World Series of Poker news.
With a third of the 2013 World Series of Poker in the books, Daniel Negreanu’s once dominant lead in the WSOP Player of the Year race has dwindled due to the strong play of Dan Kelly during the first two weeks at the Rio in Las Vegas. Negreanu got out to a huge advantage at… Read more »
The third weekend of the 2013 World Series of Poker got off to a big start on Friday as veteran poker professional David Chiu, playing a tournament in honor of a longtime friend of the poker world, took down his fifth bracelet and Josh Pollock earned his first WSOP bracelet in Pot Limit Omaha. Event… Read more »
It may have taken a bit longer than planned, but the bracelet was finally awarded in Event #20, the $1500 Omaha Hi/Lo tournament, while the action in Event #21 at the 2013 World Series of Poker awarded its bracelet as planned on Thursday night. Event #20 – $1500 Omaha Hold’em Hi/Lo After battling through ten… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker has reached the one-third mark of its 62 event schedule. While it was expected that one event would award a bracelet last night, play was suspended early this morning as the final two combatants reached the “ten level rule” cutoff without determining a champion. Event #20 – $1500 Omaha… Read more »
Davidi Kitai is not a household name in the poker world, but perhaps he should be. On Wednesday morning, Kitai captured his second career World Series of Poker bracelet, winning Event #19: $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em. Kitai is no stranger to success. Not only was this not the first time he was fitted for a WSOP… Read more »
Taylor Paur was already a star in the online poker world. Now he has the hardware from the live tournament circuit to go along with his internet millions after winning the 2013 World Series of Poker Event #18: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em. Let’s get one thing out of the way first: obviously Phil Ivey did not… Read more »
Two more gold bracelets will be awarded tonight at the 2013 World Series of Poker, while two other tournaments are mid-stream and one will be kicking off. Let’s see what’s going on at the Rio… Event #18: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Taylor Paur has a substantial lead over his 13 opponents heading into the final day… Read more »
Former restaurateur-turned-poker pro Athanasios Polychronopoulos captured his second career World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet early Tuesday morning, winning Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em, good for over a half million dollars. Polychronopoulos actually made a bit of World Series of Poker history, as his previous title came two years ago in another $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em… Read more »
One of the signature events of the 2013 World Series of Poker wrapped up over the weekend as Canadian Mark “AceSpades” Radoja won the Event #16: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em. The Main Event may get the headlines, but many players look at this tournament as the one they want to win. 162 players lined up… Read more »
In 2007, Tom Schneider won the World Series of Poker Player of the Year (POY) award. He was a relative unknown at the time; there were likely many utterances of the phrase “Tom who?” when people looked at the POY leader board that year. It was easy to like they guy – he had that… Read more »
Three events in the 2013 World Series of Poker continue Monday and one more champion will be crowned. Let’s take a look at what is on-tap today. Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em David “Bakes” Baker heads the final 15 players in Event #17, one of the many $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em events at this year’s World… Read more »
On Saturday night at the 2013 World Series of Poker, Jonathan Taylor was able to outlast one of the larger fields of this year’s schedule (1819 players) in winning his first WSOP bracelet in Event #14, the latest $1500 No Limit Hold’em tournament. Taylor was only one of two men who were over the one… Read more »
It was a memorable Friday around the Rio as the 2013 World Series of Poker welcomed back into its fold a former champion and crowned another who defeated one of the legendary players of the game to earn his honors. Event #12 – $1500 Pot Limit Hold’em Coming to the final table, Eric Crain had… Read more »
There will be a tremendous amount of action around the Rio today as the 2013 World Series of Poker has five events in play, with two that will crown a champion tonight. Event #12 – $1500 Pot Limit Hold’em – Day Two 62 players returned on Thursday for Day Two play in Event #12, but… Read more »
In the only bracelet-deciding event yesterday, Levi Berger held the lead at the start of the day in Event #11, the $2500 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em tournament. While he would lose that lead at the start of the final table, he would devastate the field en route to taking down the championship. Fourteen players… Read more »
One of the unique things about the 2013 World Series of Poker (and is true every year) is that it is the one event where the entirety of poker’s disciplines can be played out (especially in this day and age of all No Limit Hold’em tournament schedules). Wednesday’s action was a prime example of that… Read more »
Wednesday evening saw the latest champions at the 2013 World Series of Poker crowned. In one event, the champion would be taking his second trip to the winner’s circle and the other would face down a talented field (and a long night of work) in earning his first. Event #9 – $3000 No Limit Hold’em… Read more »
Today at the 2013 World Series of Poker, two bracelets will be handed out, while one event continues its Day Two play. Event #9 – $3000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout – Day Two Ten six handed tables came back on Tuesday to determine the final table for Event #9. There was a huge throng of… Read more »
A trio of bracelets were awarded on Tuesday at the 2013 World Series of Poker, with one player becoming a millionaire in a moment, a second player battling into the wee hours of Wednesday to grab his and the third fighting through a difficult field to capture his title. Event #6 – $1500 No Limit… Read more »
Two tournaments on the slate yesterday at the 2013 World Series of Poker completed their Day One action, with one of the tournaments already in the money and the other with some work yet to do. Event #9 – $3000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout – Day One The $3000 Shootout event was capped at 2000… Read more »
Today at the 2013 World Series of Poker will be a busy one as three tournaments will play down to a champion. The biggest non-Championship Event in the history, the “Millionaire Maker,” and Event #7, the $1000 No Limit Hold’em tournament, were supposed to work their way down to the final table on Monday, but… Read more »
As if handing out two bracelets on Sunday wasn’t enough, the 2013 World Series of Poker had three other events going on Sunday. The “Millionaire Maker” still had a massive field to contend with and two other tournaments, another $1000 No Limit event and the Eight Game Mixed event, started off on their journeys to… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker wrapped up its first weekend of action by crowning two new champions on Sunday, while the remainder of the tournament rooms around the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino continued to rumble with the preliminary play for other events. Event #4 – $1500 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em Seven… Read more »
In addition to the two bracelet events yesterday, three tournaments moved through their early stages on Saturday. In one of the tournaments, former World Champion Joe Cada is set to take the final table, some big names remain in the first mixed game event on the WSOP schedule and the “Millionaire Maker” exceeded the expectations… Read more »
The first two open bracelets of the 2013 World Series of Poker were handed out yesterday, with one champion dominating his final table and the other working until almost midnight before capturing his. Event #2 – $5000 Eight Handed No Limit Hold’em Coming into the final table, Trevor Pope controlled over half of the chips… Read more »
