Poker Tournament News
Amid the clamor around the Rio on Wednesday, the 2012 World Series of Poker had three tournaments that were in various stages of their play. The final table has been determined in one with a second getting close to that point, while a third event made its debut on the WSOP stage. Event #47 –… Read more »
There aren’t many situations in this world where winning over $400,000 can feel terrible. Even fewer where that feeling has nothing to do with the additional money that wasn’t won. Poker is one of those arenas. To Henry Lu, Monday night was his moment to shine, to celebrate his victory in the 2012 World Series… Read more »
Perhaps Oleksii Kovalchuk should adopt the nickname Roy Hobbs. Like the fictional baseball player, it appears that Kovlachuk is “The Natural,” winning his second World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet in as many years after besting 392 competitors in the 2012 WSOP Event #42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better. His newest… Read more »
Day Two play for the two tournaments yesterday at the 2012 World Series of Poker brought something for everyone. In one event, history will be made when its champion is determined this evening, while the other tournament features a leaderboard that should whet the appetite for the railbirds inside the Rio. Event #41 – $3000… Read more »
The tournament rooms of the Rio All Suites Hotel & Casino were abuzz on Friday, with two tournaments in Day Two play working close to their final tables that will be played today. Event #39 – $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship 88 players returned from the original 293 contestants, looking to work the field… Read more »
Three tournaments are in their preliminary stages of play at the 2012 World Series of Poker, with one of the tournaments awarding a bracelet today and the other two tournaments set to hand out the WSOP gold on Saturday. Event #38 – $1500 No Limit Hold’em – Day Two Of the 277 players who returned… Read more »
As two tournaments determined their champions on Wednesday at the 2012 World Series of Poker, three other events were in various stages of their play. Event #36 – $3000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout – Day Two Of the 587 players who started the tournament on Tuesday, sixty would return yesterday with everyone in the money… Read more »
If there was ever a poker player with the right attitude, it is Max Steinberg. The Oakland, California resident said he felt “no pressure” to win 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em once he reached heads-up, despite finishing as a runner-up in a $1,500 event two years ago. He was… Read more »
When Day 3 of the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em rolled around Monday, nobody was talking about the eventual winner. It was 2009 WSOP Main Event champ Joe Cada that was the talk of the Rio. After all, he was the chip leader with just 19 players remaining and… Read more »
In a H.O.R.S.E. tournament, especially in one with a high buy-in, you can pretty much count on the final table being extremely tough. The 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. did not disappoint. The participants in Monday’s final table owned 25 gold bracelets, making it the second-most gold laden final table… Read more »
Allyn Jaffrey-Shulman captured her first World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet Monday, defeating a very tough final table at the end of the largest Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship in history. For her win, Jaffrey-Shulman takes home $603,713. It was an interesting tournament for a couple different reasons. As already mentioned, his Seniors Event, open… Read more »
One of the wonderful things about poker is as long as you have the buy-in and the intestinal fortitude, you can sit down and play with anybody. You don’t have to be able to hit a devastating curveball or hit a three-pointer with a hand in your face. Just learn the rules of the game… Read more »
The 2012 World Series of Poker is officially at its halfway mark with two tournaments on Saturday in their second day of play. Both events will crown a champion at some point this evening, officially wrapping up the first 30 events of the 61-tournament schedule. Event #29 – $1000 Seniors’ No Limit Hold’em Championship 462… Read more »
Two tournaments at the 2012 World Series of Poker were slogging through their fields on Thursday, with one of those events reaching its final 18 players and the second tournament finishing just short of the money bubble. Event #27 – $1500 H.O.R.S.E. – Day Two 165 players returned on Thursday, looking to whittle the field… Read more »
Although the attention of Phil Ivey’s run at Bracelet #9 may have sidetracked some of the railbirds from the rest of the action at the Rio All Suites Hotel & Casino, two tournaments held their second day of play yesterday at the 2012 World Series of Poker. One final table is set, while there is… Read more »
The first $1,000 event of the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP), a “low” buy-in tournament formerly dubbed the “Stimulus Special,” concluded last night. It doesn’t have that fun name anymore, but Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em was certainly fun for Belgium’s Michael Gathy, who defeated almost 2,800 opponents en route to his first WSOP… Read more »
Fixed-Limit poker games can last a long time. After all, you don’t have pre-flop all-ins everywhere you look. Thus, a heads-up match that lasted six and a half hours (counting dinner) doesn’t really seem that far-fetched. The way it all played out, though, was the strange part. Regardless of the twists and turns, it was… Read more »
As amazing as televised poker and internet poker have been for the growth of the game, some players bemoan the idea that those two vehicles increased the popularity of the No-Limit variety of Texas Hold’em, which in turn drew people away from the Fixed-Limit version of the game. Once upon a time, Fixed-Limit was much… Read more »
Achieving one’s first six-figure cash in a poker tournament is an exciting moment for any poker player. Winning one’s first World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet is a dream come true. How great is it, then, to have these two things happen at the same time? That was Clifford Goldkind’s amazing day Monday as… Read more »
The same night that Phil Hellmuth was in the process of winning his record twelfth World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet, Phil Ivey looked like he was going to stay within some semblance of striking distance and win his ninth. But a funny thing happened on the way to building his legend: Phil Ivey… Read more »
What can you say about Phil Hellmuth that hasn’t already been said? The guy knows how to play poker. Hellmuth, already the most prolific World Series of Poker (WSOP) player of all time, won his record twelfth WSOP bracelet early Monday morning, defeating a strong group of competitors at the final table of Event #18:… Read more »
Two tournaments at the 2012 World Series of Poker saw their Day Two play on Wednesday, with the championships of each to be determined during action today. Event #12 – $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold’em World Championship 32 players remained in action on Wednesday from the initial 152 player field, with those individuals divvying… Read more »
Tuesday was an extremely busy day at the 2012 World Series of Poker with five tournaments running simultaneously. One, the $5,000 Seven Card Stud event, concluded with California’s John Monnette winning his second ever gold bracelet. Two events wound their way down to their respective final tables, while two others completed their initial days. Let’s… Read more »
At the World Series of Poker (WSOP), and really anywhere else for that matter, No-Limit Hold’em tournaments are the highlight events because of their size and the excitement of the “all-in.” Other games, particularly an old favorite like Seven Card Stud, tend to take a back seat. But here’s the thing: despite their small size,… Read more »
If it is possible to have a heads-up battle that determines a World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet winner be a bit anticlimactic, then Monday’s match between Aubin Cazals and Joseph “subiime” Cheong may have been just that. After Cazals won a record-breaking marathon contest the day before, he took “only” five hours to… Read more »
