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WSOP: History — 2001 Recap
The World Series of Poker continued to grow in 2001, and the number of participants in the main event jumped up to 613 entrants. Two preliminary events were added, as well: the $2,000 S.H.O.E. event (won by David “The Dragon” Pham) and the $1,000 seniors’ no-limit hold’em championship (won by Jay Heimowitz). Other professionals who […]
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WSOP: History — 2000 Recap
The number of preliminary events was increased from 16 to 25 in the year 2000 at the World Series of Poker. The main event grew a sizeable amount, as well, to 512 entrants. This made it tough to find enough seats for everyone, and play was delayed for two hours at the start of day […]
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Final SpadeClub Member Busts on Day 3 at the World Series
SpadeClub.com, the innovative online poker community, offers a risk-free way to win at poker with no deposits and no buy-ins. Find out more. David “dkhunky” Kim was the last remaining SpadeClub sponsored member in the main event. On day 1, dkhunky began the day with 20,000 in chips alongside 6,844 other entrants, including the world’s […]
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Borgata Poker Open to Guarantee a $5 Million Prize Pool
The Borgata announced today that the sixth-annual Borgata Poker Open Championship, which is scheduled for Sept. 14-18, will have a guaranteed prize pool of $5 million. That means that the winner of the $10,000 buy-in tournament will take home at least $1,424,000, as well as a coveted World Poker Tour title. Past winners include Noli […]
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Past Five WSOP Champions Have Mixed Results
For the 20th year in a row, there will not be a back-to-back winner of the World Series of Poker main event, since last year’s champion, Jerry Yang (pictured at right), hit the rail on his second day. Johnny Chan was the last to do it in 1987 and 1988, winning a total of $1,325,000 […]
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New Free Poker Training Video by Dani 'Ansky' Stern
Another free poker video training clip from Card Player Pro (powered by PokerSavvy Plus) is available this week and features Dani ‘Ansky’ Stern. In the video, Stern talks about tournament strategy as he plays the Full Tilt Online Poker Series event No. 10, a $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em six-max tournament. This video clip, as well […]
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Win a Seat to APPT Macau Event on DoylesRoom
The second-annual Asia Pacific Poker Tour tournament in Macau is coming up in September, and DoylesRoom is offering up prize packages to the event for cheap. The APPT Macau package is worth $9,000 and includes the main event buy-in, $2,500 for travel, nine-nights accommodation at the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino in Macau, and $800 in […]
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World Series of Poker Euro Update: Day 41
Almost 2,400 contestants from day 1c and 1d played in day 2b of the main event. But only 855 players’ hopes of the $9,119,517 top prize were left intact at the end of play. Notables who took part were Russians Nikolay Evdakov and Alexander Kostritsyn, former champion Carlos Mortenson from Spain, Dane Gus Hansen, Frenchman […]
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ParadisePoker Summer Promotion Starts Tomorrow
ParadisePoker.com is giving customers more ways to win with four new promotions starting tomorrow. 1: Double your winnings in selected MTTs 2: Cash bonuses if you win your first STT of the day 3: €10,000 Freeroll — Play 10 raked hands tomorrow and get free entry to the €10,000 Freeroll at 18.30 GMT. 4. Merchandise […]
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WSOP: Main Event Q and A — Victor Ramdin
Victor Ramdin has earned more than $2.4 million playing tournament poker, and he’s every bit as happy as you would expect someone to be who has won millions in cash. Ramdin’s jovial nature hasn’t stopped him from succeeding in the cutthroat world of professional poker, however. In 2006, he took down the Foxwoods Poker Classic, […]
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WSOP: Main Event Day 2B
A massive field of 2,378 players tested the physical limits of the Rio and the mental limits of every poker player in the field today in the $10,000 no-limit hold’em world championship at the 2008 World Series of Poker. At the end of the night, far less than half of the original field remained (842), […]
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WSOP: History — 1999 Recap
The World Series of Poker main event in 1999 grew by 43 players to 393 total, thanks in large part to a strong economy in the United States. Paul “Eskimo” Clark ($1,500 razz), John Esposito ($2,500 limit hold’em), David Grey ($2,500 seven-card stud), Tom Franklin ($2,500 limit Omaha), Josh Arieh ($3,000 limit hold’em), Mike Matusow […]
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2008 Card Player SpadeClub Poker Classic Coming Soon
SpadeClub.com, the innovative online poker community, offers a risk-free way to win at poker with no deposits and no buy-ins. Find out more. Join Card Player, SpadeClub and ptseats.com on July 19 for the first Card Player SpadeClub Poker Classic at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The 2008 Card Player SpadeClub […]
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World Series of Poker Has Record-Breaking Year
Another summer of poker, more milestones reached. The 2008 World Series of Poker was the largest poker series in world history, breaking last year’s total entrant high watermark by 4,432, with 52,720 entries collected. It also beat last year’s total prize pool by $20,880,030, with $180,676,248 won (or soon will be won via the main […]
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ESPN Announces 2008 WSOP Television Airing Schedule
Tuesdays just got that much more exciting, as ESPN recently announced the 2008 World Series of Poker television schedule, and beginning July 22, “Tuesday night is poker night on ESPN.” Every Tuesday night from July 22-Sept. 2 a new episode of the WSOP will premiere from 8-10 p.m. ET. The first episode appropriately starts with […]
