July 2008

The November Nine: Craig Marquis

Chris Edwards / 29 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Craig Marquis is a 23 year old poker player from Arlington, Texas. He is best known as an online player and goes by the screen name 'craigmarq'. Although he has only been playing for roughly 18 months he has moved...Read more »

The November Nine: Darus Suharto

Chris Edwards / 29 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Darus Suharto is a 39 year old amateur player originally from Indonesia. He is strictly a recreational player, playing only at weekends and around his full time job, but still managing to put 15 hours a week in. He has...Read more »

The November Nine: Ylon Schwartz

Chris Edwards / 28 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Ylon Schwartz is 38 years old and hails from Brooklyn, New York. He is a self described Professional gambler and has spent most of his adult life in casinos. He returns to the cloth with a chip stack of 12,525,000....Read more »

Lesser lights to shine?

Editor / 28 July 2008 / Leave a comment

This year's World Series of Poker had been dubbed the 'Year of the Pro' with a large number of bracelets picked up by the more established stars, but the Main Event proved to be in stark contrast as some lesser-known...Read more »

The November Nine: David 'Chino' Rheem

Chris Edwards / 26 July 2008 / Leave a comment

David 'Chino' Rheem is 28 years old and currently resides in Los Angeles. He is admittedly the most experienced among the November nine with a string of impressive cashes. He began playing poker in Florida after he turned 18 an...Read more »

The November Nine: Peter Eastgate

Chris Edwards / 24 July 2008 / Leave a comment

At just 22 years of age, Peter Eastgate is the youngest player at the final table of the Main Event. If was to win he would become the youngest ever Vegas winner behind Phil Hellmuth who was 24 when he...Read more »

Steve Sung - Bad Stakes

Chris Edwards / 21 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Steve Sung may be relatively unknown to the poker public, but he is very respected amongst some of the games elite. He has racked up over $2.5m dollars in tournament winnings over the last three years and can be regularly...Read more »

The November Nine: Ivan Demidov

Chris Edwards / 21 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Chip Count: 24,400,000 Ivan Demidov is a 27 year old poker player from Moscow, Russia. He is the second Russian player in two years to make the final table after Alex Kravchenko finished 4th to eventual winner Jerry Yang. Demidov...Read more »

Poker Brat causes penalty rumpus

Editor / 21 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Phil Hellmuth caused a bit of a stir during his challenge at the World Series of Poker Main Event and it is not something that has come out of the blue for the eleven-time WSOP bracelet winner, writes Rob Eddy....Read more »

Tiffany Michelle Fights Back

Chris Edwards / 18 July 2008 / 2 Comments

Following on from the official Pokernews statement, Tony G wrote a long blog entry detailing his side of the incident. Tony claims that he had reluctantly backed Tiffany after being advised by Jeff Lisandro. Tony had already staked 34 players...Read more »

The November Nine: Scott Montgomery

Chris Edwards / 18 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Chip Count: 19,690,000 Scott Montgomery grew up playing cards with his family in Perth, Canada and is 26 years of age. He studied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo before moving to Japan to teach English and it was around...Read more »

The November Nine: Dennis Phillips

Chris Edwards / 17 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Chip Count: 26,295,000 On the 9th of November, nine players will return to the Rio to play in the World Series Of Poker Main Event final table. Out of the final nine the chip leader will be Dennis Phillips from...Read more »

A chip and a chair!

Matthew Pitt / 17 July 2008 / Leave a comment

In order to win poker tournaments you need to be fully focussed at all times but more important still, you need to have self-belief and a little bit of luck, writes Matthew Pitt....Read more »

Euro young guns in 'November Nine'

Editor / 16 July 2008 / Leave a comment

The final table has now been established at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas but the action has of course been put on hold, with the 'November Nine', as they have been dubbed, given a 117-day break before...Read more »

WSOP ME Day 7 - Key Hands and Eliminations

Chris Edwards / 15 July 2008 / Leave a comment

The last remaining 27 players sat down to play all the way down to the final 9 before taking the break for the final table. Here are some of the biggest hands of the day, including unknown players who might...Read more »

Tiffany Michelle In Trouble At Main Event

Chris Edwards / 15 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Tiffany Michelle, broadcaster for Pokernews played in a few events this WSOP but it was not until the final event of the year, the Main Event, that she made a deep run. She finished the event 17th, close to the...Read more »

