World Series of Poker news.
As it did in 2013, the $1500 “Millionaire Maker” – Event #8 on the 2014 World Series of Poker calendar – rewrote the record books in the barely week-old 2014 WSOP. Not only did the tournament bring in the largest number of entries for a non-Championship Event tournament, it also has seen a rarity in… Read more »
In what turned out to be another thrilling day at the 2014 World Series of Poker, Alex Bolotin was able to outlast the 12 survivors of the No Limit Shootout to claim his first bracelet while – in a meeting that brought the most WSOP bracelets to a heads up match in its 45-year history… Read more »
Amid the throngs of players that flooded the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino on Saturday for the 2014 World Series of Poker, two tournaments quietly went about their duties of crowning champions. In a $1000 No Limit Hold’em event, Kyle Cartwright rode his start-of-day chip lead to take the crown while former World Poker… Read more »
Two tournaments took to the floor of the Rio at the 2014 World Series of Poker for their Day One action on Friday. The No Limit Hold’em Shootout worked down to the 120 players who would earn a payday from the event as a nice field turned out for Seven Card Razz, with Phil Hellmuth… Read more »
As Vanessa Selbst was making history at the 2014 World Series of Poker on Friday, two other tournaments worked their way down to their final day of action. In one of the multitude of $1000 No Limit events, Kyle Cartwright will take the survivors to Day Three as the leader while Phil Galfond is atop… Read more »
The history books have been rewritten in just the first week of the 2014 World Series of Poker on Friday as Vanessa Selbst defeated Jason Mo to capture her third WSOP bracelet while Brandon Shack-Harris was able to weave his way through a difficult Pot Limit Omaha final table to take down his first career… Read more »
As Joe Ely once said, “the road goes on forever and the party never ends.” (OK, my favorite version of the song, anyway.) That pretty much sums up the first week of the 2014 World Series of Poker as a popular event with the professionals kicked off play on Thursday and two more events enter… Read more »
Amid the flurry of activity around the Rio on Thursday at the 2014 World Series of Poker were two events in different stages of their play. In Event #3, the $1000 Pot Limit Omaha tournament, Steve Billirakis is looking to add to his bracelet collection as the leader at the final table and Miguel Proulx… Read more »
After their kickoffs to start the 2014 World Series of Poker on Tuesday, two tournaments reached (or came close to reaching) their endpoints. Event #1, the Casino Employees Event, crowned a champion on Thursday – a day later than expected – while the pro-packed Mixed Max tournament will crown theirs later today. Event #1 –… Read more »
As the action continued in the first two events of the 2014 World Series of Poker, Event #3, the action packed $1000 Pot Limit Omaha tournament, took to the floor of the Rio for its first day of action. After 1128 players came to the tables for Day One, Loren Klein has emerged as the… Read more »
While it was expected that the first bracelet of the 2014 World Series of Poker would be awarded on Wednesday, the WSOP curfew put the kibosh on that. Instead, the Casino Employees’ Event will finish off on Thursday as the $25,000 Mixed Max tournament heads into its Day Three play. Event #1 – $500 Casino… Read more »
Four hours after the Casino Employees Event kicked off the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP), the highlight event of the first week, Event #2: $25,000 Mixed Max No-Limit Hold’em began its four day journey. In this Mixed Max tournament, Day 1 is played with nine-handed tables, Day 2 is six-handed, Day 3 is four-handed,… Read more »
There is not a much better way to start a poker tournament than to get some of your buy-in back. And the 2014 World Series of Poker sure as hell started in style yesterday. Prior to the traditional first tournament, the $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em Event, WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart made a short… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) begins today, but one bracelet has already been awarded. Most people probably don’t realize it (I even forget sometimes), but the WSOP National Championship is held on the boardwalk in Atlantic City before the WSOP proper, celebrating the best WSOP Circuit players of the season. This is year,… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker technically begins on Tuesday, featuring a slate of big events that should draw in many of the biggest names in the game for the high buy-in events and the return of what was one of the favorite events of the 2013 schedule. The reason that “technically” is used to… Read more »
According to information from iGaming.org’s Remko Rinkema, international players at this year’s World Series of Poker – whether they are playing online or in one of the myriad of events at the Rio – will now have to provide two forms of identification to be able to participate in the tournaments. On Wednesday, WSOP officials… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is just two weeks away, if you can believe it. Aside from the $10,000 Main Event, perhaps the most highly anticipated event is the Big One for One Drop, million dollar charity tournament that only the richest of the rich or elitest of elite players will enter. The… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker schedule was released Tuesday, a seven-week odyssey featuring 65 events culminating, of course, with the $10,000 Main Event. Speaking of which, the WSOP has decided that to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the poker festival being held at the Rio, it will guarantee $10 million to the winner of… Read more »
One side effect of moving the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event from the summer to November is that it naturally makes one WSOP end so much closer to the start of the next one. Not that that’s a bad thing, by any means. It just feels strange, at least… Read more »
We are less than two months removed from the finale of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), so now seems like a rather odd time to start looking ahead to next year. But considering the entirety of the WSOP, including the gap before the final table, is five months, it may not be that odd… Read more »
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) announced today a major change to its international tournament schedule. Starting in 2014, its two highlight poker festivals outside the United States will take place in alternating years, rather than during the same year, as was the case in 2013. This year, WSOP Asia-Pacific (WSOP APAC) made its debut… Read more »
Ryan Riess crouched in front of his rail after three and a half hours of play Tuesday, tears welling up in his eyes. One card to come. His dreams were right in front of him, but then again, they were right in front of him an hour earlier, too. One card to come. As he… Read more »
Last night was the night the poker world had been eagerly anticipating for three months. The final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event began last night as the nine remaining players in the tournament, known as the “November Nine,” reconvened to battle it out for poker immortality. And what was nine… Read more »
After a four month hiatus to build the anticipation, the poker world has once again descended on Las Vegas and, in particular, the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino, for the final act of the 2013 World Series of Poker. Throughout the past week, poker professionals, industry insiders and fans have been drifting back to… Read more »
If you polled casual poker fans and asked them who their favorite poker player was, my guess is that Daniel Negreanu would receive the highest number of votes. Ask a more serious fan and Negreanu’s name might not come up. Today, at least from what I can tell, Negreanu is looked at as more of… Read more »
