World Series of Poker news.
The biggest moment on the tournament poker calendar, the $10,000 Championship Event at the World Series of Poker, got off to a grand start on Saturday. While some were celebrating that special day (or lamenting the fact that it was over so quick), three other preliminary events on the WSOP schedule played down to the… Read more »
As the cards, chips, dealers, floor staff and, yes, even the players are preparing for the start of the 2013 World Series of Poker $10,000 Championship Event today, the WSOP Player of the Year race has taken a startling turn after this week’s action. After making three final tables over the schedule of this year’s… Read more »
On the eve of the 2013 World Series of Poker $10,000 Championship Event, two top pros were able to capture their second bracelet each in defeating some equally talented opposition. Event #57 – $5000 No Limit Hold’em In one of the quicker final tables of the 2013 WSOP, the United Kingdom’s Matt Perrins started the… Read more »
After coming up short at his three previous final tables during the 2013 World Series of Poker, the United Kingdom’s Matthew Ashton finally broke through in a big way, taking down the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship early Friday morning. Event #55 on the 2013 WSOP schedule brought back the survivors from the previous five days… Read more »
As the 2013 World Series of Poker makes its preparations for the start of the $10,000 Championship Event this weekend, there are still a few preliminary events that are left on the schedule. One of those tournaments, the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship, has worked its way to the final table while the second is down… Read more »
Tuesday night was a historic night at the 2013 World Series of Poker as Dana Castaneda became one of the few women in the 44 years of the Series to win a bracelet in an open event. She triumphed in Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em, beating 2,882 foes and earning $454,207. Castenda joins a who’s… Read more »
Monday night marked the end of Day 2 of the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $50,000 Poker Players Championship (PPC), a tournament arguably more prestigious in the poker community than the $10,000 Main Event. The PPC debuted in 2006 as a H.O.R.S.E. tournament, with the idea that the expensive buy-in and mixed game format… Read more »
The final weekend before the start of the $10,000 Championship Event next weekend wrapped up on Sunday, with several notable pros stepping up to capture WSOP bracelets in a multitude of poker disciplines. Event #49 – $1500 No Limit Hold’em This particular $1500 NLHE tournament drew in a nice sized field of 2247 but, by… Read more »
Three days of battle wasn’t enough for the competitors in the “One Drop High Rollers” event as four men came back on Saturday to determine the champion of the epic tournament. The four men – chip leader Bill Perkins (14.7 million), Anthony Gregg (13.9 million), Chris Klodnicki (12 million) and Antonio Esfandiari (9.2 million) –… Read more »
The $111,111 One Drop High Rollers Event may be taking center stage right now at the 2013 World Series of Poker, but there are other tournaments to be played and other bracelets to be won. One of those tournaments, Event #48: $2,500 Six-Handed Limit Hold’em, concluded Friday night with 27-year old poker pro Marco Johnson… Read more »
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 »
