June 2008
Event 50 - $10,000 PLO Championship - Early Eliminations
Chris Edwards / 30 June 2008 / Leave a comment
With day one coming to a close, there are less than 90 players remaining from the 381 that started event 50. Here are some of the big names that hit the rail. Barry Greenstein entered the tournament with prior obligations....Read more »
Event 45 - $50,000 HORSE - Final Table Roundup
Chris Edwards / 30 June 2008 / Leave a comment
If previous events this year were anything to go by then the $50,000 HORSE final table was sure to be spectacular, which it was. With 2 world champions, 16 gold bracelets and a WSOP circuit ring between them, ever player...Read more »
Event 45 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E
Amy / 30 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Scotty Nguyen...Read more »
Event 45 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E - Scotty Nguyen Takes It Down
Amy / 30 June 2008 / Leave a comment
2008 World Series of Poker FINAL RESULTS Event # 45 Buy In $50,000 Game World Championship H.O.R.S.E. Number of Entries 148 Net Prize Pool $7,104,000 First Place Prize $1,989,120 Players In the Money 16 FINAL RESULTS: Name Prize City State/Country...Read more »
Event 51 - $1,500 HORSE - End Of Day One
Amy / 30 June 2008 / Leave a comment
2008 World Series of Poker End of Day One Results Event # 51 Buy In $1,500 Game H.O.R.S.E Number of Entries 803 Net Prize Pool $1,096,095 First Place Prize $256,412 Total Spots Paid Out 80 Players Remaining 179 First Name...Read more »
Event 50 - End of Day 1
Amy / 30 June 2008 / Leave a comment
2008 World Series of Poker End of Day One Results Event # 50 Buy In $10,000 Game World Championship Pot Limit Omaha Number of Entries 381 Net Prize Pool $3,581,400 First Place Prize $859,549 Total Spots Paid Out 36 Players...Read more »
Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players remain
Amy / 30 June 2008 / Leave a comment
2008 World Series of Poker End of Day Two Results Event # 49 Buy In $1,500 Game No Limit Hold'em Number of Entries 2,718 Net Prize Pool $3,710,070 First Place Prize $631,170 Players In the Money 270 Players Remaining...Read more »
Event 44 - $1,000 No Limit Hold'em With Re-Buys
Amy / 30 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Max Greenwood...Read more »
Event 43 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split
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Martin Klaser...Read more »
Interesting WSOP Facts
Amy / 30 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Interesting tournament Notes sent from Nolan Dalla • The $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em championship (Event #44) attracted 879 entries, creating a prize pool totaling $3,240,174. The top 81 finishers collected prize money. • The prize pool which totaled more than...Read more »
Event 49 - End Of Day 1
Amy / 30 June 2008 / Leave a comment
2008 World Series of Poker End of Day One Results Event # 49 Buy In $1,500 Game No Limit Hold'em Number of Entries 2,718 Net Prize Pool $3,710,070 First Place Prize $631,170 Total Spots Paid Out 270 Players Remaining 215...Read more »
Event 48 - End of Day 2
Amy / 30 June 2008 / Leave a comment
2008 World Series of Poker End of Day Two Results Event # 48 Buy In $2,000 Game No Limit Hold'em Number of Entries 2,317 Net Prize Pool $4,216,940 First Place Prize $770,448 Players In the Money 198 Players Remaining 9...Read more »
Event 45 - End Of Day 4
Amy / 30 June 2008 / Leave a comment
2008 World Series of Poker End of Day Four Results Event # 45 Buy In $50,000 Game World Championship H.O.R.S.E. Number of Entries 148 Net Prize Pool $7,104,000 First Place Prize $1,989,120 Players In the Money 16 Players Remaining 8...Read more »
Event 44 Results and Summary
Amy / 30 June 2008 / Leave a comment
2008 World Series of Poker Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada Official Report Event # 44 No-Limit Hold'em with Re-Buys Buy-In: $ 1,000 Number of Entries: 879 Number of Re-Buys: 2,508 Total Net Prize Pool: $ 3,240,174...Read more »
Events 44, 46, 47 - Other Events Roundup
Chris Edwards / 28 June 2008 / Leave a comment
While most of the current interest is with the the $50,000 HORSE event, 3 other events are still running. Event 44, the $1000 NLHE w/Rebuys is down to its final 9 players.The last pro eliminated was Eric Froehlich, a 2...Read more »
$50,000 HORSE Day 2 Recap - Big Names Eliminated
Chris Edwards / 27 June 2008 / Leave a comment
At the end of day two 67 player remain from the starting field of 148. While some big names are at the top of the chip counts, many well known players were eliminated today. Here we look at who has...Read more »
Event 47 - End Of Day 47
Amy / 27 June 2008 / Leave a comment
2008 World Series of Poker End of Day One Results...Read more »
Event 46 - End Of Day One Results
Amy / 27 June 2008 / Leave a comment
2008 World Series of Poker End of Day One Results Event # 46 Buy In $5,000 Game No Limit Hold'em Six Handed Number of Entries 805 Net Prize Pool $3,783,500 First Place Prize $911,855 Total Spots Paid Out 78 Players...Read more »
Event 45 - End Of Day One
Amy / 27 June 2008 / Leave a comment
2008 World Series of Poker End of Day One Results Event # 45 Buy In $50,000 Game World Championship H.O.R.S.E. Number of Entries 148 Net Prize Pool $7,104,000 First Place Prize $1,989,120 Total Spots Paid Out 16 Players Remaining 67...Read more »
Event 44 - Final Table Line UP
Amy / 27 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Buy In $1,000 Game No Limit Hold'em w/ Re-Buys Number of Entries 879 Number of Re-Buys 2,508 Net Prize Pool $3,240,174 First Place Prize $693,444 Players In the Money 81 Players Remaining 9 Player Name Chip Count City State/Country Seat#...Read more »
WSOP History (2006): Chip Reese Finishes On Top
Chris Edwards / 27 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Back in 2005 the professional players were getting frustrated by the increasing number of amateurs playing the Main Event. 'It's a huge lottery. We just have a few more tickets than the rest of them' said Doyle Brunson. In an...Read more »
Event 45 - HORSE - $50,000 - Day One Over
Amy / 27 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Each player started with 100,000 chips for the third annual $50k HORSE event and with 90 minute levels meant that few eliminations would happen. There were some exceptions however, with big names Phil Hellmuth, David Williams and Amnon Filippi all...Read more »
Event 22 - HORSE
Amy / 27 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The HORSE events have long been a favorite for the pros who declare it as the biggest show of skill being able to play more than one poker game....Read more »
Dan LaCourse - WSOP Event 42 winner Bio
nono / 26 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The 2008 Seniors World Champion is Dan LaCourse, from Toledo, Ohio. He is a 56-year-old retired police detective....Read more »
WSOP Event 42 - Facts and Figures
nono / 26 June 2008 / Leave a comment
24 facts about the WSOP Event 42, $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em World Championship, with a heads up battle between an ex-fireman and ex-policeman, that you may not have known....Read more »
Event 42 - $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em World Championship
nono / 26 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Dan Lacourse...Read more »
Michaela Johansson
nono / 25 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Matt Booth
nono / 25 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Matt Booth, is the Head of Marketing in the UK and has worked at Betfair for 6 months. Matt works across sports, poker and casino to spread the Betfair message working with the internal teams of brand, acquisition and retention....Read more »
Glyn Cassidy
nono / 25 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Glyn Cassidy is the Head of Events & Corporate Hospitality at Betfair and has been with the company for over five years. Glyn has organised events and hospitality for Betfair all over the world including the rugby world cup last...Read more »
Frank Gary - WSOP Event 41 winner Bio
nono / 25 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The 2008 Mixed Hold'em champion is Frank Gary, from Fort Meyers, FL. He is a 42-year-old retiree. Gary sold off his small high-tech company a few years ago. He worked as a software engineer for many years....Read more »
WSOP Event 41 - Facts and Figures
nono / 25 June 2008 / Leave a comment
19 facts about the WSOP Event 41, $2,500 Mixed Hold'em, which saw the 7th Amateur win, that you may not have known....Read more »
WSOP 2008: The Year Of The Pro?
