Sam Bevington
Live Poker Editor
With a background in marketing and PR, Sam has been a staff writer with pokerfuse and Poker Industry PRO for over a decade. With experience covering every aspect of the online poker industry, today she leads our live poker content and spearheads our new section, The Rail.
888poker Unveils New Lottery Sit & Go: BLAST
888’s twist: A countdown clock that switches the tournament format into an all-in shootout.
Jason Mercier Takes Home WSOP Player of The Year Award
After going deep in many of the events at this year’s Series, Mercier proved unmatched on the felt.
Life as a Live Streamer: Doug Polk
Known as one of the world’s best Heads Up No Limit players, Doug Polk also knows a thing or two about the grind of live streaming.
WSOP 2016: Meet The November Nine
Cliff Josephy is the chip leader as the final nine players look to continue play in the Main Event on October 30.
WSOP 2016: Main Event Plays Down to November Nine Today, Michael Tureniec Wins Little One for One Drop
Vojtech Ruzicka leads the remaining field of 27 in the Main Event.
WSOP 2016: Gustavo Lopes From Brazil Leads Day 2C, While Famous Faces Bust Out
Lopes managed to hold onto the lead against Raffaele Castro from Italy who finished the day in second place, whereas pros such as Fedor Holz, Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey all busted out.
WSOP 2016: Valentin Vornicu Emerges as Chip Leader as Day 2A/B Of The Main Event Comes To A Close
With 8 WSOP Circuit rings to his credit, Vornicu fought his way to the top emerging as chip leader of Day 2A/B.
WSOP 2016: Clayton Maguire Wins WSOP Online Event
The Las Vegas cash game grinder collected $210,279 in prize money and the gold bracelet for winning Event #66.
WSOP 2016: A Marriage Proposal, Fedor Holz Wins The One Drop, A Polker Bracelet and More!
Jason Mercier pops the question to Natasha Barbour, Holz bags the One Drop, Doug Polk & Ryan Fee continue their upswing by winning Event #61 and Finnish player Jens Kyllonen makes a million.
WSOP 2016: David Prociak Keeps a Polar Bear-Dressed Brandon Shack-Harris At Bay To Win Event #60
Prociak takes down Event #60, winning $156,546 and the first gold bracelet of his career, Shack-Harris has to settle for second place.
WSOP 2016: The Poker Players Champion is Brian Rast
Rast wins a head to head show down with Justin Bonomo, taking down $1.3 million and the PPC title for the second time.
WSOP 2016: Corey Thompson Wins Event #58: Working-Class Hero, “I Know the Value of Money”
David Peters and David Nowakowski also join the World Series of Poker gold bracelet club.