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Six Things Poker Managers Can Do Right Now to Improve Their Rooms

Competition is everywhere, even in cardrooms. Establishing and maintaining primacy in the marketplace is seldom easy, and often requires capital investment as well as new and different ways of doing things. Not everything is expensive, however. Here are six things cardroom managers can do right now, at little or no cost, to improve the level […]

Win or Die!

One morning, in a faraway cold land, I was having an elegant breakfast with the famous Mike Caro, poker expert, fellow Card Player columnist, and generally wacky guy. Being the gambling fool that he is, he challenged me to a bet of running a mile, winner take all.
I thought about it for a moment - […]

Insurance in Hartford

While at a weeklong regional bridge tournament in Cromwell, Connecticut (a suburb of Hartford), we had numerous opportunities to make the 40-minute drive down Route 2 to Foxwoods and the Mohegan Sun to play poker. Hartford is often referred to as the “insurance capital,” as it’s the home of many large insurance companies.
While playing, I […]

$10,000 No-Limit Hold’em World Championship

In a society where money talks, where the winners not only get to write the history books, but to act however they please, you can’t usually point to a second-place finish as the moment in time when you can say, “This is when a man defined his greatness.”
The final day of the 31st annual World […]

WCOOP – Event #4, $215 2-7 Triple Draw: ‘Donald’ Wins Deuce-to-Seven Title

PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Event #4 was yet another new event to the schedule this year, the $215 2-7 (deuce-to-seven) Triple Draw event. The tourney had a guaranteed prize pool of $100,000, but yet again it wasn’t needed as the 649 entrants generated nearly $130,000 in prizes, easily topping the guarantee.
Many professional […]

WCOOP – Event #6, $320 PLO: Greg ‘FossilMan’ Raymer Wins First WCOOP Title

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) enjoyed another successful day with Event #6, the $320 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys. This year’s event drew 772 entrants, exactly one less participant than last year’s, and for the sixth consecutive time, the pre-tourney guarantee wasn’t needed, as the tournament generated $713,400 after its 1062 rebuys […]

WCOOP – Event #8, $530 PLO8: ‘copi’ Claims Omaha-8 Bracelet

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) continued its success on Wednesday with Event #8, $530 Pot-Limit Omaha-8, which brought in 917 players for a prize pool of $458,500. This year’s attendance was down from last year’s by some 40 players, the only drop among attendance numbers to date.
The field was a tough one, […]

WCOOP – Event #9, $215 NLHE: ‘ruthan’ Wins Rebuy Title

September 21, 2007
Matt Wehner
PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) completed its first week of events today with the $215 + Rebuys NLHE tourney, Event #9. This year’s event had a total of 2,188 entrants and even though there was a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000, for the ninth straight WCOOP event it wasn’t needed […]

WCOOP – Event #10, $320 NLHE Heads-Up: ‘ugotmeyet?’ Takes Match Play Gold

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) began its second week of action on Friday as the $320 No-Limit Hold’em Match Play Event #10 kicked things off. The event drew 1,886 entrants and generated a $565,800 prize pool. While technically attendance was down this year by nearly 200 players, this year’s buy in was […]

WCOOP – Event #11, $215 Razz: ‘OnlyPlayRagz’ Takes Razz Championship

Last year, the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) saw a phenomenal turnout for its $215 Razz event which brought in 1,297 entrants. All eyes were on Friday’s Event #11 as to whether or not the stunning attendance would be a repeat. While the 1,176 players that turned out for this year’s razz event […]

WCOOP – Event #12, $215 H.O.R.S.E.: ‘jaliks’ Claims Title

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) saw yet another fantastic day on Saturday with Event #12, $215 H.O.R.S.E. The attendance was slightly down this year compared to last, but even with the decrease, the event still continued the trend of shattering the guaranteed prize pool. With $327,800 generated for the purse, the top […]

WCOOP – Event #13, $530 PLHE.: ‘antroff’ Wins in Pot Limit

WCOOP – Event #13, $530 PLHE.: ‘antroff’ Wins in Pot Limit
September 23, 2007
Matt Wehner
The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) finished up its second weekend of events with the conclusion of Event #13, $530 Pot-Limit Hold’em. A total of 1,090 players participated, generating a prize pool of $545,000, with first place taking home $117,175.
The […]

WCOOP – Event #14, $1,050 NLHE: James ‘mig.com’ Mackay Takes It

The second weekend of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) came to a close with Event #14, $1,050 NL Hold Em. This event was the most expensive event thus far in the WCOOP schedule and boasted a $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. But with 3,325 entrants, that guarantee wasn’t needed as the generated prize […]

WCOOP – Event #15, $320 7/S: ‘Ubsolute’ Tops Stud Field

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) continued its run on Monday with Event #15, $320 7-Card Stud. This event exceeded the number of entrants from last year’s counterpart, and even though it had a guaranteed prize pool of $100,000, it managed to generate double that amount with $208,000 being distributed to the top […]

WCOOP – Event #16, $320 PLO H/L: ‘tiger76′ Notches Comeback Win

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) continued its successful run Tuesday as Event #16, $320 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Low, brought in 1,536 participants and generated a $460,800 prize pool.
It took only six hours for ‘beerbear123′ to burst on the bubble in 226th place and just another six hours for the final table of […]

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