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A young software engineer for TikTok, Zixuan Liu, recorded his first career cash less than a week ago, and in the very next tournament he went on to win first place. After that, he briefly climbed to the top of the chip counts by winning two all-ins with AK. Early in the final table, the American picked up pocket kings and managed to double up.

The final table of the $25,000 HORSE was full of big names. Lukas Zaskodny brings the third bracelet of the year to Czechia, following wins by Martin Kabrhel and Zdenek Zizka. After getting married a couple of years ago, he’s no longer grinding as much and often skips parts of the series but he’s clearly still one of the toughest opponents in the game. But now, he’s broken the cycle with a WSOP bracelet win — in his favorite format, Pot-Limit Omaha. Kasparas Klezys is another player who had been close to glory for several years but couldn’t quite seal the deal. Patrick Leonard made the final table but was eliminated on the very first hand after he shoved A-J against an open raise and got called by A-K (8th place).

No-limit hold’em wasn’t the only game played on Saturday at the Wynn Summer Classic. When all was said and done, Schoenberg was the only player who still had chips. They all won tournaments late Saturday night that surpassed the prize pool guarantees, a trend throughout the Wynn Summer Classic. Two more events are in store on Sunday before the series wraps on Monday.

Naseem Salem was introduced to poker during his college years, but he always preferred high-stakes mixed-game cash tables. The last bracelet winner in the field, Isaac Hagerling, was eliminated in 38th place. After receiving his bracelet, Scott quickly jumped into the $1,500 Mixed Omaha event, which was still open for late registration. Beginning in 2009, he reached the final table of the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship twice.

This one attracted 184 entrants, creating a prize pool of $179,480, exceeding the $100,000 guarantee. He beat a field of 69 entrants, and took the largest portion of the $69,000 prize pool — $215,625. Grise took down the $10,500 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max event at Wynn on Friday. Giuseepe Calio lost heads-up to Benalcazar for the title, but he still received $45,905 as a consolation prize. The first event of the day — $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em — began at noon from inside the Encore. It’s the same tournament but with quicker blind levels (20 minutes).

Bohlman had a slight lead going into the match, and within 30 minutes, he secured the win. A MTT grinder with 15 years of poker experience, Staats took a break after last summer’s WSOP and started working in a warehouse. He got 5 bracelets just in 5 years so he has a lot of hard work and luck in near future. He said that he want make a record by the biggest number of wins in this decade.

The action begins at noon with an $1,100 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament, which promises at least $100,000 in the pot. Today (July 12), the Wynn Summer Classic has another three events on the go. Fernandez Ucona was the last player standing, an accomplishment that resulted in a $43,913 payday. The third an final event on July 11, which started at 6 p.m., was the $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo. Yuan Lei (fourth place for $69,000), Weirui Tang (fifth place for $51,405), and Paulius Vaitiekunas (sixth place for $39,675) also reached the final table.

Instead, the event rivalled some of the biggest one day events of the serie, ending the festival on a strong note. Along with Zachary Fischer’s Main Event triumph, there were still two more WSOP Circuit rings to be awarded on the final day of the Cherokee series. During 8-handed play, Hynam shoved 8-4 suited into the short stacks, got called by Paulina Loeliger’s pocket aces, and still found a way to win. His final table run might not have been as wild as Mizrachi’s, but it was enough to earn him the gold. Andrew Ostapchenko closed out his best WSOP series in 10 years with his first bracelet.

If you manage a deep run in a sizable tournament you will get a great return on your original investment. Participants must also register and pay an entry fee, which may vary from tournament to tournament. Major tours like the European Poker Tour (EPT) and the World Series of Poker (WSOP) offer online qualifiers through their platforms or partner sites. The first tournament was held in Málaga and since then the ESPT has covered many cities including Madrid, Valencia and San Sebastian. The Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) was founded in 2011 and has become an important part of the poker scene in Spain. The Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) was founded in 2008 and its first tournament was held in May of the same year.

Live poker tournaments are open to anyone, but must be of legal age (18 or 21, depending on jurisdiction). If you can’t attend a major live poker tournament in person, live streaming offers the perfect alternative. Since then, it has expanded significantly beyond its roots in Minnesota, evolving into a prominent nationwide circuit that attracts players from all over the United States. Each LAPT event, especially the season’s Main Event, has a vibrant atmosphere, with fireworks, festivals and the Latin American culture that brings a special charm to the tournaments.

You can also win your way in for free by placing in The Beast or Sit & Crush weekly rake races. Players will be able to play multiple Venom starting flights and combine their stacks for Day 2. One big chunk, $12 million, will be up for grabs in the NLH version, which has bounty prizes that range from $5K to $500K.

Phil Ivey has 11 bracelet wins, with Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, and Erik Seidel (10) the only players with double-digit WSOP bracelet wins. In 2015, the WSOP awarded their first online poker gold bracelet, with Anthony ‘casedismised’ Spinella winning the inaugural event. These tournaments will normally feature 32, 64 or 128 players and at the end of each match, one player moves into the next round, while the other is eliminated.

Last year he recorded a career-best cash of $520,000 in the Onyx Super High Roller Series $100K buy-in event, and now in Las Vegas he finished first in an $800 buy-in event. British professional Matthew Moss has played very little over the past seven years. Kupin managed to cut into the lead several times, but Aharoni quickly reestablished his advantage. However, his extensive experience in high-stakes games helped him take first place in the Big O Championship. “This is my favorite tournament because of the structure and the buy-in. Interestingly, Mateos showed resilience and made a re-entry at the end of the first day of play.

