by Lisa Wheeler | Published: Dec 04, '06
The final table of the WPC $2,500 no-limit-hold'em event begins at 3 p.m. today. Expect some fireworks as Nam Le comes in short-stacked with $78,500 in chips, compared to chip leader Gevork Kasabyan with $313,500, who headed the pack throughout most of …
by Card Player News Team | Published: Apr 06, '22
The top 10 of Card Player’s all-time tournament money list has seen its fair share of movement in the last year. Justin Bonomo regained the top spot, thanks in large part to a number of massive scores in the final months of last year. The 36-year-old …
by Erik Fast | Published: May 06, '20
Aaron Van Blarcum had just six recorded live tournament cashes to his name leading into the 2019 World Series of Poker main event, totaling $21,406 in earnings. Since that tournament kicked off last July, Van Blarcum has cashed for more than $4.1 million …
by Erik Fast | Published: Feb 27, '19
Before 2018 the record for most final-table finishes in a calendar year was 23 set by Bryn Kenney in 2017. Jake Schindler blew that number away last year by eight, making an astounding 31 final tables during the 12-month stretch. To put that in …
by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Jun 25, '14
James Mackey is one of the more accomplished products of the poker boom. Playing with the handle “mig.com,” the Kansas City-native tore up the online tournament schedule on a weekly basis, racking up nearly $4 million on the virtual felt. In 2007, Mackey …
by Diana Cox | Published: Mar 19, '14
There have been many memorable moments in Adam Altwies’ career as he rose through the poker ranks from an on-call dealer at the Bellagio to Director of Poker Operations at Aria over the past decade. But the most memorable will likely be his very first …