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World Series of Poker - Main Event - End of Day Two

While still not manageable, the field of 1,864 players that remained as we began day two of the main event of the WSOP did fit into one single room, and for the first time since the event began, we started to see s glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel.
Indeed, the way […]

World Series of Poker - Day Three Final Report

At the beginning if the day, 568 players showed up at the Rio with the dream of being a world champion. In addition to their dream, they also knew that eight players would be leaving today with nothing. The tournament had ended the night before missing the money by only eight places, and there were […]

World Series of Poker - Day Four Report

The tension is definitely beginning to build, as each of the 58 remaining competitors would do no worse than $145,875. Nearly half of these competitors would be at Binions in 36 hours to play down from 27 to 1. Most important was the fact that 16% of the remaining players would get to call themselves […]

World Series of Poker - Day Five Final Report

When I found out the WSOP was moving to the Rio almost a year ago, I was saddened. For better, or worse the traditionalist in me had to give way to the realist, and I understood that the WSOP had simply outgrown the home it had known for 30+ years. I still stay downtown whenever […]

Poker Marathon: The World Series of Poker is Over

The day I (and everyone else) had been waiting for since my arrival in Las Vegas 43 days ago was finally here. The excitement was very real in the room. When you walked by one of the players that had made the final table, you got a sense that they knew what was at stake […]

Waving Goodbye: The 2005 World Series of Poker in review

It was only right, after the forty five days of play that constituted this year’s World Series of Poker, that it took the longest final table in the history of the game to crown a World Champion in the Main Event early Saturday morning. In what was nearly a fifteen hour final table, the poker […]

The Poker Taxman Cometh

Because of the massive amount of publicity surrounding this year’s World Series of Poker, it seems as though the people watching the sport for the first time think that champion Australian Joe Hachem is going to walk away with $7.5 million in winnings.
What most people outside of the poker industry and the gambling community may […]

Harrah’s Sets Schedule For 2006 World Series of Poker

There is no denying the fact that the World Series of Poker (WSOP) has grown dramatically since poker’s Cinderella story, Chris Moneymaker, won the main event. Nowhere is there more evidence of the explosion in popularity than in the 2006 WSOP.
That’s right. It’s back and bigger than ever. Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. has announced the 2006 […]

WSOP Tournament of Champions This Weekend

Once again, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and its brand are making news with its upcoming 2005 WSOP Tournament of Champions. This freeroll event is set to bring some of the biggest names in the game under one roof for this exclusive event.
The Tournament of champions will be played at the luxurious Caesar’s Palace […]

WSOP Announces Foreign Satellites

One of the great innovations that Benny Binion brought to tournament poker, other than the World Series of Poker itself, was the opportunity for players to earn their way into the greatest event in poker through smaller buy in tournaments called satellites. Traditionally, they have been held in Las Vegas (first at the Horseshoe and […]

Tournament Of Champions: Moving to the Future

The World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions recently concluded with Mike Matusow winning the $1 million check for finishing first (and congrats to Mike!). While his performance in the tournament and the terrific poker should have been the story that everyone talked about, it wasn’t. It seems that all anyone could speak of was […]

Tournament of Champions: The Players Have a Point

This past weekend, the World Series of Poker’s Circuit held their Tournament of Champions. Many of the players were upset because three players who had not qualified (Harrah’s had issued detailed qualification requirements about a year ago) - Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, and Johnny Chan were allowed to participate in this $2 million freeroll tournament […]

WSOP Update: Event #8 – Jack Zwerner Takes Omaha Hi/Low Bracelet

While Omaha Hi/Low 8-or-better does not have quite the following of Texas Hold’em, there was certainly a large audience for today’s final table. Stars such as Phil Hellmuth, Eric Lindgren, John Bonetti, and T.J. Cloutier filled the stands to lend their support to the players, most notably Daniel Negreanu who entered the day third in […]

WSOP Updates - Meet ‘The Student

As I walk around the room on day 2A, table 134 is clearly the table to watch. Aaron ‘Gamble AB’ Bartley sits in the 1 seat, with over 50,000 in chips, Jeff Madsen resides in the 3 seat with a little less than 10,000, and an unknown sits sandwiched in the 2 seat, having them […]

The Colorful History of Poker: Poker and Power

“Sex is good,” writer David Spanier noted in his book, TOTAL POKER, “but Poker lasts longer.” Poker’s seductive staying power, in fact, has led it to become not only the most popular card game on the planet, but the game of choice among power brokers. Perhaps it is its legendary history among […]

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