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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
July 6, 2010
Monday afternoon saw the start of the first heat of the 41st World Series of Poker Main Event kick off as 1,125 entrants for Day 1a action assembled at the Rio in Las Vegas. There will be three other Day 1’s as the field is reduced through to two Day 2’s and then the survivors […]