World Series of Poker news.
After Thursday night’s controversy surrounding the close of Day 2 and a table re-draw on Day 3, the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold’em Event forged ahead on Friday. There were 26 players remaining to begin Day 3, but only 24 of them would avoid exiting… Read more »
The second day of the largest buy in event at the 2013 World Series of Poker ended on a controversial note early this morning as the players, looking to reach the money in the tournament, were instead denied that opportunity and will come back on Friday with 26 men remaining. 108 players returned on Thursday… Read more »
It is going to be another frenetic weekend at the 2013 World Series of Poker, kicked off on Thursday by the awarding of two more bracelets in the unique “Ante Only” tournament as well as the $3000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event. Event #45 – $1500 Ante Only No Limit Hold’em The final nine men… Read more »
While there were several other tournaments on the agenda at the 2013 World Series of Poker yesterday, there was one event that drew pretty much every railbird flocked to. It wasn’t because the other tournaments were boring, but when there is a six figure buy in for a tournament, THAT is going to be the… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker is steaming along well past the halfway mark of the tournament schedule, awarding another bracelet in a No Limit Hold’em event that ended in a stunning fashion. Event #44 – $3000 No Limit Hold’em 1072 players started out the tournament on Monday but, by the time Day Three was… Read more »
Norbert Szecsi earned his first World Series of Poker bracelet Tuesday, winning 2013 WSOP Event #42: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em. It was just the fourth WSOP cash of his life (all but one has come his summer) and the $345,037 prize for first place is more than double the total of all his previous live tournament… Read more »
Jesse Martin had already come really close to his first career World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet this summer, finishing tenth in two tournaments. He finally made it nine spots farther Tuesday, as he won the 2013 WSOP Event #43: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball, garnering over a quarter million dollars in the process. The… Read more »
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. And again. And yet again ad infinitum. Such is the mantra to which Steve “gboro780” Gross must subscribe as after fifteen fruitless tournaments at the 2013 World Series of Poker, he finally broke through, not only cashing, but winning Event #41: $5,000 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha. Gross… Read more »
Sometimes is better to be lucky than good. Not that Jared Hamby isn’t a good poker player. He is. It’s just saying…whatever, you know what I mean. Hamby showed off his poker skill for three days and used, yes, a little luck to earn his first gold bracelet, winning 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP)… Read more »
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a time of celebration in the poker world and while there has been plenty of excitement and joy for many this year, two tragedies have marred the poker festival for much of the poker community. The first occurred Friday night, June 14th. During a 30-minute break of the… Read more »
Vancouver’s Daniel Idema won the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #39: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better early Monday morning after almost 100 hands of heads-up play and 301 hands at the final table overall. Beating out names such as Layne Flack, Kristy Gazes, and Poker Hall of Famer Linda Johnston… Read more »
Sunday marked the last day, Day 3, of the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #38: $2,500 Four-Handed No-Limit Hold’em. It was expected to be a relatively quick day as far as WSOP tournaments go, as with just eight players remaining and only four people to a table, the action was going to be… Read more »
On Saturday at the 2013 World Series of Poker, two more bracelets were handed out. In one event, a popular face on the European poker scene captured his first bracelet while in the second a veteran poker player from the past earned his first ever bracelet. Event #36 – $1500 No Limit Hold’em Shootout Yesterday… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker awarded two more bracelets over the past couple of days, with a rapid finish to one of those events (you’ll see why in a moment) and the denial of a wire-to-wire victory in the second. Event #33 – $2500 Seven Card Razz Fourteen players came back on Thursday in… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker is set for another exciting weekend of action, yet it was the performance of two popular poker professionals that has captured the attention of the poker world over the last two days in Las Vegas. Event #32 – $5000 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em Coming into the day on… Read more »
Battling back from the short stack at the start of the day’s play, Australia’s Jarred Graham outlasted a strong field in Event #31, the $1500 Pot Limit Omaha Hold’em Hi/Lo tournament, to take down his first ever World Series of Poker bracelet. The leaderboard was packed with strong players as the final fourteen competitors moved… Read more »
ESPN released the television schedule for the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) on Wednesday, revealing that once again, “Tuesday is Poker Night” on America’s behemoth cable sports network. The home viewing fun starts in about a month, when ESPN broadcasts the final table of the inaugural World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC)… Read more »
Chris Dombrowski began travelling to Las Vegas to play in the World Series of Poker as soon as it was legal for him to do so. He experienced some success right away; in 2008, he cashed four times, including a top fifteen finish. He cashed eleven more times in the years to follow, but was… Read more »
Six years ago, most people in the poker world didn’t know who Tom Schneider was. Then he won two World Series of Poker bracelets and was named 2007 WSOP Player of the Year. Today, he’s a well-known poker player, albeit maybe not quite a household name, and he’s on his way to eclipsing his fantastic… Read more »
Three events will resume Tuesday at the 2013 World Series of Poker while two more will commence. Let’s take a quick look at what is going on at the Rio, focusing on some history that could be in the offing: Event #29: $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. The $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. event couldn’t quite finish Monday night/Tuesday morning, as… Read more »
World Series of Poker tournaments are long. Obvious statement is obvious, I know. One of the byproducts of a multi-day tournament is that because so many hands are played from start to finish, the chip leader after Day 1 almost never goes on to win. Jason Duval scoffed at history, though, taking the lead at… Read more »
We knew Day 4 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Event #27: $3,000 Mixed Max – No Limit Hold’em was going to be short. After all, there were just two players left. But in this case, short turned out to be a relative term, as those last two players required three and a half… Read more »
Monday is going to be a busy one at the Rio as four tournaments pick up mid-stream and one more gets underway. Let’s take a spin around the poker room: Event #27: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Mixed Max It will be short day for Event #27, as just two players remain in the tournament: Max Steinberg… Read more »
Ken Lind has fathered seven children and spent more than two decades in the military. Cash in a World Series of Poker tournament? Nope, he had never done that. Never, that is, until early Monday morning, when he not only cashed, but won the 2013 World Series of Poker Seniors Event and earned $634,809. A… Read more »
After two long Day Three’s of work, two more bracelets were awarded at the 2013 World Series of Poker on Saturday night/Sunday morning. In one tournament, a longtime poker professional was able to outlast a difficult final day field to take the bracelet, while a newcomer to the WSOP felt was able to vanquish a… Read more »
