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Poker a game of cards or a game of people?
Whether you play poker online or at a live table, you always hear some players complain that they have bad luck, that cards are running against them or that poker is a rigged game. Of course, Poker is partly a card game and therefore sometimes […]

WSOP Updates - Soccer, Misreads, and Big Laydowns

Another quick poker quiz. Covering the Pot Limit Omaha event the other day was a bit tricky because you absolutely could not stand between any player and the big plasma screen at the north end of the card room; the finals of the World Cup were on and methinks perhaps a bet or two had […]

WSOP Updates – Mary Jones Dodges Bullets to win the Ladies Title

With 1128 entrants into the $1000 Ladies’ No Limit Hold’em event, players had to put in very long hours to squeeze the event into the scheduled two days. The ladies proved their toughness by playing a remarkable 17 hours during day 1, going until 4am to get down to the final 26. Surprisingly though, it […]

WSOP Updates – Allen Cunningham Strikes Again For The Bracelet

It looked like it would be a difficult day for everyone involved when the World Series of Poker got off to a start on Monday afternoon. There was the potential for three final tables to take place (but fortunately this didn’t happen, as the final table of the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha event will take […]

WSOP Daily Summary for Tuesday, July 11th

There were three events in action at the World Series of Poker yesterday, headlined by the final table for Event #16 ($10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha). Lee Watkinson defeated Mike Guttman heads up, earning $360,659 and a coveted WSOP bracelet.
The other two events are summarized below.
EVENT #17 ($1,000 NO-LIMIT HOLD’EM) - DAY TWO
Event #17 resumed with 139 […]

WSOP Updates – Spotlight Series – A Day With Gavin Smith

Sometimes watching a tournament poker table is like watching paint peel. When Gavin Smith is at the table its more like watching a one ring circus with a ringmaster, two clowns, and a four piece drunken trumpet trio with a backup singer. When Gavin speaks the table listens and sometimes, then it’s really fun, they […]

WSOP Updates - $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha – Lee Watkinson Breaks Through

The action at the Rio never seems to stop coming during this year’s World Series of Poker. The Amazon Room was packed as the second day of the second largest poker tournament of all time, the $1000 No Limit event, was working its way down from an astonishing 2800-plus players to the final table on […]

WSOP Daily Summary for Wednesday, July 12th

There were three events in action at the World Series of Poker yesterday, headlined by the final table for Event #17 ($1,000 No-Limit Hold’em), where Jon Friedberg defeated John Phan heads up, earning $526,185 and a coveted WSOP bracelet. (For details on that final table, read Stephen Noh’s full report.)
Actually, that’s not true. There would […]

WSOP Updates - Spotlight Series - Liz Lieu Finds Herself

Sometimes you’re up, sometimes you’re down but what if the cards are running bad, your mind is just not on your game and it’s the summer of 2006, it’s Las Vegas, Nevada and there is a little tournament going on called the World Series of Poker? This is the situation Liz Lieu found herself in […]

WSOP Updates - Jon Friedman Narrowly Shaves the Razor

While most of the spectators at the Rio today were focused on the star-studded first day of the $50,000 buyin H.O.R.S.E event, a fantastically-played final table was being hosted just across the room for the $1,000 No Limit event with no rebuys. As would be expected for an event with such a low buyin and […]

Make Your Mark: Marked Cards Issue Causes a Stir, WSOP Staff Respond

Andy Bloch made big news on Wednesday when he crushed a card in his hand during play in the H.O.R.S.E event after failing to get a new setup and drawing a 10-minute penalty in the process. In doing so, Bloch brought attention to an important issue that has plagued this year’s World Series – complaints […]

Whoa! H.O.R.S.E.ey – ESPN and Harrahs’s get Their Wish With a Star Studded Final

Doyle Brunson, Chip Reese, Phil Ivey, Andy Bloch, 1993 World Champion Jim Bechtel, TJ Cloutier – the all star line up that will play for the title for the WSOP $50,000 buy in HORSE event is just what the TV poker doctors ordered, and ESPN couldn’t be happier.
When the schedule for the 2006 World Series […]

Dealers Still Divided, but Situation Calms at the WSOP.

It appears, at least for now, there are sufficient dealers at the World Series of Poker to staff all of the tournaments and the cash games. Just two days ago, there were wait lists of 30 and 40 players for the some of the cash games, and yesterday, some players had to wait 45-60 minutes […]

WSOP Updates - Chip Reese Gets by Andy Bloch in Epic HORSE Duel

The much-hyped $50,000 H.O.R.S.E event at the WSOP attracted 143 of the top players in the world, and it was no surprise when the final table was revealed to be one of the toughest in the history of tournament poker.
Nine professional players with a combined 37 bracelets between them composed the final table. Three of […]

WSOP Updates - Spotlight Series - How’s it Going?

We have three weeks of the 2006 World Series of Poker under our belts. Or is that felts? Time to take a look at how our three Spotlight Players have fared so far.
Liz Lieu continues to struggle against the monster sized fields in these early events and her own personal demons. There is absolutely no […]

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