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Getting Mental with Jared Tendler at 2012 WSOP
Tendler released The Mental Game of Poker last year and the book quickly became one of the most critically acclaimed poker books in years. Professional players like Dusty Schmidt, Ben “NeverScaredB”...
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D'Alesandro Leading, Selbst, Wolpert Lurking on Main Event Day 3
Selbst continued her bracelet-winning summer by building a stack of 814,000 while former $10k Heads-Up Championship winner Wolpert accumulated one million chips. Of the 1,738 players who started the...
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Weekly Battle of Malta Freerolls Rolling at 888, Titan
Both old and new PokerListings players at 888 Poker can play the free event every Saturday in July and August with another on tap tomorrow. Start time is set 7:30 pm GMT and the tourney is open to all...
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NHL Goalie Luongo Records First WSOP Cash
Luongo, who was playing in his first Main Event, survived three full days of poker action before finally busting in the early stages of Day 4. The Montreal-native survived an early scare when he was...
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Actor Kevin Pollak Makes Surprising Run in 2012 Main Event
“Seriously, it’s f***ing ridiculous that I’m still here,” he said on a break from the tournament. “I’m not being humble. I just wanted to get past Day 1 so my friends wouldn't bust my balls for the...
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Bubble Bursts, Bowker and Buchman Dominate Main Event Day 4
With 54 eliminations needed to burst the money bubble it took only one level to hit the cash. Incredibly four players busted on the bubble, which meant they all got to split 666th place cash. In...
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Norwegian Elisabeth Hille Leads Female Charge in 2012 Main Event
She’s dominating. Mid-way through Day 5 Hille had amassed over three million chips, good enough to put her in the top 10, and was showing no signs of slowing down. “This has already gone beyond my...
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What Happens to Poker Without Online Sponsorship?
Both PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker played a huge role in WSOP attendance in the past but this year Full Tilt is, for obvious reasons, completely absent. PokerStars, restricted to offering their games...
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Negreanu Falls, Keranen Ascends on 2012 Main Event Day 5
The Californian has already recorded a handful of cashes dating back to 2008 but he’s guaranteed to make his biggest score ever here at the 2012 WSOP. Day 5 began with 282 players chasing the WSOP...
View Article888poker Repping U.K., Dutch, Brazilian Hopes in Main Event
Sam Holden (U.K.), Niels van Alphen (Netherlands) and Nicolau Villa Lobos (Brazil) are the last players standing for their respective countries, and all are wearing the 888 patch. Villa Lobos, son of...
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Marc Ladouceur is Last Canadian Standing at 2012 Main Event
The French Canadian has spent much of Day 6 in the top 10 of the chip counts and as the pressure mounts, he just seems to play better. It’s not exactly an unfamiliar position for Ladouceur as last year...
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Poker Pros Devastated on WSOP Main Event Day 6
Vanessa Selbst, Gavin Smith, Jason Somerville and Sam Holden were all eliminated in the early stages of the penultimate day here at the 2012 WSOP this summer leaving 27 relative unknowns heading into...
View ArticleWSOP Tweet Relief: Who Are These People?
No Phil Ivey. No Michael Mizrachi. Not even a Bryan Devonshire or Ben Lamb. In other words, no real "marquee" name driving the poker pro ship towards the biggest final table of the year. Daniel...
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WSOP 3-Bet: Rousso Roached, Ultimate Poker, Zolotow’s Diamonds
Today in the WSOP 3-Bet we take a look at Vanessa Rousso losing a prop bet, Station Casinos launching an online poker app and Steve Zolotow’s bizarre diamond story. Leave suggestions for future WSOP...
View ArticleMcCorkell on First British Bracelet at 2012 WSOP
The 26 year old mounted an improbable comeback from being the short stack with three players left – including noted pro Antonio Esfandiari – to beating Jeremiah Fitzpatrick heads-up to win $368,593 and...
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German Publisher Wins WSOP $10k PLO
Jachtmann, the founder of German poker magazine POKERBLATT, has been playing cards for over two decades but this was only his second cash at the WSOP. “It was a dream to even make the final table,”...
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WSOP 3-Bet: Bardah Binks, Players Championship, Ivey Absence
There was plenty of action to go around with the first German bracelet winner of the summer and a hundreds of thousands awarded to players. Today in the WSOP 3-Bet we look at Sorel Mizzi and Marco...
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Why Poker Needs a Pro to Win the $1M Big One for One Drop
And with a projected prize pool of over $42 million, and 15 amateurs currently committed to playing, there’s a real chance that a huge chunk of that money might be leaving the poker world forever....
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Marc-Andre Ladouceur is Last Canadian Standing at 2012 Main Event
The French Canadian has spent much of Day 6 in the top 10 of the chip counts and as the pressure mounts, he just seems to play better. It’s not exactly an unfamiliar position for Ladouceur as last year...
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Fifteen Remain in 2012 WSOP Main Event
At the dinner break only two tables and 15 players remained with Robert Salaburu, Jacob Balsiger and Scott Abrams amongst the chip leaders. There are still two females in the field although both are...
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