Several years ago I visited Russ Hamilton with a group of friends at a beach house in San Diego, where he was recovering from his stomach surgery. Russ said, 'Tommy, I'm going to tell you a story I've only told to a handful... more
Saturday at the WSOP was business -- or rather, busy -- as usual. Another six-pack of events saw action in the Amazon Room – two events found their champions, a final table was set and another event neared the same stage, while... more
And then there were six. Sirous Jamshidi, Greg "FBT" Mueller, Thomas Roupe, Phil Tom, Tim West and Leo Wolpert each emerged victorious from their respective tables during Round 2 of the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout and will compete... more
179 players returned to the Amazon Room at the Rio for Day 2 of Event #12, $1,500 Limit Hold'em at the 2008 World Series of Poker. Among those returning were Marco Traniello, Erick Lindgren, Markus Golser, Tom Schneider and Terrence... more
As expected, the $10,000 World Championship Stud event drew a world class field totaling 158 players, all vying for the bracelet and a top prize of $ 415,856. Some may be surprised to learn that a young Russian player, Alexander Kostritsyn... more
It took more than 200 hands to cut the final table field in half in Event #9 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed at the World Series of Poker. It took just six more to crown a champion. Rep Porter took home the bracelet and the $372,929... more
The $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event drew 1,390 players, crushing last year's number of 1,013, and after the first day of play, it was winnowed down to a mere 137 remaining players. 38 of those will still finish out of the money... more
Farzad Rouhani started the final table of the $2,500 Omaha/Stud Hi-Low championship as the dominant chip leader, and finished the day in short order, taking barely four hours of final-table play to claim his first World Series of Poker... more
It's not fancy. There are few bells or whistles, and the poker food is less than outstanding. But if you are in the Ft. Myers-Naples area, like your poker straight, with few gimmicks, and don't have a great home game already... more
Montel Williams and the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas together hosted a charity poker tournament on Friday for the benefit of the Montel Williams MS Foundation. The event was held in the Golden Nugget's newly renovated... more
Friday's action at the World Series of Poker was headlined by another pair of bracelet ceremonies, while action continued or began in another four events as the WSOP's early run of six-event days continued its rythymic pace... more
Event 12 saw the first purely Limit Hold'em event of the 2008 World Series of Poker, the $1,500 Limit Event. 880 players turned out for the event, down slightly from the 910 players in 2007, but the field was chock full of stars... more
Event #10, $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo, drew 388 players initially, but only 108 of them returned to the Rio on Day 2 to try for their shot at the final table. Among the players remaining to start Day 2 were Greg Raymer... more
The debut of Event #8, $10,000 Mixed Games, drew a star-studded field and resulted in a final table where WSOP bracelet winners occupied half the seats. But it would be a 22-year-old cash-game player with only two prior tournament... more
Heading into Event #7's final table, Theo Tran was looking for a wire-to-wire win, having been the chip leader for the majority of this fast-paced $2,000 NLHE event. But after 161 hands of play, 68 of them heads-up, Matt Keikoan... more
Event #11 was a new one for in this year's WSOP, the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. Essentially, this is a group of sit-and-go's with the winner of each of Round 1's 36 tables moving on to Saturday's Round 2. With a $5,000 buy-in... more
One major action flop was about all it took to set the final table in Event #9 No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed at the World Series of Poker at the Rio. The final six vying for the bracelet in the $1,500 buy-in event will be John Conkright... more
On Thursday, the United States Attorney's Office announced that it had entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with ESI Entertainment Systems, which between 2003 and 2007 offered its Citadel Commerce online payment processing... more
'It's a really sick final table,' was how Shane 'Shaniac' Schleger described it. The final table of Event #4 $5,000 Mixed Hold'em at the 2008 World Series of Poker was definitely one of the strongest and impressive final tables... more
It was another day filled with action at the 2008 World Series of Poker. Thursday brought the awarding of two bracelets, the setting of lineups for two more final tables, and a third pair of events charged from the gate. Both of Thursday's... more
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