World Series of Poker news.
After a year’s hiatus, the million dollar buy-in Big One for ONE DROP tournament at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) will return in 2014. The WSOP has announced that the event will run June 29th through July 1st and will be televised at Caesars Palace until the final table. The event was the brainchild… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event started with 375 players and now it is down to just 24. Three tables of players remain in the tournament heading into Wednesday’s Day 4 and two – Adrian Mateos Diaz and Daniel Steinberg – stand above the crowd. Neck and neck at the top… Read more »
Down to 70 players, the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event heads into Day 3 Tuesday. Taking control late was Germany’s Dominik Nitsche, who ended the night with 504,800 chips, the only player over the half-million mark. Ludovic Lacay, the chip leader going into Day 2, had another successful day, finishing in… Read more »
The best shake off frustration and forge ahead. They take a hit, wipe off the dirt, and come back swinging. Such was the case with Ludovic Lacay Sunday as he came back from the disappointment of a runner-up finish in the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe €3,000 Mixed-Max Pot Limit Omaha Event to… Read more »
After a week of excitement from its preliminary events, the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe kicked off its €10,000 Championship Event on Saturday, drawing in a decent starting field for what should be a highly competitive tournament. Players began drifting into the Casino Barriere in Enghien-les-Bains, France, around noon on Saturday (early morning U.… Read more »
At the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe the past two days, history was denied in one event while two popular pros battled it out for the right to claim their first ever WSOP bracelet. €2000 No Limit Hold’em Entering the play yesterday in Cannes, Erik Seidel was on the precipice of history. Already the… Read more »
After an eight hour battle on the tables, former “Octo-Niner” Jeremy Ausmus emerged as the champion of the €1500 Pot Limit Omaha event at the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe last night, while another champion is looking to add to his illustrious career in another No Limit Hold’em tournament. Ausmus came to the six-handed… Read more »
Event #3 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe, the €5000 Mixed Max tournament, came to a conclusion early this morning with Darko Stojanovic stunning Dan O’Brien in taking down the bracelet. The 140 players who originally came to the felt on Sunday had been whittled down to the Final Four by Wednesday afternoon,… Read more »
One of the great things about poker tournaments is that you don’t have to be some sort of seasoned pro to win. You just have to be a good poker player. Sure, experience helps, but if you can play poker well and catch a little luck here and there, you can take down a title… Read more »
Day 2 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Event #3: Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold’em was an important one on Tuesday, as the field was narrowed from 72 to just 16. That 16-player mark was a milestone in the tournament; it both signaled a shift in table size and marked the beginning of the payouts.… Read more »
The first day of World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Event #3: €5,300 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold’em got underway yesterday and though it is a small field at just 135 players (five more players then registered before the start of Day 2), it is an extremely competitive one. Ville Mattila leads the 67 survivors with 165,000… Read more »
If we could take today’s poker players and drop them into 2006 or thereabouts, Jackie Glazer would be well on her way to becoming a household name. But with the decline of televised poker and the rise of faceless internet poker players, those who might have otherwise become poker celebs have not garnered the attention… Read more »
During this break between the traditional World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas and October’s WSOP Europe, many people are still reflecting on the action of this summer. Bracelets are celebrated, winnings are counted, Player of the Year points are accumulated. Also to be cheered: the $1.3 million raised for the One Drop organization.… Read more »
The nine members of the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) final table, otherwise known as the “November Nine,” were determined Tuesday morning and now, just a day later, sports books have begun setting the odds of each player winning. After all, it’s the World Series of Poker. We all need to pile on more… Read more »
When Day 7 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off at around noon Pacific on Monday, 27 players had visions of bricks of money, a gaudy bracelet, and a life-changing title bouncing around in their hands. When play wrapped up at 2:30am this morning, just nine were left holding on those… Read more »
And so it comes down to this. Three tables of nine players. Just a few days ago, it was difficult to see across the poker room at the Rio, to distinguish one table from another. But now, now the tournament can fit into a good sized living room. In some ways, today is the most… Read more »
The long trek towards the next champion of the 2013 World Series of Poker Championship Event inched closer to a finish on Saturday as the field was decreased from 239 runners to only 68 survivors. The 239 players who came back on Saturday were all guaranteed a payday of $37,019, but anyone who plays the… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker $10,000 Championship Event has reached crunch time, with the money bubble popped early in the day and the true contenders beginning to emerge from the 6352 players who started the tournament last Saturday. An even 666 players came back on Friday for Day Four play, but eighteen of those… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker $10,000 Championship Event rolled through its Day Three activities on Thursday and, for the first time in the tournament, the entirety of the field was drawn together, albeit not in the same room. With a total of 1753 players emerging from the three Day Ones and Twos, the large… Read more »
The final Day Two of the 2013 World Series of Poker Championship Event played out on Wednesday as the massive number of survivors from Day 1C stepped to the felt in the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino looking to take the next step towards poker immortality. The overall Day One chip leader, Mark “P0kerH0”… Read more »
Tuesday was a bit of an odd-ball day on the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event schedule, as two Day 2’s ran concurrently. Once the Main Event got enormous several years ago, Day 1 was split into four flights with the survivors of two of those flights meeting up for Day 2A and survivors… Read more »
Day 1C of the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event wrapped up Monday night and while it didn’t attract enough players to get the total field over last year’s mark, it was still an impressive draw. The 3,467 players that paid the $10,000 to play made Day 1C the single largest starting day… Read more »
Another week, another bit of history at the 2013 World Series of Poker. Just days after Dana Castenda added her name to the short list of women to ever win a bracelet in an open event at the WSOP, Loni Harwood did the same, winning Event #60, the final $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event of the… Read more »
The second of three starting flights in the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event ran Sunday and, as expected, the turnout was significantly greater than the previous day. Day 1A’s in the Main Event have historically been the small, primarily because players would prefer to not have to wait around multiple days for Day… Read more »
The 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event may be the…well…Main Event this week, but there are still a few events finishing up at the Rio. One that was done in a flash Sunday was Event #58: The Little One for One Drop $1,111 No-Limit Hold’em. Only eight players remained of the original 4,756… Read more »
