World Series of Poker news.
On Wednesday, World Series of Poker (WSOP) and ESPN officials held a conference call to preview next week’s resumption of the Main Event, which will trim the November Nine down to a winner. This year, poker fans at the Rio will likely experience shorter lines as a result of increased seating inside the Penn and… Read more »
Twenty-four players are left standing in the first ever World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Regional Championship, which is taking place at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, located just outside of Chicago. The bursting of the money bubble ended play on Tuesday. Cero Zuccarello became the first ever Bubble Boy at a Circuit Regional… Read more »
History is being made this week as the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is holding tournaments on the continent of Africa for the first time. A stop on the WSOP Circuit, WSOP Africa is currently underway at the Emerald Resort and Casino in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, South Africa and will run through the end of the… Read more »
The very first World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Regional Championship kicked off on Monday from the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, just outside of Chicago. The $10,000 buy-in tournament, whose price tag is equal to that of the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas, drew 226 players for a total prize pool of $2.1… Read more »
Outlasting the largest championship event field in the history of the World Series of Poker Circuit’s (WSOPC) history, Kurt Jewell dominated at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. The $1,500 tournament started on Friday, drawing the crème of the Chicago area poker scene. An outstanding 872 players came to the felt for the tournament, with… Read more »
The Poker Hall of Fame Class of 2010 was announced on Tuesday morning. 1995 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Dan Harrington and eight-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel will be enshrined during a ceremony on November 8th at the Rio in Las Vegas. Harrington received four of this author’s ten Poker Hall of… Read more »
This year’s kickoff event at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit stop in Hammond, Indiana attracted 1,611 players for the largest Circuit field ever assembled. Brett Schwertley ultimately took down the $350 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament for a WSOP Circuit ring along with a $77,000 payday. Schwertley isn’t just some random Chicago area… Read more »
Poker News Daily has learned that the Poker Hall of Fame Class of 2010 will be announced on Tuesday. Two players will be enshrined during the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event November Nine festivities in three weeks after garnering a majority vote. Last year, World Poker Tour (WPT) host Mike Sexton was the… Read more »
The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) continued its resurgence this week, crowning veteran poker pr Charles “Woody” Moore as the champion of the stop at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana on Tuesday. Players flocked to the WSOPC Southern Indiana championship event. The 2009 version of the tournament, a $5,000 buy-in event, drew a dismal 55… Read more »
On Thursday, officials from the World Series of Poker (WSOP) announced that cable station Versus will air action from select Circuit Events. Poker Productions, which brings shows like GSN’s “High Stakes Poker” and NBC’s “National Heads-Up Poker Championship” to life, will produce the WSOP Circuit programming. Versus has not yet announced which events it will… Read more »
What started as a field of 346 entrants in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event played down to a winner on Tuesday night. When the smoke cleared, Britain’s James Bord took down the title on his home turf at the Casino at the Empire in London. The £10,000 buy-in event marked… Read more »
The Main Event of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe schedule is in progress from the Casino at the Empire in London. With six players remaining, Ronald Lee leads the way with a stack of 3.4 million. The pace has been fast and furious so far. In fact, it took just 25 hands… Read more »
At the time of writing, 15 players remain in the £10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event. Arguably the two biggest names in the field, Full Tilt Poker pro Phil Ivey and Viktor Blom, the person many believe to be behind the “Isildur1” moniker, both found the rail on Monday. Blom 3bet… Read more »
On Thursday, action in Event #4 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe schedule, a £10,000 No Limit Hold’em High Roller Heads-Up tournament, ground to a screeching halt after Gus Hansen and Jim “Mr_BigQueso” Collopy were deadlocked at one match apiece. With both combatants taking to the felt in the WSOP Europe Main… Read more »
“Isildur1” winning the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event would likely re-ignite the high-stakes game scene around the Web. It’s shaping up to happen, as Sweden’s Viktor Blom, the man many consider to be behind the “Isildur1” handle online, leads the way at the £10,000 buy-in tournament, which is taking place at… Read more »
In rather bizarre news from the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe festivities in London, the final pairing of the £10,000 No Limit Hold’em High Roller Heads-Up tournament has been suspended after play wrapped up early this morning at 3:00am ET. In the best-of-three finale, Jim “Mr_BigQueso” Collopy and Full Tilt Poker pro Gus Hansen… Read more »
London’s own Scott Shelley earned his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet Tuesday morning by winning the WSOP Europe ₤1,075 No Limit Hold’em Event #3, collecting £133,857. Shelley bested a field of 508 players to join Phil Laak and Jeffrey Lisandro in the winner’s circle at WSOP Europe, which is celebrating its fourth… Read more »
In Event #2 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe, Jeffrey Lisandro captured his fifth gold bracelet, tied for the 12th highest total overall. Lisandro came out on top of the field in a ₤5,000 Pot Limit Omaha tournament that attracted 120 players. The bracelet marked Lisandro’s first non-Stud title and he took down… Read more »
Event #1 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe was a £2,650 No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed tournament. Amazingly, it sold out after attracting 244 players. Unabomber Poker front man Phil Laak walked away with £170,000, but perhaps more importantly, his first WSOP gold bracelet. Laak now has over $500,000 in career WSOP earnings… Read more »
2010 Poker Hall of Fame nominee Scotty Nguyen is offering his fans the chance of a lifetime to play against him in the coming months. According to Nguyen’s official blog, the “Prince of Poker” will be skipping the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe this year in order to play smaller buy-in events all over… Read more »
On Friday, members of the Poker Hall of Fame voting committee received their ballots in an e-mail from Harrah’s officials. Noticeably different this year is a “10-point must system” that asks each member of the 33-person panel to allocate 10 points apiece among the candidates of their choosing. Then, when the final points are tabulated,… Read more »
For the second straight year, I’ll have the privilege of voting for the Poker Hall of Fame. This prestigious award is given to deserving candidates who meet four criteria: “Played poker against acknowledged top competition; played for high stakes; played consistently well, gaining the respect of peers; stood the test of time; or, for non-players,… Read more »
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit made history earlier this week with the announcement of an additional stop to its 2010-2011 Circuit schedule, a visit to the great state of Oklahoma. The WSOP Circuit will visit the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma from January 6th to 25th for the first ever American WSOP… Read more »
After the first six weeks of coverage of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) on cable sports giant ESPN, the ratings are down slightly in comparison to last year’s numbers. The overall ratings for the first six weeks of WSOP coverage on ESPN have garnered a 0.67 rating, with a rating of 1.0 meaning that… Read more »
World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Blair Hinkle came out on top of the pack in the Circuit Championship at Council Bluffs, Iowa. The $1,600 buy-in poker tournament attracted a field of 251 players. Hinkle’s reward for winning the Circuit Championship was $88,000 in cash, a diamond and gold ring, $10,000 to buy into… Read more »