Chris Edwards / 25 June 2008 / Leave a comment
With many high profile players winnings events, a lot of poker fans are labeling this years World Series as 'The Year Of The Pro', says Chris Edwards...Read more »
Poker - The Musical
nono / 25 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Famed Producer Tim Molyneux to Showcase Songs - Including New WSOP Theme Song - at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino....Read more »
Event 41 Finished
nono / 25 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Frank Gary Wins Event 41, $1,500 Mixed Hold'em, Jonathan Tamayo Eliminated in 2nd Place....Read more »
John Phan - WSOP Event 40 winner Bio
nono / 25 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The 2008 Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball champion is John Phan, from Stockton, CA. Phan is a professional poker player....Read more »
WSOP Event 40 - Facts and Figures
nono / 25 June 2008 / Leave a comment
25 facts about the WSOP Event 40, $2,000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball, which saw John Phan win his second bracelet this World Series, that you may not have known....Read more »
Event 41 - $1,500 2-7 Mixed Hold'em
nono / 25 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Frank Gary...Read more »
Event 40 - $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball - Limit
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John Phan...Read more »
Event 40 - Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Low Ball - $2,500 - Final Table Set
Chris Edwards / 24 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Greg Raymer could not make it to the final table, finishing in 11th place. He got it all in heads up before the first draw and took two cards along with his opponent....Read more »
WSOP History (2003): Moneymakers Key Hands
Chris Edwards / 24 June 2008 / Leave a comment
In 2003 Chris Moneymaker made history when he won the Main Event. In his first live tournament, Chris outlasted 839 players to take the $2.5m first prize, writes Chris Edwards....Read more »
David Woo - WSOP Event 39 winner Bio
nono / 24 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The 2008 $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em champion is David Woo, a.k.a. "The Magnificent." He is a 30-year-old poker pro from Atlanta, GA. Woo has been playing poker full-time for about five years....Read more »
WSOP Event 39 - Facts and Figures
nono / 24 June 2008 / Leave a comment
26 facts about the WSOP Event 39, $1,500 No Limit Hold'em, which saw the 12,000 player cash at a World Series event, that you may not have known....Read more »
Event 39 - $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
nono / 24 June 2008 / Leave a comment
David Woo...Read more »
Event 40 - Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Low Ball - $2,500 - Raymer Leads after big names eliminated
Chris Edwards / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
With only 238 player entering, the field for event 40 was an elite one. At the end of day two 30 players remain with players such as Chad Brown, Freddy Deed and Shawn Sheikhan eliminated. Sheikhan was involved in a...Read more »
Benyamine a man to be feared
Editor / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Frenchman David Benyamine has got to be one of the favourites for victory every time he steps up to the table, and he has now finally landed one of those elusive World Series of Poker bracelets, writes Rob Eddy....Read more »
Peter "Shonzo" Sansom
nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
1) So how did you start playing poker? Started playing poker when doing paperwork in office as was losing to much on the horses. 2) How long have you been playing on Betfair and at what type of tables can...Read more »
Davidi Kitai - WSOP Event 38 winner Bio
nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The 2008 $2,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold'em champion is Davidi Kitai. He is a 28-year-old economic analyst from Brussels, Belgium. Kitai was born in Antwerp, Belgium....Read more »
WSOP Event 38 - Facts and Figures
nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
29 facts about the WSOP Event 38, $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em, which had the longest heads up battle so far this year, that you may not have known....Read more »
Andrew Riddell
nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
I have been with betfair since May 2004 and work in the Key Accounts Team, we look after the Premium Accounts and assist them in anyway we can. I have been involved in Gambling all my life, mainly horseracing but...Read more »
Fraser "MadCowboy" Dunphy
nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
1) So how did you start playing poker? I was at uni when my brother rang me and told me he was playing online poker. I laughed and told him he was an idiot and he'd lose all his money....Read more »
David Benyamine - WSOP Event 37 winner Bio
nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The 2008 Omaha High-Low Split World Champion is David Benyamine. He calls two cities "home" - Paris, France and Las Vegas, NV. Benyamine is a 35-year-old professional poker player....Read more »
WSOP Event 37 - Facts and Figures
nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
31 facts about the WSOP Event 37, $10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, the last Omaha Hi-Low split event this year, that you may not have known....Read more »
Jesper Hougaard - WSOP Event 36 winner Bio
nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The 2008 $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em champion Jesper Hougaard, from Copenhagen, Denmark. He is a 24-year-old professional poker player....Read more »
WSOP Event 36 - Facts and Figures
nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
26 facts about the WSOP Event 36, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, including corrections and additions, that you may not have known....Read more »
Classic Hellmuth Moments At The WSOP
Chris Edwards / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Whenever there is a televised tournament there is always one man the cameras are eager to follow, Phil Hellmuth, writes Chris Edwards....Read more »
