WSOP 3-Bet: Haralabos Goes Big, Negreanu Rant, All-England
One more bracelet was awarded, the Seniors' final table went late, and the prestigious $10k H.O.R.S.E. closed in on a final table with Phil Hellmuth in contention for his 13th bracelet. Today in the...
View ArticleHellmuth Hunts Bracelet 13 on WSOP Day 21
Hellmuth had a massive day in the $10k HORSE Championship, pushing his way up to fourth on the leaderboard with just 15 players remaining. He’ll make a run for bracelet #13 today but will have to chase...
View ArticleWSOP Tweet Relief: The Agony of Detweet
Doesn't seem like it, at least based on the steady stream of heavy-hearted tweets coming out of the Rio in Las Vegas these days. Maybe it makes sense that when you expect to win the disappointment is...
View ArticleJaffrey-Shulman Wins Biggest Ever Seniors Event
Jaffrey-Shulman outlasted 4,128 players to take down a massive first-place prize of $603,713 in the $1,000 buy-in event. “I am so excited,” she said after winning. “This is a great day in my life.”...
View ArticleBaker Outlasts Ivey, Hellmuth in Dramatic $10k H.O.R.S.E. Final
Event 32 $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. drew 178 of the best H.O.R.S.E. players in the world but none were better than Baker. He won $451,779 for his efforts in the contest. “This one feels really, really good,”...
View ArticlePhillips Edges Cada, Benyamine Back on WSOP Day 23
Showing he hasn’t lost his ability to fade a big field, Cada outlasted over 2,809 players in Event 31, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, but couldn't get past the 2,810th - Carter Phillips - who edged him out...
View ArticlePhillips Wins Second WSOP Bracelet, Returns to School
But Phillips told PokerListings.com he has decided to put poker on the backburner and return to school in September. Enrolled at UNC Charlotte, Phillips looks at the WSOP as a sort of poker summer...
View ArticleShaun Deeb Steps Up Live Game at WSOP
“I’ve had results live but I’ve also had way more buy-ins than results. I always used to just laugh it off but for years I did play bad live,” said Deeb of his reputation for crushing online but having...
View ArticleStephen "stevie444" Chidwick: I Know I'll Win a WSOP Bracelet
Chidwick, who plays online as “stevie444” is regarded by many as one of the strongest all-around poker players in the world. It’s a notion supported by over $3 million in online MTT winnings, and one...
View ArticleWSOP 3-Bet: Ivey-Fivey, Steinberg Bracelet, Yukon Payoff
Today in the WSOP 3-Bet we bring you Phil Ivey’s fifth consecutive final table this summer, bracelet number one for Max Steinberg plus mysterious developments between Phil Hellmuth, Brad Booth and UB....
View ArticleIvey Does It Again, Kihara Runs Wild on WSOP Day 24
Ivey made his fifth final table in less than two weeks yesterday in Event 35, $2,500 Mixed Hold’em. He'll have some work to do to get near the bracelet zone again as he'll come into the day seventh in...
View Article43 Things You Probably Don't Know About the World Series of Poker
What follows are 43 items -- one from each year -- about the WSOP, some well-known, some less so. Take a walk down WSOP memory lane to learn 43 things you probably don't know about the World Series of...
View ArticleSteinberg Makes it 28 Wins for Pros at WSOP 2012
The latest in a long line of professional poker players winning bracelets at the 2012 WSOP, Steinberg is the 28th pro or semi-pro to win through 33 events. Steinberg, originally from Washington, D.C....
View ArticleWSOP Tweet Relief: Real Ivey Trendsetter
Now, thanks to Tony Dunst, the chatter has moved to Twitter, under #RealIveyTweets. At around 2pm, the man with 8 bracelets came to the feature stage at the Amazon Room to try and get his 9th bracelet....
View ArticleNaoya Kihara Wins First Ever WSOP Bracelet for Japan
Live gambling, including poker, is outlawed in Japan and online poker only became accessible to the Japanese in 2008. But in a culture so steeped in technology and gaming, poker on the internet is...
View ArticleWSOP 3-Bet: Cajelais Close, Roulette Fake, All Isildur1
Today in the WSOP 3-Bet we bring you a close call for Erik Cajelais in the $2,500 Mixed Hold’em event, new information in the reported 114 billion to 1 roulette shot at the Rio plus a preview of...
View ArticleRafael Nadal Signs On with PokerStars
The 26-year-old, 11-time Grand Slam champ will learn the game from current PokerStars pros and help promote online poker in Spain following the recent awarding of government licenses to online poker...
View ArticleGrundy on Graphs, PLO Evolution, 2012 WSOP
You might never guess it from seeing Grundy at the tables, however. The unassuming Brit doesn’t bring any of the flash that fellow high-stakes pros like Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies and Viktor “Isildur1”...
View ArticleNegreanu: Singling Ivey Out for Full Tilt Mess "Mind-Boggling"
The controversy mainly hinges on the fact that Ivey withdrew from the WSOP in 2011, saying it wasn’t fair for him to play while FTP’s customers hadn’t been paid back. Now, one year later, Full Tilt...
View ArticleWSOP 3-Bet: Ivey in Big One, Brits Booted, Heat Sizzle
Today in the WSOP 3-Bet Jason Mercier is high on the Heat, British poker fans get shoe-crazy and Phil Ivey and David Einhorn enter the WSOP Big One. Hit up the comments section to suggest something for...
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