The poker world is still buzzing with a mix of excitement, anxiousness, amazement, and dread since the news of the sale of PokerStars to Amaya Gaming broke Thursday night. Speculation as to what this could mean to the world’s largest online poker room and the industry as a whole has been rampant, with questions about… Read more »
It really is a wonder that there is room enough at the Rio to house all these tournaments of the 2014 World Series of Poker. Five bracelets were awarded this weekend and in addition to those events, four more tournaments began and have yet to finish going into Monday. Let’s take a look at the… Read more »
Around the bustling Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino on Friday, the 2014 World Series of Poker attempted to bring two tournaments to their final tables for play on Saturday. Both would fail, but both also should provide some excitement as they reach their conclusions later this evening. Event #27 – $1500 H.O.R.S.E. – Day… Read more »
Ahead of a busy weekend at the 2014 World Series of Poker, two bracelets were awarded on Friday. In one event, Kevin Eyster had to come back for a fourth day of play before he could defeat Pierre Neuville and, in Event #26, Andrew Rennhack busted through a sizeable field to capture his first WSOP… Read more »
Somewhat obscured by the stunning announcement last night of Amaya Gaming buying PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker was the continuation of festivities at the 2014 World Series of Poker. In Event #24, the players were whittled down to the final two contenders and, in Event #25, the United Kingdom’s John Kabbaj captured his second WSOP… Read more »
What was rumored all day by sources inside the industry have proven to be true this time. After complex negotiations, Amaya Gaming has worked out a deal to acquire the Rational Group, the ownership company behind PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. In a press release this evening, Amaya Gaming spelled out the details of the… Read more »
Only one tournament opened up play yesterday at the 2014 World Series of Poker, but it did draw a crowd. 1594 runners came to the line for Event #26, the $1500 No Limit Hold’em tournament, coming up just short of the money by the time the action ended early this morning. Day One action is… Read more »
For only the second time at the 2014 World Series of Poker, a day went by without any bracelets being awarded. That means Thursday will be a busy one as two tournaments with star-studded fields will battle it out until only one man is left standing. Event #24 – $5000 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em… Read more »
Tuesday’s final tables may have been highlighted by Dominik Nitsche winning his second tournament of the 2014 WSOP and Chris Wallace winning the prestigious $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. event, but there was one more bracelet up for grabs yesterday in 2014 WSOP Event #23: $1,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold’em. A familiar name to many in the online poker… Read more »
There is winning a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and then there is winning a World Series of Poker bracelet. Minnesotan Chris Wallace won his first in style Tuesday as he triumphed over a very strong field in 2014 WSOP Event #21: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. This was the fifth $10,000 event of this year’s thirteen… Read more »
We’re only two weeks into the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and we already have our first double bracelet winner. Dominik Nitsche, who previously won the WSOP National Championship which was held just before the WSOP-proper, took the title in 2014 WSOP Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em yesterday, adding $335,659 to his bank account.… Read more »
2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em entered Day 3 with just 12 players of the original 2,086 remaining, and even though it took a few hours to get down to the official final table, we knew we would see a champion crowned Monday. That man was former United States Marine… Read more »
Kory Kilpatrick certainly knows how to make the most of his World Series of Poker final table appearances. On Monday, the professional poker player from Athens, Georgia, won his first-ever bracelet, nabbing the jewelry in the 2014 WSOP Event #20: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout in what was also the first trip to a WSOP final… Read more »
You know a poker tournament is special nowadays when it gets the legendary Doyle Brunson to register. Such was the case with 2014 World Series of Poker Event #18: $10,000 Seven Card Razz, the most expensive razz tournament in WSOP history. “Texas Dolly” doesn’t compete in this tournaments much anymore, but this one was apparently… Read more »
It is a full slate Monday at the 2014 World Series of Poker as four events pick up where they left off over the weekend and one event gets underway. Enough of the formalities, though; let’s have a quick look around the Rio to see what will be going on today. Event #19 – $1,500… Read more »
Grinders grind. Small cashes, large cashes, they keep playing tournament after tournament to make a living. It’s what they do. And Dan Heimiller is one of tournament poker’s most successful grinders. In 2002, he won his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. After a dozen years of grinding the WSOP, he finally won another… Read more »
It has been a busy weekend at the 2014 World Series of Poker as the schedule heads to the end of its second full week of play. Over the past few days, four bracelets have been handed out and one more had to extend to an unscheduled Day Four to determine its champion today. Event… Read more »
There’s been plenty of news coming out of Las Vegas over the past week, but the rest of the poker world continues to roll along. In this edition of “In Case You Missed It,” the Global Poker Index is making moves in their drive to become a major player in the industry and Michigan courts… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker has hit the quarter pole as Wednesday marked the tenth day of the 42-day summertime grind in Las Vegas. There will be two more bracelets handed out on Thursday as those tournaments sit at their final tables, ready for their “close-up” that will determine the champion. Event #12 –… Read more »
If there is anything that is a “short” day at the 2014 World Series of Poker, then Wednesday was that day. Only one bracelet was handed out, but it was a big one as Justin Bonomo captured his elusive first WSOP bracelet in Event #11, the $1500 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em tournament. The 1587… Read more »
After not awarding a bracelet on Monday for the first time at the 2014 World Series of Poker, the players got back into the act as a trio of them were handed out on Tuesday. Among the tournaments that wrapped up on Tuesday was one that would award the first seven-figure payout of this year’s… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker is dominating the headlines as it heads into its second week of action, but that doesn’t mean that there hasn’t been some other poker news floating around. With this in mind, it is time for the resurrection of what we like to call “In Case You Missed It!” World… Read more »
As it did in 2013, the $1500 “Millionaire Maker” – Event #8 on the 2014 World Series of Poker calendar – rewrote the record books in the barely week-old 2014 WSOP. Not only did the tournament bring in the largest number of entries for a non-Championship Event tournament, it also has seen a rarity in… Read more »
In what turned out to be another thrilling day at the 2014 World Series of Poker, Alex Bolotin was able to outlast the 12 survivors of the No Limit Shootout to claim his first bracelet while – in a meeting that brought the most WSOP bracelets to a heads up match in its 45-year history… Read more »
Amid the throngs of players that flooded the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino on Saturday for the 2014 World Series of Poker, two tournaments quietly went about their duties of crowning champions. In a $1000 No Limit Hold’em event, Kyle Cartwright rode his start-of-day chip lead to take the crown while former World Poker… Read more »
