Connor Richards

Las Vegas

U.S. Editor and Live Reporter at PokerNews

Editor & Media Executive @PokerNews. Host of Life Outside Poker. Three-time Global Poker Award finalist https://t.co/yCKIdASRQS

Articles

Andy Tillman's Journey from Deadwood Dealer to WSOP Tournament Director

1 week ago | pokernews.com | Connor Richards

After nearly two decades in the poker industry, working hundreds of tournament stops from Las Vegas to Rozvadov, Andy Tillman was just tapped as the new World Series of Poker (WSOP) International Circuit Tournament Director. Tillman, a longtime WSOP tournament director who had already overseen international WSOP stops, was given the official title as the WSOP and GGPoker announced the remaining 2025 WSOP Circuit schedule, which includes 17 U.S. stops and 12 international stops.
Phil Ivey is the Big Chip Leader with 10 Left in WSOP $25K PLO High Roller

1 week ago | pokernews.com | Jon Sofen |Connor Richards

Phil Ivey is starting to heat up at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), and he could be just one day away from capturing his 12th gold bracelet. The Poker Hall of Famer, with 10 players remaining at the time of publishing, held the chip lead in Event #51: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller, a tournament with 489 entrants. Bookmark this page! All you need to know about the 2025 WSOP is here. Bryn Kenney, who is closing in on $80 million in live tournament cashes, busted in 11th place ($134,007).
Phil Hellmuth Eliminated in 3rd Place ($112,360)

1 week ago | pokernews.com | Connor Richards

Omaha Hi-LoJason Daly raised on the button and Phil Hellmuth raised all in in the small blind. Daly called to put the all-time bracelet leader at risk. Phil Hellmuth: A♣K♠J♣4♣ Jason Daly: Q♥10♠5♦2♦ The flop of 3♦2♣9♥ gave Daly the lead and the board finished out J♠K♥ to give him a straight to secure Hellmuth's elimination. Hellmuth got a round of applause as he bowed out in third place, ending his quest for a record-extending 18th bracelet. "What the f*** just happened?" Hellmuth said quietly.
Christopher Claassen Eliminated in 7th Place ($30,439)

1 week ago | pokernews.com | Connor Richards

Omaha Hi-LoTobias Hausen opened in early position and Alexander Orlov three-bet in the cutoff. Christopher Claassen then four-bet in the small blind and both opponents called. Claassen bet on the flop of K♠9♠2♦ and Hausen raised. Orlov called and Claassen called with less. Orlov then bet on the 8♠ turn and Orlov folded to be left with just 200,000.
Ruiko Mamiya Eliminated in 8th Place ($23,036)

1 week ago | pokernews.com | Connor Richards

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The SCOTUS Lawyer Who Won $50m Playing Poker-And Got Indicted

1 week ago | pokernews.com | Connor Richards

Video credit: Elliott Johnson (production & editing), Milko van Winden (production), Brad Whitehouse (production), Keith Becker (narration) & Connor Richards (script)For two decades, Tom Goldstein was at the top of the legal world. He argued more cases before the United States Supreme Court than almost any private attorney and founded SCOTUSblog, a legal blog that quickly became the go-to source for Supreme Court analysis.
Angela Defoe Balances Poker, Artistry & Being Married to a Rock Star

1 week ago | pokernews.com | Connor Richards

Angela Defoe Balances Poker, Artistry & Being Married to a Rock Star Los Angeles' Angela Defoe has written a viral pop single, directed an anniversary music video for one of the biggest alternative rock songs of the 2000s, and maintained her sanity while being married to a constantly traveling rock star. The director and musician's next goal is winning a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet.
Did Seven-High Bluff Get Through in WSOP $250K w/ 15% Pot Bet?

1 week ago | pokernews.com | Calum Grant |Connor Richards

Seven-High Bluff in WSOP $250K w/ 15% Pot Bet; Did It Work? The $250,000 Super High Roller — the biggest buy-in on the 2025 World Series of Poker schedule — got underway Sunday at noon inside Paris Las Vegas. And it didn’t take long for fireworks.
'Whiny' Phil Hellmuth Vows to 'Play Great Poker' After Slow Start to 2025 WSOP

2 weeks ago | pokernews.com | Connor Richards

Phil Hellmuth has had an underwhelming start to the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), but the all-time bracelet leader isn't making any excuses. Hellmuth has logged just four small cashes and made no final tables more than a third of the way through the series. The 17-time bracelet winner's best result so far is a 15th-place finish in Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship that earned him $22,088, just over two buy-ins.
Standard Play or Punt? HCL's Newest Star Loses $730K Pot with Small Pair

2 weeks ago | pokernews.com | Connor Richards

A new player on Hustler Casino Live went on "one of the sickest runs we've ever seen here," according to a commentator, but he ended up losing it all in the biggest pot of the night. Jae Cusick was down to his last $23,000 in the $100/$200/$400 game before running up a stack of over $500,000. But that was before he tangled with HCL crusher and poker vlogger Mariano Grandoli.