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WSOP Event 4 $1500 Limit Hold’em - End of Day 1

Of the 1049 players who entered the $1500 buy-in Limit Hold’em WSOP event on June 5, 33 players remained in contention for the first prize of $361,910 and the coveted gold bracelet when play ended for the day at around 3:30am on June 6.
The top 5 in chip count are:
Farzad Rouhani […]

Hellmuth Early World Series of Poker Favorite

While the cards are flying in Las Vegas, bookmakers are offering up their best ideas as to who will win the Big One in the World Series of Poker.
Sportsbook.com, a London, England based bookmaking operation, is laying odds on who is going to take the coveted World Championship. Alex Czajkowski, the Marketing Director for Sportsbook.com, […]

Youngest WSOP bracelet winner ever crowned in $1500 Limit Hold’em event

College dropout Eric Froehlich of Los Angeles became the youngest bracelet winner ever at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) when he outlasted a field of 1049 players the $1500 buy-in Limit Hold’em event at the Rio Pavilion Convention Center.
At the age of 21 years, 3 months, and 29 days, Froehlich is over a year […]

Former software developer Pat Poels wins WSOP $1500 Limit Omaha High-Low event

Former software developer turned professional poker player Pat Poels of Mesa, Arizona outlast a field of 699 players to win the World Series of Poker (WSOP) $1500 buy-in Limit Omaha High-Low Eight-or-Better Event at the Rio Pavilion Convention Center.
Poels earned $270,100, a record first prize for a land-based Omaha High-Low tournament, and the coveted gold […]

Nightclub owner wins WSOP $2500 6-Handed No Limit Hold’em event

Playing in only his 3rd land-based poker tournament, nightclub owner Issac Galazan won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) $2500 buy-in 6-handed No Limit Hold’em event at the Rio Pavilion Convention Center.
Galazan, who referred to himself as “The General” and “Issac G,” outlasted a field of 548 players to collect the first place prize of […]

Gracz outdraws to win WSOP No Limit Hold’em with Rebuys Event

Maciek “Michael” Gracz of Raleigh, North Carolina won his second major poker tournament of the year by outlasting a field of 826 players at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) $1000 No Limit Hold’em with Rebuys event at the Rio Pavilion Convention Center.
Gracz won the first prize of $594,460 and the coveted gold bracelet.
In a […]

Poker Stud: Player wins bracelet in his first stud tournament ever

There was certainly a lot of poker to be played yet when the final table began, but it kind of felt like the real story of this event had already played itself out. Former tennis great, and current professional poker player Yvgeny Kafelnikov finished on the final table bubble, and just missed having a great […]

The REAL championship at the World Series of Poker

If you have ever been to any poker tournaments, or any convention type things like BARGE, you know the real championship that matters isn’t the main No Limit Hold Em event. The championship that people will talk about for decades is the Roshambo Championship. You say you don’t know what Roshambo is? Sure you do. […]

Erik Seidel beats tough field to win seventh WSOP bracelet

Only 1,403 players entered the $2,000 No Limit Hold Em event at the Rio hotel. This was only the third largest field in the history of the WSOP, but somehow, this field felt much more manageable. The ESPN mandated transition from two days to three has made the televised events a lot more manageable, […]

Moncada wins one for Bolivia

In the story about the $2,000 No Limit event won by Erik Seidel, I talked about the fact that the concern that very few top pros were going to be in the final table of these events because of the sizes of the fields was proving to be an unfounded concern. For the final table […]

Josh Arieh tops Jesus to win second WSOP bracelet

At the risk of drawing the ire of our readers, I would like to point out that today’s $2,000 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys final table will be filled with known professionals, and the odds are that this would be the final table most packed with ‘name’ players throughout this WSOP. This does not mean that […]

ESPN “2005 Toyota WSOP Player of the Year” race

ESPN has announced the points system for the “2005 Toyota WSOP Player of the Year” award, and we have an updated top 20 through nine events of the WSOP.
Points are awarded to each player who finishes in the money in the following events:
1. The 5 $10,000 buy-in WSOP Circuit Events in Atlantic City, Rincon Indian […]

TJ Cloutier wins sixth WSOP bracelet

The final table of the $5,000 No Limit Hold Em event was again chock full of players with bracelets, and/or a ton of experience in major events. Not falling too far behind yesterday’s PLO event, where we had four players representing 14 bracelets, today we had four previous bracelet winners representing 12 bracelets, and all […]

Steve Hohn overcomes 9-to-1 chip deficit to win WSOP 7-Card Stud High-Low Event

In the longest 7-Card Stud High-Low tournament in the history of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), 56-year old former stockbroker turned High-Low poker specialist Steve Hohn came back from a 9-to-1 chip deficit to win the 2005 WSOP $1000 buy-in 7-Card Stud High-Low Eight-or-Better tournament at the Rio Pavilion Convention Center.
Besides winning the coveted […]

The greatest twelve minutes of poker ever

One of the most common questions that people new to poker, or new to the WSOP ask is: What is a shootout?
A shootout is a tournament that is structured like a series of single table tournaments. Let’s say there are 100 people entered in the shootout. The 100 competitors will play ten handed at ten […]

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