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Ahead of a busy weekend at the 2014 World Series of Poker, two bracelets were awarded on Friday. In one event, Kevin Eyster had to come back for a fourth day of play before he could defeat Pierre Neuville and, in Event #26, Andrew Rennhack busted through a sizeable field to capture his first WSOP… Read more »
What was rumored all day by sources inside the industry have proven to be true this time. After complex negotiations, Amaya Gaming has worked out a deal to acquire the Rational Group, the ownership company behind PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. In a press release this evening, Amaya Gaming spelled out the details of the… Read more »
For only the second time at the 2014 World Series of Poker, a day went by without any bracelets being awarded. That means Thursday will be a busy one as two tournaments with star-studded fields will battle it out until only one man is left standing. Event #24 – $5000 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em… Read more »
We’re only two weeks into the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and we already have our first double bracelet winner. Dominik Nitsche, who previously won the WSOP National Championship which was held just before the WSOP-proper, took the title in 2014 WSOP Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em yesterday, adding $335,659 to his bank account.… Read more »
Kory Kilpatrick certainly knows how to make the most of his World Series of Poker final table appearances. On Monday, the professional poker player from Athens, Georgia, won his first-ever bracelet, nabbing the jewelry in the 2014 WSOP Event #20: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout in what was also the first trip to a WSOP final… Read more »
Grinders grind. Small cashes, large cashes, they keep playing tournament after tournament to make a living. It’s what they do. And Dan Heimiller is one of tournament poker’s most successful grinders. In 2002, he won his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. After a dozen years of grinding the WSOP, he finally won another… Read more »
It has been a busy weekend at the 2014 World Series of Poker as the schedule heads to the end of its second full week of play. Over the past few days, four bracelets have been handed out and one more had to extend to an unscheduled Day Four to determine its champion today. Event… Read more »
If there is anything that is a “short” day at the 2014 World Series of Poker, then Wednesday was that day. Only one bracelet was handed out, but it was a big one as Justin Bonomo captured his elusive first WSOP bracelet in Event #11, the $1500 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em tournament. The 1587… Read more »
After not awarding a bracelet on Monday for the first time at the 2014 World Series of Poker, the players got back into the act as a trio of them were handed out on Tuesday. Among the tournaments that wrapped up on Tuesday was one that would award the first seven-figure payout of this year’s… Read more »
In what turned out to be another thrilling day at the 2014 World Series of Poker, Alex Bolotin was able to outlast the 12 survivors of the No Limit Shootout to claim his first bracelet while – in a meeting that brought the most WSOP bracelets to a heads up match in its 45-year history… Read more »
Amid the throngs of players that flooded the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino on Saturday for the 2014 World Series of Poker, two tournaments quietly went about their duties of crowning champions. In a $1000 No Limit Hold’em event, Kyle Cartwright rode his start-of-day chip lead to take the crown while former World Poker… Read more »
The history books have been rewritten in just the first week of the 2014 World Series of Poker on Friday as Vanessa Selbst defeated Jason Mo to capture her third WSOP bracelet while Brandon Shack-Harris was able to weave his way through a difficult Pot Limit Omaha final table to take down his first career… Read more »
After their kickoffs to start the 2014 World Series of Poker on Tuesday, two tournaments reached (or came close to reaching) their endpoints. Event #1, the Casino Employees Event, crowned a champion on Thursday – a day later than expected – while the pro-packed Mixed Max tournament will crown theirs later today. Event #1 –… Read more »
While it was expected that the first bracelet of the 2014 World Series of Poker would be awarded on Wednesday, the WSOP curfew put the kibosh on that. Instead, the Casino Employees’ Event will finish off on Thursday as the $25,000 Mixed Max tournament heads into its Day Three play. Event #1 – $500 Casino… Read more »
Four hours after the Casino Employees Event kicked off the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP), the highlight event of the first week, Event #2: $25,000 Mixed Max No-Limit Hold’em began its four day journey. In this Mixed Max tournament, Day 1 is played with nine-handed tables, Day 2 is six-handed, Day 3 is four-handed,… Read more »
So, do we think Tony G will tell a political opponent in Parliament to “get on his bike” after a debate? We can only hope. This week, Antanas Guoga, best known to poker fans as Tony G, was elected to European Parliament after voting concluded in his native country of Lithuania. The election took place… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) begins today, but one bracelet has already been awarded. Most people probably don’t realize it (I even forget sometimes), but the WSOP National Championship is held on the boardwalk in Atlantic City before the WSOP proper, celebrating the best WSOP Circuit players of the season. This is year,… Read more »
Close on the heels of its flagship poker room, Full Flush Poker, announcing its retreat from the three states with regulated online poker, the Equity Poker Network (EPN) has decided to require all of its member rooms to follow suit. It was just a few days ago that Full Flush Poker issued a statement informed… Read more »
The 2014 World Series of Poker technically begins on Tuesday, featuring a slate of big events that should draw in many of the biggest names in the game for the high buy-in events and the return of what was one of the favorite events of the 2013 schedule. The reason that “technically” is used to… Read more »
According to information from iGaming.org’s Remko Rinkema, international players at this year’s World Series of Poker – whether they are playing online or in one of the myriad of events at the Rio – will now have to provide two forms of identification to be able to participate in the tournaments. On Wednesday, WSOP officials… Read more »
2014 has seen perhaps the greatest battle over online gaming and poker in the brief history of the industry. While the previous year saw three states – Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware – enact historic legislation that regulated the industry for its citizens, the first five months of this year has seen the battle go… Read more »
In a move that has come as a huge surprise to online poker affiliates in the United States, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) and the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office have recently gone after affiliates who promote offshore internet poker rooms. The action comes in the form of an April 17th cease-and-desist… Read more »
Ultimate Poker launched about thirteen months ago, becoming the first legal, regulated online poker room in the United States. Things started out well enough and even though Ultimate Poker was small, it wasn’t unexpected. But after some growth the first few months, results have been disappointing. The latest bad news: the April numbers released by… Read more »
Sheldon Adelson, with all his riches, is most certainly a force to be reckoned with in the battle for online poker. While it is certainly not chicken counting time, the pro-poker side seems to be doing quite well amongst people and groups not on receiving money from the Las Vegas Sands CEO. Another political group… Read more »
If we are fortunate to live a long, full life, we will see and hear all sorts of great things. A bit less than a month ago, we were all treated to one of the most phenomenal stories of all time, one of those stories that makes you thankful to be alive. A porn star… Read more »