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Strip Poker: WPT Bellagio Cup IV Main Event Starts Friday
The World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup IV main event begins on Friday, and with three starting days, there is still plenty of time to qualify for the $15,000 buy-in tournament through supersatellites and single-table sit-and-gos. All supersatellites have a buy-in of $1,590 and pay out one seat per 10 players. The following is the remaining […]
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SpadeClub Poker Winner: Gary '22Frosty' Frost
SpadeClub.com, the innovative online poker community, offers a risk-free way to win at poker with no deposits and no buy-ins. Find out more. SpadeClub winner Gary “22Frosty” Frost is SpadeClub’s June 29 $5,000 weekly event winner. Frost enjoys playing on SpadeClub because he likes the idea of paying a low monthly fee and having the […]
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World Series of Poker Euro Update: Day 40
Returning from day 1a and 1b, 1,251 players continued their quest to become the 2008 World Series of Poker main event champion. Around 263 of them were Europeans. In comparison to the other half of the day 1’s who will fight it out tomorrow, today’s lot was quite small. By the end of play, the […]
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WSOP: Main Event Q and A — Mark Vos
Mark Vos first became a recognizable face at the 2006 Aussie Millions championship when he made the final table, finishing in eighth place. Not too long after that, he started making American millions, locking up his first World Series bracelet and more than $800,000 later that same year. This year he’s been back to add […]
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WSOP: Main Event Day 2A
The first of two second-day flights in the World Series of Poker main event started at noon today in Las Vegas, and 1,252 players started the day. The players in the super-sized other half of the field in the $10,000 no-limit hold’em world championship will take their seats tomorrow — all 2,678 of them. The […]
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WSOP: History — 1998 Recap
Doyle Brunson made three final tables at the 1998 World Series of Poker out of the 20 preliminary events that took place. He won the $1,500 razz event and followed that up with a runner-up finish in the $2,500 pot-limit Omaha event (T.J. Cloutier was the winner), and a third-place finish in the $5,000 deuce-to-seven […]
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SpadeClub Update: World Series $40K Giveaway Champions
SpadeClub.com, the innovative online poker community, offers a risk-free way to win at poker with no deposits and no buy-ins. Find out more. SpadeClub’s World Series $40K Giveaway champions flew in from around the country over the Fourth of July weekend to represent for the SpadeClub community at the 2008 World Series of Poker* main […]
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Full Tilt Announces August FTOPS IX Schedule
Full Tilt recently announced the schedule for the next installment of its quarterly Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOP). Taking place Aug. 6-17, the 25-event series will award more than $15 million in combined prize pools. As always, a Full Tilt Pro will host each event, but those names have yet to be released. The […]
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New WSOP Circuit Dates Released
The 2008-09 World Series of Poker Circuit schedule has been released and features 10 events in casinos scattered around the country. The number of events and the buy-ins of those events have not been released, but the dates are as follows: Oct. 2-14 — Caesars Indiana Oct. 24-Nov. 2 — Horseshoe Hammond (near Chicago) Nov. […]
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APT Philippines Champ To Play in Macau
The Asian Poker Tour today announced the recent winner of the Philippines leg of the tour, David Saab, would be playing in the next stop on the tour in Macau. Saab, who won $280,000 in June this year will play at the Galaxy StarWorld, Macau tournament, which has a buy-in of US$5,300, from Aug. 27 […]
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PartyGaming Says Poker Facing Strong Competition
A trading update released by PartyGaming today indicates the company’s poker offering PartyPoker.com continues to experience a competitive trading environment. The statement said, “…despite making the new loyalty scheme more generous to our VIPs, the cost of PartyPoints had been reduced to previous levels by the end of the second quarter, with the full benefit […]
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Ladbrokes Signs Swedish Pro And Announces Poker Million
LadbrokesPoker.com has announced the signing of Swedish high stakes poker pro Jonas "Nebuchad" Danielsson. The signing was officially revealed this week at the Ladbrokes Poker Media event in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. So far in this year’s World Series of Poker, Nebuchad has cashed in three events. They include the […]
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Massachusetts Home Poker Law is Ancient
Old and archaic can be used to describe most state laws pertaining to the game of poker in the United States, and Massachusetts is no different. Massachusetts is the second state to go under CardPlayer.com’s home-poker legal examination, and Patrick Fleming — New Hampshire attorney, poker rights advocate, state director of the Poker Players Alliance, […]
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Strip Poker: Orleans Open Begins
The Orleans poker room is getting into the tournament series swing with the annual Orleans Open, which started Saturday. Most preliminary tournaments in the series have buy-ins ranging from $220-$550, and the series has two $1,100 buy-in events and a $2,200 no-limit hold’em championship event, which is scheduled for Sunday, July 20. The events include […]
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Online Poker: BadBeatKid_2 Wins Sunday Million
PokerStars Sunday Million The Sunday Million over at PokerStars had 7,131 entrants last night, the most the $200 buy-in version of the tournament has had since late April. The number of entries built a prize pool of $1,426,200 and offered a first-place payday of more than $177,000. The finalists vying for that huge prize were […]
