World Series of Poker news.
The final two tables have been determined in the World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP APAC) Championship Event and a name familiar to poker fans from last year’s Las Vegas Championship Event, Russell Thomas, has emerged as the leader of the pack heading to Sunday’s action. 94 players resumed the hostilities on Saturday at the… Read more »
After a Day Two that was jammed with action around the Crown Casino in Melbourne, the World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP APAC) has a new leader in Winfred Yu, with both Rupert Elder and Day One chip leader Daniel Negreanu in hot pursuit. With 262 players returning to the tables on Friday, Negreanu held… Read more »
The first day of the inaugural World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP APAC) Championship Event is in the books and, while it might be a smallish field for one of the prized WSOP bracelets up for grabs in 2013, it doesn’t lack for notable names atop the leaderboard. The players gathered in the Crown Casino… Read more »
Lost in between the inaugural 2013 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) event and Phil Ivey’s historic ninth WSOP bracelet was the second event of WSOP APAC, the $1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament. Washington, D.C. native Jim Collopy nabbed the $69,662 top prize, not to mention the first WSOP of his career. Collopy did… Read more »
Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan had better take a look in their rear-view mirrors. Phil Ivey is tailgating. Ivey, the man most would probably consider the greatest living poker player, added to his legend Wednesday, winning the World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) $2,200 Mixed Event, earning himself his ninth career WSOP bracelet.… Read more »
Monday was a landmark day in the poker world as the first-ever World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) bracelet was awarded at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. It was perhaps fitting, too, that the inaugural WSOP APAC bracelet was in a tournament format that was also making its initial run: the Accumulator… Read more »
For the first time at the Crown Casino, two events on the World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP APAC) were in action, with the “Accumulator” event working down to (or as close as possible) the final table and the $1650 Pot Limit Omaha tournament seeing its first action. Event #1 – $1100 No Limit Hold’em… Read more »
The first event of the inaugural World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP APAC), the $1100 No Limit Hold’em “Accumulator” tournament, has finished play in its three Day Ones with France’s Antoine Saout the overall leader. After seeing two 330-plus player fields for the first two Day Ones, the Crown Casino and WSOP officials were expecting… Read more »
The second day of the World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific is in the books as Event #1, the $1100 No Limit Hold’em “Accumulator” tournament, wrapped up its action early this morning (U. S. time). Much like Thursday’s action, the players flooded the floor of the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, taking part in the first-ever… Read more »
The inaugural running of the World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP APAC) has completed the first day of its first event, a unique offering that may be a test run for its usage in other WSOP events at a future date. The players descended on the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, bright and early on… Read more »
Day 4 of the 2013 World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic is in the books and just 18 players remain of the 63 who started the day. Londoner Toby Lewis has the lead with 1.816 million chips, followed by Paul Klann with 1.581 million. The leader going into the day, Jeremy Ausmus, was stagnant,… Read more »
If there is one thing close to playing in the actual event (it has been likened to Christmas, New Year’s Eve, Mardi Gras and St. Patrick’s Day rolled into one), it is the day the schedule is announced for it. Yesterday, Caesars Entertainment and World Series of Poker officials announced the finalized schedule for the… Read more »
The schedule of events for the inaugural World Series of Poker foray into Australia was announced earlier this week, setting a slate of five tournaments and two special events that should draw the international poker community “down under” come this April. The World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC) will be held at the Crown Casino… Read more »
After a two year run in Cannes, France, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe is moving for the second time. Unlike the last move, which saw the WSOP Europe change countries, this one will keep the tournament series in France as it settles into its new home at the Casino Barrière Enghien-les-Bains just outside… Read more »
With the scent of the most famous poker tournament in the world still fresh in the air, Caesars Interactive Entertainment has announced the dates for the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP). As it stands now, it looks like the schedule will be virtually identical to this year’s poker festival. The fun will kick off… Read more »
With the conclusion of the 2012 World Series of Poker Championship Event on Tuesday night (OK, Wednesday morning), the poker community has a new World Champion in Greg Merson and several stories about one of the most exciting final tables in the past few years. On Sunday, I predicted how the final table would play… Read more »
In sports, fans of west coast teams often complain about the media’s “east coast bias.” That is, it seems like teams in eastern markets get a disproportionate amount of attention and coverage compared to those in western markets. That perception is often true, with much of the problem simply being the difference in time zones.… Read more »
The Giants won the World Series this weekend; this week one man at the World Series of Poker is going to become a poker giant. The final table of the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event got underway last night at the Rio in Las Vegas as nine players looked to become the… Read more »
During the first level of the ESPN telecast of 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event final table Monday night, floor reporter Kara Scott kept hyping some sort of huge announcement that would be made soon, an announcement that would excite the poker world. Perhaps to the disappointment of some, it had nothing to do… Read more »
After over three months of waiting, it has all come down to this. The 2012 World Series of Poker Championship Event final table resumes tomorrow, with the “Octo-Nine” stepping to the felt to work their way down to the final three men that will determine poker’s next World Champion on Tuesday night. For those of… Read more »
Although it might have been lost amid the clamor over Phil Hellmuth extending his record with his thirteenth bracelet win in the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Championship Event, Canada’s Mike “SirWatts” Watson had a nice evening in Cannes himself last night in winning the €50,000 Majestic High Roller. 51 players gathered earlier this… Read more »
Phil Hellmuth‘s going to have to add another finger to his promotional materials. History was made tonight – or extended, depending on your viewpoint – as 1989 World Champion Phil Hellmuth captured Bracelet #13 in defeating Sergii Baranov to take down the victory at the World Series of Poker Europe Championship Event in Cannes, France.… Read more »
The money bubble burst Tuesday at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event Tuesday as the field was narrowed from 77 players to just 24. Leading the final three tables is 2010 November Niner Joseph “subiime” Cheong, who started Day 2 in 9th place. He goes into Day 3 with 1.381 million chips,… Read more »
The population of Cannes, France is dwindling. A total of 230 players from the combined Days 1A and 1B hit the felts on Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOP-E) Main Event Monday and at the end of the night, there were just 77 left with chips. The Ukraine’s Sergii Baranov enters… Read more »
Day 1B of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOP-E) Championship Event is in the books in Cannes, France, with 205 players paying the €10,450 to get in on the action on Sunday. 115 of them survived to play in today’s Day 2 and will combine with the exact same number of players from Day… Read more »
