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
Phenomenal play, prop bets, good-natured taunting, and an almost unrivaled, star-studded field have come to define this $10,000 mixed-game debut event. Day 2 started with 89 players remaining from Event #8's stellar... more
Michael Banducci won his first WSOP bracelet in Event #5, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Rebuys, going wire to wire at the final table and collecting a payout of $636,736. Banducci's previous highest finish in a major tournament... more
Matt Matros, a former final-table participant at the World Poker Tour championship, is the chip leader after Day 1 of the World Series of Poker Event #9, No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed. Matros, who is the author of the book... more
Theo Tran started Day 2 as Event #7's chip leader, which is just where he'll start the final table. This will be Tran's second final-table appearance in the 2008 WSOP, which has been underway for just one week. 1,592 players... more
388 runners took to the felt for the $2,500 Mixed Omaha-Stud Hi/Low tournament at the Rio, including some of the biggest superstars in poker. Among the competitors in Event #10 of the 2008 World Series of Poker were 2004 World... more
After an impressive display of aggression near the final-table bubble moved him into the chip lead, Thang Luu rode his big stack all the way to his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event. Luu outlasted... more
Erick Lindgren came into Event #4 with two WPT championships, over $6 million in tourney winnings, 14 WSOP cashes, four final tables, and was widely considered one of the best poker players to never win a World Series of Poker... more
David Singer has had an impressive poker career with a number of WSOP and WPT second-places finishes, the $25,000 Heads-Up World Championship, and a ninth-place finish in the WSOP Main Event in 2003. But until today there... more
Wednesday at the 2008 WSOP was the first double-bracelet day of the series, and the twin takedowns on the day had a distinctly Full Tilt-ish feel. Scoring their first WSOP gold bracelets during the day's action were Full Tilt... more
'There are not too many faces you don't know,' said TJ Cloutier as he looked over the starting field for Event #8. Robert Williamson III quipped that if felt like a home game. Between the pricey $10,000 buy-in and the unique... more
205 players returned to the Rio for Event #6 of the 2008 World Series of Poker, $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo. With the aggressive Thang Luu leading the pack, the field thinned down to a final table in a very long day of play before... more
Day 2 of Event #5, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Rebuys, started with the remaining 106 players filing back into the Amazon Room, almost exactly twelve hours from when they closed up shop in the wee hours this morning. When... more
The WSOP changes its schedule every year, making year-to-year comparisons a little dubious. That being said, 2008's first $2,000 no-limit hold'em event outdrew last year's by 61 players. With six events running simultaneously... more
There's probably not much I can say about Barbara Enright that hasn't been said many times before over the last 25 years. I just can't let the 2008 WSOP begin without profiling one of the most influential women in the history... more
Grant Hinkle penned his name into the poker history books by winning Event #2, the largest WSOP preliminary event in history. The field began with 3,929 starters, all vying for the win, the bracelet and $831,462 in first-place... more
Tuesday's action at the World Series of Poker was highlighted by the awarding of the Series' second bracelet, to Grant Hinkle in Event #2, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. Hinkle held a sizable lead when three-handed play began, over James... more