Rio Hotel & Casino News - Page 29

Dr. Corey Harrison has done a great many remarkable things in his life, most of which have taken place in science and academia. But those lessons learned and skills utilized for years provided what probably turned out to be the difference in winning his first gold bracelet at the World Series of Poker.

Danny Fuhs won the $5,000 Omaha High-Low tournament at the World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to claim $277,519 and his first WSOP bracelet early on Sunday morning.

David Chiu moved into elite company on Friday night, winning his fifth career World Series of Poker gold bracelet and $145,520 in the $2,500 Seven Card Stud event.

Joshua Pollock outplayed and ultimately outlasted a marvelously talented and intriguing lineup of would-be champions in the $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha event at the World Series of Poker, winning his first WSOP bracelet and $279,431 on Friday night.

Martin Finger, a 22-year-old poker pro from Vienna, Austria, won the $3,000 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit bracelet at the World Series of Poker on Friday morning, beating a field of 807 players to collect $506,764 for first place.

Calen McNeil shed genuine tears of joy on Thursday afternoon after winning the $1,500 Omaha High-Low event at the World Series of Poker for $277,274 and his first WSOP bracelet.

Davidi Kitai hit several personal and professional milestones on Tuesday night, when he won the $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em event at the World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

One of the wildest and most entertaining final tables in recent memory took place at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas when Taylor Paur, a 24-year old professional poker player from El Dorado Hills, Calif., dominated play during much of the final day and ended up winning his first WSOP gold bracelet and $340,260.

Anthanasios Polychronopoulos won his second $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em bracelet at the World Series of Poker on Monday, claiming more than a half a million dollars in the process.

Since 2007, Mark Radoja has 18 cashes, four final table appearances and two gold bracelet victories at the WSOP. And with the $336,190 first-place prize, his total WSOP earnings now total nearly $1.5 million.

The $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event at the World Series of Poker represented a comeback for sorts for Tom Schneider, one of poker's most well-rounded cash game and tournament professionals.

Lev Rofman won the $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em tournament for $166,136 and his first World Series of Poker bracelet.

The bombastic poker pro known as “The Mouth” for his incessant table chatter won his fourth World Series of Poker gold bracelet in the $5,000 Seven-Card Stud High-Low event, taking home $266,503.

After Levi Berger became the fourth Canadian-born poker player won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet this summer, there's compelling evidence in support of the contention that Canadian poker players may very well be the most talented national contingent of any nation per capita.

Brent Wheeler won the $1,500 buy-in Limit Hold'em event at World Series of Poker title at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Thursday morning, topping a field of 645 players for his first WSOP bracelet and $191,605 in prize money.

Cliff Josephy's victory came literally in the exact same spot where he won a WSOP title eight years ago in Seven-Card Stud, the first year the series was moved from old Binion's Horseshoe to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

The World Series of Poker's first "Millionaire Maker" turned into a dream come true for Benny Chen, a 32-year-old restaurant manager from Stratford, Prince Edward Island, who earned a whopping $1,199,104 for first place and collected his first WSOP gold bracelet.

Michael Malm defied all the odds in the $2,500 Eight-Game Mix tournament at the World Series of Poker held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Matt Waxman outlasted 1,837 players in the World Series of Poker's latest $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament, but no opponent proved more of a challenge than gold bracelet winner Eric Baldwin, who served as Waxman's final obstacle.

Mike Gorodinsky appeared to be destined for a second-place finish in the World Series of Poker $2,500 buy-in Omaha High-Low/Stud High-Low event.