The November Nine

nono / 15 July 2008 / Leave a comment

The WSOP main event has drawn to a halt with the remaining nine players not playing out the final table until November....Read more »

Event 53 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout

nono / 15 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Matthew Graham...Read more »

WSOP ME Day 6 - Key Hands and Eliminations

Chris Edwards / 14 July 2008 / Leave a comment

With just 79 players remaining in the main event, the average chip stack at the start of day 6 is 1.73 million. Here are the days biggest hands. Phil Hellmuth caused quite a stir late on in day 5 when...Read more »

WSOP ME Day 5 - Recap

Chris Edwards / 14 July 2008 / Leave a comment

At the start of day five 189 players returned to play in the Amazon Room. 79 players finished the day/ Here are the chip leaders at the end of the day: Mark Ketteringham: 5,700,000 Andrew Brokos: 4,100,000 Tiffany Michelle: 3,800,000...Read more »

Nolan Dalla's Tournament Notes

Amy / 14 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Tournament Notes from Day Six: • Ten days ago, the World Series of Poker Main Event began on Thursday, July 3rd, 2008. The official Day Six was played on Sunday, July 13th. • This is the 46th of a 47-day...Read more »

27 Players Left In The WSOP Main Event

Amy / 14 July 2008 / Leave a comment

2008 World Series of Poker End of Day 6 Results Sunday, July 13, 2008 Event # 54 Buy In $10,000 Game World Championship No Limit Holdem Number of Entries 6,844 Net Prize Pool $64,333,600 First Place Prize $9,119,517 Total Spots...Read more »

WSOP ME Day 4 - Key Hands and Eliminations

Chris Edwards / 12 July 2008 / Leave a comment

David 'Raptor' Benefield is making a great run in this years Main Event. He won a huge pot when he called a preflop raise from the small blind along with 3 other players. The flop came 8s 7s 5h and...Read more »

European Chip Counts after WSOP ME Day 4

Chris Edwards / 12 July 2008 / Leave a comment

There are 43 Europeans remaining of 189 in the World Series of Poker Main Event after Day 4 was completed earlier today. WSOPE 2008 CHIP COUNTS England has the largest number of European qualifiers going into Day 5 with 8...Read more »

474 Left In The Main Event

Amy / 11 July 2008 / Leave a comment

2008 World Series of Poker End of Day 3 Results Thursday, July 10, 2008 Event # 54 Buy In $10,000 Game World Championship No Limit Holdem Number of Entries 6,844 Net Prize Pool $64,333,600 First Place Prize $9,119,517 Total Spots...Read more »

WSOP ME Day 3 Key Hands and Eliminations

Chris Edwards / 11 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Patrik Antonius hit the rail early on in day three. He started the day short stacked and after a raise from the button, he moved all in with the big blind. Patrik was slightly behind with KcJh against his opponents...Read more »

Six Left In The Main Event

Amy / 11 July 2008 / Leave a comment

We are nearly at the end of Day three and we have six players left in the Main Event who have now all made it into the money. Congratulations goes to bigtam who has chip count of 21k. Bigtam qualified...Read more »

Phil Laak Fools The World

Chris Edwards / 10 July 2008 / 1 Comments

During day 1D of the main event, one player who usually get lots of media attention was AWOL. Phil Laak was set to play on table 33, seat 8, but when reporters went to catch the quirky star in...Read more »

WSOP ME Day 2B - Key Hands and Eliminations

Chris Edwards / 10 July 2008 / Leave a comment

The remaining 2,379 players from Days 1C and 1D returned to the Rio to play the second day 2 of the main event. Here are the biggest hands from the day. Defending champion Jerry Yang made an early exit. He...Read more »

Betfair Qualifier Keith Hawkins Makes It to Day Three

Amy / 10 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Keith Hawkins who aslo qualified on Betfair Poker has made it to Day Three with a healthy stack of over 200,000. Good Luck Keith!...Read more »

Betfair Qualifier Hugh Murray Makes It to Day Three

Amy / 10 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Hugh Murray from London England qualified for the WSOP Main Event via Betfair. Hugh has made it through to Day Three with 56,800 chips....Read more »

Betfair Qualifier Peter Hedlund Makes It To Day Three

Amy / 10 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Betfair Qualifier Peter Hedlund from Stockholm Sweden has made it to Day Three with 61,000 chips....Read more »

