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Open Casting Call for Poker Reality Show This Week
An open casting call for the reality TV show Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker II takes place at Planet Hollywood July 5 through July 8. The show will feature 12 poker players living in a mansion and being taken away to "exotic locations" to compete, and will eventually play for $2 million. Auditions will take […]
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WSOP Day 33: European News Roundup
The prestigious final table of the $10,000 world championship pot-limit Omaha event was a contrast in styles, experience, and generations. Living-legend Doyle Brunson, chasing his 11th bracelet, sat down to compete against the youthful Danish hotshot Rene Mouritsen and Finnish big-game player Patrik Antonius, as well as Robert Mizrachi and Italian Marco Traniello. In the […]
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Chandrasekhar Billavara Wins Event No. 49
There is no greater feat of strength than when an unranked amateur gets in the ring and goes toe-to-toe with some of the most highly accomplished and well-trained athletes in the sport. It's an even more amazing thing to watch a complete unknown come to the final table in last place and then scratch and […]
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WSOP 2007: Jeffrey Lisandro
Card Player caught up with Australian pro Jeffrey Lisandro at the World Series of Poker. Card Player: How has the Series gone for you so far? We know there was one big highlight. Jeffrey Lisandro: Well, it has all gone really well so far. I would like to make another result to get the best […]
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Chip and Karina Jett to Host Fourth of July Party
Although the World Series of Poker will continue through the Fourth of July holiday, many players are taking time to kick back, relax, and have a good time. Chip and Karina Jett are trying to help facilitate that by throwing a party tomorrow night. The party begins at 9 p.m. at Minxx Gentlemen's Club and […]
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Doyle Looks to Win his Eleventh WSOP Bracelet
A few weeks ago, Phil Hellmuth broke a three-way tie he shared with Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan when he won his eleventh World Series of Poker bracelet, which is the most in WSOP history. Today, Brunson has a chance to re-tie Hellmuth in the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha event that's set to begin […]
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Last Rush for Main Event Seats Now Taking Place
The World Series of Poker main event starts Friday, and the next several days will see a mega-flux of players heading to the Rio and trying to satellite their way into the year's biggest poker tournament. Mega-satellites take place from now until Thursday evening in which as many seats into the main event will be […]
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WSOP Day 32: European News Roundup
Day two of the $10,000 world championship pot-limit omaha tournament (event 50) saw plenty of skillful European challengers among the 55 players still remaining. These included Donnacha O'Dea, Dave Colclough, Martin Wendt, Jani Sointula, Patrik Antonius, Paul Jackson, Kristian Kjondal, Sylvester Geoghegan, Joe Beevers, Rene Mouritsen, Dave Callaghan, and Roy Brindley. Wendt busted early and […]
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PaddyPowerPoker to Host Battle of the Poker Mags
Readers of poker magazines certainly have their loyalties, and now a tournament has been set up to determine which magazine's readers are the most poker savvy. Paddy Power Poker is hosting what it calls the "Battle of the Mags" tournament, an event that will pit a slew of poker magazine readers from the United Kingdom […]
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Blair Rodman Wins Event No. 47 at the WSOP
Blair Rodman outlasted a field of 2,038 players to his win his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet in an event he almost didn't enter, the $2,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em. A Las Vegas native, Rodman is a professional gambler who has been playing at the WSOP since 1982. Rodman had made eight previous WSOP […]
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Rafi Amit Wins Event No. 48 at the WSOP
Even though Rafi Amit is widely known for his skills in the game of pot-limit Omaha, you can't say that he is just a one-trick pony. Amit bested a field of 209 players in the $1,000 rebuy deuce-to-seven triple draw lowball event to win his second bracelet and $227,005. The deuce-to-seven triple draw event brought […]
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Neteller Founder Pleads Guilty
Former Neteller founder and director Stephen Lawrence pleaded guilt to a charge of conspiracy on Friday, and agreed to pay $100 million to the U.S. government. The case against John Lefebvre, who is also a former founder and director, is still pending. Last month, Neteller told its shareholders it hoped to have the case resolved […]
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WSOP 2007: Erik Seidel
Card Player caught up with multiple bracelet holder Erik Seidel during the World Series of Poker. Card Player: How has the World Series been to this point? Erik Seidel: It's been disappointing so far. I've had a few minor cashes but nothing to get too excited about. CP: Are you playing the same number of […]
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PokerStars Launches Asia Pacific Poker Tour
First Europe, and now Asia. PokerStars, which is the main sponsor of the European Poker Tour, has launched the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT). The first $5,000 event will take place at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino Manila in the Philippines from Aug. 23-26. Other events take place at the Walkerhill Hotel and Casino in […]
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Online Poker: Tonijeromi Wins Sunday Million
PokerStars Sunday Million The regular $200 buy-in PokerStars Sunday Million was back last night after last week's quarterly $1,000 buy-in version of the event. Last night's tournament had 6,813 entrants to generate a prize pool of $1,362,600. The players were gunning for a top prize of more than $192,000. Last weekend's event had a final […]
