Over the weekend, I was combing through results from the 2019 World Series of Poker, seeing many familiar names and many unfamiliar ones and wondered to myself if there had been any double bracelet winners this year. Obviously, I could have carefully studied the list of winners, but that’s a long list and I’m a… Read more »
I have been in the poker/poker news industry for 14 years, but I will readily admit that I am not all that into actually watching poker. When I covered the World Series of Poker live a couple times, it was exciting to be there and I very much enjoyed the experience, but in the crowd… Read more »
Razz is a polarizing game. World Series of Poker Main Event commentator Norman Chad has led the hate parade and many people have jumped on his bandwagon. Many view it as a game based too much in luck; the best starting hands aren’t huge favorites over decent starting hands and so much of the result… Read more »
Coming to the final table of the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship at the 2019 World Series of Poker on Friday, there were plenty of eyes on the “stars” of the show. Josh Arieh, who had been hovering around the top of the leaderboard since the start of the tournament; Shaun Deeb, the defending WSOP Player… Read more »
The penultimate day of the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship at the 2019 World Series of Poker has arrived. After four days of play among 74 of the greatest poker players in the world, the final table will feature longtime pro Josh Arieh and a tightly packed bunch of competitors. One of those competitors, alas, will… Read more »
For the second day in a row, 10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Ivey bagged up the chip lead in the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship at the 2019 World Series of Poker. But he isn’t the only story among the 12 men left in the event, with a nominee for the Poker Hall… Read more »
Everyone knows that Phil Hellmuth has the record for the most World Series of Poker bracelets won (15), but when it comes to the best of those that have never won a piece of the coveted jewelry, it is a lively debate. On Saturday, three men who were arguably atop the list for the dubious… Read more »
For the past couple of years, the streaming service PokerGO, the brainchild of the former (and failed) cable network Poker Central, has broadcast the offerings of the World Series of Poker. Last year, there were 40+ days of action offered either through the PokerGO outlet itself or through their Twitch account. In 2019, however, that… Read more »
Look at any tournament schedule nowadays and you will see a predominance of Texas Hold’em tournaments on the roster. But what is arguably the true test of a poker player is their skills in non-Hold’em games – Stud, Razz, even Omaha. Over the past couple of days, two of the veterans of the game with… Read more »
The final table of the 2019 World Series of Poker’s $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship couldn’t get to the six players left that seems to be the trend of this year’s tournament, but they got close. They will come back today with six players left and determine the champion, with Italy’s Dario Sammartino holding a dominant lead… Read more »
There was another minor hand controversy at the 2019 World Series of Poker this week. I call it “minor,” but I still love it. When I heard about it, especially since it involved a notable poker player, I thought to myself, in my best Montgomery Burns voice, “Excellent.” Mainly because of the result, what happened… Read more »
There are 47 players who have won at least four bracelets at the World Series of Poker. After winning Event #20: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud last night, long-time poker pro Eli Elezra is one of them. This was Elezra’s first WSOP win since 2015, when he won this exact same event. His first bracelet came in… Read more »
The second of nine online bracelet events at this year’s World Series of Poker was contested this weekend, with Josh “loofa” Pollock winning $139,740 and his second career bracelet. For a while, it seemed like that might be it for all of the online hopefuls in New Jersey, as the Department of Justice’s reinterpretation of… Read more »
It is clearly not easy to win a World Series of Poker bracelet. If it was, I would have one (to be fair, I should start by actually playing in a WSOP event, but let’s not pick nits). To win more than one is something that I, frankly, feel is absurd. On Sunday, Frankie O’Dell… Read more »
With the World Series of Poker going on, it isn’t surprising to see many players get into the events through satellites. These satellites – which were an innovation created by the WSOP and then-Tournament Director Eric Drache – offer players the opportunity to get into tournaments for much less than what the original buy in… Read more »
The 2019 World Series of Poker is into its second weekend of action and it promises to be a busy one. There will be a flurry of activity as two tournaments that were supposed to conclude on Friday enter overtime, another event will play to a WSOP bracelet and the “Millionaire Maker” opens its second… Read more »
The 2019 World Series of Poker is off to its second weekend of action, but there is plenty left over not even looking to the weekend. That “little” $500 buy-in event called the “BIG 50” has finally reached its final table and five other events will be at some point in their action. That doesn’t… Read more »
The first weekend of the 2019 World Series of Poker has shown some of the issues with putting on the biggest tournament in the world. With both the “BIG 50” Days 1B and 2A in action, the Omaha Hi/Lo Day 2, and the 50th Anniversary $50,000 High Roller event, there were delays in the action… Read more »
It’s only the third day of the 2019 World Series of Poker, yet there’s plenty of action across the board and for all bankroll levels. The historical is being covered, with the final table of the Casino Employees Event set for conclusion on Friday, as the “BIG 50” rolls on after a big start to… Read more »
On only the second day of the 2019 World Series of Poker at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, we’ve already seen the first bracelet awarded. Coming through one of the tougher final tables you’ll see in any tournament schedule, Brian Green was able to outlast an all-star final table in… Read more »
It is Christmas, New Year’s Day and the Fourth of July (which now falls during the event) all rolled into one. For the denizens of the world of poker, there’s almost nothing better than the start of the World Series of Poker. The 2019 version, the 50th anniversary of the event, is now underway with… Read more »
Just a short decade or so ago ESPN, acquiescing to the fact that poker fans wanted to watch the action live rather than on tape, brought the World Series of Poker to viewers on pay-per-view. With the advent of streaming, the 24/7 poker channel PokerGO took that banner up over the past couple of years.… Read more »
There are two recognized Player of the Year races in the tournament poker world, the CardPlayer Magazine rankings and the Global Poker Index standings. In these two leaderboards, the effect of “High Roller” tournaments – events with a buy in north of $10,000 – have been thoroughly felt. Now, those style of tournaments will get… Read more »
If there’s one thing that poker legend Phil Hellmuth is noted for, it is his incessant self-promotion. He could sit back and let his resume do the talking – the 15 World Series of Poker titles, 136 total career cashes and nearly $23 million in career earnings – but the “Poker Brat” isn’t that way.… Read more »
Ending a legal battle before it reached the courtroom Caesars Entertainment, the owners of the World Series of Poker, and a player who was ejected from the 2017 WSOP Championship Event have reached a settlement, with both sides keeping mum about the agreement. How Did We Get Here? Back in 2017, poker player Joseph Stiers… Read more »