Mike Rocco - WSOP Event 35 winner Bio
nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The 2008 $1,500 buy-in Seven-Card Stud champion is Mike Rocco, from Las Vegas, NV. He is a 48-year-old professional poker player, who by his own admission has been going through some rough times lately. Rocco was born in Cleveland, OH....Read more »
WSOP Event 35 - Facts and Figures
nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
19 facts about the WSOP Event 35, $1,500 Seven Card Stud, which first had Puggy Pearson as the winner in 1973, that you may not have known....Read more »
Layne Flack - WSOP Event 34 winner Bio
nono / 23 June 2008 / 1 Comments
The 2008 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha with Re-Buys champion is Layne Flack, from Las Vegas, NV. This was Flack's sixth career WSOP gold bracelet victory....Read more »
WSOP Event 34 - Facts and Figures
nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
20 facts about the WSOP Event 34, $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha W/ReBuys, which marked a third final table for Jacobo Fernandez this year, that you may not have known....Read more »
Event 38 - $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Davidi Kitai...Read more »
Event 37 - $10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
David Benyamine...Read more »
Event 36 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Jesper Hougaard...Read more »
Event 35 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud
nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Michael Rocco...Read more »
Event 34 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha W/ReBuys
nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Layne Flack...Read more »
Player Of The Year (POY) Updates
Chris Edwards / 20 June 2008 / Leave a comment
As we come close to the half way point at this years WSOP, we look at the players who have been most successful so far....Read more »
Sebastian Ruthenberg - WSOP Event 33 winner Bio
nono / 20 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The 2008 Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split World Champion is Sebastian Ruthenberg, from Hamburg, Germany. He is a 24-year-old poker pro, who has been playing full-time for about two years. Prior to playing poker, Ruthenberg had just completed his studies and...Read more »
WSOP Event 33 - Facts and Figures
nono / 20 June 2008 / Leave a comment
35 facts about the WSOP Event 33, $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, the first million-dollar prize pool ever for a Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split tournament, that you may not have known....Read more »
Luis Velador - WSOP Event 32 winner Bio
nono / 20 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner was Luis Velador, from Lake Elsinore, CA. He is a 44-year-old professional poker player. Velador has been playing professionally for 11 years....Read more »
WSOP Event 32 - Facts and Figures
nono / 20 June 2008 / Leave a comment
19 facts about the WSOP Event 32, $1,500 No Limit Hold 'Em, with Pros now leading 25- 7 for bracelets, that you may not have known....Read more »
2008 Side Action: Early Reports
nono / 20 June 2008 / Leave a comment
This years side action has been has been tiny compared to the big games that happened last year. However over the last couple of days reports of some bigger games at the Bellagio have been making their way online....Read more »
Halfway Mark - Facts and Figures
nono / 20 June 2008 / Leave a comment
All the facts and figures for the WSOP up to and including Event 30 where over $59,000,000 has been paid out in prize money already!...Read more »
Internet Stars At The WSOP
Chris Edwards / 20 June 2008 / Leave a comment
This year the internet cash game specialists are invading the WSOP with the hopes of applying their skills to tournaments and winnings a bracelet. Phil 'OMGCLAYAIKEN' Galfond has already achieved this and Alec 'traheho' Torelli took second at the HU...Read more »
Event 33 Winner is not Chris Ferguson.
nono / 20 June 2008 / Leave a comment
After jinxing him a few minutes ago by wondering if he could win another bracelet Chris Feguson loses to Sebastian Ruthenburg....Read more »
Event 33 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
nono / 20 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Sebastian Ruthenberg...Read more »
Another bracelet for Ferguson?
nono / 20 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson is heads up with Sebastian Ruthenberg in Event 33, $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better. Can he win his first WSOP bracelet in 5 years?!...Read more »
Event 32 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
nono / 20 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Luis Velador...Read more »
Ben Fried
nono / 19 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Rachel Ryan
nono / 19 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Rachel works as the Events and Corporate Hospitality Assistant for Betfair, assisting on all the major events Betfair put on. In Vegas, Rachel will be based in the Players' Lounge, buzzing around to ensure that you have the information you...Read more »
Paul Twaddle
nono / 19 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Having spent 15 years working in casinos in the UK, abroad and on cruise ships, my destiny was always going to be poker where I have the opportunity to combine business with pleasure, so I joined Betfair and now look...Read more »
Mizzi out on last hand of the day!
nono / 19 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Betfair Pro, Sorel Mizzi, ran into trouble on the last hand of Day 1 in the Pot-Limit Omaha W/ReBuys Event 34 and was eliminated just outside the money....Read more »
Dario Minieri - WSOP Event 31 winner Bio
nono / 19 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner was Dario Minieri, from Italy. He is a 23-year-old professional poker player. Minieri collected $528,418 for first place. He also earned his first WSOP gold bracelet....Read more »
WSOP Event 31 - Facts and Figures
nono / 19 June 2008 / Leave a comment
21 facts about the WSOP Event 31, $2,500 Short Handed Hold 'Em, including a correction about Barry Greenstein, that you may not have known....Read more »
Small child wanders into WSOP event; Wins.
