World Series of Poker news.
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 »
Let’s take a look at the top five storylines developing now that the dinner break (historically a big milestone) in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table is over. No Amateurs Allowed! Soi Nguyen predictably hit the rail first here at the Main Event. Many thought it would be Jason Senti,… Read more »
In the final hand Matt Jarvis played in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, running draw outs had the crowd in awe. Jarvis was all-in with a wired pair of nines and up against the A-Q of diamonds belonging to poker pro Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi. The classic race situation had the… Read more »
Soi Nguyen was the first elimination of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Nguyen was all-in with A-K and up against Jason Senti’s wired pair of queens. Senti flopped a set of queens, but a 10 also came on the flop to give Nguyen a gutshot straight draw to a jack. However, a… Read more »
Heading into the final table of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, one of the overarching questions was what logos would be featured. With seven members of the final table representing Full Tilt Poker, four needed to be re-patched before play could begin. On Saturday morning, just minutes before the resumption of… Read more »
At 9:00am PT on Saturday morning, the spectator seating line will open at the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio in Las Vegas. Inside, the remaining nine players in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, collectively dubbed the November Nine, will vie for an $8.9 million top prize beginning at Noon… Read more »
It’s that time of year once again, when poker’s elite gather to Las Vegas to watch the final nine members of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event play down to a winner. This year, the winner will receive $8.9 million. In this article, I’m going to break down the November Nine and give… Read more »
On Tuesday night, the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event November Nine was determined as part of ESPN’s continuing coverage of the tournament. The back-to-back one-hour episodes featured the second half of Day 8, when 18 players remained. Pascal LeFrancois was the chip leader and 14 players were American. Two stacks at the… Read more »
With only three days remaining until the start of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event November Nine, odds makers around the world have set Jonathan Duhamel as the odds-on favorite to take the title. Duhamel, who will come to the felt on Saturday as the chip leader of the November Nine with 65.975… Read more »
Jim Anderson became the first ever champion of a World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Regional Championship after trumping the field in Hammond, Indiana. The $10,000 buy-in tournament started with 226 players and Anderson banked over $500,000. Anderson finished 242nd in this year’s Main Event in Las Vegas, driving deep in poker’s most prestigious tournament.… Read more »
