July 6, 2010
Official statistics from the 41st World Series of Poker currently running at the Rio in Las Vegas indicate that through the first 56 events, there have been 65,647 entries, surpassing last year’s total entries including the main event of 60,875. And this year’s main event registration numbers have yet to be recorded! Judging by the […]
July 6, 2010
Weekend action in the 41st World Series of Poker spilled over into the early hours of Monday morning, with two events reaching a final table, popular pro Daniel Alaei winning his third WSOP bracelet and Huck Seed receiving the accolades as the best of 27 top names in the Tournament of Champions. Seed is $500 […]
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 […]
July 5, 2010
Most Americans were celebrating Independence Day on Sunday with feasting and relaxation, but in Las Vegas players in the last three preliminary events were still fighting on the felt for big money prizes and the last three winner bracelets before the main event kicks off Monday. In event 54, the last of the $1,000 buy-in […]
July 4, 2010
With the 41st World Series of Poker headed into the widely publicised main event next week, the newspaper USA Today carried an interesting weekend perspective on the rising influence of young guns on international poker. The whiz kids – most of them barely 21 and eligible to enter the World Series of Poker events, are […]
July 4, 2010
There will be some relieved members of poker’s elite set who made bets that Tom Dwan would not win a bracelet in this year’s WSOP; his best chance (barring success in the main event) crashed in flames in event 55 Saturday as he headed for the rail in 17th place for a $31,288 paycheck, but […]
July 4, 2010
Monday will see the start of the $10 000 buy-in Main Event of the 41st World Series of Poker, so it’s perhaps a good time to refresh memories on what the main event is all about. This is the last of this year’s WSOP events and the culmination of 56 poker competitions that have attracted […]
July 4, 2010
Friday saw the start of the fifty-sixth event in this year’s 41st World Series of Poker, and with it fewer opportunities to win gold bracelets and tempting prizes, as only the Main Event now remains on the starter grid. Events 52 through 56 are all now in various stages of completion, which means 5 more […]
July 2, 2010
Three more gold bracelet have been awarded to players at the 41st World Series of Poker over the past twenty-four hours as the world’s biggest poker spectacular closes in on the much-anticipated Main Event 57. Michael Linn bested an entry field of 2,543 in event 49, the last of the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em contests […]
July 2, 2010
In Florida, a new law effective on July 1st eased buy-in restrictions for no-limit poker games in card rooms and extended playing hours. The law lifts a maximum $100 restriction on buy-in for cash games at state-sanctioned poker rooms. High-stakes games will become legal at 23 poker rooms run by horse and dog tracks and […]