World Series of Poker news.
The final table of the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event kicked off Sunday night as nine championship hopefuls – the November Nine – embarked upon the final chapter of their quest to poker immortality. It was slow going as everyone played quite deliberately and after nearly six hours, only three players were… Read more »
In just a few hours, the nine men who will vie for the 2015 World Series of Poker Championship Event bracelet will take to the stage of the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The 2015 “November Nine” – determined back in July from a field… Read more »
After more than a four month wait, the men who will make up the 2015 World Series of Poker Championship Event’ s “November Nine” have reconvened on the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, in particular the Penn and Teller Theater. Beginning on Sunday and over the course of the next three… Read more »
Moldovan poker player Valeriu Coca has been cleared by the World Series of Poker and the Nevada Gaming Control Board of cheating allegations from this summer’s WSOP and will be awarded his $54,545 winnings from his tenth place finish in the $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Event. The controversy surrounding Coca began when he made a… Read more »
On a Friday night pause before the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe’s Championship Event winner will be determined, the final table of the €25,000 High Roller event played out. At the end of the festivities, former World Champion Jonathan Duhamel emerged as the champion of the event. The final table from the 64 player… Read more »
Capping off what has been a stirring fortnight of poker at the Spielbank Berlin Casino in Germany, the United States’ Kevin MacPhee earned his second bracelet of 2015 over Spain’s David Lopez at the €10,000 Championship Event of the World Series of Poker Europe on Saturday night. The six man final table was set up… Read more »
The money bubble burst on Wednesday at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event as the field was narrowed from 65 to 21. The tournament moves to its penultimate day on Thursday, the day the six-handed final table will be determined. With the championship in sight, it is Kevin MacPhee ahead of the… Read more »
The money bubble drew ever closer Tuesday at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event as the field was slashed by about two-thirds. With just 32 players getting paid and 65 remaining going into Wednesday’s Day 3, the field will still need to be cut by half before anyone can exhale even a… Read more »
With the preliminary events out of the way (except for the High Roller Event, which begins Wednesday), it is on to the Main Event at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe. The two starting flights are already in the books and leading the way heading into Tuesday’s Day 2 is Scotland’s Niall Farrell with… Read more »
The 2015 World Series of Poker Europe has made its share of history this year. Last week, it hosted the largest event ever at the WSOP Europe, The Oktoberfest, which fielded 2,144 players. And now, the latest bracelet winner is just the third player from Greece to pull off the feat. The kicker here, though,… Read more »
As the €10,000 Main Event prepares to begin today, preliminary action at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe is beginning to wrap up. Two events have reached their conclusion, with Greece capturing its second bracelet of the WSOP-E and a veteran Brit making some noise in Pot Limit Hold’em. Event #6 – €3000 No… Read more »
It’s been a busy couple of days at the 2015 World Series of Poker Europe at the Spielbank Berlin Casino in Germany. Two bracelets have been handed out, including a U. S. expatriate earning one and a European taking his first for his country. Event #4 – €1500 Monster Stack No Limit Hold’em 22 players… Read more »
The 2015 World Series of Poker Europe rolls on and Tuesday night, Richard Gryko (not to be confused with former “21 Jump Street” star Richard Grieco) picked up his first WSOP bracelet, winning Event 3: €3,250 Eight-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha. Gryko picked up €126,345 ($143,489) for his achievement. It was a small event compared to most… Read more »
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 »
