WSOP Hand of the Day: Owais Ahmed vs. Michael Mizrachi

Wednesday's WSOP Hand of the Day comes from Event No. 47, the $2,500 Omaha/8-Stud/8 event that attracted a star-studded field of top mixed game experts. The top five alone -- Scotty Nguyen, Scott Bohlman, Abe...

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30 Jun 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Rep Porter vs. Stephen Su

It was another busy day yesterday at the World Series of Poker, with several events going on at once. Two events got started, two more played out their second days, and three others finished up....

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29 Jun 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Nachman Berlin vs. Matthew Carmody

As noted yesterday, the World Series of Poker has instituted a new "hard stop" rule this year that requires tourneys be halted once ten one-hour levels have been played. A consequence of this rule has...

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28 Jun 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Matt Jarvis vs. Justin Filtz

Sunday's WSOP Hand of the Day comes from Event #40, the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event won by 2010 November Niner Matt Jarvis (see final table report here). This tournament featured a tough field of...

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27 Jun 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: 5-Way All-In in $10K PLO

Today's WSOP Hand of the Day was an easy one to choose, a huge five-way all-in hand from Event No. 42, the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship involving Ivan Freitez, Dario Alioto, Emil Patel, Aaron Schaff,...

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26 Jun 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Mitch Schock vs. Rodney Brown

While luck certainly plays a role in deciding which players make it to the final tables of World Series of Poker events, more often than not those who have outlasted the field to put themselves...

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25 Jun 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Thomas Middleton, Matthew Berkey, and John Zentner

Thursday's World Series of Poker hand of the day comes from Event #36, the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event that played down to a final table before stoppping with five players remaining. Thomas Middleton, supported with...

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24 Jun 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Mike Matusow vs. Jimmy Fricke

"I'm out lost 150k pot with J's up to straight. On river." So reported Mike "the Mouth" Matusow on his Twitter feed not long before midnight last night. Matusow was playing Day 2 of Event...

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23 Jun 2011

WSOP Hand of the Day: Greg Brooks vs. Vanessa Selbst

There were a number of familiar faces sitting around the final two tables of World Series of Poker Event #35, the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (Six-Handed) event, late in the day yesterday. Among those still with...

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22 Jun 2011

A WSOP of Near-Misses This Is

We're crossing the halfway point of the 2011 World Series of Poker, with 27 bracelets having been awarded as of last night. Among the many storylines that have emerged thus far regarding who is winning...

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18 Jun 2011

On Poker's Brave New World

This week marked the two-month anniversary of "Black Friday," the day the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed its indictment and civil complaint targeting the "Big Three" online poker sites (PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute...

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17 Jun 2011

Beyond Fairy Tale? Norman Chad Among Leaders for Final Day of Event 25

"I slept on a bed of hundred-dollar bills to simulate winning the WSOP stud8 event today. Plus I prayed to my personal God that I could cash." So tweeted Norman Chad, the wisecracking co-host of...

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16 Jun 2011

Juanda Takes 5th WSOP Bracelet, Denies Hellmuth His 12th

"Strange thing," tweeted 11-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth a little after 1 a.m. Sunday morning. "I finished in 2nd place & Won $270,000, but I feel c[o]mplet[e]ly awful + i am unconsolable..." Hellmuth was...

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13 Jun 2011

Ashby Leads 2-7 Draw Championship, Hellmuth Seeks 12th Bracelet

Event No. 16, the $10,000 buy-in Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball (No-Limit) Championship, has seen its star-studded field of 126 entrants whittled down to just nine players. Richard Ashby, a 2010 World Series of Poker bracelet winner...

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11 Jun 2011

Rule, Britannia! Brits Taking Over WSOP (Again)

2010 was no fluke, it appears. After claiming five bracelets at last year's World Series of Poker -- the most by any country other than the United States -- U.K. players are proving themselves once...

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10 Jun 2011

2011 WSOP Attendance Up During First Week

The 2011 World Series of Poker has already steamrolled into Week 2. While many dramatic stories -- both on the felt and off -- have occupied much of the poker world's attention over the first...

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8 Jun 2011

The Big One, and Other WSOP Bombshells

It has been a wild first week at the World Series of Poker. Heck, it's only been half a week, really, but the number and magnitude of the stories have been so big it has...

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3 Jun 2011

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