The bad beat jackpot paid out when a player lost with a straight flush to a higher straight flush. The loser of the hand received $166,000.
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The DeepStack Showdown will be held Sept. 7 to 27, featuring more than $400,000 in prize pool guarantees. Buy-ins range from $125 to $400.
The rooms installed plexiglass dividers that allow for eight-handed play, joining four other poker rooms in the Las Vegas area.
The World Series of Poker is contacting winners through Skype and filming videos to congratulate them on their recent bracelet victories.
Rod Pardey Sr. won World Series of Poker events in 1991 and 1994 in his specialty, seven-card stud. He died Saturday in Reno.
Nahrain Tamero, a stay-at-home mom from California, was the only woman to win one of the 31 bracelet events held on WSOP.com in July.
Nahrain Tamero (screen name 2Rivers) won the 31st and final event of the U.S. portion of the WSOP Online, taking home $310,831.83.
Lessin won Event 30 of the WSOP Online, the $500 buy-in No-limit Hold’em seniors tournament. Players had to be 50 or older to participate.
Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk are discussing terms for a heads-up battle, the culmination of years of bad blood between two of poker’s biggest names.
Three Station Casinos poker rooms slated to reopen Monday have been approved for eight-handed play with plexiglass dividers.
Guagenti (screen name ShadowJacker) won Event 29 of the WSOP Online, a $2,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em tournament, earning $305,443.36.
The Review-Journal’s Jim Barnes sought poker glory from his living room Monday in Event 27 of the World Series of Poker Online.
Romaine won Event 28 of the World Series of Poker Online, a $1,000 buy-in Omaha High-Low tournament, early Wednesday, earning $110,672.62.
Steinman (screen name APokerJoker2) won Event 27 of the WSOP Online, a $400 No-limit Hold’em tournament, early Tuesday, earning $110,556.72.
Yau (screen name RampageP) won Event 26 of the WSOP Online while broadcasting his play on a short time delay on his YouTube channel.
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