842 From Day2B Make It to Day Three

Amy / 10 July 2008 / Leave a comment

2008 World Series of Poker End of Day 2-B Results Wednesday, July 9, 2008 Event # 54 Buy In $10,000 Game World Championship No Limit Holdem Number of Entries (2378 start of 2B) 6844 total Net Prize Pool $64,333,600 First...Read more »

Sorel's Out

Amy / 10 July 2008 / Leave a comment

I regret to inform you all that Sorel was busted out on Day 2b and will not be joining the remaining 11 Betfair Qualifiers on Day Three. More details on how Sorel busted out will soon follow....Read more »

11 Betfair Players Left

Amy / 10 July 2008 / 2 Comments

We have 11 Betfair Players who have made it through to Day Three. One of which is BigTam who signed up with a new account and qualified all the way from level 1. He got to vegas for $7 and...Read more »

WSOP ME Day 2A - Key Hands and Eliminations

Chris Edwards / 09 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Day 2A starts with the remaining players that survived Days 1A and 1B, 1,252 in total. Here are the days big hands. Brandon Adams started the day second in chips with around 175,000. He continued his aggressive approach right out...Read more »

Side Action Update

Chris Edwards / 09 July 2008 / Leave a comment

News of another big game was reported when Brandon Adams posted on a forum that a game was scheduled for later that evening. Players included all the big names such as Patrik Antonius, Kenny Tran and Sam Farha and included...Read more »

Tournament Notes From Day 2A

Amy / 09 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Tournament Notes from Nolan Dalla on Day 2-A: • This is the largest World Series of Poker in history. A grand total of 58,720 entries for an identical number of gold bracelet events (55 tournaments) surpassed last year's number of...Read more »

Day 2A Finishers - 466 Made it to Day Three

Amy / 09 July 2008 / Leave a comment

2008 World Series of Poker End of Day 2-A Results Tuesday, July 8, 2008 Event # 54 Buy In $10,000 Game World Championship No Limit Holdem Number of Entries 1251 (start of 2a) 6844 Total Net Prize Pool $64,333,600 First...Read more »

Complete List Of Day 2A Starters

Amy / 09 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Day 2A Starters 2008 World Series of Poker Sunday, July 6, 2008 Registration List Event # 54 2A Starters (1A and 1B restarts) Buy-In $10,000 Game World Championship No-Limit Hold'em Number of Entries/Players 1251 (Days 1A & B combined) Total...Read more »

Day One's Summary

Amy / 07 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Tournament Notes on Day 1s Of the WSOP Main Event in Las vegas 2008 World Series of Poker Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada Official Report Event #54 World Championship No-Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $ 10,000 Number of Entries:...Read more »

WSOP ME Day 1D - Key Hands and Eliminations

Chris Edwards / 07 July 2008 / Leave a comment

With today being the last of day one, we look at some of the biggest hands. Defending champion Jerry Yang had a turbulent first day and was low on chips early on, before putting his tournament life at risk. Yang...Read more »

Team Betfair In Day Two

Amy / 07 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Go team Betfair! Well done to all of our team who has made it to Day two of the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas. Betfair Pro Sorel Mizzi has made it to day two in a very strong position...Read more »

WSOP ME Day 1C - Key Hands and Eliminations

Chris Edwards / 06 July 2008 / Leave a comment

The third of four day ones has come to an end, here are the biggest moments of the day. Clonie Gowen was involved in a big hand early. In a limped pot, the flop came Ah 5d 4s and Clonie...Read more »

WSOP ME Day 1B - Roundup

Chris Edwards / 06 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Here are the chip leaders at the end of day 1B. Ben Sarnoff - 165,000 Robert Mizrachi - 131,000 Nicholas Caltabiano - 120,000 Patrik Antonius - 116,000 Robert Eckstut - 115,000 Marc Karam - 113,000 Brian Schaedlich - 110,000 Giles...Read more »

WSOP ME Day 1A - Key Hands and Eliminations

Chris Edwards / 04 July 2008 / Leave a comment

With day 1A over and already some impressive chip stacks here we will look at some of the biggest hands from the first day. Tom 'durrr' Dwan had a rough day, with his Aces getting cracked by A8 and losing...Read more »

