The other night, I found myself drifting over to my local casino. Roughly a year and a half ago, the riverboat casino decided to open up a poker room and, although it only has five tables, is quite active during its hours of operation. This night was no different, as it took about an hour… Read more »
On Sunday, World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event finalists Jonathan Duhamel and John Racener met the media and a host of family and friends at the Masquerade Stage at the Rio in Las Vegas. The festivities followed a meatball eating contest sponsored by Martorano’s, an on-site restaurant featuring world-class Italian food. Joey Chestnut was… Read more »
Joseph Cheong was eliminated in 3rd place from the WSOP Main Event. His play at the final table was considered the best, right up until the final thirty minutes of play where many questioned his 6bet shove against Jonathan Duhamel when holding just Ace Seven offsuit. Cheong came in as one of the middle stacks… Read more »
Filippo Candio was eliminated from the 2010 WSOP Main Event in fourth place. Our cameras were there to capture Candio’s exit interview press conference from the Rio Hotel and Casino for the World Series of Poker. Candio was the lone representative from Europe, or for that matter, outside of North America. During the epic November… Read more »
Michael Mizrachi was eliminated in fifth place at the World Series of Poker Main Event. We talked to The Grinder shortly after his elimination from the November Nine in this press conference, where he fielded questions about what happened. At one point during the night, and more specifically at the dinner break, Mizrachi was the… Read more »
Joseph “subiime” Cheong was eliminated in third place in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event to set up heads-up play on Monday night between Jonathan Duhamel and John Racener. The former will hold just over a 6:1 edge in chips after entering the final table as the chip leader this afternoon. Duhamel… Read more »
John Dolan was eliminated in sixth place at the World Series of Poker, despite the fact that he came in at second place in chips at the 2010 WSOP Main Event final table. For his efforts, Dolan made $1.8 million which is a huge payday for Dolan. On the fateful hand that eliminated Dolan, he… Read more »
Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi went from chip leader five-handed to out the door in fifth place shortly before 1:00am PT at the Rio in Las Vegas in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table. Mizrachi’s chips went into the middle with Q-8 on a flop of Q-5-4 and found himself up against… Read more »
Jason Senti, otherwise known as PBJaxx in the online poker world, was eliminated in 7th place at the World Series of Poker Main Event. Senti came into the November Nine in 2010 as the shortest stack with just 15 big blinds. Due to the fact that the blinds were so high and that his stack… Read more »
John “JRD312” Dolan hit the rails in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table in sixth place, taking home $1.8 million. Dolan was all-in before the flop with Q-5 of diamonds and up against the pocket fours belonging to Jonathan Duhamel. Tournament Director Jack Effel, who has been quite boisterous throughout… Read more »
Wow. That’s the only word I can use to describe what’s happened so far in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table. In the latest “OMG” moment from the finale of the $10,000 buy-in spectacular, Bluefire Poker instructor Jason Senti was knocked out in seventh place at the hands of Joseph… Read more »
Let’s take a look at the top five storylines developing now that the dinner break (historically a big milestone) in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table is over. No Amateurs Allowed! Soi Nguyen predictably hit the rail first here at the Main Event. Many thought it would be Jason Senti,… Read more »
On Saturday afternoon, a fundraiser for Congressman John Campbell (R-CA) was held featuring “Grade A” poker pros like Barry Greenstein and Chad Brown, both PokerStars sponsored players. Later on in the day, Campbell headed to the Rio’s Penn and Teller Theater to check out play in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, which… Read more »
2010 WSOP Main Event November Nine member Matt Jarvis was eliminated in 8th place. Our cameras caught him at his exit interview just outside the Penn & Teller Theater at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The fateful hand was a huge rollercoaster of emotions for everyone inside watching the event take place.… Read more »
In the final hand Matt Jarvis played in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, running draw outs had the crowd in awe. Jarvis was all-in with a wired pair of nines and up against the A-Q of diamonds belonging to poker pro Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi. The classic race situation had the… Read more »
Soi Nguyen was the first elimination of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Nguyen was all-in with A-K and up against Jason Senti’s wired pair of queens. Senti flopped a set of queens, but a 10 also came on the flop to give Nguyen a gutshot straight draw to a jack. However, a… Read more »
Heading into the final table of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, one of the overarching questions was what logos would be featured. With seven members of the final table representing Full Tilt Poker, four needed to be re-patched before play could begin. On Saturday morning, just minutes before the resumption of… Read more »
A day before the WSOP Final Table plays we spoke with Jason Senti from the Rio Hotel and Casino inside the Penn & Teller theater. Senti goes into the final table of play for the $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event as the shortest stack with approximately 15 big blinds. When asked about his… Read more »
Jonathan Duhamel talks to us one day before the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event is played out. Duhamel comes in as the chip leader and man with the giant target on his back going into play, which will start on November 6th at noon Pacific Time in Las Vegas. Filmed… Read more »
Cake Poker announced on Thursday that it had launched The Exchange, a new marketplace in which players can buy or sell Gold Cards. The Gold Card system randomly distributes collectible rewards to players who are seated at all real money ring games on the USA-friendly online poker site. Gold Cards have been a part of… Read more »
At 9:00am PT on Saturday morning, the spectator seating line will open at the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio in Las Vegas. Inside, the remaining nine players in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, collectively dubbed the November Nine, will vie for an $8.9 million top prize beginning at Noon… Read more »
It’s that time of year once again, when poker’s elite gather to Las Vegas to watch the final nine members of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event play down to a winner. This year, the winner will receive $8.9 million. In this article, I’m going to break down the November Nine and give… Read more »
A few months ago, I came across a peculiar post in an online poker forum. At first, it looked like your typical “ZOMG poker is so rigged” rant, but something about this one jumped out at me; take a look and see if you can spot it. By the way, I’ve heavily edited it for… Read more »
Earlier this week, the online poker room Overbet.com announced that it would be joining the U.S.-facing Merge Gaming Network. Overbet.com has demonstrated remarkable success in its early going. The site, at this moment active with over 4,400 players, has demonstrated a desire to send its players to some of the top tournaments in the world,… Read more »
One of the best Limit Hold’em players on the planet might never again step foot in the United States. Canadian poker pro Terrence “Unassigned” Chan, winner of two PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Limit Hold’em events on the same day in 2009, was turned away from entering the States by U.S. Customs and… Read more »
