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As anticipation builds for the event – as well as the demand from the players – officials from King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, and the World Series of Poker have announced changes to the guarantees for the upcoming 2017 World Series of Poker Europe. The biggest announcement was regarding the guaranteed prize pool for… Read more »
For at least the last couple of decades, there has been attempts at creating a poker system that would involve teams. While poker is, at its essence, an individualistic pursuit, casual fans and newcomers have stated in the past that “team” competition is something they also like. Several attempts have come in a live format… Read more »
PokerStars parent company Amaya Inc. has finally made the transition it previewed this spring, embracing the power of the PokerStars brand and changing its corporate name to The Stars Group. Along with the rebranding comes a headquarters move from Montreal to Toronto. In a brief press release, the company said: TORONTO, Canada – August 1,… Read more »
In what seems to be a never-ending effort in the poker industry to speed up the games, PokerStars announced last week that it will be conducting a trial of some new “time to act” settings at its cash game tables. Announced in a post on the corporate blog, the goal of the new settings is… Read more »
Although it hasn’t been the groundbreaker that many thought it would be, the syndicated poker program Poker Night in America has continued to take its shots. In the month of August, the PNIA cameras will be traipsing the country in broadcasting four tournaments live while also taping cash game events and a “made for television”… Read more »
When it comes to the different Player of the Year races in the poker world, the end of the World Series of Poker is usually the time when everything resets. Players that jump out to a huge lead over the first half of the year are normally reeled in as the WSOP schedule closes. In… Read more »
After experimenting with it during its closer of season event for the past two years, the World Poker Tour became the first tournament circuit to shift its tournaments to run on a “shot clock.” Furthermore, the Season XVI events will be played in an eight-handed format, a change from the nine or ten player tables… Read more »
Last week, Macau’s Judiciary Police arrested two men for alleged casino chip counterfeiting, charging them with fraud. It is also very possible, if not likely, that the men are linked to as many as six other counterfeit chip cases since July 19th. In a press release, the police department indicated that it responded to a… Read more »
Going wire-to-wire without seemingly breaking a sweat, New Jersey poker player Scott Blumstein rode his final table chip lead all the way to the end in capturing poker’s World Championship with his 2017 WSOP Championship Event victory. Blumstein not only came to the final table back on Thursday with the chip lead, he pretty much… Read more »
The 2017 World Series of Poker has reached the penultimate day of its Championship Event. Nine players started on Thursday night and seven came back on Friday. As play closed last night, Scott Blumstein emerged as the odds-on favorite to be poker’s next World Champion. Six of the seven men who came back on Friday… Read more »
The 2017 World Series of Poker Championship Event’s Night One (seems a bit odd to say that!) action is in the books and it certainly was entertaining. As the seven players (more on that in a bit) prepare to take on Night Two in a few hours, Scott Blumstein will have a monstrous lead, bigger… Read more »
After heading off on an unknown road a couple of weeks ago – and, instead of having to wait 100 days to come back as in year’s past – the final table of the 2017 World Series of Poker’s $10,000 Championship Event is ready for action on Thursday night. In front of the cameras of… Read more »
One of the most exciting days on the annual poker calendar has been completed, as the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event final table has been determined. Leading the final nine players into Thursday’s action is New Jersey’s Scott Blumstein with 97.250 million chips, followed by the UK’s John Hesp with 85.700 million. Beyond… Read more »
The 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event is down to just 27 players from its original 7,221 as the action heads into the last day before the always anticipated final table. Christian Pham, who earned his seat in the Main Event via a $575 satellite, leads the field with 31.440 million chips. As we… Read more »
Late Thursday evening, the 2017 World Series of Poker Championship Event reached its second milestone. After becoming the third-largest WSOP Championship Event of all time (the first milestone), the first players to take a bit of the more than $67 million prize pool (and get a new mark on their Hendon Mob poker resumes) have… Read more »
The 2017 World Series of Poker Championship Event is in full swing as, after the completion of Day 2C early this morning, Artan Dedusha will take the survivors towards the first day of action when all the competitors will be battling it out at the same time. Dedusha started the day’s action with a decent… Read more »
The nuttiest part of the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event is over, as thousands of players gathered at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino Saturday through Monday for the tournaments opening starting flights. To break out an overused cliché, “when the dust cleared” Monday and the registrations were tallied, the 2017 WSOP… Read more »
After the compilation of the fans’ selections for consideration, the Poker Hall of Fame have announced the top ten nominees, with two of the men on the list being enshrined in the ‘Valhalla of poker’ during the final table play of the World Series of Poker Championship Event. The ten men on the list run… Read more »
With the start of the 2017 World Series of Poker Championship Event today, the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino will be abuzz with action. While Day 1A of poker’s premiere event is sure to garner the most news, there are some preliminary events still wrapping up in the massive Rio tournament rooms, including the first… Read more »
Despite arguably not being one of the “bigger” names on the final table, the United Kingdom’s Elior Sion defeated a tough final table to capture one of the biggest prizes in tournament poker, the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship at the 2017 World Series of Poker. At the start of the final day, the six-man pack… Read more »
I know everybody is looking forward to the start of the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event this weekend and might not really be focused on the present. I know lots of people in the United States are a bit hungover from the Independence Day revelry yesterday or simply exhausted from battling traffic and… Read more »
With about a week remaining before the start of the $10,000 World Championship Event, the 2017 World Series of Poker continued to hand out the hardware. In one case, it was the first bracelet victory for the player but, for the other, it allowed him to etch his name into history. Event #52 – $1500… Read more »
With only one week until the start of the World Series of Poker’s $10,000 Championship Event, Ray Henson has been able to pull out to a slight lead in the race for the WSOP Player of the Year award. Who is in second place at this mark in the tournament schedule will surprise – and… Read more »
It is said that winning one bracelet at the World Series of Poker is a difficult feat, especially in this day and age of the massively large fields. It is also said that winning multiple bracelets is a true indicator of poker talent; anyone can get lucky once, doing it twice means you’ve got some… Read more »
Georgia’s David Bach became the first double bracelet winner of the 2017 World Series of Poker this weekend, taking down the tough final table in Event #30: the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship. Bach outpaced the likes of Daniel Negreanu, who made his third final table of this WSOP, and Jason Mercier, who won this event last… Read more »
