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WSOP Main Event: Day 3: 797 Players
The World Series of Poker main event is paying 621 places this year, so sometime today the money bubble will burst. With nearly 60 percent of the field below the average stack of $159,548, we can expect a lot of early action. Over a quarter of the field are under the magic "M" of 10 […]
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WSOP 2007: Andy Bloch
We caught up with Andy Bloch just before the main event. Card Player: How has the Series been for you? Andy Bloch: It's going pretty rough, I haven't cash in any event other than a couple of H.O.R.S.E. mega-satellites. I chopped 'em. Then I just cashed in two events back to back, the deuce-to-seven triple […]
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NETELLER Postpones Distribution Plan
NETELLER today announced that it's still in discussions with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the purpose of resolving the investigation, and warned its investors and customers that the investigation won't be closed by tomorrow's previously stated July 13 target date that it hoped to meet. This means that U.S. customers who still have dollars locked […]
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Day 2b Recap: The Pros Aren't Dead Yet
Much of the talk about the main event of the 2007 World Series of Poker revolves around the probability of a pro taking down the tournament. Skeptics claim the field is riddled with amateurs acting as human landmines, and every name player is just one perilous step away from being blown out of the tournament. […]
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WSOP 2007: Doug Lee
We caught up with Doug Lee last week while he waited for a $550 single-table satellite to begin. Card Player: How has the Series been for you so far? Doug Lee: The Series has been rough for me so far. I bubbled in a couple of TV events; I have only played in five TV […]
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Full Tilt Poker Sending Players to Moscow
Get your parka ready, because Full Tilt Poker is gearing up to send one lucky (and, presumably, skillful) player to Moscow, Russia this October for as little as $4. Full Tilt is now running satellites into the event Moscow Millions in the country's picturesque capital for what is sure to be one of the biggest […]
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Deadline for UIGE Act Enforcement Rules Has Passed
It's been 271 days since the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush and there's still no word on how it will be enforced. This is significant because the act itself calls for the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System – with help […]
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Second NETELLER Founder Pleads Guilty
John David Lefebvre, cofounder of NETELLER, pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him by the United States Attorney's Office of Southern New York. Cofounder Steven Lawrence did the same about two weeks ago. Lefebvre pleaded guilty to the following: using the wires to foster interstate and foreign bets, conducting an illegal gambling business, engaging […]
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Day 2A: Will a Pro Ever Win Again?
The 2003 main event attracted 839 players. Only three years later 8,773 people came out to play in 2006. This explosion in popularity is frequently attributed to "The Moneymaker Effect." When unknown amateur Chris Moneymaker parlayed an online satellite victory into $2.5 million, thousands of other amateurs thought maybe they could duplicate his success. This […]
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WSOP Day 2B: 1303 Starters
Officially, 1,303 players will have seats and chips at noon today for day 2B of the World Series of Poker main event. In order to duplicate day 2A, which stopped last night at 350 players, the field today will play three two-hour levels before dinner; they will then come back and play all of level […]
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Who Is Robert Wexler?
Robert Wexler has served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997, representing Florida's 19th congressional district. That district includes portions of Palm Beach and Broward Counties. Rep. Wexler ran unopposed in the 1998, 2004, and 2006 elections, probably because he got over 70 percent of the vote when he was […]
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WSOP Day 40: European News Roundup
Dozens of hopeful poker players from across the Atlantic ocean knuckled down on the felt today at the Rio Casino, Las Vegas on Day 2A of the championship event of the 38th World Series of Poker. Among the Euro participants were Patrik Antonius, Donnacha O'Dea, Eoghan O'Dea, Henning Granstad Ross Boatman, John Duthie, Lars Bonding, […]
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Many of the Best Already out of Main Event
Phil Hellmuth won't win his twelfth bracelet this year. Jamie Gold won't repeat as the main event champion. Doyle Brunson, Eli Elezra, Josh Arieh, Marcel Luske, David Benyamine, and Johnny Chan have all made the long walk from the main event tables through the exit doors. Yes, the main event can be cruel even to […]
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WPT Bellagio Cup III to Feature Improved Structure
The World Poker Tour recently announced a change to the televised final table, indicating that they will be testing out a new blind structure for the Bellagio Cup III main event. It seems that the WPT has set out to please the players, whose main concern has been the rapidly escalating blinds once the cameras […]
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Mike Matusow on Kathy Griffin Show Tonight
Card Player's own Mike Matusow will be the featured celebrity on comedian Kathy Griffin's show that airs tonight on Bravo. A new episode of Kathy Griffin's My Life on the D List airs every Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET/PT. This episode features the chatty comedian hanging out and playing poker with her poker pro doppelganger, […]