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WSOP Day 31: European News Roundup
The much anticipated $10,000 world championship pot-limit Omaha tournament (event 50) attracted over 50 Europeans to the field of world-class challengers. (See list at end.) While there was plenty of intense card play, arguably the main action of the day was the altercation between Andy Black and Davood Mehrmand of Germany. Black took significant umbrage […]
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Online Poker: Interview With Thayer Rasmussen
Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen just about needs a permit for the kind of killing he's been making playing poker recently. He's always been universally renowned as one of the most solid online players out there, but recently he's been aggressively tackling the major brick-and-mortar events, as well. Rasmussen played in the Mandalay Bay Poker Championship, which […]
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WSOP Adds Fourth Day 1 to Main Event
A fourth starting heat was added to this year's World Series of Poker's $10,000 Championship Event. Players now start their WSOP quest on one of four starting days instead of the three originally scheduled. These heats are called Day 1A, Day 1B, Day 1C, and Day 1D, and will take place July 6, July 7, […]
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WSOP Main Event Primer Takes Place This Week
It's time to go back to school. The WSOP Academy is holding a three-day World Series of Poker Main Event primer at Caesars Palace this week to prepare tuition-paying poker players for the main event, which starts Saturday. The instructors for the 2007 Main Event Primer are some of the best in the world, and […]
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WSOP 2007: Dewey Tomko
Card Player spoke with poker star Dewey Tomko at the World Series of Poker. Card Player: How has the Series been for you this year? Dewey Tomko: Great, everything is going good. I've taken a lot of time off. I play like one day and take three off. I'm getting old but if I get […]
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Bill Edler Wins His First Bracelet
The $5,000 shorthanded no-limit hold'em event attracted a field 728 players this year, up from 507 in 2006. As loose-aggressive play becomes the favored style of many players, a shorthanded event caters to that approach. Play was fast all the way through the event and at the end of day one, only 77 players remained. […]
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Tom Schneider Takes Home Number Two
Coming into the 2007 World Series of Poker, Tom Schneider was worried about being respected. That is once concern he will never have again. Schenider won his second WSOP bracelet of the year, making it the seventh year in a row that at least one player has won multiple bracelets. Bill Chen and Jeff Madsen […]
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Frankie O'Dell Wins Event No. 44
This year's World Series of Poker has been a godsend for the serious all-around poker player. The oft joked "World Series of hold'em" is a thing of the past, and mixed game specialists have taken advantage to get a shot at a bracelet. No other game has grown over the past year like Omaha eight-or-better. […]
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WSOP 2007: Bill Edler
Bill Edler has had a pretty good year in 2007, including a win in February in the $10,000 Heads-Up Championship at the Crystal Park Casino in Los Angles. We caught up with Bill at the dinner break on day two of the World Series of Poker $5,000 no-limit hold'em six-handed event (#45). Event #45 had […]
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In the Shadow of the Main Event: $50K H.O.R.S.E.
Today, Freddy Deeb is the king of the 2007 World Series of Poker. He took the throne early this morning, after beating Bruno Fitoussi heads up in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E World Championship event. Arguably offering the hardest bracelet to win, its field was filled with so many pros it could possibly be the toughest ever […]
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Freddy Deeb Is the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Champion
The lucky shirt must have worked: Freddy Deeb is the 2007 World Series of Poker $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Champion. Deeb, who proudly wore one of his trademark loud lucky shirts, outlasted 147 of perhaps the toughest field of competitors ever brought together by one tournament to win $2.27 million and the specially made gold bracelet. This […]
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Saif Ahmad Wins Event No. 43 at the WSOP
Ask any hold'em player, and that person will tell you that the World Series of Poker limit tournaments are brutal games. They start with long hours of low, almost inconsequential blinds, and then the structure abruptly changes, often leaving average stacks with just six big bets. For those who brave these treacherous waters, there is […]
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Ernest Bennett Wins the WSOP Seniors Event
The final nine players in the $1,000 seniors no-limit hold'em event took their seats yesterday at 2 p.m. and action got underway. Lost along the way were two world champions. Amarillo Slim Preston started strong on day one of the event, but he could not go the distance to the final table. Tom McEvoy made […]
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Lukasz Dumanski Wins Event No. 42
Sporting a brightly colored green-and-orange garment-of-sorts, and drinking a beer, Lukasz Dumanski showed us how to take down a bracelet in a style all his own. Event No. 42 was as unique as its winner's outfit. It was the only pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better event at this year's World Series of Poker. The $1,500 event attracted […]
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CEO Poker Tour Hits Venetian Next Week
A poker tour touches down at the Venetian next week that will bring out a group of players who know a thing or two about business. The CEO Poker Tour takes place at the Venetian July 2-9. Eight no-limit hold'em events and three supersatellites to the $2,620 championship event take place during this week. The […]
