Archive for the WSOP category.
May 04, 2008
The latest World Series of Poker Circuit has ended, and the main event was won by someone who is no stranger to WSOP glory, Allen Cunningham. Down by four to one in chips on Thursday at Caesars Cunningham overcame the deficit to beat Ben Fineman for the win and nearly half a million dollars. In third place was Kelly Samson, followed by Moto Mobuchi, Justin Bonomo, Blair Hinkle, Thomas Hover, Ralph Perry, and Doug Lee…
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May 02, 2008
The World Series of Poker is not long off, and players are getting warmed up playing in the many WSOP Circuit events around the country. The latest, which took place recently at Caesars Palace, was the longest running single tourney at a circuit event at eight hours of play. The final victor was pro Ted Lawson, who with this victory made his tournament career cashes top two million dollars…
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May 02, 2008
The rumors were out that the World Series of Poker this year won’t end till November, and the confirmation given by WSOP commissioner Jeffrey Pollack on May 1st settles the matter. In an attempt to make the final table of the WSOP more dramatic, the organizers have decided to delay the game until November 9 and 10. While the main event will get started in July, the game will pause once the final nine players are determined…
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April 25, 2008
When registrants show up for the World Series of Poker Academy at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas they may be surprised to learn that some of their instructors are online poker pros. The WSOP is most certainly a live event, but online poker has progressed to the point that the WSOP Academy has decided to bring along some poker pros who make their living online - Mark “P0ker H0″ Kroon and Gary “Debo34″ DeBernardi - to teach. Joining them will be some live action pros, including Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, and Shawn Rice.Related Articles:WSOP parent company to change nameNew class from the World Series of Poker Academy…
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April 11, 2008
In the quest to bump ratings and attendance at this and all future World Series of Poker events, the WSOP may delay the final table play of the main event for a few months, in order to broadcast the action live. In the last two years live broadcasting was available, but as a pay per view event. The discussion now is to hold the final table in October, delay the broadcast by a few hours to allow for graphics to be added, and air it for free…
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April 11, 2008
The owner of the World Series of Poker is about to undergo a name change. Harrah’s Entertainment will become the Caesars Entertainment Corporation, according to recent reports. While individual properties with the Harrah’s name are not likely to change, the company that owns them all will rebrand…
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April 10, 2008
If anyone knows how to make it far in the World Series of Poker it would be players like Annie Duke, Paul Wasicka, Andy Bloch, and Howard Lederer. These are the instructors of the new class from the World Series of Poker Academy - advanced No Limit Texas Holdem theory and strategy. This camp will be held April 18 and 19 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, a comprehensive two-day poker camp covering such topics as heads-up strategy, advanced mathematics of poker, advanced tournament stage strategy, and winning cash game strategy…
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March 30, 2008
Last year the World Series of Poker influenced a number of big time poker pros to organize and play in their second favorite game - golf. The 2007 World Series of Golf was a big deal to the players, who teamed up to try and take each other’s bankroll down to zero and win all the “chips”, like in poker. The game will return to Las Vegas in May, from the 12th to the 15th, as the 2008 World Series of Golf…
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March 28, 2008
An official WSOP satellite tournament is nothing to sneeze at, and now the Fort Collins Series of Poker has officially joined the World Series of Poker. The event, which is a charity event raising money for the Realities for Children Triumph Awards Scholarship Fund, gets a big boost in recognition by becoming affiliated with the biggest name in poker. The WSOP has been running longer than any poker tournament of its kind in the world, and now will use that reputation to help the children…
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March 24, 2008
The first ever WSOP event to take place outside the US is going to hit the airwaves this April, giving poker fans the chance to see for themselves how the first woman, and the youngest player ever, won a championship event at the World Series of Poker Europe. The WSOP Europe event was held in September of 2007 and the winner was Annette Obrestad, who was at the time 18 years old. Sky Sports subscribers will be able to see the event spread out over eight episodes on both Channel 3 and Channel 2.Related Articles:2008 World Series of Poker Europe announcedPre register for the 2008 World Series of Poker…
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March 20, 2008
The new schedule for the second ever WSOP Europe is now available. The 2008 World Series of Poker Europe will take place around the same time as the inaugural event last year, where then-18-year-old Annette Obrestad became the youngest player – and the first woman – to ever win a WSOP Championship event. This year the WSOPE, as presented by Betfair, the online poker room, will run from September 19th to October 1st, 2008 in London, England…
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March 12, 2008
The next World Series of Poker is coming up soon and players now have the ability to pre register for the events. With more than 50 events to choose from, players can go online to WorldSeriesofPoker.com to make their selections, or they can show up in person at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, the spot where the WSOP will take place. Events range in price from $1,000 all the way up to $50,000, with the main event running $10k as is the tradition…
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March 11, 2008
During the World Series of Poker Circuit events in the “Las Vegas of the East Coast”, Atlantic City, players from around the country showed up to play in hopes of striking it rich. During the second event of the series, which will end with a championship event where the winner will secure – in addition to a large cash prize – a seat in the 2008 WSOP main event, two finalists fought round over round for the victory. With a two to one chip lead by Jake Neff over Ryan Osborne, the latter emerged the champ with a $72,500 payday.Related Articles:WSOP Circuit leader disqualifiedWSOP Academy in Indiana…
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March 10, 2008
A Richmond, VA poker player was ejected from the final table of the World Series of Poker circuit event at Caesars Atlantic City for unsportsmanlike conduct. Lesley Thornburg was the chip leader and apparently wanted the rest of the table to feel the power of his position. After several warnings for baiting tactics and loud comments to other players on the two previous days, a final warning was given to Thornburg…
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March 03, 2008
Caesars Indiana will soon play host to the latest WSOP Academy camp, where poker players pay to learn from the pros the right way to play at the world famous World Series of Poker. The event, which will take place at the Caesars Indiana on March 29th and March 30th, will have instruction by Paul Wasicka, the 2007 NBC National Heads Up Championship winner, as well as Joe Navarro, the former FBI agent now making a living teaching poker players how to read each other. Other instructors include Alex Outhred and Mark Seif.Related Articles:WSOP qualifiers popular at Wheeling IslandUpdate to WSOP dates…
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