12-12-2011
Mike Sexton reflected on his 1989 World Series of Poker Stud Eight or Better bracelet win and shares the story with PokerNews.
01-04-2010
The 2010 tournament chase is set to get under way with what has become one of the most anticipated poker events of the year, the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure poker festival in the Bahamas.
This ten-day tournament series, which runs from...
12-27-2009
In each of the last ten years at the World Series of Poker, a player has managed to win two bracelets in a single series. Some years (like 2003) saw as many as six players pull off a double-bracelet win, but only four players in history have...
10-15-2009
The Poker Hall of Fame recently announced that Mike "The Ambassador of Poker" Sexton has become the 38th member of the Hall of Fame. Despite facing stiff competition from other elite players including November Niner Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu and...
09-20-2009
For the second straight day, the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker saw two professionals emerge with WCOOP titles. Justin “robert07” Young won Event 41, the $530 pot-limit Omaha heads-up tournament, and 2004 World Series of Poker Main...
09-17-2009
Day 14 of the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker was the last to offer strictly three-figure buy-ins. From here on out, every day will offer at least one four- or five-figure buy-in. The day kicked off with event 34, a $215 no-limit hold’em...
09-16-2009
Day 13 of the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker offered tournaments in three games that produced three new WCOOP champions. Darryll “df1986” Fish captured the night’s event and $160,525.11 in the no-limit hold’em...
09-08-2009
Day 5 was very busy for the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars. Three WCOOP bracelets and first-place prizes were awarded in the day's action, none bigger than Event #11, $530 No-Limit Hold'em. Recommencing with 214 players on...
08-29-2009
It's Christmas time for all of you online grinders as Pokerstars gets ready to kick off the latest edition of its World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). Featuring 45 events and a total prize pool guarantee of $40 million, early word around the...
07-01-2009
Day 3 of Event #53, $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo, started with 14 players looking to make the final...
06-25-2009
Day 3 of Event #44, $2,500 Razz, started with 13 players returning to take a shot at the final...
06-24-2009
Day 3 of Event #42, $2,500 Mixed, kicked off with 14 players looking to make the final table....
06-07-2009
Just about every big name in poker that was not already committed to another tournament was...
02-06-2009
Event #3 of FTOPS XI was a $200+$16 stud (hi only) tournament. A field of 593 turned out at Full Tilt to vie for a first-place prize of $27,503.34. Notable finishers here included Grayson "The_Dean221" Nichols in 10th...
06-29-2008
Ryan Hughes won his second WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo event, becoming the first player in WSOP history to win two stud hi/lo bracelets. Day 2 of the event was suspended when the field got down to 13 players. Ryan...
06-28-2008
Day 2 of 2008 WSOP Event #47 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Low, started with 117 players and shed enough of those players to safely make it into the money, which started at 56th place. The event was unable, however, to make its way...
06-27-2008
What does a player do after busting out in Day 2 of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event? They roll right into the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low tourney, Event #47 on the WSOP calendar. At least that's what Chris Ferguson, Kathy Liebert...
