Jeremy Geist

Nov 26, 2024 | poker.org | Jeremy Geist

After a roller-coaster final table in which five different players held the chip lead at various times, Guan Hao Tan of Singapore won the $1,100 BetMGM Fall Festival Championship for a cool $55,250. A total of 243 players descended on MGM National Harbor across three starting flights to take their shot at the trophy and the title. Only 31 players advanced to Day 2 in the money. They battled for the better part of eight hours until the final table of nine was formed.

Nov 20, 2024 | poker.org | Jeremy Geist

The leaves are falling and the weather is turning cold, but there's still time to squeeze the last bit out of Autumn with BetMGM Fall Festival at MGM National Harbor in Maryland. The $1,100 buy-in is guaranteed a prize pool of at least $250,000 with three opening flights spread across November 21-23. Players will sit down with a 40K-chip starting stack with an available voluntary add-on. Levels are 40 minutes long on Day 1 before the tournament clicks up to 60-minute levels on Day 2 and 3.

Nov 12, 2024 | poker.org | Jeremy Geist

Phil Bertram is$237,307 richer after shipping the $1,700 Main Event at the World Series of Poker Circuit at Choctaw Casino and Resort in Oklahoma. Across two starting flights,944 entries were tallied, which created a staggering prize pool of $1,430,130. At the end of the starting flights, 106 players punched their ticket to Day 2 of the Main Event where they would battle for the ring — and to be immortalized with a banner in the rafters of the Event Center.

Sep 7, 2024 | poker.org | Jeremy Geist

The final eight players in Event #1: $800 No Limit Hold’em Kickoff Deepstack returned to the Borgata at noon for the Day 3 conclusion of the final table and Guan Huang is the winner for a top prize of$192,236 after only about 4 hours of play. He defeated his heads-up opponent, Travis Hartshorn, in only a few hands of play and Hartshorn took home a healthy $131,998 for his efforts.

Aug 27, 2024 | poker.org | Jeremy Geist

The curtain has dropped on twelve days of action at the World Series of Poker Circuit stop at Graton Casino and Resort and the winner's list includes multiple women and a brand-new US citizen who needs a brand-new car. The marquee event of the series, the $1,700 Main Event, drew 580 hopefuls and Sasha Sabbaghian took home the top prize of $168,015 from a prize pool of $877,185. He is the winner of his first Circuit Ring after two second-place finishes in previous ring events.