World Series of Poker news.
The schedule of events for the inaugural World Series of Poker foray into Australia was announced earlier this week, setting a slate of five tournaments and two special events that should draw the international poker community “down under” come this April. The World Series of Poker Asia/Pacific (WSOP-APAC) will be held at the Crown Casino… Read more »
After a two year run in Cannes, France, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe is moving for the second time. Unlike the last move, which saw the WSOP Europe change countries, this one will keep the tournament series in France as it settles into its new home at the Casino Barrière Enghien-les-Bains just outside… Read more »
With the scent of the most famous poker tournament in the world still fresh in the air, Caesars Interactive Entertainment has announced the dates for the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP). As it stands now, it looks like the schedule will be virtually identical to this year’s poker festival. The fun will kick off… Read more »
With the conclusion of the 2012 World Series of Poker Championship Event on Tuesday night (OK, Wednesday morning), the poker community has a new World Champion in Greg Merson and several stories about one of the most exciting final tables in the past few years. On Sunday, I predicted how the final table would play… Read more »
In sports, fans of west coast teams often complain about the media’s “east coast bias.” That is, it seems like teams in eastern markets get a disproportionate amount of attention and coverage compared to those in western markets. That perception is often true, with much of the problem simply being the difference in time zones.… Read more »
The Giants won the World Series this weekend; this week one man at the World Series of Poker is going to become a poker giant. The final table of the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event got underway last night at the Rio in Las Vegas as nine players looked to become the… Read more »
During the first level of the ESPN telecast of 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event final table Monday night, floor reporter Kara Scott kept hyping some sort of huge announcement that would be made soon, an announcement that would excite the poker world. Perhaps to the disappointment of some, it had nothing to do… Read more »
After over three months of waiting, it has all come down to this. The 2012 World Series of Poker Championship Event final table resumes tomorrow, with the “Octo-Nine” stepping to the felt to work their way down to the final three men that will determine poker’s next World Champion on Tuesday night. For those of… Read more »
Although it might have been lost amid the clamor over Phil Hellmuth extending his record with his thirteenth bracelet win in the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Championship Event, Canada’s Mike “SirWatts” Watson had a nice evening in Cannes himself last night in winning the €50,000 Majestic High Roller. 51 players gathered earlier this… Read more »
Phil Hellmuth‘s going to have to add another finger to his promotional materials. History was made tonight – or extended, depending on your viewpoint – as 1989 World Champion Phil Hellmuth captured Bracelet #13 in defeating Sergii Baranov to take down the victory at the World Series of Poker Europe Championship Event in Cannes, France.… Read more »
The money bubble burst Tuesday at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event Tuesday as the field was narrowed from 77 players to just 24. Leading the final three tables is 2010 November Niner Joseph “subiime” Cheong, who started Day 2 in 9th place. He goes into Day 3 with 1.381 million chips,… Read more »
The population of Cannes, France is dwindling. A total of 230 players from the combined Days 1A and 1B hit the felts on Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOP-E) Main Event Monday and at the end of the night, there were just 77 left with chips. The Ukraine’s Sergii Baranov enters… Read more »
Day 1B of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOP-E) Championship Event is in the books in Cannes, France, with 205 players paying the €10,450 to get in on the action on Sunday. 115 of them survived to play in today’s Day 2 and will combine with the exact same number of players from Day… Read more »
In what was one of the quieter events on a hectic Saturday at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe, Portugal’s Francisco Da Costa Santos emerged as the champion of Event #6, the €1650 Six Handed Pot Limit Omaha tournament, over Spain’s Ana Marquez early Sunday morning in Cannes, France. Five players remained as play… Read more »
One of the final preliminary events on the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe, the €10,450 Mixed Max No Limit Hold’em tournament, went through a day of tribulation on Saturday to the point of not even determining the champion. The Final Four of the Mixed Max tournament came back on Saturday, supposedly to determine a… Read more »
The Championship Event of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe is underway in Cannes, France, as poker players from around the world are gathered to win the next to last bracelet (save for the Las Vegas “Octo-Nine”) on the 2012 WSOP schedule. The Hotel Majestic Barriere became the latest battleground for poker’s elite and… Read more »
The World Series of Poker Europe has a hectic day scheduled on Saturday as two tournaments reach their conclusions (and award bracelets) while the €10,450 Championship Event is set to take center stage for the rest of poker’s denizens in Cannes, France. Event #5 – €10,450 Mixed Max No Limit Hold’em – Day Three The… Read more »
Event #4 at the World Series of Poker Europe, the €3250 No Limit Hold’em Shootout, has reached its conclusion – albeit a day late – with France taking down its second bracelet of this year’s schedule with the victory by amateur player Giovanni Rosadoni over the formidable Dan O’Brien. The second day of the tournament… Read more »
On Sunday, Imed Ben Mahmoud said it would happen. On Wednesday, it did. France got its first WSOP Europe (WSOPE) bracelet winner and, even better, it was on its home soil. Roger Hairabedian won Event #3: €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha in Cannes, France, defeating a rather small field of just 96 other competitors. For his victory,… Read more »
Antonio Esfandiari is certainly enjoying himself at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) this year. Less than three months after his $18 million win in $1 million buy-in The Big One for One Drop at the WSOP in Las Vegas this summer, Esfandiari has taken the title in the €1,000 + €100 No-Limit Hold’em Re-entry… Read more »
The first event of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) came to a close Sunday at Hotel Majestic Barriere in Cannes, France with Imed Ben Mahmoud winning €147,099 in the €2,500 + €200 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em contest. While he hails from Tunisia, Mahmoud is currently as much of a local winner as there might… Read more »
The best poker players in the world have convened on the grounds of the Hotel Majestic Barriere and the Le Croisette Casino Barriere in Cannes, France, for the final World Series of Poker events of 2012. Seven events are awarding bracelets (along with a special “Super High Roller” event that isn’t a bracelet tournament) between… Read more »
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) announced the 2012-2013 WSOP Circuit schedule Monday, revealing the largest tour of all-time, complete with an impressive 20 stops. The new season is just around the corner, beginning August 9 at the IP Casino Resort & Spa in Biloxi, Mississippi and culminating with the WSOP Circuit National Championship May… Read more »
I have never been a poker tournament director, but I would imagine one of the most difficult aspects of the job is making rulings on hands in which there are both confusion and disagreement at the table. Especially in a situation where there are potentially millions of dollars at stake. Such was the case this… Read more »
The 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) October Nine was determined early this morning and boy, is the poker community disappointed. It’s nothing against the nine skilled and fortunate men who made the final table of the Main Event. Not at all. The disappointment stems from the two eliminations that occurred before play ended Tuesday… Read more »