nono / 19 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Youthful faced, Griffindor scarf wearing, poker player, Dario Minieri, wins Event 31, the $2,500 short handed hold 'em....Read more »
Event 31 - $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
nono / 19 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Dario Minieri...Read more »
Richard Bloch
nono / 18 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Richard Bloch is Betfair's Head of Poker and Games PR and has been working for the company since April 2008. Richard manages the press activity for the brand to ensure that Betfair Poker is promoted positively across a variety of...Read more »
David Wilson
nono / 18 June 2008 / Leave a comment
David Wilson is the Irish Poker Marketing Manager and has been working with Betfair since 2004. Looking after the Irish market, David manages to get himself to most of the top events in Ireland looking after sponsorships, tournaments and players....Read more »
Mark Thorne
nono / 18 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Mark is the Country Manager for Portugal. An avid poker player, he joined Betfair in May 2007. He created a small sponsored Betfair poker team in Portugal, as well as organising the Betfair Portuguese Poker Tour offline tournaments, providing players...Read more »
The Life Of Ivey
Chris Edwards / 18 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Towards the end of May a new section on Barry Greenstein's Poker Road website emerged called 'The Life Of Ivey'. In it are regularly updated videos following Ivey around Vegas during the WSOP, showing how he lives....Read more »
Event 33 - Elite Chip Leaders
Chris Edwards / 18 June 2008 / Leave a comment
With less than half the field left, the $5000 Stud/8 World Championship event has a lot of high profile players battling for the chip lead....Read more »
Rob Hollink - WSOP Event 30 winner Bio
nono / 18 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner was Rob Hollink, from Groningen, Holland. He is a 46-year-old professional poker player. He is divorced and has three children....Read more »
WSOP Event 30 - Facts and Figures
nono / 18 June 2008 / Leave a comment
22 facts about the WSOP Event 30, $10,000 World Champinoship Limit Hold 'Em, the highest limit buy in tournament in history, that you may not have known....Read more »
Johnny Phan - WSOP Event 29 winner Bio
nono / 18 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner was poker pro John Phan. He is 33-years-old and lives in Stockton, CA. Phan was born in Vietnam. He has been playing poker professionally for about 12 years....Read more »
WSOP Event 29 - Facts and Figures
nono / 18 June 2008 / Leave a comment
18 facts about the WSOP Event 29, $3,000 NL Hold 'Em, marking Kathy Liebert's 5th cash this year, that you may not have known....Read more »
Event 30 - $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em
nono / 18 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Rob Hollink...Read more »
Event 29 - $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
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John Phan...Read more »
Event 29 and 30 - Pros After The Bracelets
Chris Edwards / 17 June 2008 / Leave a comment
With two final tables starting today there are more pros after their share of the gold....Read more »
Phil Galfond - Feature Bio
Chris Edwards / 17 June 2008 / Leave a comment
152 players entered the 2008 PLO w/Rebuys event generating a prize pool of over $3m. Coming out on top of one of the most difficult final tables in WSOP history was 23 year old Phil 'OMGCLAYAIKEN" Galfond....Read more »
Phil Galfond - WSOP Event 28 winner Bio
nono / 17 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner was Phil Galfond, from Madison, WI. He is 23-years-old. He is a poker pro who concentrates mostly on cash games....Read more »
WSOP Event 28 - Facts and Figures
nono / 17 June 2008 / Leave a comment
28 facts about the WSOP Event 28, $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha W/Rebuys, where the final table contenders had 28 WSOP bracelets between them, that you may not have known....Read more »
Event 27 and 28 winners
nono / 17 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Congratulations to Vitaly Lunkin and Phil Galfond on their first bracelet wins in events 27 and 28 respectively....Read more »
Event 28 $5000 PLO w/Rebuys - Final Table Preview
Chris Edwards / 17 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The $5000 PLO w/Rebuys tournament has always been a favourite with the professionals. Unlike most games, PLO does not play well as a freezeout due to its regular all in situations and is why most pros prefer to play it...Read more »
Event 28 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha W/Rebuys
nono / 17 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Phil Galfond...Read more »
Event 27 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
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Vitaly Lunkin...Read more »
Barry Greenstein - WSOP Event 26 winner Bio
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The 2008 Razz champion is Barry Greenstein, a 53-year-old professional poker player from Ranchos Palos Verdes, CA. He was born in Chicago, IL....Read more »
WSOP Event 26 - Facts and Figures
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
18 facts about the WSOP Event 26, $1,500 Seven Card Razz, which had the biggest percentage of players increase so far this year, that you may not have known....Read more »
Kenny Tran - WSOP Event 25 winner Bio
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The 2008 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em World Champion is Kenny Tran, from Arcadia, CA. He is a professional poker player, who has specialized in high-limit cash games most of his career....Read more »
WSOP Event 25 - Facts and Figures
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
19 facts about the WSOP Event 25, $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em, where the winner was required to win 9 games of HU, that you may not have known....Read more »
Max Pescatori - WSOP Event 24 winner Bio
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The tournament winner was Max Pescatori, from Milan, Italy. Pescatori, who actually spends more time in Las Vegas than his home in Europe, tours regularly on the American poker tournament circuit. He is 37-years-old....Read more »
WSOP Event 24 - Facts and Figures
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
12 facts about the WSOP Event 24, $2,500 Pot-Limit Holdem/Omaha, where 13 of the 45 players in the cash were European, that you may not have known....Read more »
Machine out for revenge
Editor / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
While a million and one people do battle on the tables in Las Vegas for the many events that make up the World Series of Poker, the Rio Hotel and Casino is gearing up for 'Man versus Pokerbot, the sequel'...Read more »
Blair Hinkle - WSOP Event 23 winner Bio
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner was Blair Hinkle, from Kansas City, MO. Hinkle is a 22-year-old poker pro, who has also attended college....Read more »
WSOP Event 23 - Facts and Figures
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
14 facts about the WSOP Event 23, $2,000 No Limit Hold 'Em, where Nevada residents lead the bracelet with 8/23, that you may not have known....Read more »
Jens Voertmann - WSOP Event 22 winner Bio
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The 2008 $3,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. champion is Jens Voertmann, from Dortmund, Germany. He is a 38-year-old professional poker player. He was formally involved in banking and finance....Read more »
WSOP Event 22 - Facts and Figures
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
13 facts about the WSOP Event 22, $3,000 H.O.R.S.E., where Nikolay Evdakova leads the number cashes this World Series with 5, that you may not have known....Read more »
David Singer has baby same day as winning WSOP bracelet.
