Starting out with the original 6 poker players back in 1970 to today with more than 70,000 poker entrants, the World Series of Poker 2011 is now celebrating it’s 42nd year. The greatest event in poker is now offering more than $180 million in prizes to aspiring poker professionals – the grand prize being the [...]
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RSS feed for this sectionFull Tilt Poker Pro Erik Cajelais Wins the World Series of Poker Europe Event 2
Full Tilt Poker Pro Erik Cajelais wins the World Series of Poker Europe Event 2, claiming his first WSOP bracelet and more than US$169K in prize money. This is a breakthrough victory for Cajelais, a 27-year-old professional poker player from Montreal who has come close to a major tournament win on several occasions. His best [...]
Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth on ESPN 2009 WSOP Main Event Show
WSOP fans either love or hate Phil Hellmuth. There’s no middle ground with this guy even though his table manners have definitely improved in the last few years. Verbal outbursts, temper tamtrums, rants against fellow players, and outrageous self promotion stunts are fewer and without the intensity that earned him the “Poker Brat” tag. Has [...]
World Series of Poker | WSOP 2007 Final Results
A look back at the World Series of Poker 2007 through the eyes of Dr. Pauly: Seventeen hours of high stress poker in front of the ESPN cameras came down to the final hand of the final table of the final event of the 2007 World Series of Poker. Holding all of the chips and [...]
International Players Advisory Council: Improving the Poker World
From lasvegasvegas: The World Series of Poker issued a press release to announce the formation of the International Players Advisory Council. Eight top poker professionals including 2005 WSOP winner Joseph Hachem will consult with WSOP management to improve the WSOP experience for players that come from outside North America. The council will be chaired by [...]
World Series of Poker 2008 Will Be Held at the Rio in Las Vegas
The 39th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) will be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s going to be running from May 30 through July 17, 2008. They haven’t released the exact schedule of events for the WSOP but they’re working on it. “The team is still hard [...]
