The final table of Event #38, $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em, served up a lineup of solid pros, even if it lacked the presence of any of the game's very biggest stars. Nonetheless, this final offered plenty of skill, and Belgian Davidi... more
After a rapid-fire Day 1, Event #39, $1,500 No Limit Hold'em, got off to a similarly fast start on Day 2. It looked for a while like the final table would be set quickly, but as the field thinned and the chip stacks got deeper... more
The creation of 'Sexton's Corner' happened at the 2007 World Series of Poker. At the time, my wife, Janis, suggested I get a job at the 2007 WSOP with PokerNews.com, as she heard they might be hiring. I met a group for basic training... more
Saturday at the World Series of Poker continued the trend of the "Year of the Pro" that has marked the 2008 WSOP to date. Except this time it was 'Euro Pro' Day amid the greater theme. The day's action began with Event #37, $10,000 Omaha... more
Ram Vaswani led 18 remaining players into Day 2 of the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low World Championship. In this star-studded field, it was not surprising that this event's eventual final table played host to five former WSOP bracelet winners... more
In a lightning-quick Day 1, over 90% of the field was eliminated in Event #39, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. 2,720 players signed up for the event, with only 218 surviving to Day 2. Michael Polcari ended Day 1 as the chip leader... more
Jan Von Halle shot up from near the bottom of the chip count when Day 2 began to become the clear leader going into the final table, sitting on a third more chips than his closest competitor. The German pro, husband of Team Pokerstars... more
Event #36 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, at the World Series of Poker, featured two monumental comebacks, plenty of bad beats, and nine players each seeking their first WSOP title and bracelet. In the end, both valiant rallies came up... more
The poker room on the second floor of the Seminole Coconut Creek Casino has a barren and isolated feel to it. For those looking for a glittering, casino-like atmosphere, it's a disappointment. There is no foot traffic or gambling... more
There were ten World Series of Poker bracelets among the nine players that began the final table of Event #34, $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys. By the end of the fast-paced final table.... more
There's plenty of World Series of Poker experience at the final table for Event 36 No-Limit Hold'em, including several rising stars, a former Main Event final table participant, and one of the chip leaders who has shown he has plenty of gamble in him. more
Play of Day Two of the $10,000 Omaha hi/lo Championship was suspended when the field got down to 18 players, which they finally reached just before 3:00 am. The Amazon room usually falls quiet when the fields play late... more
With a late charge, Michael Binger ended Day 1 as the chip leader with 146,100 chips, overtaking Ayaz Mahmood, who had mounted his own attack on the lead, and Lee Watkinson, who they had been chasing for most of the day more
Mike Rocco had already proved himself in seven-card stud, winning two stud tournaments. Now he can add a World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud event to his resume.... more
48 players returned for Day 2 of Event #34, $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys at the Amazon Room on Wednesday. By the time play halted for the evening, only nine remained, with Kyle Kloeckner leading a field that includes some... more
Two more bracelets were awarded on Thursday in 2008 World Series of Poker action at the Rio, including one in an event where popular player Chris "Jesus" Ferguson fell just short of winning his sixth bracelet. That bracelet... more
Sebastian Ruthenberg came into the final table of Event #33, $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low World Championship, as the chip leader after taking down a huge pot at the end of Day 2. He ended the day the same way he began it, atop... more
The final in Event #32, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, was Jose Luis Velador's from start to finish. He came into the final table with a dominant chip stack and his stack went only went up as the day wore on. At one point, down... more
Most of the field in Event 36 No-Limit Hold'em at the World Series of Poker played as if they had somewhere else to be. Evidently, quite a few did, in fact, have other engagements, which led to play featuring constant confrontations... more
With six events simultaneously at play, sometimes it's hard to tell one event from another as one looks out across the vast expanse of the Amazon Room. But in the orange section today, the differences were starkly apparent... more