(Video) Jamie Gold Reflects on Winning Biggest WSOP Main Event Ever
Nearly going wire-to-wire to win $12 million, Gold introduced TV audiences to a kind of poker no one had ever seen before. Now, almost a decade later, Gold looks back on the week that changed his life...
View ArticlePeter Eastgate: “I Don’t Think I’ll Ever Be a Poker Pro Again”
The following year the Dane represented PokerStars and played poker tournaments around the world becoming a major face on the poker circuit. In 2010 Eastgate announced he was retiring from poker at...
View ArticleRay Romano and Brad Garrett Reunited at 2015 World Series of Poker
“This is the closest we've ever been in the Main Event,” said Romano. “Or relationship-wise,” added Garrett. Both actors have played the Main Event before but with thousands of players competing, the...
View ArticleJackson Leads, Phil & Daniel Advance; On-Demand Updates for Day 3!
Not among those to see their November Nine dreams dashed? Poker icons Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth, who both advanced to today's combined Day 3 - the first day the remaining field will all play...
View ArticleThe Worst Play in the History of Poker
I've been lucky, or good, to never be the bubble boy in a tournament that hurts. Or is it actually a sign of being bad? Either way I've taken some bad beats really close to the money and for a lot of...
View Article(Video) Joe Hachem Reflects on 2005 WSOP Win, Sparking Aussie Poker Boom
In the latest episode of Best Poker Moments, Hachem reflects on winning one of the biggest poker tournaments ever and the myriad of effects his victory had. “I've had people come up to me randomly...
View ArticleNovember Niner Matt Jarvis: Poker is Struggling in Vancouver
“It’s struggling,” said Jarvis. “A lot of casinos are pulling out of hosting tournaments. It’s definitely frustrating. There are almost no big tournaments in Vancouver anymore.” The famed British...
View ArticleBubble Bursts, Hastings Crushes; On Demand Live Updates for Day 4
Hastings, who was accused of multi-accounting earlier this summer, has been on fire in the Main Event and looks to have a top-five chip stack. Amar Anand is the over-night chip leader with 1.1...
View ArticleSleep-Deprived Warne Crushing WSOP By Day, Watching Ashes by Night
Whatever he's doing is working because it's the first time he's been able to make it this deep in the Main Event. Warne is guaranteed over $17,000 but there's a massive $7.5 million waiting for the...
View ArticleWinning WSOPE, EPT Grand Final “Hasn't Changed Much” for Adrian Mateos
Mateos has absolutely crushed the live tournament circuit in the last two years, winning two of the biggest poker events in the world and racking up $3.47 million in total earnings. Mateos says the...
View ArticleHow This Brit Ex-Pat Won WSOP Trip and $19.5k for 1 Cent on 888poker
Yates turned his 1 cent investment into a dream poker trip with his wife and son and managed to make it into the money in the WSOP Main Event to score $19,500. “In the summer I don't play poker,”...
View ArticleDaniel Negreanu Busts Phil Hellmuth From Main Event in Blockbuster Hand
Negreanu and Hellmuth entered Day 4 at different ends of the chip stack spectrum with Kid Poker holding one of the big stacks and Hellmuth on the short side. Hellmuth made some progress and chipped...
View ArticleHastings Dominates, Negreanu Rises; On Demand Live Updates for Day 5!
Hastings has been remarkably consistent in this tournament and for the third straight day finished as one of the top 10 chip leaders. He ended with 2.4 million chips, which puts him in fourth place...
View ArticleIreland’s Declan Connolly Looks to Pull a “McGregor” in WSOP Main Event
Today there’s another player representing Ireland with a potentially even bigger purse on the line. Declan Connolly is in the thick of Day 5 of the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event and has a shot...
View ArticleAditya Agarwal Making Run at 1st WSOP November Niner from India
Indian poker pro Aditya Agarwal has just made the final 100 of the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas and if he makes the November Nine it could be the match that lights the fuse. “If an Indian player like...
View ArticleNeuville Leads, Negreanu Thrives as Main Event Gets Down to 69
Neuville, who is renowned for winning satellites on the European Poker Tour, smashed the opposition and built a monster stack of 7.1 million to lead the remaining 69 players. Meanwhile Negreanu...
View ArticleNobody Over 50 Will Win the WSOP Main Event Again ... Right?
Perhaps I shouldn’t include myself and write “we.” Especially since I'm not even in Vegas. The Atlantic Ocean is even in between, but hopefully I'll annoy somebody. I’m not even close to the jungle in...
View Article(Video) Hellmuth Looks Back at Legendary Victory Over Chan at 1989 WSOP
Chan had won the world championship the previous two years in a row. He was the favorite. Hellmuth was a 24-year-old already making a name for himself on the pro poker circuit. “In April of 1989 an...
View ArticlePhoenix Attorney Kelly Minkin Guns for 2015 WSOP November Nine
Kelly Minkin, originally from Tucson, Arizona, but now working as an attorney in Phoenix, still has a shot at making the November Nine and potentially winning the $7.6 million first-place prize. Diana...
View ArticleMain Event Run and 2 Bracelets Clinch Big WSOP Side Bets for Hastings
Hastings booked huge side bets at the beginning of the summer, totaling in the low to mid six figures, and according to Hastings he's cleaned up. “I bet a lot on myself and it's worked out very well....
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