nono / 16 June 2008 / 1 Comments
Just hours after winning his first WSOP victory in the Pot-Limit Hold'em championship (Event #3), SAMUEL KOSTER SINGER was born in Las Vegas, NV. This is the first known case of any WSOP event winner ever having a child born...Read more »
Scott Seiver - WSOP Event 21 winner Bio
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner was Scott Seiver. He is a 23-year-old professional poker player from Las Vegas, NV. Seiver is originally from Columbus, OH....Read more »
WSOP Event 21 - Facts and Figures
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
14 facts about the WSOP Event 21, $5,000 No Limit Hold 'Em, marking 21 straight non-cashes for defending title players, that you may not have known....Read more »
Winners from Event 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Lots of action over the weekend and sees the pros still holding a commanding lead over the amateurs in the race for bracelets with Scott Seiver, Jens Voertmann, Blair Hinkle, Max Pescatori, Kenny Tran and Barry Greenstein all taking down...Read more »
Event 26 - $1,500 Seven Card Razz
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Barry Greenstein...Read more »
Event 25 - $10,000 World Championship Heads Up NLHE
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Kenny Tran...Read more »
Event 24 - $2,500 PL Omaha/ Hold 'Em
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Max Pescatori...Read more »
Event 23 - $2,000 No Limit Hold 'Em
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Blair Hinkle...Read more »
Event 22 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Jens Voertmann...Read more »
Event 21 - $5,000 No Limit Hold 'Em
nono / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Scott Seiver...Read more »
Prop Bets At The WSOP
Chris Edwards / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment
As if playing in $10,000 tournaments was not enough, the professionals will gamble on anything and everything. Here we look at some of the biggest WSOP prop bets over the last two years....Read more »
Event 22 - $3000 HORSE - Pros After The Title
Chris Edwards / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The HORSE events have long been a favorite for the pros who declare it as the biggest show of skill being able to play more than one poker game. HORSE is an acronym for the 5 games played 10 hands...Read more »
Peter "TenderTrap" Hedlund
nono / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment
1) So how did you start playing poker? Basically the same as most people I suppose: Watched the first WPT season, got hooked, started up home game, deposited $50 twenty times and lost it all, read some books and forums....Read more »
Mikel
nono / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Mikel is the Spanish Accounts Manager. He joined Betfair in May 2005, and had never played poker before that. Now, you´ll find him daily at the low limit cash tables and sit and gos under his alias pokrap. A regular...Read more »
Sharks show they are not all bite
Editor / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Two players at the World Series of Poker have managed to keep their successes in perspective to show there is more to life than the huge pot they have just taken down, writes Rob Eddy....Read more »
John Tabatabai cashed in 51st.
nono / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Betfair Pro John Tabatabai managed to cash in Event 19, finishing 51st for $11,681. This is the first cash in this WSOP for one of Betfair's Pros and we expect it not to be the last......Read more »
Daniel Negreanu - WSOP Event 20 winner Bio
nono / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The $2,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em champion for 2008 is Daniel Negreanu, from Las Vegas, NV. He is a professional poker player and bona fide poker celebrity. Few players command public attention or crowd adulation like the Canadian-born superstar....Read more »
WSOP Event 20 - Facts and Figures
nono / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment
9 facts about the WSOP Event 20, $2,000 Limit Hold 'Em, where Daniel Negreanu won his 4th WSOP bracelet, that you may not have known....Read more »
Negreanu wins his 4th WSOP bracelet in Event 20
nono / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Kid Poker grows up with his 4th WSOP bracelet. Daniel Negreanu claims to be "ten times the player" he was when he won his first WSOP bracelet... look out world!...Read more »
Vanessa Selbst - WSOP Event 19 winner Bio
nono / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The 2008 $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha champion is Vanessa Selbst, a 23-year-old law student and poker professional from Brooklyn, NY. Selbst became the first woman to win a WSOP open event since Katja Thater last year in the 2007 Razz...Read more »
WSOP Event 19 - Facts and Figures
nono / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment
12 facts about the WSOP Event 19, $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, where the 19th bracelet won by a woman in the 39 year history of the WSOP was won, that you may not have known....Read more »
Event 20 - $3000 Limit Hold'em - Negreanu's Final Table Route
Chris Edwards / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Looking for this 4th bracelet, Daniel Negreanu has made another final table, this time in the $3k Limit Hold'em event. Here we look at some of his biggest hands along the way. * Daniel has since won this event. -...Read more »
2nd bracelet for the ladies in Event 19
nono / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Vanessa Selbst defeated a field of 759 and was locked in a heads up battle with Jamie Pickering, who was raising and calling blind!...Read more »
Event 20 - $2,000 Limit Hold 'Em
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Daniel Negreanu...Read more »
Event 19 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
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Vanessa Selbst...Read more »
Chasing The Gold
Chris Edwards / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The WSOP has already had some high caliber winners. There are also many pro's in the field who have not yet won their share of the gold and others who's gold is getting rusty, writes Chris Edwards....Read more »
Mike Matusow - WSOP Event 18 winner Bio
nono / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner was Mike Matusow, from Las Vegas, NV. This was his third career WSOP gold bracelet win....Read more »
WSOP Event 18 - Facts and Figures
nono / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment
17 facts about the WSOP Event 18, $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/ReBuys, the largest No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball tournament in WSOP history, that you may not have known....Read more »
Tabatabai 86th out of 121.
nono / 12 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Table draws have been done and chips counted and John Tabatabai is in 86th with 121 players left. Sorel went out while trying to steal and ran 8c6c into JJ for no help....Read more »
Chris Moneymaker: Online Poker's Catalyst
Matthew Pitt / 12 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Online poker has been around for many years but it took the victory of an amateur player to launch the game on a global scale - and that man was the aptly named Chris Moneymaker....Read more »
Tabatabai makes Day 2.
