Hailing from St. Petersburg, Russia, Vladimir Schmelev is a former chess stalwart and banker who has been playing poker as a hobby for 15 years. He honed his skills in the Golden Ring Club in Moscow, which is widely known as the biggest underground game in Europe. After building a sufficient bankroll, Schmelev began traveling… Read more »
Hailing from London, England, Praz Bansi found poker in 2005 after watching a friend win $50K in one sitting. Working as a recruitment consultant at the time, he downloaded poker software on his office computer and started teaching himself the game. In 2006, with enough money and the confidence to go with it, Bansi headed… Read more »
Tiffany Michelle decided to hit the streets of Las Vegas for some clubbing. “Did anyone catch @TrishelleC and I karaoking @ Ellis Island??? No? Too bad. Good times,” the Team UB pro Tweeted about her duet with Trishelle Cannatella. Apparently, the good times were cut short by one of the nightspots in Sin City when… Read more »
The first event to reach its conclusion yesterday at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) was #22: $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold’em Championship, in which Vanessa Hellebuyck banked $192,132 for her victory. The ladies tournament attracted a number of men, which had the Rio buzzing with various opinions. None of the frowned-upon gendered players made… Read more »
In 2009, Victory Poker pro Dan Bilzerian and his brother Adam were featured prominently in ESPN’s coverage of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Dan Bilzerian finished 180th for $36,000 in the prestigious poker tournament, while Adam Bilzerian took 47th for $138,000. However, a controversial Tweet by the former “Flying Bilzerian Brother” has… Read more »
Linda Johnson celebrates the 30th anniversary of her pioneering efforts of being one of the very few women that participated in the World Series of Poker. We were on hand at the start of Event #22, the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Ladies Event, which Johnson gave the keynote speech to just before play was to… Read more »
Poker News Daily: Thanks for joining us. Tell us how you’re feeling headed into the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas? Annie Duke: I’m feeling pretty good. I really want another bracelet, so we’ll see how it goes. I’m physically good and mentally ready. I have a big confidence boost from the… Read more »
With almost half of the 57 events at this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) either completed or in action, Team UB.com has been battling some early WSOP bad luck. With many in the stable in action this weekend, fortunes may be turning for its members. The top two players from Team UB, Phil Hellmuth… Read more »
Action from the 2010 Aussie Millions AUD $100,000 High Roller Event continued on GSN on Saturday night at 9:00pm ET. The hour-long show, presented by Full Tilt Poker, included a final table stacked with sponsored pros of the world’s second largest online poker site. Paul Khoury and Grub Smith once again had the call of… Read more »
The largest payday of Saturday’s action at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) went to John “Tex” Barch, who topped the field in Event #20, a $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha tournament. Barch, who made the final table of the 2005 WSOP Main Event, cashed for $256,000 and earned his first gold bracelet. Event #20… Read more »
UB.com’s Phil Hellmuth earned his second cash of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) this week, but his bid for a 12th bracelet fell short in the $5,000 No Limit Hold’em event (#17). Hellmuth, in typical fashion, Tweeted throughout the tournament about big laydowns and greats reads he made, but ultimately fell short: “Out… Read more »
In Event #18 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP), $2,000 Limit Hold’em, 2009 November Niner Eric Buchman held a slim lead over Hansu Chu when 10-handed action began, but Buchman was able to extend that lead in the early going by eliminating Daniel Quach in tenth place. Already a winner this year in… Read more »
In a tragic story that played out over the skies of New York last week, Paul “Smalls” Kitsos suffered a heart attack on a flight bound for Las Vegas, site of the 2010 World Series of Poker. Kitsos is best known for final tabling the 2008 Borgata Summer Poker Open Main Event for $103,000. According… Read more »
Originally hailing from Kansas City, Samantha Ryan is an adult film star and avid poker player. After attending the University of Kansas, Ryan picked up poker when she was in real estate. A few of her co-workers were blackjack players who frequented Las Vegas, and after tagging along with them numerous times, she eventually discovered… Read more »
Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi’s march through the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) has turned plenty of heads in the industry. Weeks after a run-in with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Mizrachi took down the $50,000 buy-in Player’s Championship and banked $1.5 million, the largest prize awarded at the WSOP so far. Then, “The Grinder”… Read more »
Whether for charity or not, male poker players Shaun Deeb and David “Blue Knight1” Sesso were among the entrants for the $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold’em Championship at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP). However, their involvement caused quite a stir across the poker world as Event #22 kicked off. Among those Tweeting about… Read more »
Trishelle Cannatella is the official spokesperson for Absolute Poker and was formerly part of The Real World: Las Vegas cast. She recently finished at the final table to the World Poker Tour’s Celebrity Invitational at Commerce Casino earlier in 2010. She joins us in this video interview from the Rio in Las Vegas from the… Read more »
On today’s Daily Deal, we catch you up to date with the latest action from the World Series of Poker, the first episode of Poker After Dark’s The Cash Game airs on NBC, and we talk to Chris Rose, the host of the PokerStars.net Big Game. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and welcome to the Daily… Read more »
Week two at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) began with nothing but excitement and anticipation, as Saturday marked my first event of the year. I set my alarm nice and early so I’d have time for a shower and a good breakfast before heading to the Rio. Four of us – Tim, Dan, Tristan,… Read more »
One of the most hotly contested battles of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was the $5,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament, Event #17 on the schedule, which concluded this morning. Eighteen players came back from the original field of 792 to play down to an eventual champion, with top online player Jason “TheMasterJ33” DeWitt… Read more »
Whether you’re looking for to buy-in directly to a main event satellite or win a seat as cheaply has possible, Bodog Poker has a tournament for you. Main Event Cheap Seat Tournaments run every day at 3:30am and 2:15pm ET. The buy-in is just $1 and two $16.50 seats are guaranteed in every satellite. Primary… Read more »
Players from around the world have descended upon Las Vegas for the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP), which kicks off its 22nd and 23rd events today from the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. Curiously absent is 2008 WSOP Main Event champion Peter Eastgate. According to the PokerStars Blog, the World Cup in South Africa,… Read more »
The lawsuit over the rights to the short-lived NBC poker franchise “Face the Ace” has officially been entered in the United States District Court in Nevada. The case is numbered 2:10-cv-870 and parties are in the process of being served. The plaintiff, Las Vegas resident Brandon McSmith, alleges that his concept for the “All Star… Read more »
Hailing from Auckland, New Zealand, Software Engineer Simon Watt arrived at the 2010 World Series of Poker with nothing but winning a bracelet on his mind. Despite playing poker only part time, the 27 year-old Kiwi had an impressive run in late 2009 when he won the Asia Pacific Poker Tour event in his hometown… Read more »
When visiting Las Vegas, the culture of tipping can be pretty overwhelming, especially to those visiting from other countries. Tip someone for holding the door open, tip the dealer, tip room service, tip the lovely dancer. You need to have a pocket full of one dollar bills to go anywhere in the city. Sometimes it… Read more »
