World Series of Poker news.
On Friday, Day 1A of Event 1 of the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe kicked off from the Casino at the Empire in London, England. When the smoke cleared on Monday night from the European metropolis, Jesper Hougaard defeated a field of 410 entrants en route to a ₤144,218 payday. Read more »
On Monday at 1:00pm local time, the final nine players of Event #1 of the World Series of Poker Europe will reconvene at the Empire Casino in London. Leading the pack will be Adam Junglen, who has one-third of the chips in play. Read more »
Event 1 of the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe began on Friday. The second of two starting days occurred on Saturday and near the top of the chip counts were PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu and Australian Jason Gray. The overall leader was Ohio resident Adam Junglen. Read more »
The 2008 World Series of Poker Europe began today from the Casino at the Empire, located in Leicester Square in London, England. The first of four events is a £1,575 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament, which attracted 191 players on Day 1A. Read more »
European players (and precocious pros between the ages of 18 and 21) should be heading to London double quick, because the 2nd World Series of Poker Europe starts tomorrow. Read more »
On Tuesday night, millions of viewers will witness Day 2A and likely Day 2B of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event on cable channel ESPN. The action begins at 9:00pm ET on the Worldwide Leader in Sports. Read more »
On Tuesday night, September 9th, cable channel ESPN will air Days 1C and 1D of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. The action begins at 8:00pm ET for Day 1C and 9:00pm ET for Day 1D. Read more »
On Tuesday night, the first installment of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event aired on ESPN. It marked Day 1A of the second largest tournament in WSOP history and seated at the featured table was none other than Scotty Nguyen. Read more »
When viewers across the United States tune into ESPN tonight, they'll witness the first of 18 hours of coverage from the World Series of Poker Main Event. The massive tournament began on July 3rd from the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Read more »
The world of poker is shocked and disappointed in Scotty Nguyen, whose reprehensible behavior and foul language was seen by many as a mockery of the first Chip Reese Memorial $50,000 HORSE tournament. Read more »
Tonight ESPN will air one of the most high-profile tournaments on the 2008 World Series of Poker slate, the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship. Read more »
This past Friday and Saturday, Poker in the Park 2008 showcased some of Britain's top poker talent and gave the public an opportunity to mingle with some of the greatest poker minds across Europe. Read more »
World Series of Poker Main Event chip leader Dennis Phillips pledged1% of his tournament winnings to the Prevent Cancer Foundation's "Bad Beat on Cancer," and PokerStars will match his contribution. Read more »
When viewers who are disinterested in the Beijing Olympics can flip their television sets over to ESPN on Tuesday night. On the cable network channel, the $50,000 HORSE tournament will be airing. All of the action will kick off at 8:00pm ET on the Worldwide Leader in Sports. Read more »
At 8:00pm ET on Tuesday, August 12th, Event 5 of the 2008 World Series of Poker will debut on ESPN. A pair of one hour episodes will air, highlighting the final table of the $1,000 rebuy tournament. Read more »
Now that the World Series of Poker Main Event is on hold until November, the world is turning to London for a fix of championship poker, as the World Series of Poker Europe announces its schedule, venue and the first famous players to confirm attendance. Read more »
If you're looking for entertainment this Tuesday night, August 5th, do what many poker enthusiasts around the country will be doing and turn on ESPN, the Worldwide Leader in Sports. The fourth event of the 2008 World Series of Poker will air at 8:00pm ET. The $5,000 mixed hold'em event contains one of the most star-studded final tables ever played in poker's largest live tournament series. You'll see one-half of Team Bodog, David Williams and Justin Bonomo, taking on a final table that includes Full Tilt Poker pros Erick Lindgren and Howard Lederer as well as "November Nine" member David "Chino" Rheem, who becomes the first member of the November Nine to be viewed on national television. This article doesn't contain spoilers, so read on with confidence. Read more »
Even though the Main Event of the 2008 World Series of Poker just played down to the final nine, the action is just beginning on ESPN. The cable network will begin airing several tournaments from the 2008 WSOP every Tuesday night, leading up to the broadcast of the Main Event final table on November 11th. Read more »
GigaMedia Limited (Nasdaq: GIGM) announced today that the World Series of Poker, sponsored by GigaMedia's Everest Poker, has successfully completed the first portion of the main event and will begin airing this week on ESPN. The broadcasts will ultimately reach in excess of 300 million households globally. Read more »
Following on the radio interview she gave last week, Tiffany Michelle has issued a thorough rebuttal of Poker News' accusations against her, hoping to clear her name and to put to rest all talk of betrayal and lack of ethics on her part. Read more »
As young poker pro Tiffany Michelle made it deep into the WSOP Main Event and became the last woman standing at spot 17, some noticed a change in her sponsorship patches: while she started out wearing Poker News gear, she ended her Main Event run in Ultimate Bet logos. Poker News issued a strongly worded statement regarding what they see as a breach of trust, while Michelle states she never had an exclusivity deal. Here are both sides of the story. Read more »
The WSOP has now come to a standstill, as the final table of the Main Event is finally determined. Now we all must wait for November 9 to find out who will win poker's most coveted prize and over $9 million. Read more »
Several major names in the world of poker have advanced to Day 6 of the Main Event. One of them, however, won't be able to sit at his table when play commences at noon PT on Sunday. Read more »
A significantly larger field packed the Amazon Room and several surrounding rooms for Day 2b of the Main Event than Day 2a. The reason being the number difference between Days 1a/1b and 1c/1d. Read more »
1,250 players returned to the Rio for the first of two "Day 2s". Day 2A, which kicked off yesterday and, by the end of the evening, only 466 players remained. The survivors of Day 1A and Day 1B convened at 12pm PST led by Day 1A chip leader Mark Garner with 194,900 and Day 1B chip leader Ben Sarnoff with 177,500. The players all easily fit into the confines of the Amazon Room and when the day was done they did not even completely fill one of the four 50-table quadrants. Read more »
