It stands to reason that if short-handed tables play fast, short-handed tournaments play fast. Logic ruled and the 1,012-player starting field whittled itself down to just 73 players in Day 1 of the $2,500 NLHE Six-Handed event... more
We've already seen some great final tables at the WSOP this year, but it would be hard to come up with one better than the group assembled for the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys event. At the very end of Day 2, Phil 'OMGClayAiken'... more
Eighty-one players returned to the Amazon Room on Monday to play down to the final table in Event #29, $3,000 No Limit Hold'em. With 72 places paying out, it didn't take long for the play to reach the money bubble. Only nine... more
There has always been an ongoing debate whether or not that the 2008 World Series of Poker will be either… A) The Year of the Pro; B) The Year of the Internet Player; C) The Year of the Amateur; D) None of the Above... more
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Barry Greenstein finished Day 1 of Event #26 atop the leader board, and finished Day 2 in second place. After a grueling final table that saw patience outweigh aggression in the limit lowball format, Greenstein took the lead... more
Big names and bigger stories were Sunday's highlights from the WSOP. Established pros Barry Greenstein and Kenny Tran claimed the day' bracelets, while Phil Hellmuth extended his own WSOP final-table and cashes records in a third... more
'I definitely have a strategy. I like to grind people out and make them feel bored. I just torture them and let them finally make a mistake.' Kenny Tran's strategy turned out to be a winner during the $10,000 Heads-Up Championship... more
Russian pro Vitaly Lunkin and American Kenneth Terrell lead the pack going into the finals, but they still have a long way to go if they want to capture their first WSOP bracelet. When cards are in the air on Monday, they'll be facing... more
With a buy-in twice as large as last year's $5,000 entry, the $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship drew only 218 players, fewer than last year's 257 entries. Thanks to the bigger buy-in, however, the prize pool is actually... more
Event #28's Day Two would be a long affair, lasting until almost 5:00 am. But the last exciting half hour of play more than rewarded loyal spectators. Daniel Negreanu had the lead on the remaining field with what was to be minutes... more
716 players took to the felt at the Amazon Ballroom for Event #29 of the 2008 World Series of Poker, $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em. The field, while slightly smaller than 2007's field of 826, held plenty of high-powered poker stars... more
We left off with Russ Hamilton looking down at his hole cards, heads up against Hugh Vincent in the WSOP Main Event in 1994. The hand that won Russ the tournament was pocket queens, just as it was predicted in the mysterious note... more
Another pair of WSOP winner's bracelets found loving homes in Saturday's action at the Rio, including one that will likely have visits from close kin. History was made when Blair Hinkle captured Event #23, $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em... more
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152 world-class players took the field for what has traditionally been one of the more raucous events of the WSOP. Day 1 of Event 28, the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys tourney, would live up to that tradition. And even though... more
Event #27 drew a capacity crowd of 2,706 players, including returning champ Phil Hellmuth, Jr. Hellmuth won this event last year, giving him a record 11 WSOP bracelets and a nice payday in the amount of $637,254. The top 270 players... more
Day 2 of the 2008 WSOP Event #25, the $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship, started with 32 players and played three rounds to get down to the final four. Vanessa Selbst must have liked making the final four in this event... more
Max Pescatori, whose nickname is the "Italian Pirate," just added another World Series of Poker bracelet to his loot. Pescatori bested a field of 457 players in Event #24, $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha and navigated his way... more
In a commanding performance, Blair Hinkle – second in chips when the day began – was responsible for sending six of the other eight finalists home through a mixture of luck, timing and aggression. His runaway victory, in which... more