After the completion of one of the best festivals in recent memory, the World Series of Poker is not sitting back on its laurels. With the completion of its move to the Las Vegas Strip for the 2022 WSOP, the attention of the organization now has turned towards the European continent. We now know the… Read more »
It may not seem like it in some areas of the country, but we’re moving closer to the autumnal season and cooler weather. As such, people start to move indoors for their entertainment activities, and the streaming channel PokerGO is looking to provide a month of poker entertainment for its fans and subscribers. Beginning on… Read more »
“Love” made me fall in love I have been aware of The Beatles all my life and of course have enjoyed their music, but it wasn’t until 2006 that I actually became a Beatles fan. Until then, the Beatles were more of just a background soundtrack to me. For instance, “I Saw Her Standing There”… Read more »
The Orioles have been surging This article is not about poker and it is kind of old news, but I was watching baseball last night and the topic entered my brain, so I thought it would be fun to write about. I’m a Milwaukee Brewers fan and while my team has been one of the… Read more »
PokerStars’ MicroMillions series is in the back half of the schedule, but things have gone so well for the ultra-affordable tournament series this month that Stars has added to the guaranteed prize pools of 20 events. All told, the poker room has juiced the guarantees by $179,000 in tournaments going back to July 24. The… Read more »
There is that old question in poker when telling someone about your winnings: “But how much did you lose?” In the case of 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Espen Jørstad, the answer to that question is “plenty,” but even without the Main Event, he still pulled a profit during this summer’s WSOP.… Read more »
Can’t separate fans from resellers If you have wanted Doyle Brunson’s autograph but never had the opportunity to get it, you are now going to have to buy it from a third party because the legendary poker player has announced he is done putting pen to paper for fans. Perhaps ironically, the reason he is… Read more »
It was one of the worst kept secrets in not only the poker community but also in the realm of Hollywood. That does not mean that the court system would not get involved, however. Rather than litigate the case in the public domain and to save court costs, actor Tobey Maguire has settled a lawsuit… Read more »
With the World Series of Poker’s conclusion last week, you might think that the airwaves would be a bit bereft of poker. PokerGO is looking to fill that void, however, with the introduction of a new program exclusive to the streaming channel. It should be something that entices the newcomers, low stakes players and those… Read more »
Back in May, we said that the two major Player of the Year races could be completely upended by the time the World Champion was crowned. To help prove this point, it was Ali Imsirovic who was riding high on both lists as the World Series of Poker began its festivities. All it took was… Read more »
The long, summertime slog of the 2022 World Series of Poker has come to an end. Yes, there was still some business to take care of after Espen Jorstad captured poker’s World Championship on Saturday, but it took place after all the cameras went away. The final bracelet of the 2022 WSOP was the 2022… Read more »
Three “locals” casinos in the Las Vegas area have been closed since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the United States. And now, not only will they never reopen, but they will be wiped off the map. Station Casinos has confirmed that Fiesta Rancho, Texas Station, and Fiesta Henderson will be razed and the land… Read more »
The World Poker Tour season paused during the World Series of Poker, but it did not wait a single minute to get started again. On Sunday, Robert Mizrachi won the WPT Venetian Las Vegas Main Event, the first WPT title of his already-successful live tournament career. The $5,000 buy-in event drew 1,178 entrants, pumping the… Read more »
World Series of Poker Vice President Jack Effel presented Dan Zack with the 2022 WSOP Player of the Year trophy on Monday during the Tournament of Champions. Zack had an incredible Series, finishing with 4,530.64 points. It was as runaway POY victory for Zack. Only one other player eclipsed the 4,000-point mark; even with his… Read more »
The World Series of Poker, as well as locations up and down the Las Vegas Strip, was a chaotic scene for a short time Saturday night as rumors of a possible active shooter situation spread. Fortunately, the catalyst to the panic was the breaking of a glass door at the MGM Grand valet area, but… Read more »
In what was certainly one of the stranger final tables in the lengthy history of the event, Norway’s Espen Jorstad was able to enter the history books for the World Series of Poker. Utilizing a solid, aggressive style, Jorstad was able to defeat Australia’s Adrian Attenborough to capture the World Championship of poker in winning… Read more »
You might be forgiven if you missed the fact that the World Poker Tour is continuing its Season XX schedule right now in Las Vegas. The WPT opened action on the 2022 WPT Venetian Las Vegas, right smack in the middle of the climactic moments of the 2022 World Series of Poker, but they have… Read more »
In what was a rather quick fashion, the 2022 World Series of Poker Championship Event went from “unofficial” to the final three. In less than 12 hours, the unofficial final table of ten players was whittled down to three fortunate finalists. As Saturday prepares to crown poker’s next World Champion, Norway’s Espen Jorstad is the… Read more »
The 2022 World Series of Poker Championship Event has certainly been one for the ages. The tournament nearly broke the record for number of players, and it has also brought us some wonderful action on the felt. The event is now in its final days, with a long day’s night on Wednesday leading to a… Read more »
End coming into view A small percentage of people ever have a moment when they can see their dreams directly in front of them, just waiting to be snatched up. For the 35 players remaining in the 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event, Wednesday is one of those moments. Today is the day that… Read more »
Playing under the bright lights The World Poker Tour has announced the addition of the WPT Ladies World Championship to this year’s schedule. The tournament will part of the WPT World Championship event lineup at Wynn Las Vegas, slated for December 1-20. The WPT Ladies World Championship will run December 16-18. The buy-in will be… Read more »
The 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event field has dwindled to just 123 players; more than 8,500 players have fallen by the wayside. After Day 5, there is a good battle going on at the top of the leaderboard, with James Hobbs bagging the largest stack of 12.505 million chips. Not far behind is… Read more »
A gentleman and a poker scholar The World Series of Poker announced Sunday that Layne Flack has been elected to the Poker Hall of Fame. Flack’s enshrinement was celebrated in conjunction with the $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty event. And believe it or not, my friend Earl Burton actually predicted the results of the… Read more »
The 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event enters Day 5 on Monday and with just 380 players remaining, the real serious money is in view. Not that most of us wouldn’t be thrilled with a $36,000 payday, which is the minimum cash at this point in the tournament, but six-figure payouts aren’t far away.… Read more »
It was a day of surprises at the 2022 World Series of Poker Championship Event. Instead of playing up to the money bubble, the players at the tournament decided to just go ahead and pop that bubble late on Saturday night. Three people were eliminated, splitting up the 1300th place money ($15,000), while Aaron Mermelstein… Read more »
