July 10, 2012
Caesars Entertainment, the organisers of the World Series of Poker, has released official numbers for the 43rd edition of the series currently taking place at the Rio in Las Vegas. This year’s main event attracted an entry list of 6,598 players – the fifth largest turnout in WSOP history, but 3.8 percent down from 2011. […]
July 10, 2012
Full Tilt Poker chief executive Ray Bitar was on his way to his home in California Monday after being released on extended bail conditions imposed by federal judge Paul Engelmayer. Detained on a slew of serious charges (see previous reports), 40-year-old Bitar had spent the weekend in jail, but raised the $2.5 million bond after […]
July 10, 2012
3,418 hopefuls registered for Day 1C – the last of the entry days at the 43rd World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas Monday, with many of the top players in the game leaving it to the last minute to show up; including the legendary Doyle ‘Texas Dolly’ Brunson, who had earlier tweeted […]
July 9, 2012
Day 1B of the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker main event launched Sunday with 2,114 entrants, boosting total sign-ups so far this year to 3,160 and encouraging officials in their belief that the final numbers will easily top 6,500. UFC fighter and celebrity player Georges St. Pierre gave the ‘Shuffle and Deal’ call, accompanied […]
July 8, 2012
Day 1A of the 43rd World Series of Poker main event is in the record books, with 657 players surviving a stellar entry field of 1066 hopefuls. For some it meant staying in the race for the massive final table prizes on October 28, but for many there was the disappointment of being eliminated and […]
July 8, 2012
On Saturday 26-year-old Nick Shulman reprised his 2009 victory in the WSOP No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball World Championship, taking down the same $10,000 buy-in event in this year’s series for his second bracelet and a winner’s prize of $294,321. 101 players entered for the event, number 60 on the schedule and one of the last […]
July 8, 2012
A specific region of the human brain influences bluffing calls in poker, and reacts differently when a player is using a computer as opposed to challenging or bluffing an opponent face-to-face, researchers at Duke University report. Researchers using sophisticated scanning and neural imaging technology observed the neural reactions of people competing in a poker game, […]
July 8, 2012
Poker pro Shaun Deeb’s 92-year-old mother – and reportedly a tough poker player – Ellen Deeb did the “Shuffle Up and Deal” honours Saturday as the main event for this year’s World Series of Poker kicked off with a Day 1A entry field of 1,066 – up 19 percent on last year. Among the players […]
July 7, 2012
Two more World Series of Poker bracelets have been claimed, along with hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money as events 57 and 58 concluded at the Rio in Las Vegas Friday. A young internet pro and university drop-out from Maryland, Gregory Merson, earned his first WSOP bracelet and became an instant millionaire when […]
July 7, 2012
The stringent bail conditions imposed on Full Tilt Poker CEO Ray Bitar, who surrendered to US federal authorities last Monday after flying in from Ireland (see previous reports) were suspended by a New York federal court Friday, ensuring that he remains in jail over the weekend. The court heard evidence from Bitar’s legal representatives that […]