World Series of Poker news.
With most Americans celebrating Independence Day on July 4th, it was anticipated that Day 1B of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event would draw a smaller number of participants compared to the rest of the starting days. The final number was even smaller than expected, as just 873 players took their seats in the Amazon Room. Read more »
On Sunday, the third of four starting days in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event will kick off with Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) issuing the traditional "Shuffle up and deal" command. In addition, "Emperor" Phil Hellmuth will make his entrance. Read more »
The 2009 World Series of Main Event got underway Friday afternoon as 1,116 players took to the felts on the first of four Day Ones. The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em tournament World Championship attracted a number of celebrities on Day 1a, which turned out to be the main story as a couple of them finished the day among the chip leaders. Read more »
As thousands of poker players await their fate at this year's $10,000 Main Event, which starts in a couple of hours, Matt Hawrilenko can enter into the tournament with the satisfaction of having won a World Series of Poker bracelet in Event #56, the $5000 Short Handed No Limit Hold'em tournament. Read more »
The 2009 installment of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Ante Up for Africa charity tournament brought out Hollywood's elite and poker's biggest names. In the end, Alex "Diesel" Boloton emerged victorious, winning $176,000 and donating half of his earnings to the ENOUGH Project and International Rescue Committee. Read more »
The preliminary events of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) are winding down and with the completion of Events #54 and #55 Wednesday there is only one more bracelet to give out before the Main Event kicks off on Friday. Read more »
Besides the Marathon H.O.R.S.E. event, there were two other final tables on Tuesday that didn't take twenty hours to complete: the $3,000 buy-in Triple Chance tournament and a $1,500 buy-in Stud Hi/Lo event. Read more »
At a final table populated with former bracelet winners like Erik Seidel, Vitaly Lunkin, Ville Wahlbeck, Huck Seed and Chau Giang it was ultimately a player with an impressive resume but no bracelet to his credit that would take the title. Georgia native David Bach defeated John Hanson after a seven hour heads-up match to win his first bracelet, the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy and $1,276,802. Read more »
Professional poker player Carsten Joh gave Germany its first World Series of Poker champion since Sebastian Ruthenberg's 2008 win, when he won the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event (#51) Monday evening. Read more »
With only scant days remaining until the start of the $10,000 Main Event at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP), the race for the remaining bracelets is heating up in the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Read more »
Two of poker's stars clashed in a heads-up match for the ages in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event Saturday evening. Brandon Cantu and Lee Watkinson were the first bracelet winners of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) to play heads-up for a title and the large crowd that gathered at the ESPN stage in the Amazon Room wasn't left disappointed. Read more »
Bahador "Baha" Ahmad careened his way through a field of 527 players, including a tough final table that included Barry Greenstein and Ylon Schwartz, to win the $2.5K Mixed Hold'em Event (#47) Friday evening. Ahmadi, an Iranian-born poker pro now living in Canada, earned his biggest career payday of $278,804 with the win. Read more »
The acclaimed WSOP Academy is once again offering its once-a-year Main Event primer for players who want to improve their chances at poker's most famous tournament. The instructors include two Main Event champions – Phil Hellmuth and Greg Raymer, – bracelet holders Annie Duke and Mark Seif, pro Phil Gordon, tell expert Joe Navarro and other noted instructors Read more »
Jeff Lisandro became only the fifth player in World Series of Poker history to win three gold bracelets within a single year by winning the $2,500 Razz Event (#44) Wednesday evening. Read more »
Michael T. Davis barreled through a record-setting field in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Seniors No Limit Hold'em World Championship (Event #43). Davis earned $437,000 for the win. Read more »
After collapsing at the table during the Day Two play at the $2500 Razz tournament at the World Series of Poker and being wheeled away on a stretcher, professional poker player "Miami" John Cernuto is reported to be in stable condition and undergoing tests at a Las Vegas hospital. Read more »
Fourteen players returned for the final day of play in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) $2,500 buy-in Mixed Games event, but it took less than twelve hours for only one to be left standing as the latest bracelet winner. Read more »
A total of 280 players took to the field in the $5,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em Shootout (Event #41) at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP). In the end, Hungarian poker player Peter Traply, who goes by the name Belabacsi online, took home the bracelet and $348,000. Read more »
Matt Graham prevailed over a 9-1 disadvantage to Vitaly Lunkin to win the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship Event (#40) early Tuesday morning. Read more »
Chrysler Financial employee Ray Foley became the newest World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner on Monday night, defeating a field of 2,715 players in a $1,500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em event (#39). Foley outlasted Brandon Cantu heads-up. Read more »
In winning only the second World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in the history of his country, the Netherlands' Marc Naalden dominated final table play, suffered a slight setback during heads-up action, and came back to win Event #38, the $2,000 Limit Hold'em tournament. Read more »
The 2009 Poker Hall of Fame class will be inducted in a special presentation during the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table in November. PokerStars, the world's largest online poker site, is feverishly campaigning for Tom McEvoy to grace the stage at the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio. Read more »
Jordan "scarface_79" Smith added his name to a long list of online poker pros to achieve success at this year's World Series of Poker (WSOP) by winning the $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Event (#36) late Saturday evening. Smith weaved his way through a field of 1,695 players to capture his first bracelet and a prize of $586,212. Read more »
Online poker room, sports book, and casino Bodog has opened up betting lines for the Ante Up for Africa event held as part of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP). The tournament kicks off on July 2nd and is expected to last five hours. Read more »
Poker pro Jeffrey Lisandro became the third dual bracelet winner of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) on Saturday night, winning the $10,000 buy-in World Championship of Seven Card Stud High-Low Split Eight or Better for $431,000. Read more »