nono / 12 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Betfair Pro John Tabatabai has made Day 2 of Event 21, the $5000 buy in No-Limit Hold'em. No word yet of his stack but more updates as we get them....Read more »
Event 18 winner - Mike "The Mouth" Matusow
nono / 12 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Unlike the winner, the title here says it all. Mike Matusow has won the No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/ReBuys event and now has 3 WSOP bracelets and 22 WSOP cashes to his name....Read more »
Event 18 - $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/ReBuys
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Mike Matusow...Read more »
Andrew Brown - WSOP Event 16 winner Bio
nono / 11 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner was Andrew Brown, a 26-year-old professional poker player from New York, NY. Brown was a student at New York University prior to taking up poker for a living. Brown has no aspirations of being on television or being...Read more »
WSOP Event 16 - Facts and Figures
nono / 11 June 2008 / Leave a comment
17 facts about the WSOP Event 16, $2,000 Hi Lo Omaha 8/b, where Scott Clements became the first person this year to reach two final tables, that you may not have known....Read more »
Event 17 - $1,500 No Limit Hold 'Em Shootout
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Jason Young...Read more »
Event 16 - $2,000 Hi Lo Omaha 8/b
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Andrew Brown...Read more »
Event 15 - $10,000 Ladies World Championship NLHE
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Svetlana Gromenkova...Read more »
Lindgren finally a bride
Editor / 11 June 2008 / Leave a comment
This year's World Series of Poker kicked off with a relative unknown professional from Canada, Nenad Medic, winning the first event and of course, his first WSOP gold bracelet, writes Rob Eddy....Read more »
Jason Young - WSOP Event 17 winner Bio
nono / 11 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner was Jason Young, from Suffern, NY. He is a 26-year-old aspiring professional poker player. Young recently left his job to pursue playing poker for a living. In his prior job, he worked for six years for the Parks...Read more »
WSOP Event 17 - Facts and Figures
nono / 11 June 2008 / Leave a comment
17 facts about the WSOP Event 17, $1,500 NLHE Shootout, which saw a Russian finalist for the 4th straight event, that you may not have known....Read more »
Event 16 over and no joy for Forrest
nono / 11 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Event 16 has been won by Andrew Brown picking up two pair and a low on the river to eliminate Ted Forrest in second....Read more »
Event 17 concludes before Event 16
nono / 11 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Event 17, $1,500 NLHE Shootout, has been won by Jason Young. Event 16 between Forrest and Brown still close after Brown almost finished Forrest with a rivered flush....Read more »
WSOP History (1997): The Kid Dazzles Fremont Street
Chris Edwards / 11 June 2008 / Leave a comment
With the hot topic at the moment being the final table change, a lot of people don't know that this will not be the first time the WSOP tried something different on the last day....Read more »
Event 16 - Heads Up
nono / 11 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Heads up play is currently underway between Andrew Brown and a man with professional cashes to his name going back to at least 1991, Ted Forrest ....Read more »
Svetlana Gromenkova - WSOP Event 15 winner Bio
nono / 11 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner was Svetlana Gromenkova, from New York, NY. She was born near Moscow, Russia and immigrated to the United States about six years ago....Read more »
WSOP Event 15 - Facts and (36-28-36) Figures
nono / 11 June 2008 / 1 Comments
17 facts about the WSOP Event 15, $1,000 Ladies World Championship NLHE, where almost which had the first ever excessive celebration penalty, that you may not have known. The writer would also like to apologise for the somewhat sexist title....Read more »
Event 15 - One for the ladies
nono / 11 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Whether you do or don't believe women should have tournaments of their own in games not requiring muscle power, Svetlana Gromenkova fought a world class field for the first bracelet to be taken by a woman this year....Read more »
Event 15 - $1,000 Ladies World Championship NLHE
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Svetlana Gromenkova...Read more »
Eric Brooks - WSOP Event 14 winner Bio
nono / 10 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Brooks is a 48-year-old business owner. He is married and has two children. Brooks collected $415,856 for first place. He also earned his first WSOP gold bracelet....Read more »
WSOP Event 14 - Facts and Figures
nono / 10 June 2008 / Leave a comment
17 facts about the WSOP Event 14, $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud, where almost 45% of players who cashed had a WSOP bracelet already, that you may not have known....Read more »
John Tabatabai
nono / 10 June 2008 / Leave a comment
He is currently in Vegas for the WSOP and Betfair look forward to seeing great results from him. Check back soon for John Tabatabai's blog and tournament reports....Read more »
Duncan Bell - WSOP Event 13 winner Bio
nono / 10 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner was Duncan "Pumper" Bell from Vancouver, BC (Canada). He is a 32-year-old professional poker player. Bell is married to his wife Joyce, and has one son, Ian....Read more »
WSOP Event 13 - Facts and Figures
nono / 10 June 2008 / Leave a comment
16 facts about the WSOP Event 13, $2,500 No Limit Hold 'Em, which was the first event that talk show host Montel Williams has played in this year, that you may not have known....Read more »
Event 14 sees World Champion of seven stud crowned
nono / 10 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Eric Brooks won the World Championship of Seven Stud in the $10,000 buy in WSOP Event 14. He saw off 157 other contenders to win $415,856....Read more »
Event 13 won by Duncan Bell
nono / 10 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Duncan Bell proves that aces can hold up occasionally by destroying Steve Merrifield's pocket tens on a 8 high flop....Read more »
Event 14 - $10,000 World Championship 7 Card Stud
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Eric Brooks...Read more »
Event 13 - $2,500 No Limit Hold 'Em
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Duncan Bell...Read more »
Main Event Final Table Delay
Chris Edwards / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Proving that there's one thing on everyone poker players mind in the build up to the WSOP Main Event, Chris Edwards writes about the Final Table delay and how he thinks it'll effect the game....Read more »
Jimmy Schultz - WSOP Event 12 winner Bio
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner was Jimmy Shultz who is originally from Charleston, SC. He now lives in Columbus, OH. Shultz is a 37-year-old mortgage broker who by his own admission is enduring some tough times. He is a part-time poker player....Read more »
WSOP Event 12 - Facts and Figures
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
18 facts about the WSOP Event 12, $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em, with a $1.2 Million prize pool, that you may not have known....Read more »
Phillip Tom - WSOP Event 11 winner Bio
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Tom was born in 1953. As a good luck charm, Tom uses a Benjamin Franklin silver half dollar as a card protector, appropriately minted in 1953....Read more »
Is bigger really better?
