World Series of Poker news.
Public nominations for the 2009 class of the Poker Hall of Fame closed on July 2nd. One week later during the off-day of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, the Top 10 nominees were announced. Read more »
Due to the large crowds that turned out for the final two Day Ones in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, there were 2,924 players that congregated throughout the Rio at the start of play on Wednesday. Read more »
Day 2A of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event began with 1,478 players, compared with the 2,922 prepared to play on Day 2B. However, it ended with only 607 survivors. Read more »
The 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Ante Up for Africa tournament was chalk full of poker's top names, including Phil Hellmuth, Andy Bloch, and Howard Lederer. Poker News Daily was on the scene as the game's elite made their way into the charity poker tournament. Read more »
While Day 1D of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event might best be remembered for disarray, it was an industrial salesman from Indiana who swayed the attention of the poker world for at least a moment. Troy Weber, 38, finished the day as the commanding chip leader with 353,000 and was the only player to break the 200,000 chip mark through all four starting days. Read more »
The 40th Anniversary World Series of Poker (WSOP) has brought us some fantastic moments to this point. The triple bracelet assault of Jeffery Lisandro, the double bracelet wins of Phil Ivey, Brock "t soprano" Parker, and Greg "FBT" Mueller have made it a truly exceptional tournament series. However, events that unfolded yesterday have potentially tarnished the good time. Read more »
The inaugural Caesars Cup will play out at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe and pit top pros from the United States against Europe's best. The Ryder Cup-esque event will take place on September 25th and air on ESPN. Read more »
Despite turning away more than 500 players on Monday, the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event will shell out $8.5 million to its victor, who will be crowned in November. The total number of entrants nearly topped 6,500. Read more »
Poker News Daily had a front row view for the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Ante Up for Africa red carpet. Featuring a veritable "who's who" of Hollywood's elite, the $5,000 buy-in charity poker tournament raised well over $300,000 for refugees of the crisis in Darfur. Here's what Hollywood had to say. Read more »
After an eventful Day 1C that saw everything from politicians to Caesar, World Series of Poker (WSOP) officials are expecting the final field size for the 2009 Main Event to crack the 6,000 player mark with the last of four Day Ones to be played this afternoon. Read more »
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 »
