by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Jun 21, '08

The World Series of Poker in 1985 featured one of the first prolonged money bubbles in the history of the tournament. Any one of the final ten players refused to go silently into the night and money-bubble action went on for five hours. Part of the reason these players dug in so much on that […]

by Diana Cox | Published: Aug 01, '14

The seventh stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma July 17 and will host a series of 81 tournaments through August 4 culminating with a $1,500 no-limit hold’em $500,000 guarantee main event August 1-4. Here is a look at the latest results: Event […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Jul 08, '12

2012 World Series of Poker Main Event Chip Counts Day 1A Entrants: 1,066 Players Remaining: 657 Average Chip Count: 48,675 Rank Player Name Chip Count 1 William John 266,700 2 Gerardo Lubas 165,825 3 Daniel Strelitz 164,125 4 Dane Lomas 157,600 5 Cary Katz 154,850 6 Benjamin Pollak 144,200 7 Chance Kornuth 141,775 8 Jonathan […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Jul 08, '11

Here are the official chip counts counts for all of the 556 players who survived on Day 1A of the main event at the 2011 World Series of Poker. They will return to action on Day 2A on Monday, July 11. They will be joined by the survivors from Day 1C at that time. Cards […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Feb 26, '11

Day 1 of the 2011 WPT L.A. Poker Classic came and went like a flash. With only five levels in the books, there is still a long way to go before the field begins to separate the contenders from the pretenders. Registration will remain open throughout the night, but a total of 665 made their […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Dec 10, '15

If you are familiar with Silicon Valley, home to some of the most prominent tech companies in the world, then you have probably already heard of Chamath Palihapitiya. The venture capitalist, born in Sri Lanka and raised in Canada, took Silicon Valley head on working for AOL, Winamp, Mayfield Fund, and eventually got in on […]

by Oklahoma Johnny Hale | Published: Jun 14, '06

"The Seniors" are alive and well, and some are quite a bit richer, as the inaugural "Oklahoma Johnny" Hale Seniors World Championship of Poker recently concluded at the World Series of Poker. The Seniors World Championship was a poker happening – a one of a kind event. The tournament room was full, and many tables […]

by Byron 'Cowboy' Wolford | Published: Jun 14, '06

It would take all the audiotapes they sell at WalMart for me to record all the great poker players I've played with over the years. One of the greatest was Bill Smith. I first met Bill in Las Vegas at the Horseshoe Club, where he worked in the poker room long before the World Series […]