World Series of Poker news.
Event #2 of the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe made history over the past several days, as it became the largest tournament – in terms of player numbers – ever seen at the WSOP Europe. It obliterated the previous record, too, fielding 2,144 entries, almost three times as many as the 771 who played… Read more »
Defeating a difficult final table, Makarios Avramidis emerged as the victor of the first event at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe, the €2000 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em tournament, on Saturday night. Six men (hence the name of the tournament) returned on Saturday to determine the champion of this event with Paul Michaelis,… Read more »
The 2015 World Series of Poker Europe has opened the doors of the Spielbank Berlin Casino in Germany with action in its first event on the schedule. The €2000 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em tournament’s Day One action saw a nice turnout and a popular British pro take the top slot for the day’s play.… Read more »
Tonight’s the night, sports fans. One of the landmark days of the fall. This evening, we get to watch the season’s first broadcast of Monday Night Foot…wait. Let’s flip the channel up one notch. Ok, there it is. Tonight, September 14th, marks the first episode of the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event on… Read more »
Holding the lead for all but a few hands during the day’s action, Loni Harwood earned her second World Series of Poker bracelet in taking down the WSOP National Championship Friday night at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina. Harwood came into the final table the dominant chip leader in the event. With her 1.34 million… Read more »
Looking to make her breakthrough into the major tournament Winner’s Circle, Loni Harwood will lead the final seven competitors when they reconvene for the World Series of Poker National Championship final table at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina this afternoon. Also at the final table will be a man who, coming off perhaps one of… Read more »
After a week of poker, a week of long, mental exhausting days, the final table of the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event has been reached. We have our November Nine. Day 7 began with just 27 players remaining, spread across three tables and did not end until around 1:30am, when Alex Turyansky… Read more »
This is it. Today is the day that the November Nine of the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event will be determined. Just 27 players remain at three tables all trying to position themselves for both the climb up the payout ladder and the opportunity to be in the poker spotlight for the next… Read more »
The end is near. If the players remaining in the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event couldn’t visualize the final table before, they should most definitely be able to now. There are just 69 players left after Sunday’s Day 5 of the Main Event and virtually all of them have a reasonable shot… Read more »
Now that the preliminary events have concluded at the 2015 World Series of Poker – leaving only the WSOP Championship Event and the ten-event schedule of the World Series of Poker Europe in Berlin this October remaining on the schedule – the true contenders have moved forward in the WSOP Player of the Year race.… Read more »
We are down to the final few days of the 2015 World Series of Poker and the drama ratchets up as the hours tick down. At the close of Day Four on Saturday night, two-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Joe McKeehen emerged as the chip leader with 3.122 million in chips. 661 players came back… Read more »
As the 2015 World Series of Poker reaches its final days, one of the major milestones of the 2015 WSOP Championship Event was celebrated on Friday. Late in the evening, the final 1000 players were determined that took home an official WSOP cash as Day Three progressed. There were still 1796 players remaining from the… Read more »
Due to the humongous crowd that turned out for Day 1C, Day 2B of the 2015 World Series of Poker’s Championship Event was bustling with activity. With 2765 players returning to the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino’s tournament rooms, the hope was to reach a manageable figure to allow for a reasonable combination of… Read more »
The first of two Day Twos is in the books at the 2015 World Series of Poker Championship Event with the relatively unknown Amar Anand sitting atop the standings at the end of Wednesday’s play. 1154 players came back from Days 1A and 1B to comprise the field for the Day 2A festivities with Hamid… Read more »
The field is still divided, but the preliminary festivities of the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event are complete, as the three starting flights are now in the books. The chip leader coming out of Day 1C, John Gorsuch, now also has the distinction of being the overall chip leader going into Day… Read more »
The 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event is in full swing, but not every poker player can afford the $10,000 buy-in and transportation costs to Las Vegas plus the time off of work, no matter how much they love to play. Enter the World Series of Poker Circuit. Last week, the WSOP released the… Read more »
The opening flights of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event are always the most exciting; everyone in the tournament room is at the beginning of what could be a life-changing journey, everyone is so hopeful. There is a buzz in the air. So let’s enjoy the first three days of this week because… Read more »
This past weekend was a time of celebration in the United States. Not only was Saturday Independence Day (or Treason Day for those of you in the U.K.), but Sunday was the start of the 2015 World Series of Poker $10,000 Championship Event, best known as the Main Event. It is the biggest week of… Read more »
The final two $10,000 World Championship events at the 2015 World Series of Poker – other than the Main Event, that is – have been the focus of much of the attention around the Amazon Room over the past couple of days. In one event, Andrew Barber was able to overcome a tough final table… Read more »
Much was made of the plans by Caesars and WSOP officials announced they would have an online event as part of the 2015 World Series of Poker Schedule. People wondered if there would be anyone who would show up for the $1000 buy-in event; people pondered whether the WSOP.com online poker software would stand up… Read more »
When Jonathan Duhamel wins a World Series of Poker bracelet, he certainly makes the most of the situation. Early this morning, Duhamel won the second gold bracelet of his career, taking the title in the 2015 WSOP $111,111 High Roller for ONE DROP Event, winning $3,989,985. Duhamel, of course, won the 2010 World Series of… Read more »
As the schedule steams toward the start of its $10,000 Championship Event next weekend, the 2015 World Series of Poker crowned two more champions. In one event a longtime Limit expert was able to defeat a strong field of contenders while an amateur became the first woman to take down a bracelet at this year’s… Read more »
After a long Day 4 of action, Mike Gorodinsky was finally able to break through at the 2015 World Series of Poker, defeating Jean-Robert Bellande heads up early Friday morning to win arguably the most prestigious bracelet on the WSOP schedule, the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship. Six men returned on Thursday afternoon to battle for… Read more »
After three days of battle amongst some of the world’s greatest poker players, David Baker – the ‘ODB’ version, not the ‘Bakes’ one – will head the six men who will contest the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship final table at the 2015 World Series of Poker this afternoon. 19 players returned from the original 84… Read more »
ATTENTION: DOYLE BRUNSON SIGHTING AT THE 2015 WORLD SERIES OF POKER. Apologies for the dramatics, but hey, Doyle Brunson playing in a tourney at the WSOP is news (at least I didn’t include the Drudge sirens). The poker legend is not much of a tournament player anymore, so it is a big deal when he… Read more »
