One more to go before final table (Update)

July 18, 2010

Just before midnight Vegas time Saturday night the 41st World Series of Poker main event was down to the wire as we went to press press. Only ten players remained, playing in the knowledge that a place at the final table of nine and a crack at the really big money was in the balance. […]

18 hours of battle to reach final table (Update)

July 18, 2010

When we left Day 8 of the main event at the World Series of Poker in the early hours of Sunday morning the remaining 10 players were playing to see who would be axed in tenth position to decide the final table – the November Nine as it has come to be called. It took […]

Only 27 left at WSOP main event (Update)

July 17, 2010

Four Day 1 flights, two Day 2 heats and then 5 days of hectic poker action, in which progressively smaller fields of survivors have battled in out for major prize money, have reached the stage where a final table in the 2010 World Series of Poker main event is in sight. Late evening Friday saw […]

Johnny Chan in the 205 left at WSOP event (Update)

July 16, 2010

It?s been eight tough days since the 2010 World Series of Poker main event started with 7,319 hopefuls ponying up $10,000 apiece to be part of the action, but as Day 5 chips were bagged Wednesday night only 205 players could look forward to another day of play when the competition reconvenes Thursday afternoon. It […]

PokerTime intigrates PokerLab

July 13, 2010

Online poker operator Poker Time.com has enhanced its members’ chances of winning by making the poker tracking and analysis software MyPokerLab available on-site. Poker Time describes the new facility as “…a personalized poker tuition service that will help you to play better, plug your leaks, and boost your bankroll. Analyze your game while you play […]

2,559 survivors start day 3 (Update)

July 13, 2010

After a day off Sunday, the survivors of the preliminary six flights of the $10 000 buy-in Main Event of the 2010 World Series of Poker came together Monday afternoon, the combined Day 2a and 2b field for the first time joining together to compete in Day 3. 2,559 players, all that remains of an […]

A good year for WSOP… and for poker

July 10, 2010

Sign-ups for the 56 preliminary events in the current 41st World Series of Poker have significantly outstripped those over the past two years, with the registrations of 65,647 entrants this year so far (the Main Event numbers are yet to be added) easily eclipsing last year’s 53,508 at the same point by some 22 percent. […]

Chinese cheating reported at Pokerstars

July 10, 2010

Discussions on the popular poker message board 2plus2 reveal that a large scale collusion ring involving several dozen Chinese players, who profited by as much as $750 000 on the PokerStars.com website, has been uncovered. Initial reports indicate that PokerStars moved quickly to deal the cheaters out, and has already agreed to reimburse players impacted […]

Day 2a field at WSOP concludes at 1359 players

July 10, 2010

The $10,000 buy-in main event preliminary heats at the 41st World Series of Poker in Las Vegas continued to steadily whittle down the Day 1 entry fields Friday afternoon as the first of the Day 2 heats started out. 2,412 survivors from Days 1a and 1c were headed in the chip counts by Corwin Cole […]

Poker – skill vs luck in court again

July 6, 2010

Four years ago the police in the South Carolina town of Mount Pleasant busted a group of residents playing poker in a private home. Whilst many of those arrested took the easy way out and pleaded guilty, five took exception to the raid and hired lawyers to defend them in court, claiming that poker did […]