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Martin Jacobson’s run at the final table of the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event was at the same time stunningly unlikely and not at all surprising. The Swedish poker pro overcame long odds to even make it to the second day of the November Nine, but after treating viewers and (to their… Read more »
We were supposed to have just two players left to battle heads-up for the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event Championship on Tuesday, but after twelve hours of play Monday and on into Tuesday morning, it was time to call it quits with three players remaining. It will be an all-European fight to the… Read more »
Mark Newhouse accomplished what many in the poker world consider the greatest poker accomplishment of all time: he made back-to-back World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final tables in fields with over 6,000 players. Dan Harrington did it ten years ago, but the fields were much smaller (though not tiny) back then. And Johnny… Read more »
The final table of the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event finally gets underway tonight with the first of two days of action. The broadcast will begin on ESPN2 at 8:00pm ET semi-live with just a 30-minute delay and will continue until just two players remain. Those two will return to the Rio… Read more »
It has all come down to this. The 2014 World Series of Poker Championship Event’s “November Nine” are all settled in Las Vegas preparing for the resumption of festivities that will, on Tuesday night, crown the next World Champion. But just how will it play out? Let’s take a look into the Poker News Daily… Read more »
We’re only two days away from the resumption of the 2014 World Series of Poker Championship Event. The “November Nine” will reconvene on Monday evening and, by Tuesday night, our next World Champion will be crowned. Current betting odds on a couple of online sites are favoring the chip leader, but not by much. If… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) wrapped up over the weekend with Scott Davies taking the Main Event bracelet and Mike Leah capturing the High Roller crown. One side story, though, garnered interest in the last days of the WSOP APAC: the race for the WSOP Player of the Year (POY)… Read more »
After a heads-up battle that lasted longer than the four eliminations leading to it, the United States’ Scott Davies outlasted the United Kingdom’s Jack Salter to take home the Championship Event bracelet at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC) Saturday night (early morning U. S. time) at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia.… Read more »
In what turned out to be an extremely rapid final table, Canada’s Mike Leah rode a chip lead that he took two days to create in dominating the final six players en route to winning his first bracelet in the $25,000 High Rollers event at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC). Coming to the… Read more »
The close of the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC) is upon us with two tournaments set to close over the next couple of days. Up first will be the $25,000 High Roller event on Friday and the festivities Down Under will conclude with the crowning of the $10,000 Main Event champion. $10,000 Championship… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) Main Event turned the corner Wednesday as the money bubble burst and the tournament played down to the final 18 players. It almost got down to the desired 16, but the plan was to play to either that number or six 90-minute levels, and the… Read more »
Tuesday saw Day 2 come and go at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) Main Event as the survivors from the two opening flights came together in a unified field for the first time. A total of 182 players came over from Days 1A and 1B, while five more players registered… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) AU$10,000 Main Event got going this weekend in Australia as two waves of players started their quest for the final bracelet of the Series (wait, wait…before you say that the High Roller Event is still to be played, I will counter with the fact that… Read more »
Battling through arguably the most difficult final table to date at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC), Germany’s George Danzer captured his third bracelet of the overall WSOP and took over the lead in the WSOP Player of the Year race. Although only 48 players put their money on the line in Event… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC) is creeping closer to its $10,000 Championship Event, but there’s still a bit of work with the preliminary events left to wrap up. One of those tournaments on Saturday (Friday in the U. S.) was Event #7, the $2000 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em tournament, which saw its… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC) has blown by the halfway point of the festival, awarding two more WSOP bracelets over the past couple of days to very worthy champions. Event #5 – $5000 Pot Limit Omaha After coming to the final table with a huge chip lead (his 667,000 in chips was… Read more »
After battling through a 243-player field, Phil Hellmuth has set himself up in decent shape to make a run at Bracelet #14. He will be the headliner – overshadowing 2014 “November Niner” Bruno Politano – when the $2000 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em tournament, Event #7 at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC)… Read more »
After three days and 249 eliminations, the AU$1,650 Terminator No-Limit Hold’em Event crowned a champion on Wednesday at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC). This event was unique in that one-third of each buy-in ($500) was used as a bounty on every player’s head, while the rest went towards the standard… Read more »
Monday was an historic day at the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) as Aussie Jeff Lisandro won his sixth career WSOP bracelet, taking the title in the AU$1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha Event. In doing so, he defeated fellow Australian Poker Hall of Fame member Jason Gray heads-up, denying him of his first… Read more »
While we wait about another month for the World Series of Poker Main Event to conclude, the World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) doled out its first two bracelets of the year over the weekend. First up at the Crown Melbourne casino in Australia was the conclusion of the AU$1,100 Accumulator Event, a… Read more »
The final two flights of the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific’s (WSOP-APAC) inaugural event, the $1000 No Limit Hold’em “Accumulator” tournament, took place on Friday. While the overall numbers were vastly lower than the 2013 version of the event, the remaining field promises some exciting play as Dan Heimiller and Peter Longmore emerged from… Read more »
Whetting the appetite for next month’s “November Nine” finale, the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC) kicked off its ten-event schedule on Thursday. At the close of the day, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Scott Clements emerged from the field as the chip leader for the $1000 No Limit Hold’em “Accumulator” event. The tournament, introduced… Read more »
While it may seem that the “November Nine” were determined just yesterday, the poker world is only one week away from the start of the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC), which begins on October 2. The Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, will once again play host to the ten-bracelet tournament schedule and, with… Read more »
The World Series of Poker action may have just ended at the Rio All-Suite Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, but poker fans can now catch up on everything (read: not everything) that happened by tuning in to ESPN from this week through the end of the Main Event in November. The telecasts kicked off last… Read more »
After 13 hours of battle amongst the survivors of the 2014 World Series of Poker Championship Event field, the “November Nine” have been determined with one man, Mark Newhouse, making history in his achievement. Three tables of nine players returned on Monday with the glow of potentially taking down the World Championship in their eyes.… Read more »
