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CCC Hosting WSOP National Poker Tour

The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino present near Hollywood has been the focal point for large size poker tournaments since long, but now a sister property of the hotel is stepping up.

Seminole Casino Coconut Creek (SCCC) is now partnering with the World Series of Poker (WSOP) next month to host poker tournament of 12 days that are the part of a national series known as the WSOP Circuit Series.
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Groth Wins His First WSOP Bracelet

The man from Omaha, NE Groth has earned his first WSOP (World Series of Poker) bracelet after winning the $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Event. He had to ward off the challenge of the strong 1058 entries to win the title. By winning the $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Event, Tyler took home the top prize money of $179,126. The 32-year-old poker player is very happy with this achievement. He is a former online poker player. This is Groth’s first cash win and he is delighted about it.

Groth said that he quit his broker job that he earned after the Black Friday in 2011 to become a professional poker. He decided that he did not want to face the music of bosses and wanted to move back to poker. This is his eighth or ninth WSOP event and he is happy to have finally won the top prize and the bracelet.
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New Pros In Sydney Poker

There was quite a lot of action and excitement that was generated among poker fans Down Under at the Star Sydney Championships.


For instance, Nurlan Boobekov was able to hold onto his leading position till the final day of the Main Event and came away a winner with AU$84, 735. With his winnings he was already planning to join in other events and use his prize money to do so. Besides the Main Event there were other events that gained a lot of participation, such as the High Roller event of AU$20, 000 buy-in. This was an attraction for most of the pro players as they felt that there was bigger money on offer where re-entries were allowed as well. Hence, for the high rollers this event saw a lot of participation.

There was a ladies event as well that had a buy in amount of AU$330. This was a manageable risk that many lady players were willing to take. Suzy Khoueis was rumored to be a winner among the participants here and she did live up to the reputation, as she had done in the ladies event of WSOP Sydney that was held in 2016. She also had a recent win at the 2017 Star Poker festival. Continue reading New Pros In Sydney Poker

Noori Fail In Bet To Eat McDonald’s Of Worth $1,000

If you were asked to eat fast food of about $1,000, would you be able to do so?


We know the obvious answer, ‘No’. The same was the case with Mike Noori as well, when he bet with a friend to eat fast food of approximately $1,000, almost everybody thought it was impossible, but it was Noori who was determined to do so. Let’s see what happened then.

Mike Noori the poker pro on the weekend started an attempt to eat McDonald’s of worth $1,000 worth (that does not include drinks). The time to eat all stuff was 36 hours. This idea came to prop from the nominee of Poker Hall of Fame Matt Savage.

Nearly 10 hours of the bet would have passed, and Noori had only consumed fast food of $90. This was the update that came on twitter. Finally the bet concluded at the mark of $100, according to the information received from the tweet. Some of the commentators present at the spot, called the effort of Noori as “pathetic,” but if talk about Noori, and then he was apparently struggling on just the 10 percent of the way through the bet. Continue reading Noori Fail In Bet To Eat McDonald’s Of Worth $1,000

Jeffrey In Hall Of Fame Debate

Jeffrey Lisandro has made news when he won a bracelet at the World Series of Poker for the sixth time in Australia, way back in 2014. Since then he has become a celebrity face in many poker events.


Indeed, the feat that he accomplished was a rare one and put him on the list of pros that have been able to win the famed bracelet across three continents.

If you look at the competition that had been held in the Asia Pacific region, Jeffrey has topped amongst 123 players and won the pot limit Omaha event. It was his sixth gold bracelet. He joined the list of players like Daniel Negreanu for the amount of prize money he earned as well as for having won gold bracelets across three continents. The event had spanned three days and the final table had six hands. Continue reading Jeffrey In Hall Of Fame Debate

Poker HOF Auctioned Bracelet Online

Tom McEvoy was once the winner of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event. He was the winner in the year 1983.


In the win, he had won the prize money along with a bracelet. In a surprising move, the once poker star has kept his piece of history of poker at auction on the eBay site.

Tom McEvoy is a great poker player and to give tribute to his game, in 2013, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of poker. This included the bracelet. McEvoy sold that same bracelet on eBay. The auction for bracelet started with the price amount of $13,500 and the bracelet finally got sold at the price of $15,000. He not only sold the bracelet, but many other items were sold along with that at the same time. Continue reading Poker HOF Auctioned Bracelet Online