Editor / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
A massive pool of entrants may make for spectacular television coverage, but is it the best way of determining a world champion, asks Rob Eddy?...Read more »
WSOP Event 11 - Facts and Figures
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
18 facts about the WSOP Event 11, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout, with a final table consisting of only American and Canadian players, that you may not have known....Read more »
Farzad Rouhani - WSOP Event 10 winner Bio
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner was Farzad "Freddy" Rouhani, from Germantown, MD. He is a 44-year-old professional poker player....Read more »
WSOP Event 10 - Facts and Figures
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
16 facts about the WSOP Event 10, $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better, marking Michale mizrachi first ever WSOP final table appearance, that you may not have known....Read more »
Rep Porter - WSOP Event 9 winner Bio
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner of Event 9 was Rep Porter. He is a 37-year-old professional poker player from Woodinville, WA - located about 45 miles north of Seattle. He is married to Lisa and they have two children....Read more »
WSOP Event 9 - Facts and Figures
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
11 facts about the WSOP Event 9, $1,500 Short Handed Hold 'Em, an event that only debuted in 2005, that you may not have known....Read more »
Event 18 Preview: No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/ Rebuys
Chris Edwards / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
2-7 Draw was first played as a tournament at the WSOP in 1973, with two $3,000 buy-in events, the first won by Aubrey Day and the second won by the legendary Jack Strauss. Since then such stars as Allen Cunningham...Read more »
Anthony Rivera - WSOP Event 8 winner Bio
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner was Anthony Rivera. He is a 22-year-old professional poker player from Las Vegas. Rivera is originally from St. Louis, MO. He attended the University of Missouri, but decided to suspend his education and move to Las Vegas to...Read more »
WSOP Event 8 - Facts and Figures
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
15 facts about the WSOP Event 8, $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event, where 40% of the field had a WSOP gold bracelet, that you may not have known....Read more »
Matt Keikoan - WSOP Event 7 winner Bio
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em champion is Matt Keikoan. He is a 40-year-old professional poker player from San Rafael, CA. Keikoan worked as a "poker prop" for about eight years before phasing gradually into the life of a working poker...Read more »
WSOP Event 7 - Facts and Figures
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
14 facts about the WSOP Event 7, $2,000 NLHE, which had the shortest final table so far this World Series, that you may not have known....Read more »
WSOP Winners: Jamie Gold
Chris Edwards / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
In 2006 Jamie Gold won the largest poker tournament ever played. 8,772 players entered the $10,000 NLHE Championship Main Event with Jamie winning $12m for this first place win, the largest amount for any televised sporting event in history. The...Read more »
Event 12 won by Jimmy ('Two'?) Shultz
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Runner runner trips sees Jimmy Shultz cripple Zac Fellows and follows that up with a rivered flush to secure the win....Read more »
Event 12 - $1,200 Limit Hold 'Em
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Jimmy Shultz...Read more »
WSOP History (1998): Mike McD vs. Doyle
Chris Edwards / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Back in 1998 arguably the most popular poker film of all time 'Rounders' was released. Matt Damon and Edward Norton star as seedy professional players, Mike McDermott and Lester 'Worm' Murphy, hustling any game they can find, sometimes with disastrous...Read more »
Event 11 Shootout now shot out.
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Another player with 2 cashes already and less than a quarter of the events played at this year's World Series of Poker is Event 11 winner Phillip Tom....Read more »
Records broken at Event 2
Editor / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Event two at the World Series of Poker set a new benchmark for non-Main Events, when 3,929 players took to the felt to listen to those most famous of phrases 'Shuffle up and deal', writes Rob Eddy....Read more »
Event 10 Winner - Farzad Rouhani
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Jack of all trades and now master of one, Farzad Rouhani gets his 7th WSOP cash and first win in 4 different disciplines. This time Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low - 8 or Better....Read more »
WSOP Event 9 winner gets his second cash of the series.
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Ralph Porter bought into Event 9's short handed hold 'em after busting out 72nd in Event 3's Omaha Hi/Lo, where he cashed for a little over double his $1,500 buy in. He confirms he's no 1 trick pony as he...Read more »
Turbulent Times For Tom 'durrr' Dwan Pt.2
Chris Edwards / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
After confusing everyone with his metagame thinking, durrr unearthed a flaw in the structure of the $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event. A new event for this year, it consists of 8 games which rotate every eight hands....Read more »
Anthony Rivera wins WSOP $10,000 Championship
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
In contrast to the 2 hour Event 7 heads up Event 8 was over in about 10 minutes. Anthony Rivera had a dominant ace to James Mackey's and both were all in pre-flop for no improvement to either player....Read more »
Event 7 winner no stranger to the WSOP
nono / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Matt Keikoan wins the $2,000 buy in event 7 after a heads up battle lasting 67 hands and 2 hours, taking home $550,529 for his victory. Matt first cashed in a WSOP event back in 2004, where he came 11th...Read more »
Event 11 - $5,000 NL Hold 'Em Shootout
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Phillip Tom...Read more »
Event 10 - $2,500 Omaha/7 Stud Hi-Low - 8/b
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Farzad Rouhani...Read more »
Event 9 - $1,500 Short Handed NL Hold 'Em
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Ralph Porter...Read more »
Event 8 - $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event
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Anthony Rivera...Read more »
Event 7 - $2,000 No Limit Hold 'Em
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Matt Keikoan...Read more »
Turbulent Times For Tom 'durrr' Dwan Pt.1
Chris Edwards / 06 June 2008 / 1 Comments
It seems that during his first year at the WSOP in Vegas, Tom 'durrr' Dwan is not making any new friends says Chris Edwards. There have already been two reports on him being involved in arguments, with one being justified...Read more »
A sign of things to come?
Editor / 06 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The World Series of Poker is very much underway in Las Vegas and if the first event is anything to go by, then players and spectators alike are in for a veritable feast, writes Rob Eddy....Read more »
Thang Luu - WSOP Event 6 winner Bio
nono / 06 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner was Thang Luu. He is a 33-year-old professional poker player from Las Vegas, NV. Luu was born in Vietnam. He arrived in the United States at the age of 17. Prior to becoming a poker pro, Luu worked...Read more »
WSOP Event 6 - Facts and Figures
nono / 06 June 2008 / Leave a comment
17 facts about the WSOP Event 6, $1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo, although the the winner's favourite poker game is badugi, that you may not have known....Read more »
WSOP Event 6, Omaha 8/b, finished.
nono / 06 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Thang Luu does one better than his 2007 appearance, in which he came 2nd, to take home a WSOP braclet in the $1,500 Omaha 8/b event. Currently it's Pros 5 - Amateurs 1 in the chase for the bracelets. Will...Read more »
Event 6 - $1,500 Omaha 8/b
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Thang Luu...Read more »
Michael Banducci - WSOP Event 5 winner Bio
nono / 06 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner is Michael Banducci, from Traverse City, MI. He is a 23-year-old professional poker player. Banducci was born in Toronto, Ontario (Canada)....Read more »
WSOP Event 5 - Facts and Figures
nono / 06 June 2008 / Leave a comment
18 facts about the WSOP Event 5, $1,000 No Limit Hold 'Em with rebuys, where there were 2.258 extra buy ins up for grabs, that you may not have known....Read more »
WSOP Event 5 winner crowned.
