World Series of Poker news.
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 »
In one of the wildest endings at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) thus far, Richard Austin came out on top to win the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha event (#35). Austin won a shocking three-way all-in against prominent pros Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi and Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy to earn his first bracelet and a payday of $409,484. Read more »
It took a grueling three-day battle through 2,095 players and 11 hours on Thursday but, as the clock passed Midnight, online poker player Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin emerged as the champion of the latest $1,500 No Limit Hold'em tournament at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Read more »
Has Mexico found its own version of Chris Moneymaker? Mexico City's Angel Guillen became just the second Mexican national in World Series of Poker (WSOP) history to win a bracelet. Guillen claimed victory in the $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Event #32 by besting 1,534 players and a tough final table filled with online superstars. He earned $530,548 for his three days of work. Read more »
Greg "FBT" Mueller barreled through the field of 185 players in the $10,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em Championship (Event #33) during the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP). The Vancouver native earned $460,000. Read more »
Just days after finishing runner-up to Zac Fellows in the $3,000 buy-in HORSE event, poker pro James Van Alstyne made another HORSE final table, this time in the $1,500 buy-in HORSE tournament. Read more »
A talented final table assembled for the finale of Event #30 of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP), a $2,500 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha tournament. In the end, J.C. Tran took down his second gold bracelet and $235,000. Read more »
Last year Kenny Tran took home the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Heads Up title by defeating Alec Torelli in a memorable duel that had the poker world talking. Read more »
After a six hour long final table, Mike Eise, a 30 year-old pipe fitter from St. Louis, took down Event #28 of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP), a $1,500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament. Eise's win was worth $639,331 and his first WSOP bracelet. Read more »
There was no rest for players on Sunday in the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, as the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) drives into its third week of competition. Read more »
