The richest loser in PartyPoker.com hist...

By Stefano Dicembre PartyPoker.com has just paid out its biggest-ever Bad Beat Jackpot – almost $700,000 divided between six ecstatic players. And the stakes? A $44 pot on one of our $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold’em tables to make this story even more amazing. EBponpogyKT is the lucky loser in question, collecting a staggering $332,306.19 when his four-of-a-kind queens ended up second...

A very tasty $60,000 for slow_gherkin...

By Jon Barrett Nothing completes the summer like a barbecue, and few things improve the thrill of a grill like a gherkin on your burger. PartyPoker player slow_gherkin just had the perfect summer Sunday with a delicious $60,000 win. Beating player HeavyB111 into a $33,000 second place in the latest $300K Guaranteed Sunday, slow_gherkin took home his own pile of seriously weighty bills....

Mamanya’s 52,000 reasons to enjoy ...

By Jon Barrett Summer just puts a smile on your face. Blue skies, cold drinks, long nights and playing poker; what could be better? For player Mamanya it’s already been a great summer, and we haven’t even hit August yet. Mamanya beat 1,479 other players to take the top prize in our latest $300K Guaranteed Sunday tournament. After some furious poker action that lasted for almost...

Bad beat? Not when 25 cents becomes $168...

By Simon Young PartyPoker player danne76 was looking forward to a nice double up on his .10c/.25c cash table after flopping a straight flush. His joy turned to despair, however, when FrankHRO1972 amazingly made a bigger straight flush on the turn. Just as frustrated danne76, who started the hand with $8.87, was thinking about reloading, something quite remarkable happened: The group of...

WSOP Day 7: One last push for the final ...

Simon Young The corridors are empty, trade stands have disappeared, and even the huge Poker Kitchen, set up in the parking lot, has been taken down and packed up for another year. But 27 players have come back for one last day, along with a few hundred spectators standing on tip toe, all trying to see the action in an ever-diminishing playing floor now with just three tables. Deserted...

WSOP Day 6: McManus finishes 71st for $9...

By Simon Young The day started with so much promise for PartyPoker qualifier James McManus. He had 2.4 million chips, was set up on the feature TV table with Phil Hellmuth, and looked set to go deep in a tournament that he was leading at one stage yesterday. The Irishman had displayed some spectacular power poker throughout the marathon event that started with 6,844 players at the Rio...

WSOP Day 6: McManus takes on Hellmuth...

By Simon Young It’s Day 6 (or ten if you include all the Day 1s and both Day 2s). Just 79 players remain  in the World Series of Poker Main Event, and PartyPoker has one qualifier still in with a great shout of making some huge money. James McManus, from Dublin in Ireland, is already guaranteed at least $77,200, but with 2,434,000 chips, he’s in a healthy position. It could...

WSOP Day 5: Kenna busts for $64,333, McM...

By Simon Young Stephen Kenna’s love affair with the WSOP Main Event is over. He busted in 82nd place of the 6,844 starters and collects $64,333 for his fantastic efforts over the past week or so. His first hand of the day was a raise with A-Q – and it was A-Q again that saw him dumped from the event tonight when he ran into J-J. No help arrived on the board, and Stephen, a...

WSOP Day 5: Kenna makes another big layd...

Simon Young While James McManus remains stable on over 3 million chips, Stephen Kenna is down to 300,000 and in need of some decent cards. He could well have been out in the third level of the day, but he made a huge laydown with Q-Q to K-K before the flop. Yesterday he laid down K-K to A-A pre-flop, so his radar is well tuned. James and Stephen, both from Dublin in Ireland, have been...

WSOP Day 5: McManus takes chip lead, Ken...

By Simon Young PartyPoker qualifier James McManus has become chip leader with 3.4 million after busting another player from the Main Event. James held 10-10 and got Garth Paul all in for his remaining 350,000 while holding A-Q. The flop came A-J-10, giving James a set and Paul top pair and a gutshot straight draw. The turn was a 4 spades, adding a flush draw to Paul’s outs, but...