As re-entry events have become commonplace over the last several years, many in the poker world – including some here on this site – have lamented their popularity with tournament organizers, seeing them as giving another advantage to the most deep-pocketed players. But sometimes the ability to re-enter a live tournament bites a player in… Read more »
For years, Adam Friedman was known as the guy who cried after losing a huge hand during the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event, though most people don’t remember that he recovered from that and finished 43rd for nearly a quarter of a million dollars. That was his first tournament; he was 23 years… Read more »
In breaking news, two players who have been participating at the 2022 World Series of Poker have tested positive for COVID-19, the illness that has killed over six million people worldwide and resulted in the shutdown of the world for the past two years. Players Phil Hellmuth and David Baker have taken part in some… Read more »
With the 2022 World Series of Poker in action, it also means that it is time for the Poker Hall of Fame to consider expanding its rolls. To get that process started, the Poker Hall of Fame has opened its public nomination process today that will establish the roster of contenders for 2022. In reality,… Read more »
The first day of the 2022 World Series of Poker is in the books and two tournaments are already either in the money or near it. The money, though, means very different things in the two events: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em and $100,000 High Roller Bounty No-Limit Hold’em. Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit… Read more »
In just over two weeks, the 53rd Annual World Series of Poker will take to the felt at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas. The greatest professionals in the poker world, the best amateur players and simply “those with a dream” will converge to battle for the bracelets, but one thing will remain the same. The… Read more »
Get a Caesars Rewards card We are exactly four weeks away from the start of the 2022 World Series of Poker, the 53rd running of the most prestigious poker festival on the calendar. With the tournaments drawing near, registration has opened, allowing players to better plan their trips to Las Vegas. The WSOP has posted… Read more »
As Saturday began, there were four men who had a chance at winning the inaugural PokerGO Tour Heads-Up Showdown. By the end of the night, only one would be left standing. David ‘Chino’ Rheem, citing his newfound sobriety as a catalyst, added another major championship to his trophy mantle in defeating Darren Elias in the… Read more »
It has been a long time coming. After spending much of the last decade as a trio, the multi-state online poker compact will be adding a member to the fold. That lucky state will be Michigan, which will join Delaware, Nevada, and New Jersey in providing their online poker products and open the doors for… Read more »
Let’s just have the WSOP every few months When the World Series of Poker announces the schedule for the year’s big poker festival, I often say something like, “It seems like the WSOP just ended.” This time, it really did just end, as the pandemic shifted the 2021 WSOP to the fall. But the 2022… Read more »
Six weeks into the 2022 tournament poker season, one man has been able to ride a wave of success to the lead in the Player of the Year race. Coming off his big victory in the 2022 PokerGO Cup, Jeremy Ausmus has stepped forward as the early season leader in the race for POY. At… Read more »
Poker is one of those games that you might think you are good at. Then there is the reality when you run into someone that is much better than you on the felt. That seems to be the case in a story told in “James Bond” lore about the interactions between former 007 George Lazenby… Read more »
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Winter Online Circuit returns this weekend on GGPoker, with 18 ring events up for grabs. Those dozen and a half ring events come with over $26 million in guaranteed prize pools. The headline number, though, is $100 million. That’s the amount of guaranteed prize money across all of the… Read more »
He may not be a tremendous fan of the World Series of Poker Player of the Year formula, but Phil Hellmuth certainly did his darndest to finish atop this year’s POY rankings. It doesn’t look like he will pull it off, but “The Poker Brat” has etched his name into the record books once again,… Read more »
Home of the poker boom During the excitement of the 2021 World Series of Poker final table last night, Caesars Entertainment slipped viewers a bit of news that one would think they would have trumpeted from the mountaintops: these are the final days of the WSOP at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Starting next… Read more »
Just one starting flight remains at the 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event, but Day 2 isn’t waiting. While Day 1F takes place on Tuesday, so do three Day 2s. And while some may think it would just be Days 1A-1C, it is not. The first Day 2s to play out are Days 1A,… Read more »
I don’t know about you, but I feel like the World Series of Poker just started. But now we are at the point where the end is in sight and the $10,000 Main Event is about to begin. The most highly-anticipated live poker tournament of the year gets underway Thursday and will run through November… Read more »
The nominees for induction into the Poker Hall of Fame for 2021 were announced last week and as is usual for the nominees, it was an incredibly special list. Any and all of the men nominated would be viable inductees, with obvious qualities that would set them apart. As my friend and colleague Dan Katz… Read more »
Rewriting the record books yet again Though Phil Hellmuth’s meltdown at a final table last week has overshadowed his stellar poker play so far at the World Series of Poker, it kind of felt inevitable that he was going to have a breakthrough. And a breakthrough he had on Sunday, winning Event #31: $1,500 No-Limit… Read more »
To say the COVID pandemic has had an effect on our lives would be akin to saying that water is wet. With a recent decision from the U. S. government, the world of poker will be directly affected and is changing as a result of the decision. The 2021 World Series of Poker announced on… Read more »
As my colleague and friend Dan Katz pointed out earlier this week, the 2021 World Series of Poker has been relatively uneventful to this point. Yes, the numbers have been a bit lower, as the MILLIONAIRE MAKER tournament showed (down from its 2019 level of 8809 entries to this year’s 5326). More than likely the… Read more »
So close, yet so far away We were going to go through who the latest bracelet winners are at the 2021 World Series of Poker, but considering what we put in the headline, it is only fair to start with Phil Hellmuth. Hellmuth, the “Poker Brat,” the 15-time WSOP gold bracelet winner, is in position… Read more »
Wide-ranging schedule spans two months It has been a long time since anyone has stepped foot in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for a “real” World Series of Poker. Sure, the slapdash hybrid/live “Main Event” wrapped up at the Rio at the beginning of this year, but the last time we… Read more »
Stay in on Sundays The 2021 World Series of Poker is almost here, just ten days away. But if you have felt something was missing from the gargantuan 80-plus-tournament schedule, you wouldn’t be wrong. Despite all the WSOP Online events both this and last year, there was not a single online bracelet event on this… Read more »
Following state guidelines The World Series of Poker announced Tuesday that players will be permitted to go maskless while seated at their tables. The decision, says the WSOP, is in line with Nevada Emergency Directive 050, signed by Governor Steve Sisolak on September 2. Whenever players are away from the table, even a step, they… Read more »
