June 25, 2013
Poker action to raise funds for the One Drop charity – an organisation that assists struggling third world communities to get access to clean water – is again on the World Series of Poker schedule this year, with the first fund-raiser taking place tomorrow (June 26) at noon Vegas time. Event 47 is a NLHE […]
June 25, 2013
One of the quirkier stories to emerge during the current World Series of Poker unfolding in Las Vegas this week is that of wine lover Geno Foschi, a Las Vegas small business owner who plans to leverage part of his rare wine collection into WSOP entry fees, according to the magazine The Drinks Business. Foschi […]
June 25, 2013
Jared “The Waco Kidd” Hamby surprised with an impressive comeback after entering the final table with the short stack in Event 40: a $1 500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tourney at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Hamby took the title, bracelet and a substantial $525 272 in prize money in a final table […]
June 24, 2013
Canada’s bracelet count at the World Series of Poker continued to mount as the new week began, with Justin Oliver of Toronto and David Idema from Vancouver winning bracelets – making it nine for Canada thus far. Oliver, a 37-year-old jeweller, claimed his first WSOP bracelet in the $2,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Four-Handed event – […]
June 24, 2013
888poker has been named new title sponsor of MMA Portugal (mixed martial arts), and its televised MMA fights, for the remainder of 2013. 888Poker’s logo will appear on the cage mat during the broadcast of Cage Fighters on Sport TV in July, October and December 2013 as well as on YouTube, the company said. The […]
June 23, 2013
The well respected Bulgarian poker pro Simeon “IamBuddhaa” Naydenov (25) won his first WSOP bracelet and chalked up Bulgaria’s second WSOP victory in as many years over the weekend when he won event 36 – the $1,500 buy-in NLHE Shootout, besting a field of 1,193 to claim gold and the winner’s check for $326,440. The […]
June 22, 2013
There was a moment’s silence at the World Series of Poker on Friday in sad memory of Richard Turbull, at 86 years the oldest dealer at the Rio, who tragically died Thursday after being struck by a car whilst crossing the street. Turnbull was well known and respected for a career in which he dealt […]
June 22, 2013
Seven years back US poker pro Jeff Madsen created a stir at the World Series of Poker when, at 21 years old he went into the record books as the youngest ever winner of a WSOP bracelet and the coveted Player of the Year title after winning another WSOP bracelet in the same series Although […]
June 21, 2013
The last twenty-four hours at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas has seen two players claim bracelets for the second time, and one his first piece of WSOP jewellery. Erick Lindgren shook off his recent troubles to show that he is a force to be reckoned with in international poker, winning his second […]
June 20, 2013
What is probably the most unexpected news story of the week surfaced Wednesday with an Associated Press report that Kentucky’s General Fund will be getting a $6 million boost as a result of a settlement with two major international online poker companies in the Isle of Man-based Rational Group – Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker. […]