It’s funny how things work out sometimes. David Olson, the winner of the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 Fixed-Limit Hold’em event, originally just planned on playing in the Monster Stack event, but was convinced by his friends to play in the Fixed-Limit Hold’em Championship and he ended up winning the whole thing. Haixia… Read more »
One of the most highly anticipated tournaments of the 2014 World Series of Poker, the million dollar buy-in Big One for One Drop, got going Sunday as some of the poker and business world’s elite plunked down an ungodly sum of money to try to win an ungodlier sum of money and/or a platinum bracelet.… Read more »
When it comes to the interpretation of poker through avenues of entertainment, there have been high and low water marks. For every Rounders that came to the theater, there was Lucky You (at least you had Drew Barrymore to look at in that abysmal flick) or, more recently, Runner Runner (again, Gemma Arterton is worth… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker is reaching the top of the stretch run, but that didn’t stop two more bracelets from finding deserving owners on Saturday. In an overtime match, David Miscikowski was able to outlast Norbert Szecsi to take the title while, in the $10,000 Limit Hold’em World Championship, David Olson emerged as… Read more »
He’s already done more in his career arguably than any other player all-time, but the (too-soon to call him “legendary”?)Phil Ivey etched another chapter in his legacy at the 2014 World Series of Poker. In Event #50, the Eight Game Mixed Event, Ivey became only the fourth player to crack the double-digit mark in bracelets… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker has been running at full throat for the last four weeks, but today is something that many players have been looking forward to. For the first time since its introduction in 2012, the $1 million “Big One for One Drop” will take to the floor of the Rio All… Read more »
Sometimes we get lost in the frivolity that is the poker world. The outrageous prop bets, the antics of players and, yes, sometimes even the tournaments themselves like the World Series of Poker. News has emerged on two continents to give all of us a moment of clarity amidst the fun we all seem to… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker moved on its action on Friday as one bracelet was awarded in a tournament. In another event, the players battled late into the night before pausing action with two players remaining. Event #48 – $1500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Low Split 8 or Better In what turned out to be… Read more »
After over 11 hours of card-based combat, veteran poker professional John “Johnny World” Hennigan earned his third lifetime World Series of Poker bracelet in taking down arguably the WSOP’s most prestigious title in the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship. Coming to the final table, 2014 WSOP bracelet winner Brandon Shack-Harris (4.101 million chips) was ruling over… Read more »
On Wednesday at the 2014 World Series of Poker, two more bracelets were handed out to well-deserving champions. In Event #45, Will Givens was able to grasp the golden bracelet that eluded him only a week earlier while, in Event #47, Jesse McEuen earned the championship of the unique Ante Only tournament. Event #45 –… Read more »
In what turned out to be arguably one of the longer – and most entertaining – days of play in a tournament at the 2014 World Series of Poker, 2014 WSOP bracelet winner Brandon Shack-Harris is in the hunt for a second bracelet as he leads the history-making $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship. 22 players came… Read more »
The World Series of Poker is in full swing at the Rio in Las Vegas, but that doesn’t mean people can’t get excited for even more tournaments to come. This week, the WSOP released the official schedule for the 2014-2015 WSOP Circuit, setting it to begin at the end of July at the Palm Beach… Read more »
Day 3 has been completed at the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #46: the $50,000 The Poker Players Championship and though the tournament has not reached the money yet, the finish line approaches. Just 22 players remain out of the 55 that started play on Tuesday and with eight eliminations today, the money… Read more »
Even at only 30-years old, Jordan Morgan has been around the poker scene for what seems like forever. Well known as one of the earliest online poker celebrities, “iMsoLucky0” is well respected in the game, even if he does consider himself “semi-retired” on his Twitter page. But even with all the success he has had,… Read more »
Day 2 of the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #46: $50,000 The Poker Players Championship is in the books with Jason Mercier out in front in what still remains a close race at the top of the leaderboard. The second day of this tournament was a significant one, as it was the first… Read more »
The poker world is hurting for decent poker-related television programming outside of the World Series of Poker, which is really only seasonal, and the World Poker Tour. “High Stakes Poker” and “Poker After Dark,” probably the two most popular poker TV shows in recent memory, are long gone. Enter “Poker Night in America,” which will… Read more »
The highlight tournament of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) other than the $10,000 Main Event got underway Sunday as a loaded field of players sat down for Event #46: the $50,000 The Poker Players Championship. The event has not lost its luster after almost a decade, both players and fans consider it the most… Read more »
On Friday, the 2014 World Series of Poker welcomed two more players to the all-exclusive WSOP bracelet club. In one event, it was a first timer who would take the trophy while in the other it was someone who had already tasted victory at this year’s Series. Event #37 – $1500 Pot Limit Omaha After… Read more »
Business was booming on Saturday at the 2014 World Series of Poker as three events awarded bracelets, including the first bracelet in a unique tournament that saw many poker variations dealt that haven’t graced the felt at the WSOP for many years. Event #39 – $3000 No Limit Hold’em Battling through a 992 player field,… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker will award two more bracelets on Thursday as eleven players vie for the championship of Event #37, the $1500 Pot Limit Omaha tournament. In the other event, German professional George Danzer heads a powerful final 13 that will contest for the WSOP bracelet. Event #37 – $1500 Pot Limit… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker has broken the halfway mark on its march to the 2014 Championship Event as two more bracelets were awarded on Wednesday. One event went so quickly that it didn’t need a fourth day and another saw one of the members of the 2010 “November Nine” denied his first bracelet.… Read more »
Sometimes, when writing these pieces about the World Series of Poker (WSOP), I try to come up with some sort of interesting narrative about the winner to put his accomplishment in perspective or at least make the story more entertaining. In the case of Eric Buchman, though, his victory in the 2014 WSOP Event #34:… Read more »
He might not be widely loved in the poker community, but you can’t say Dutch Boyd can’t play poker. On Tuesday, Boyd won his third World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet, taking the hardware in 2014 WSOP Event #33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em. Boyd has been under a lot of scrutiny for over a decade,… Read more »
It appears that Brett Shaffer has found his niche in the live poker tournament world. For the second time in two years, Shaffer won a $1,500 No-Limit event, winning 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em on Monday. This go around, there were 1,631 entries in the event, creating a $2,201,850… Read more »
Monday featured what could be argued to be the highlight final table of the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) so far. Event #32: $10,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em was already considered a fairly prestigious event. It’s one of a dozen $10,000 events this year (a baker’s dozen if you count the Ladies Event) and is,… Read more »
