Tag: Paul Seaton
The Story of the 1999 WSOP Main Event In 1999, the final year of the millennium saw a first-time winner from Europe create poker history in Las Vegas. The 30th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) welcomed a record field of 393 entries in the $10,000 WSOP Main Event. With two Irish players reaching the […]
The Story of the 1998 WSOP Main Event In 1998, the loss of one champion away from the felt was offset by the emergence of a new personality that would invigorate poker. The World Series of Poker descended on Las Vegas once more as Binion’s Horseshoe played host to a record field of 350 WSOP […]
GGMillion$ Won by Vasiliy Meshkov for $243,000 After Dominant Display This week’s GGPoker GGMillion$ was won by the Russian player Vasiliy Meshkov after the evenly stacked final five players were utterly dominated by the eventual winner. Meshkov knocked out each of his final four opponents to star at the 60th final table of this season […]
The Story of the 1997 WSOP Main Event The 28th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, as it always does, but it was like no other WSOP before or since. The winner went down in history as the most tragic player ever to take home the world title as […]
Lakemeier Uses Lead for GGMILLION$ Glory and Wins $242k The latest GGPoker GGMillion$ saw Jens Lakemeier go wire-to-wire to lead the final table, riding a rollercoaster battle across three hours of poker to take home the $242,551 top prize. With regular host Jeff Gross and special guest co-commentator Mike Wasserman both commentating after having unfortunately […]
The Story of the 1996 WSOP Main Event One of the most unique world champions in the World Series of Poker’s 54-year history won the Main Event in 1996. Huckleberry Seed, known as ‘Huck’, took home a cool million dollars, leading to one of the tallest tales ever to be told. The 27th WSOP was […]
After the break, Dimitar went on the attack. For an hour, it worked. He saw his stack grow, almost in step with the one in front of Bones. Half the day had passed, and late registration was approaching when the two of them got it all into the middle. Dimitar had been the aggressor and […]
GGMillion$ Won by Wonderful Wardska_ Again for $265,000 Although he waited a while for his debut GGMillion$ victory, Austrian Wardska might well already be tired of winning after taking his second GGMillion$ title inside a fortnight on GGPoker. Triumphing at a table packed with talent, the Austrian player came back from entering the final table […]
The World of Poker ‘Cruise to a Million’ Main Event took place in the ballroom of The Ambassador. After a night of fractured of sleep, Dimitar rose with the sun and ate as much breakfast as he could manage. He was hoping for a long day at the felt on the first day of a […]
The Story of the 1995 WSOP Main Event In 1994, Russ Hamilton walked away with a million dollars and his hefty weight in silver as the WSOP awarded the most unique prize in its quarter-century history. The 26th year of the World Series of Poker was going to be bigger and better than ever. A […]
At the same time that Dimitar was questioning Sofia, Serf and Elena were sitting down to dinner in Paris. It should have been a romantic setting, surrounded by couples interlocking their fingers, staring deeply into their partners’ eyes, and sharing coy smiles as thoughts of the future or happy memories danced in their minds. Had […]
The phone call was on hold in the casino office, a gray room that was completely opposite the neon-lit games room of the lower deck. The office was a sharp contrast, with its dull, muted tones and cluttered atmosphere. Dimitar almost tripped over a bulky printer that awkwardly sat on the floor of the outer […]