nono / 06 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Michael Banducci takes down WSOP event 5 for a $636,736 first prize. Banducci's AJ dominated Williams' A5 and although an inside straight draw appeared on the turn it wasn't to be with Banducci's hand holding up the whole way. This...Read more »
Event 5 - $1,000 No Limit Hold 'Em w/ rebuys
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Michael Banducci...Read more »
Nick "Nibbles" Sellors
nono / 06 June 2008 / Leave a comment
1) So how did you start playing poker? I actually started when I was in sixth form at school, playing five card draw for pennies but I suppose I properly started when Betfair Poker launched, whenever that was (seems like...Read more »
Craig "Hangman" Burgess
nono / 06 June 2008 / Leave a comment
1) So how did you start playing poker? I've always been a card player and got into poker 5 years ago, initially on line but now I just cencentrate on live games. My interest in the game came about through...Read more »
Vinod "pirahn" Jadav
nono / 06 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Ninos "PooL" Brahim
nono / 06 June 2008 / Leave a comment
1) So how did you start playing poker? I went to school with Erik Sagström and when we were 15 he taught a few of us how to play poker, so every break we would get the cards out and...Read more »
Lewis "bladelew" Pilkington
nono / 06 June 2008 / Leave a comment
1) So how did you start playing poker? Just starting playing Sit&Go's on Betfair poker about 4 years ago. Didn't come about from seeing it on TV or anything like that, just saw the advertisement of online poker and thought...Read more »
Lee "LordBath" Johnsey
nono / 06 June 2008 / Leave a comment
1) So how did you start playing poker? With my father in-law, he was a dealer back in the 1960's in Manchester. 2) How long have you been playing on Betfair and at what type of tables can you normally...Read more »
Michael "vespat5" Duke
nono / 05 June 2008 / Leave a comment
1) So how did you start playing poker? We used to play 5 stud ,7 stud and 3 brag etc when were kids for our paper round money. 2) How long have you been playing on Betfair and at what...Read more »
Marcel "Tafkam" van Wijk
nono / 05 June 2008 / Leave a comment
1) So how did you start playing poker? I started playing NLH with some friends in a bar 8 years ago. About 5 years ago I got introduced in online poker and became a Pokerchamps member. Last year during the...Read more »
Phidias "phidias" Georgiou
nono / 05 June 2008 / Leave a comment
1) So how did you start playing poker? I started playing 5 card poker when I was 13 years old, because it is the most known form of poker in Cyprus. I started playing Texas Hold'em 5 years ago when...Read more »
WSOP 2008 Final Table Delay
Matthew Pitt / 05 June 2008 / 1 Comments
Delaying the Main Event final table concerns Mathew Pitt It's WSOP time again but the poker world must be patient before being able to crown its 39th Main Event World Champion....Read more »
Erik Lindgren - WSOP Event 4 winner Bio
nono / 05 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner of the $5,000 buy-in Mixed Hold'em event is Erick Lindgren. He is 31-years-old. Lindgren has been a professional poker player for nearly ten years....Read more »
WSOP Event 4 - Facts and Figures
nono / 05 June 2008 / Leave a comment
23 facts about the WSOP Event 4, $5,000 Mixed Limit Hold 'Em, where two final table players (now three) are WSOP bracelet winners, that you may not have known....Read more »
David Singer - WSOP Event 3 winner bio
nono / 05 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner of the $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold'em tournament was David Singer, from Las Vegas, NV. He is 41-years-old. He has been playing poker professionally since 2001....Read more »
WSOP Event 3 - Facts and Figures
nono / 05 June 2008 / Leave a comment
19 facts about the WSOP Event 3, $1,500 Pot Limit Hold 'Em, the largest pot limit hold 'em prize pool ever, that you may not have known....Read more »
Sorel out with cracked KK - WSOP Event 5
nono / 05 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Betfair Pro Sorel Mizzi busts out in 81st for over $8k, after getting KK cracked by K8 all in preflop....Read more »
Grant Hinkle - WSOP Event 2 winner Bio
nono / 05 June 2008 / Leave a comment
The winner of the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em event is Grant Hinkle. He is 27-years-old and turns 28 on June 7th (in just a few days). He was born in Topeka, KS. Hinkle works as a businessman who specializes in...Read more »
WSOP Event 2 - Facts and Figures
nono / 05 June 2008 / Leave a comment
24 facts about the WSOP Event 2, $1,500 No Limit Hold 'Em, the 4th largest poker tournament ever, that you may not have known....Read more »
Nenad Medic Wins Event 1 ($10k PLH Championship)
Chris Edwards / 05 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Nenad Medic, the 24 year old Full Tilt sponsored Canadian poker professional, beat 352 players to take down the $10,000 Pot Limit Holdem World Championship. It is his first bracelet to date....Read more »
Event 4 - $5,000 Mixed Limit Hold 'Em
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Erick Lindgren...Read more »
Event 3 - $1,500 PL Hold 'Em
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David Singer...Read more »
Event 2 finally over.
nono / 04 June 2008 / Leave a comment
A dream flop on a stone cold bluff sees Grant Hinkle win the second WSOP bracelet. Hinkle re-re-raises all in with Ten 4 Diamonds and is called by Akenhead's AKo. Looks like it'll all be over until the flop coms...Read more »
Event 2 - $15,000 No Limit Holdem
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Grant Hinkle...Read more »
WSOP Event 5 - Sorel down to 40th
nono / 04 June 2008 / Leave a comment
106 players left and all the rebuys are done. 2,258 rebuy for an average of just under 3 rebuys a player. No update on how many of those were Sorel's but he's now in about 40th place with 57,000 chips....Read more »
WSOP Event 5 - Sorel currently in 16th.
nono / 04 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Betfair Pro Sorel Mizzi is currently sitting in 16th place in the $1,000 NLHE rebuy event. Having played solidly in events 1 and 2 without a result this could be his first cash of the WSOP this year. Sorel cashed...Read more »
WSOP Event 2... still going.
nono / 04 June 2008 / Leave a comment
With a record field of 3,929 players for a WSOP preliminary event Event 2, a $1,500 NLHE freezeout failed to reach a final table by the end of day 2! Play was suspended at 6am local time but has resumed...Read more »
Sorel Mizzi
nono / 04 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Sorel Mizzi - aka Imper1um - is a 21 year old from Toronto, Canada who is fast becoming a force to be reckoned with in the live poker world....Read more »
Event 1 - $10,000 Pot Limit Holdem
nono / 02 June 2008 / Leave a comment
Nenad Medic...Read more »
First WSOP Bracelet winner of 2008 is...
nono / 01 June 2008 / Leave a comment
...Nenad Medic. This is Nenad's 4th cash in a WSOP of poker with his first back in 2005. The WSOP bracelet compliments his WPT win from 2006 making him one of the few players to have achieved both accolades. Expect...Read more »