World Series of Poker news.
Everyone knew where this road was headed, we just didn’t know who would get there. Just 22 players entered play at the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Tuesday with a chance to make the final table and come hell or high water, the field was going to be narrowed to nine… Read more »
Here we go. One more day until we know the identities of the November Nine. Day 7 of the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is history and with 35 eliminations on Monday, just 22 players – less than three tables – remain. And as has been the case for the last week,… Read more »
We’re at the point in the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event where everyone left in the field can smell the finish line. The coveted championship bracelet is now a realistic possibility, even for those at the bottom of the leader board. With just 57 of the original 6,865 players still holding on… Read more »
Enough of these split days. It’s time to get everyone still in the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in the same room. And that’s just what will happen tomorrow as all of the survivors from Days 2A and 2B reconvene as the field of the world’s biggest live poker tournament continues to… Read more »
The top performers of the 2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit season gathered at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas Friday afternoon for Day 1 of the inaugural WSOP Circuit National Championship. The invite-only freeroll tournament offered a prize pool of $1 million up for grabs, with first place collecting $300,000 and the first WSOP bracelet… Read more »
The last major open event leading up to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is down to a final table in the Big Easy. The WSOP-Circuit $10,000 Southern Regional Championship played down to nine players at Harrah’s New Orleans Saturday with some familiar faces still vying for the top prize of $237,456. AJ Jejelowo will… Read more »
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) hosted its annual conference call Wednesday to announce the changes being made to the upcoming series in Las Vegas. On the call were WSOP Communications Director Seth Palansky, WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel and WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart, who were eager to announce that the final table action… Read more »
3 Official WSOP packages & 1 Official WSOPE package up for grabs… only at WSOP Online Starting from May 1, WSOP Online is offering the following: Daily ONLINE satellites 3 Qualifiers 3 OFFCIAL WSOP VIP PACKAGES to Vegas worth $16,500 each One final tournament for the 27 players who made the final tables in the… Read more »
Eight years ago, a 27-year-old accountant from the hills of Tennessee, Chris Moneymaker, defeated one of the titans of the game, bracelet winner Sammy Farha, heads-up in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. After busting Phil Ivey to make the final table, Moneymaker achieved what many thought was impossible, banked $2.5 million, and… Read more »
Battling through a small but strong field at Harrah’s Rincon outside of San Diego, one of the more underrated players in the game, Ali Eslami, captured the title at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Western Regional Championship late Wednesday. Only 98 players showed up on Sunday for the WSOP Circuit Western Regional Championship,… Read more »
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 »