This week in Las Vegas, he captured his fifth WSOP bracelet and recorded the biggest cash of his career. In the final hand, Jason’s pocket aces held against his opponent’s flush draw to secure the title. More than 10 years ago, Omar Zazay stepped away from professional poker to focus on business, but he continued to make annual trips to the WSOP. He has six WSOP Circuit rings and one WSOP bracelet, which he won on WSOP.com.

In 2000, there were 4,780 entrants in the various events, but in 2005, the number rose to over 23,000 players. In the early 1980s, satellite tournaments were introduced, allowing people to win their way into the various events. The main event, a £10,000 buy-in no-limit hold ‘em tournament, was won by Norwegian online prodigy Annette Obrestad on the day before her 19th birthday.

Now, look, I know there are a lot of other players who belong in this conversation, but I’m using Deeb and Seiver as examples because they’re two of the most recent players who I think we’d all agree deserve to be in. You don’t get punished for that as you would in no-limit, because the crux of the game is played post-flop. How many times did you have to rebuy in all of those combined events? The GGPoker pro believes the game plays directly into the post-flop instincts he’s spent a lifetime developing. The finale started with Greufe and Hui holding most of the chips, but McKeehen crawled back from third to beat both of them in three-handed play.

Even so, Cohen called an all-in with top pair and a three kicker, bringing the event to a close. Cohen managed to double up once, but the tournament ended just a few minutes later. In the decisive hand, Lee got all his chips in with a made straight and a strong low draw, while Liberto had turned the nut flush and also held the better low. Justin Liberto had to wait 11 years for his second WSOP bracelet. Zhang entered three-handed play as the shortest stack, but managed to survive the pressure and ultimately outlast his more experienced opponents to claim the title.

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I’ve always felt that in no-limit hold’em post-flop, my hand reading skills are much better than preflop. My types of mistakes in PLO are not reraising, four-betting, and all that stuff – it’s just playing too many hands, which is fine. Josh Arieh is really the one who fine-tuned my PLO game over the last couple of years. Who has had the biggest influence on your PLO game? There was only one tournament, the $25K, where I had to re-enter. Local crusher Raminder Singh added four wins, bringing his Seminole total to a record 20, while Jean Laurent and Mehmet Signic also joined the list.

The tournament had a $250,000 prize pool, which was easily surpassed thanks to the 356 entrants. Another day of poker action, another day of guaranteed prize pools being smashed. Players will start with 30,000 chips and play 30-minute levels. Today (July 12), the Wynn Summer Classic has two events on the schedule, starting with the $600 No-Limit Hold’em at noon.

Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

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In the end, cash game regular Kristopher Tong claimed his first bracelet. He defeated a strong opponent, Bryce Yockey, heads-up to win his first bracelet. Jesse Yaginuma won his first live bracelet — and fourth overall — after a wild heads-up battle against James Carroll. Patterson, who has been grinding since 2007, had never won more than $375K in a live event (and that was a decade ago). Vongxaiburana earned $784,353 for the win, a staggering 20 times greater than his previous best cash!

In the final hand, his pocket threes held against ace-jack suited in a classic flip. Cary Catz silences loud Brazilian rail with heads-up win over fan-favorite Breno Drumond. He missed almost the entire WSOP last year and didn’t play a lot this year. Later, Mike said that the break was one of the keys to his success, as he hadn’t been feeling well (he even wore a mask) and couldn’t fully focus on his game. Although originally from Italy, he has lived in France for over 30 years, so he received plenty of support from the French rail as well. The Italian poker enthusiast Giuseppe Zarbo has won the $800 Summer Celebration.

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The Super Seniors event — open to players aged 60 and over — was won by businessman Lonny Weitzel. This win should be a major boost to Rosborough’s bankroll, and he’s now planning to play more tournaments this summer than he originally expected. The gold went to Brett Lim, a poker enthusiast since the 1990s who had never played major tournaments before.

The nine remaining players will play down over these three nights until one champion is crowned live on the Tuesday broadcast. The $50,000 buy-in ensures the field is small but extraordinarily strong, and the multi-game format tests every aspect of a player’s poker ability. Having both of them win bracelets in the same summer is the kind of story that transcends poker and reminds everyone that behind the cards and chips, real people are achieving lifelong dreams. Winning championship events in both within the same week speaks to a rare depth of poker knowledge. Kihara has long been Japan’s most accomplished tournament player, and his 2026 results reinforce his standing as one of the best mixed-game specialists in the world.

In the heads-up match of Event #32, Omar defeated well-known high roller Jean-Robert Bellande, who had held the chip lead throughout the final table. “Looks like most of the people at the final table have never played super turbo or don’t really know how to play a final table. That’s why he was especially happy to take down a live event in the series. In the end, Dennis eliminated four opponents at the final table and defeated Omar Mehmood in heads-up play. He entered the final table with the shortest stack, at times down to just 6 big blinds. Last year, the German player took first place in a PLO High Roller event, earning $2,292,155.

Fittingly, he also took down an even more “forgotten” game last year Limit Hold’em. He won last year’s mixed event—NLH/PLO Double Board Bomb Pot—and now he’s conquered the full latest online poker news PLO version too. Xixiang Luo, a regular in Chinese mixed games, seems to thrive in the madness.