 entries for a $249,750 prize pool. Originally from Massachusetts, the Las Vegas-based player now has six WSOP cashes and this marks the biggest in his tournament career. Event 16: $500 NLHE DeepstackĬonnor “beefstew93” Stuewe grabbed his first gold bracelet and a beefy payout of $45,679 in this event. Massachusetts’ Mark Dube placed third for $40,112. Jordyn Miller, of California, finished runner-up for $55,114, but would find the winner’s circle himself just two events later. And like his username’s namesake, Holtz body slammed the competition for $76,157 and now has more than $500,000 in WSOP winnings. The event saw 347 entries for a $394,800 prize pool. He scored the Player of the Year title in 2021 on the site and now adds a bracelet to his poker resumé. Mike “BrockLesnar” Holtz has been one of the hottest players on the platform over the last few years.

Gagliano also has more than $2 million in live poker winnings in his career.įresh off a third-place finish for $160,000 in the Poker Masters, John Riordan scored runner-up for $45,356. He now has more than $1 million in WSOP winnings. New Jersey online poker regular and BetMGM/ partypoker US ambassador Michael Gagliao (pictured in lead image) struck gold for $62,756 in this event. In disbelief right now! got 2nd in the $777 bracelet event on sunday and now just closed out the $1500 for my first ever bracelet and new high score! /XSKb0B1lp0

Miller was thrilled with the biggest win of his career. New Jersey’s Angel Lopez snagged runner-up for $69,845. The tournament produced a field of 332 entries for a $456,500 prize pool. He took down this tournament for $96,914 and his first bracelet. After finishing runner-up in the 17th event of the series, Jordyn Miller went one better.
