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It was a memorable Friday around the Rio as the 2013 World Series of Poker welcomed back into its fold a former champion and crowned another who defeated one of the legendary players of the game to earn his honors. Event #12 – $1500 Pot Limit Hold’em Coming to the final table, Eric Crain had… Read more »
In the only bracelet-deciding event yesterday, Levi Berger held the lead at the start of the day in Event #11, the $2500 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em tournament. While he would lose that lead at the start of the final table, he would devastate the field en route to taking down the championship. Fourteen players… Read more »
Wednesday evening saw the latest champions at the 2013 World Series of Poker crowned. In one event, the champion would be taking his second trip to the winner’s circle and the other would face down a talented field (and a long night of work) in earning his first. Event #9 – $3000 No Limit Hold’em… Read more »
A trio of bracelets were awarded on Tuesday at the 2013 World Series of Poker, with one player becoming a millionaire in a moment, a second player battling into the wee hours of Wednesday to grab his and the third fighting through a difficult field to capture his title. Event #6 – $1500 No Limit… Read more »
Today at the 2013 World Series of Poker will be a busy one as three tournaments will play down to a champion. The biggest non-Championship Event in the history, the “Millionaire Maker,” and Event #7, the $1000 No Limit Hold’em tournament, were supposed to work their way down to the final table on Monday, but… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker wrapped up its first weekend of action by crowning two new champions on Sunday, while the remainder of the tournament rooms around the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino continued to rumble with the preliminary play for other events. Event #4 – $1500 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em Seven… Read more »
The first two open bracelets of the 2013 World Series of Poker were handed out yesterday, with one champion dominating his final table and the other working until almost midnight before capturing his. Event #2 – $5000 Eight Handed No Limit Hold’em Coming into the final table, Trevor Pope controlled over half of the chips… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker enters its first weekend of action today and it will be a busy one. Two bracelets will be awarded this evening, with one event’s leader holding a dominating chip stack and the other with a long day of work ahead of it. Event #2 – $5000 Eight Handed No… Read more »
Battling early into the morning on Friday, PokerNews.com editor Chad Holloway outlasted a field of 898 players to earn the first bracelet of the 2013 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the $500 Casino Employees Event. Holloway came into Day Two on Thursday in third place with his 99,400 in chips, a good distance… Read more »
The doors are open to the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino as the 44th Annual World Series of Poker kicked off action on Wednesday. Two events held their opening day of play, with one event exceeding expectations and a strong field of professionals turning out for the second. Event #1 – $500 Casino Employees… Read more »
Christmas in May has arrived. It’s World Series of Poker time! Today, May 29th, 2013, the 44th Annual World Series of Poker kicks off, just the first of 49 consecutive days of wall-to-wall poker action at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino just off the Las Vegas Strip. The first cards will be in the… Read more »
The poker world has been rocked of late by new evidence regarding the mid-2000s “Superuser” scandals that changed the face of the online poker industry. The Travis Makar “Russ Hamilton Tapes” have spurred new discussion on what happened at the then-called UltimateBet and a new book out today will continue to further that discussion, even… Read more »
What hasn’t been said about Viktor “Isildur1” Blom that still needs to be said? The guy is a sicko. On Monday night, the nosebleed stakes cash game king showed that he’s not a one trick pony, winning the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) $10,000 Main Event, adding over $1 million to his already… Read more »
As you no doubt already know and we’ve already discussed, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) kicks off this week. Interestingly enough, though, the WSOP is not the only tournament series that will be taking place at the Rio this summer. Caesars Entertainment is resurrecting the Carnivale of Poker, a once popular poker festival that… Read more »
In three days, the greatest spectacle that the poker world has will open its doors. The 44th Annual World Series of Poker, held at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, will open up action on Wednesday with its traditional opening tournament, the $500 Casino Employees Event. Later that day (5PM Pacific… Read more »
After a nearly nine hour battle on the felt at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, David “Chino” Rheem was able to defeat Erick Lindgren to take down the World Poker Tour World Championship early this morning. Rheem came to the final table on Friday afternoon as the overwhelming chip leader with his 5.49 million stack,… Read more »
It has come down to the final day of the World Poker Tour Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas and it looks as though the player to beat is David “Chino” Rheem, who came to the felt on Wednesday with a dominant chip lead he will carry to the final table tomorrow. Eight men… Read more »
Day 5 of the 2013 World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship should be one of the shorter days of a major tournament we have ever seen. Tuesday saw the field of the final Main Event of WPT Season XI narrowed from 24 to just eight, leaving only two more eliminations until the six-handed final table… Read more »
The most important tournament on the World Poker Tour (WPT), and thus the tour itself, is nearing its end. Day 3 of the 2013 WPT World Championship concluded Monday night as the field narrowed from 67 to just 24. It looked like it would be a fairly quick day as the eliminations sped along early… Read more »
On Saturday, poker pro Annie Duke released a statement to express her thoughts on the audio tapes of a secret meeting hosted by former UltimateBet (UB) owner Russ Hamilton that were released earlier this month by UB insider Travis Makar. The recordings implicated several people in the infamous cheating scandal, revealing that UB’s higher-ups were… Read more »
Day Two of the World Poker Tour Championship event at the Bellagio in Las Vegas is in the books and, although the field is smaller than last year’s gathering, there are still several powerful contenders in place for a run at the title. 93 players came back on Sunday with Will “The Thrill” Failla holding… Read more »
The finale of the World Poker Tour’s Season XI schedule, the 2013 WPT Championship, is underway at the Bellagio in Las Vegas with a small but strong opening Day One now in the books. The $25,000 buy in event, while it might have lacked in numbers for its start at noon on Saturday, didn’t lack… Read more »
The eleventh season of the World Poker Tour has come down to its final tournament, the WPT Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, which begins on Saturday with a tremendous amount of drama in store. This year’s $25,000 tournament features a few wrinkles thrown in that should make for an intriguing event. Starting with… Read more »
The 44th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) starts in just two weeks and it promises to be bigger than ever. In one significant way, though, it will be smaller. Doyle Brunson will not be playing. “The Godfather of Poker” made his announcement Tuesday night via his @TexDolly Twitter account, writing, “Afraid I am finally… Read more »
Last week, we told you about poker superstar Phil Ivey’s lawsuit against London’s Crockfords for the casino’s failure to pay him the £7.3 million he won over two nights at a high stakes punto banco table in August 2012. The UK’s Daily Mail originally reported the story of Ivey’s big score and Crockfords’ lack of… Read more »
