July 19, 2017
The World Series of Poker, King’s Casino and 888Poker have announced that their ongoing sponsorship will extend to the upcoming WSOP Europe in Rozvadov, Czech Republic this year. The event will be hosted at King’s Casino from October 19 – November 10, with prize guarantees of over Euro 20 million, and 888Poker will once again […]
July 18, 2017
Day 7 action in the World Series of Poker Main Event came to a conclusion just after 1.30 am Tuesday morning local time when Michael Ruane – a November Niner from last year – busted out at 10th for $825,001 after a last-gasp attempt against Argentinian player Damian Salas to stay in the game failed. […]
July 17, 2017
With the 48th World Series of Poker now in its final stages, the organisers have released numbers showing the size and scope of this most prestigious of poker tournaments, noting that this year’s event has proved to be the biggest since 2010. Among the mass of statistics published Monday by the organisers: * This year’s […]
July 17, 2017
The main event action at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas is now down to just 27 players following the elimination of Josh Horton by Jack Sinclair early Monday morning Vegas time. Horton took home $214,913 for surviving most of an original starting field of 7221 players, but just missed the 27 cut-off […]
July 16, 2017
Day 5 of the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas kicked off mid-morning Saturday on a schedule that called for five-and-a-half levels. Argentinian pro Damian Salas held the overnight chip and managed to stay with the big stacks for most of Day 5, finally bagging 8.4 million chips to claim fifth position […]
July 15, 2017
Day 4 of the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Main Event concluded Friday night local time in Las Vegas with three more former main event champions eliminated. Carlos Mortensen, Joe Cada and Scotty Nguyen all busted out, Nguyen surprisingly early in the day. Day 4 started with 1,084 players all in the money, creating […]
July 14, 2017
Day 3 of the World Series of Poker main event ended in the early hours of Thursday Vegas time when officials called a halt for the day after an extra level was added to reach the money bubble. And what an exciting stage that was as players Roger Campbell and Quan Zhou tied as the […]
July 14, 2017
2,572 players started Day 3 action at the World Series of Poker Main Event mid-morning Thursday local time in Las Vegas, and by late last night just 1,138 of them were still in the competition as it neared the money bubble. Cashes of a minimum of $15,000 start at the 1,085th elimination, and the player […]
July 13, 2017
Unofficial figures from the World Series of Poker Main Event Day1 and 2 starting flights that have just completed suggest that 2,623 players still standing from a starting field of 7,221 will gather for Day 3 – the first time all the surviving players will be in action at once. Day 2C completed in the […]
July 13, 2017
One of the World Series of Poker Main Event players eliminated during the first days of the competition budgeted just $50 for his bid to play halfway across the world in the $10,000 buy-in tournament. Starting with a $1 buy-in online satellite, Londoner Phil Brockwell (30) used his budget to grind his way up through […]