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The First 54: WSOP Highlights
Poker players look forward to summer for one reason: the World Series of Poker. This is a tournament series that can make celebrities of amateurs, pros into legends, and millionaires out of winners. The 38th Annual WSOP has been no different. There have been records broken, controversies galore, and 54 bracelets awarded up to this […]
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WSOP Main Event: 1,033 Begin Day 2A
The smaller of the two "day 2" fields of the main event of the World Series of Poker goes off today with 1,033 participants. How long they will play today will have a lot to do with how fast the short stacks bust out. Nearly 60 percent of the field is below the average stack […]
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WSOP 2007: Jamie Gold
We caught up with 2007 World Series of Poker champion Jamie Gold at the dinner break of the no-limit hold'em with rebuys event (#52). Card Player: World Series 2007, how is it going for you to this point? Jamie Gold: Things are going pretty well now. I cashed in my last event. I was the […]
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WPT Bellagio Cup III Starts Today
The World Poker Tour's $10,000 Bellagio Cup III championship starts today. It's the third event that will be featured in the sixth season of the WPT and gives players who couldn't make it through their first day of the World Series of Poker's main event another chance at a big buy-in poker tournament in Las […]
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Playing With Pain
Many people from many different walks of life will come to the World Series of Poker today to play poker. None of them will have a harder time getting to the Rio today than Scott Kowalske did a few weeks back, and he was staying at the hotel. Kowalske called room 334 of the Rio […]
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WSOP Main Event Day 1D Recap
No other number, throughout the course of the poker year, is more anticipated than the total number of participants in the main event at the World Series of Poker. The final day one of the 2007 edition brought the final group of contestants into the Amazon room at the Rio, and that swelled the field […]
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WSOP Day 39: European News Roundup
Day 39 at the 38th World Series of Poker was the last day players could enter this year's Series for a shot at the most coveted prize in the game, the World Championship no-limit hold'em bracelet. The early-evening announcement that 6,358 players paid $10,000 each, creating a prize pool of just under $60 million, will […]
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ESPN Starts Broadcasting 2007 WSOP Today
The 2007 World Series of Poker's main event is just getting rolling and already ESPN is ready to start broadcasting its coverage of this year's selected preliminary events today (July 10). The first televised event, the $5,000 World Championship Mixed Hold'em event ,will be aired at 5 p.m PT/ 8 p.m. ET. The hourlong episode […]
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WSOP Day 1D: Over 1,700 Again
With registration still open for the fourth and final day 1 of the 2007 World Series of Poker main event, the total for Ddy 1D is already over 1,700, which will push the total entrants over 6,000. This is a substantial drop from last year's 8,773 but much better than many in the poker industry […]
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WSOP 2007: Marco Traniello and Jennifer Harman
We caught up with Marco Traniello and Jennifer jHarman ust after Marco had qualified for the final table in Event #50, $10,000 pot-limit Omaha. Card Player: So I think we can anticipate the answer to this question, but how is your World Series going right now? Marco Traniello: Good. This is my third final table. […]
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Phil Hellmuth Crashes Racecar in Parking Lot
Eleven-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth is OK after crashing a NASCAR-style racecar in a hotel parking lot while doing laps to promote UltimateBet.com. Hellmuth, who was dressed in a black and yellow UltimateBet driving suit with his name stitched down the sides of his legs, slammed head-on into the concrete base […]
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Main Event Day 1C Recap
It's no secret that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act has had a major impact on the overall attendance at this year's World Series of Poker main event. However, 1,743 players bought in to play on day 1C, making it the highest day 1 turnout thus far. Since 1,400 players are already registered to play […]
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Online Poker: Vietcong01 Wins Sunday Million
PokerStars had lots of good news this weekend with the introduction of two new successful tournaments – the High Stakes Showdown, a $10,300 buy-in heads-up tournament limited to 16 entrants, and the Sunday Hundred Grand, a $100,000-guaranteed tournament with an insanely low $11 buy-in – and the continued success of its Sunday Million event. Stevesbets […]
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WSOP Day 38: European News Roundup
On day 38 at the World Series of Poker, 1,743 players took to the felt at the Rio Casino, Las Vegas, among them dozens of players from across the Atlantic Ocean. Katja Thater, Ciaran O'Leary, Andreas Krause, Per Ummer, Jeff Kimber, Paul 'Actionjack' Jackson, Rory Matthews, Jonas Molander, Peter Evans, John Gale, Rolf Slotboom, Davood […]
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Online Poker: An Interview With Kevin 'BeL0WaB0Ve' Saul
Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul is a busy man; there's no doubt about it. After busting out of a $1,000 no-limit hold'em (with rebuys) event at the World Series of Poker, he rushed to get his 73rd-place payout ($6,453), buy a pack of cigarettes, and snag an Amp energy drink from one of the Rio All-Suite Hotel […]