Summary of Day 1a

Amy / 04 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Tournament Notes from Nolan Dalla 2008 World Series of Poker Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada Official Report Event #54 World Championship No-Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $ 10,000 Number of Entries: TBD Total Net Prize Pool: TBD July 3...Read more »

650 Left after Day 1a

Amy / 04 July 2008 / 5 Comments

2008 World Series of Poker End of Day 1-A Results - July 3, 2008 Event # 54 Buy In $10,000 Game World Championship No Limit Hold'em Main Event Number of Entries on Day 1A 1,297 Number of Total Entries...Read more »

Smyth flushed with first bracelet

Amy / 04 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Europe has enjoyed its fair share of success in the World Series of Poker...Read more »

Main Event Underway

Chris Edwards / 04 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Day 1A is officially underway, with things taking a bit longer to begin than expected. Players were treated to a performance of 'Viva las Vegas' before the official announcement of 'shuffle up and deal!' The official player count is not...Read more »

Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em

Amy / 03 July 2008 / Leave a comment

David Daneshgar...Read more »

Reluctant winner lands biggest prize

Amy / 03 July 2008 / Leave a comment

The biggest single cash prize of the World Series of Poker so far in Las Vegas has just been won when Joe Commisso took down the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em six handed tournament, event 46, writes Rob Eddy. The man...Read more »

Event 50 - $10,000 PLO Championship - Smyth Takes The Gold

Chris Edwards / 02 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Coming into the final table, Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi had a healthy lead with nearly 1.8m in chips. He would be involved in nearly all the big hands, eliminating 5 of the final 9. He came short of his first...Read more »

WSOP Main Event Countdown - Big Final Hands Pt.1

Chris Edwards / 02 July 2008 / Leave a comment

In less than a week we will have 9 players who have outlasted thousands to make the most anticipated final table in the history of the WSOP Main Event. One player will be crowned World Champion in undoubtedly thrilling fashion,...Read more »

Prince joins elite club

Amy / 02 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Scott Nguyen demonstrated his all-round poker prowess by taking down the 2008 $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship in Las Vegas to land his fifth World Series of Poker bracelet and end a run of seven years without one, writes Rob Eddy....Read more »

Event 53 - End Of Day One

Amy / 02 July 2008 / Leave a comment

2008 World Series of Poker End of Day One Results Event # 53 Buy In $1,500 Game Limit Hold'em Shootout Number of Entries 823 Net Prize Pool $1,123,395 First Place Prize $278,180 Total Spots Paid Out 90 Players Remaining 72...Read more »

Event 52 - End Of Day 2

Amy / 02 July 2008 / Leave a comment

2008 World Series of Poker End of Day Two Results Event # 52 Buy In $1,500 Game No Limit Hold'em Number of Entries 2,693 Net Prize Pool $3,675,945 First Place Prize $625,443 Players In the Money 270 Players Remaining 9...Read more »

Event 51 - H.O.R.S.E

Amy / 02 July 2008 / Leave a comment

James Schaaf...Read more »

Event 50 - World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha

Amy / 02 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Marty Smyth...Read more »

Side Action Update

Chris Edwards / 01 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Side action at this years WSOP has been sparse compared to last year, but a very exciting report has just come in. Word around the Bellagio is that during the next few days, a $4000/$8000 PLO and NLHE mixed game...Read more »

Event 50 - $10,000 PLO Championship - Day Two Recap

Chris Edwards / 01 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Only 86 players survived day one after 381 entered the $10,000 World Championship Of Pot Limit Omaha. Josh Arieh came into day two as chip leader with 347,000 chips but with many great players still left playing the turbulent...Read more »

Event 49 - 1,500 No Limit Hold'em

Amy / 01 July 2008 / Leave a comment

JC Tran...Read more »

Event 48 - No Limit Hold'em

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Alexandre Gomes...Read more »

Event 47 - 7-card Stud Hi-Lo 8-or-Better

Amy / 01 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Ralph Hughes...Read more »

Event 46 - No Limit Hold'em Six Handed

Amy / 01 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Joe Commisso...Read more »

Event 49 - We have a Winner

Amy / 01 July 2008 / Leave a comment

2008 World Series of Poker Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada Official Report Event # 49 No-Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $ 1,500 Number of Entries: 2,718 Number of Re-Buys: NA Total Net Prize Pool: $ 3,710,070 June 28-30, 2008...Read more »