Three days of battle wasn’t enough for the competitors in the “One Drop High Rollers” event as four men came back on Saturday to determine the champion of the epic tournament. The four men – chip leader Bill Perkins (14.7 million), Anthony Gregg (13.9 million), Chris Klodnicki (12 million) and Antonio Esfandiari (9.2 million) –… Read more »
Popular online tournament tracking and player results site SharkScope.com stopped displaying statistics from 888Poker tournaments this week upon the request of 888, calling the development “extremely disappointing.” SharkScope management released a statement Wednesday explaining that 888 would not go for alternate solutions such as requiring players to “opt-in” to have their results tracked by the… Read more »
The $111,111 One Drop High Rollers Event may be taking center stage right now at the 2013 World Series of Poker, but there are other tournaments to be played and other bracelets to be won. One of those tournaments, Event #48: $2,500 Six-Handed Limit Hold’em, concluded Friday night with 27-year old poker pro Marco Johnson… Read more »
After Thursday night’s controversy surrounding the close of Day 2 and a table re-draw on Day 3, the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold’em Event forged ahead on Friday. There were 26 players remaining to begin Day 3, but only 24 of them would avoid exiting… Read more »
The second day of the largest buy in event at the 2013 World Series of Poker ended on a controversial note early this morning as the players, looking to reach the money in the tournament, were instead denied that opportunity and will come back on Friday with 26 men remaining. 108 players returned on Thursday… Read more »
It is going to be another frenetic weekend at the 2013 World Series of Poker, kicked off on Thursday by the awarding of two more bracelets in the unique “Ante Only” tournament as well as the $3000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event. Event #45 – $1500 Ante Only No Limit Hold’em The final nine men… Read more »
While there were several other tournaments on the agenda at the 2013 World Series of Poker yesterday, there was one event that drew pretty much every railbird flocked to. It wasn’t because the other tournaments were boring, but when there is a six figure buy in for a tournament, THAT is going to be the… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker is steaming along well past the halfway mark of the tournament schedule, awarding another bracelet in a No Limit Hold’em event that ended in a stunning fashion. Event #44 – $3000 No Limit Hold’em 1072 players started out the tournament on Monday but, by the time Day Three was… Read more »
Online poker room BetOnline.com is offering players a unique opportunity to buy-in to a $15,000 guaranteed prize pool multi-table tournament on the cheap this weekend. Now, normally when we think about being able to get a seat in a tourney for below face value, we’re talking about winning a satellite. Not this time. BetOnline is… Read more »
Norbert Szecsi earned his first World Series of Poker bracelet Tuesday, winning 2013 WSOP Event #42: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em. It was just the fourth WSOP cash of his life (all but one has come his summer) and the $345,037 prize for first place is more than double the total of all his previous live tournament… Read more »
Jesse Martin had already come really close to his first career World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet this summer, finishing tenth in two tournaments. He finally made it nine spots farther Tuesday, as he won the 2013 WSOP Event #43: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball, garnering over a quarter million dollars in the process. The… Read more »
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. And again. And yet again ad infinitum. Such is the mantra to which Steve “gboro780” Gross must subscribe as after fifteen fruitless tournaments at the 2013 World Series of Poker, he finally broke through, not only cashing, but winning Event #41: $5,000 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha. Gross… Read more »
Sometimes is better to be lucky than good. Not that Jared Hamby isn’t a good poker player. He is. It’s just saying…whatever, you know what I mean. Hamby showed off his poker skill for three days and used, yes, a little luck to earn his first gold bracelet, winning 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP)… Read more »
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a time of celebration in the poker world and while there has been plenty of excitement and joy for many this year, two tragedies have marred the poker festival for much of the poker community. The first occurred Friday night, June 14th. During a 30-minute break of the… Read more »
Vancouver’s Daniel Idema won the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #39: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better early Monday morning after almost 100 hands of heads-up play and 301 hands at the final table overall. Beating out names such as Layne Flack, Kristy Gazes, and Poker Hall of Famer Linda Johnston… Read more »
Sunday marked the last day, Day 3, of the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #38: $2,500 Four-Handed No-Limit Hold’em. It was expected to be a relatively quick day as far as WSOP tournaments go, as with just eight players remaining and only four people to a table, the action was going to be… Read more »
On Saturday at the 2013 World Series of Poker, two more bracelets were handed out. In one event, a popular face on the European poker scene captured his first bracelet while in the second a veteran poker player from the past earned his first ever bracelet. Event #36 – $1500 No Limit Hold’em Shootout Yesterday… Read more »
After a recent editorial on a major online website from the company’s CEO, the properties of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation are facing a backlash from the poker community. On Wednesday, Sands’ Chief Executive Officer Sheldon Adelson took to Forbes.com to present his opinions regarding online gaming in the United States. In the article entitled… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker awarded two more bracelets over the past couple of days, with a rapid finish to one of those events (you’ll see why in a moment) and the denial of a wire-to-wire victory in the second. Event #33 – $2500 Seven Card Razz Fourteen players came back on Thursday in… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker is set for another exciting weekend of action, yet it was the performance of two popular poker professionals that has captured the attention of the poker world over the last two days in Las Vegas. Event #32 – $5000 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em Coming into the day on… Read more »
While Tom Schneider continues to etch his name into the World Series of Poker record books and Dan Kelly treats the Rio cash cage as his own personal ATM, there has been some other news going on. In today’s edition of “ICYMI,” another settlement has been reached in a battle between the federal government and… Read more »
Battling back from the short stack at the start of the day’s play, Australia’s Jarred Graham outlasted a strong field in Event #31, the $1500 Pot Limit Omaha Hold’em Hi/Lo tournament, to take down his first ever World Series of Poker bracelet. The leaderboard was packed with strong players as the final fourteen competitors moved… Read more »
ESPN released the television schedule for the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) on Wednesday, revealing that once again, “Tuesday is Poker Night” on America’s behemoth cable sports network. The home viewing fun starts in about a month, when ESPN broadcasts the final table of the inaugural World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC)… Read more »
Chris Dombrowski began travelling to Las Vegas to play in the World Series of Poker as soon as it was legal for him to do so. He experienced some success right away; in 2008, he cashed four times, including a top fifteen finish. He cashed eleven more times in the years to follow, but was… Read more »
Six years ago, most people in the poker world didn’t know who Tom Schneider was. Then he won two World Series of Poker bracelets and was named 2007 WSOP Player of the Year. Today, he’s a well-known poker player, albeit maybe not quite a household name, and he’s on his way to eclipsing his fantastic… Read more »
