Topics: WSOP Main Event update, WPT Bellagio Cup Update. On Today’s Daily Deal, Sean Gibson reports in from the Rio in Las Vegas, the site of the World Series of Poker Main Event. We get an update from the floor as play was winding down to the final 81 players. In addition, Gibson updates us… Read more »
One of the liveliest virtual rails of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) went to Joseph Cheong, who can be found perusing the virtual felts of the world’s largest online poker sites under the screen name “subiime.” Cheong hails from La Mirada, California and took down a Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS)… Read more »
Because of what I do for living, I spend much of my free time and almost all of my “at-work” time on the internet. Now, I know that the people I run into online are really just a representative sample of the general real-life population, but man, I could swear sometimes that the intelligence quotient… Read more »
Finishing 22nd in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event for $317,000, William Thorson was one of two Swedes remaining when Day 7 began on Friday, July 16th (Niklas Toorell was the other). Thorson has dominated the PokerStars-sponsored European Poker Tour (EPT), turning in a third place in the 2006 Irish Masters in… Read more »
The final days of the 2010 World Series of Poker Championship Event are drawing nigh, with only 78 players left to decide the next World Champion. Play on Thursday started with 205 runners, led by Canada’s Evan Lamprea, but the true story of the action at the WSOP Main Event sat further down the Top… Read more »
*** Poker News Daily caught up with John Racener right after the 2010 November Nine were set for an exclusive video interview. *** John Racener, who goes by the moniker “$JMONEY$” to many in the online poker world, played second fiddle to Jonathan Duhamel in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. He… Read more »
At a press conference held to kick off the Bellagio Cup, officials from the World Poker Tour (WPT) welcomed back Kimberly Lansing, who first appeared during Season 6. Lansing will return to her hostess role on-air and also film interviews with players during events. Lansing sat down with Poker News Daily from the Bellagio in… Read more »
Phil Ivey will take his seat at a record-setting ninth World Poker Tour (WPT) final table on Thursday, when the Bellagio Cup VI wraps up from Las Vegas. A top prize of $875,000 is up for grabs and Ivey, despite registering at the last possible moment for the $10,000 buy-in event, owns the fifth largest… Read more »
When you’re a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion and 10-time bracelet winner, you have the luxury of playing it cool and waiting for players to make unnecessary bluff attempts against you. Johnny Chan has found that especially true at the 2010 WSOP Main Event. With 205 players remaining going into Day… Read more »
It’s not every day that an Average Joe stumbles across $48,000. However, the five-figure bankroll boost is officially reality for two UB.com online qualifiers still standing in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event after Day 5. Oman’s Meenakshi Subramanian owns the 98th spot on the leaderboard at 972,000 and represents the lone… Read more »
Topics: WSOP Main Event update, WPT Bellagio Cup Update and the FTOPS XXVI schedule announced. On today’s Daily Deal, Full Tilt Poker announces the FTOPS seventeen schedule, the World Poker Tour’s Bellagio Cup is in full swing, and as always we bring you the latest news from the WSOP Main Event. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson… Read more »
Next Wednesday, July 21st, the House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing succinctly entitled, “HR 2267, Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act.” The bill, introduced by Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA), establishes a comprehensive licensing and regulatory framework for the internet gambling industry in the United States. Unlike past hearings, which have… Read more »
At the 2010 CardRunners party in Las Vegas during the World Series of Poker (WSOP), Poker News Daily caught up with site co-founder Andrew “muddywater” Wiggins. The conversation, which took place at El Segundo Sol on the Las Vegas Strip, features a look at the future of the popular poker training site, which recently absorbed… Read more »
Ravi “govshark2” Raghavan and 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event November Niner Phil Ivey are among the chip leaders entering the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bellagio Cup VI play down day. Today, the field will be slashed from 31 to just six, who will take to the felt on Thursday to determine a… Read more »
Day 4 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is in the books and the remaining players likely slept well last night, as they had all made the money shortly after Tuesday’s dinner break. Now is also about the time that the online poker rooms start to dream about their sponsored pros… Read more »
The money bubble has officially burst in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. After a flurry of eliminations on Tuesday, 574 players are left standing in poker’s most prestigious tournament. Online poker whiz Tony “Bond18” Dunst, who regularly dresses in a suit and tie at the table, leads the field with a… Read more »
At an event at the Palms in Las Vegas, PokerStars formally announced the additions of David Williams and Vanessa Selbst to its roster of pros. The gathering featured many of the site’s sponsored players, including Barry Greenstein, who sat down with Poker News Daily to recap the arrival of Williams and Selbst and break down… Read more »
Topics: WSOP Main Event Update, Poker Hall of Fame Voting and the Aussie Millions Heads-Up Championship. On today’s Daily Deal, the public vote is open for the two-thousand ten Poker Hall of Fame, the Aussie Millions continues airing on GSN, and we bring you the latest news from the WSOP Main Event. Hello, I’m Sean… Read more »
The Twitterverse has been blowing up with poker players chirping about their activities around Las Vegas. With the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in full swing and the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Bellagio Cup beginning, many in the poker community are looking for their last bit of action before taking a few weeks… Read more »
On August 4th, the 17th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) will kick off on Full Tilt Poker. Encompassing 34 events and offering up at least $19 million in guaranteed prize money, the tournament series is guaranteed to attract the top names the poker world has to offer. Last time out, FTOPS XVI featured a… Read more »
So far, slashing the price tag of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Bellagio Cup VI has paid dividends, as the field of 310 that have signed up at the Las Vegas casino outpaces last year’s tally of 268. Registration for the $10,000 buy-in event remains open through the end of the first level on Tuesday.… Read more »
After the day of rest on Sunday, the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event got back underway on Monday, as for the first time in a week, the entire tournament field played at the same time. 2,559 players began Day 3 with high hopes, but with the knowledge that even if they made… Read more »
Editor Dan Cypra gets some comments from the 2010 WSOP during one of the many smoke breaks taken outside of the Rio in Las Vegas. In this aptly named segment called “Smoke Break”, Cypra asks visitors and players where they are from and which pro they would like to see either busted out of the… Read more »
As the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event enters into its final week before taking its break for the November Nine, Harrah’s and WSOP officials have opened up the process of public nominations for the 2010 Poker Hall of Fame. As with last year’s nomination process, the public is invited to visit the WSOP… Read more »
If you are a poker player and you didn’t make it to the Rio to be part of or even witness the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP), you definitely missed out! As one friend of mine said, the WSOP has definitely matured. Kudos to Jack Effel and his entire staff for the many, many… Read more »
