World Series of Poker news.
A total of 98 players registered for the $10,000 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Western Regional Championship at Harrah’s Rincon and, after two days of play, that number has been clipped down to 18. Kwinsee Tran will enter Day 3 with the chip lead after building a stack of 269,100, but close on his… Read more »
Early on Wednesday morning, Floridian John Riordan became the youngest champion ever of a World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Event. Riordan won the Main Event of the most recent stop in Palm Beach, Florida at age 19. For the first time ever, the WSOP Circuit stepped outside of its traditional casino venues by setting… Read more »
In breaking news from Las Vegas, the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe festivities will play out from Cannes, France in 2011. Gone are the days of the cramped quarters of the Casino at the Empire in London. Now, the Casino Barrière de Cannes Croisette and the Hôtel Majestic Barrière will serve as the… Read more »
The halfway point of the 2010-2011 World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) season has arrived and poker players from around the United States have converged on Tunica, Mississippi for a three-week stop at Harrah’s Tunica. Running from January 27th to February 14th, WSOPC Tunica will feature 54 events, including 10 ring events. Last weekend saw… Read more »
Caesars Entertainment released the schedule of events for the 42nd annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) earlier this week. The schedule was revamped to 58 bracelet events with several all-new tournaments and scheduling modifications. Among the major changes made to the 2011 WSOP schedule was the addition of a $25,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Championship.… Read more »
On Monday, officials from Caesars Entertainment released the schedule for the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP). The 2011 WSOP schedule features 58 bracelet events including a brand new $25,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Championship. The festivities will once again take place at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The $50,000 Player’s… Read more »
Chris Bell already owns a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. Now, you can add a win in the WSOP Circuit Regional Championship in Atlantic City to his list of accolades. Bell took down the title on Wednesday night after outlasting a field of 136 players to scoop a grand prize of $358,000. It took… Read more »
According to a press release sent on Wednesday afternoon, the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) will begin on May 31st, one day after the Memorial Day holiday in the United States, and run for 50 days. The final table of the Main Event will be determined on July 19th, at which point the $10,000… Read more »
It’s about to be a very merry Christmas for one of the nine players remaining in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Northeast Regional Championship, which is playing out in Atlantic City. A top prize of $358,000 is on the line and every player remaining is assured at least $32,000, or about three times… Read more »
The first of 11 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit tournaments at Harrah’s Atlantic City was a smashing success over the weekend, breaking an all-time attendance record for the resort. The record going into Saturday was 1,181 players, which was set in 2008, but 1,250 entrants came from all over the East Coast to participate,… Read more »
This week saw two major changes to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit. First, its parent company, Harrah’s Entertainment, has been officially re-branded as Caesars Entertainment. Second, two brand new tour stops have been added to the Circuit schedule. From February 17th to March 1st, the WSOP Circuit will invade the Palm Beach Kennel… Read more »
According to TVByTheNumbers.com, the number of viewers tuned into the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event fell 30% this year to 1.563 million. Last year, 2.2 million viewers watched the spectacle, which airs annually on ESPN. On Tuesday, ESPN aired the final table in the 10:00pm ET time slot, whereas past installments had been… Read more »
On Tuesday night, the final table of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event aired on ESPN. As ESPN announcer Norman Chad described, the group of nine had five pairs of sunglasses, five baseball caps, one visor, three hoodies, and two sets of earnings. Matt Jarvis dropped 50% of his stack early after… Read more »
Just minutes after Jonathan Duhamel took down the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday night, the Canadian shared his jubilation with the media, who crowded around him in the lobby of the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio. Poker News Daily was on-hand for the three-ring circus; you can view… Read more »
On Monday night, Jonathan Duhamel became the first ever World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion from Canada, banking nearly $9 million following a 90-minute heads-up session against John Racener. Despite taking second place, Racener was gracious in defeat. He posted on Twitter this afternoon, “Congratulations to Johnathan Duhamel. Still very happy with 2nd… Read more »
It’s all over. Jonathan Duhamel is the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion. Duhamel became the first Canadian Main Event winner and has a throng of fans decked out in red hockey jerseys here at the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio going bonkers. Duhamel banked $8.9 million, which he’ll need… Read more »
It’s early going in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event heads-up confrontation. We’re nearly where we started in chips, although John Racener has bled about 25% of his stack. With the first break of the night taking place around 9:30pm local time, Lady Gaga’s hit “Poker Face” is blasting throughout the Penn… Read more »
On Monday night just before the start of heads-up play in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, former Main Event champ Dan Harrington and eight-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel were inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. The two members of the Class of 2010 received a commemorative trophy and spoke for… Read more »
Ke$ha is blasting inside of the Penn and Teller Theater here at the Rio in Las Vegas and we’re just an hour and a half away from the start of heads-up play in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Poker News Daily rolled up to the off-Strip hotel around 5:30pm local time… Read more »
Recently, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and its title sponsor, Jack Link’s Beef Jerky, extended their sponsorship deal. As the title sponsor of the biggest tournament in poker, the event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino will continue to be known as “The World Series of Poker Presented by Jack Link’s Beef Jerky”… Read more »
On Sunday, World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event finalists Jonathan Duhamel and John Racener met the media and a host of family and friends at the Masquerade Stage at the Rio in Las Vegas. The festivities followed a meatball eating contest sponsored by Martorano’s, an on-site restaurant featuring world-class Italian food. Joey Chestnut was… Read more »
Joseph “subiime” Cheong was eliminated in third place in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event to set up heads-up play on Monday night between Jonathan Duhamel and John Racener. The former will hold just over a 6:1 edge in chips after entering the final table as the chip leader this afternoon. Duhamel… Read more »
Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi went from chip leader five-handed to out the door in fifth place shortly before 1:00am PT at the Rio in Las Vegas in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table. Mizrachi’s chips went into the middle with Q-8 on a flop of Q-5-4 and found himself up against… Read more »
John “JRD312” Dolan hit the rails in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table in sixth place, taking home $1.8 million. Dolan was all-in before the flop with Q-5 of diamonds and up against the pocket fours belonging to Jonathan Duhamel. Tournament Director Jack Effel, who has been quite boisterous throughout… Read more »
Wow. That’s the only word I can use to describe what’s happened so far in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table. In the latest “OMG” moment from the finale of the $10,000 buy-in spectacular, Bluefire Poker instructor Jason Senti was knocked out in seventh place at the hands of Joseph… Read more »
