February 16, 2017
888Poker has extended its partnership with the World Series of Poker for a further two years as exclusive online provider of WSOP qualifier satellites and promotions. “WSOP is delighted to have renewed our agreement with 888poker for the third year running,” Ty Stewart, WSOP Executive Director, commented. “We’ve seen 888poker really up the stakes in […]
January 27, 2017
The importance of the online medium for international poker has again been illustrated by the release of the latest World Series of Poker schedule, which sees the number of online events boosted to three. The next edition of WSOP starts in May this year (see previous InfoPowa reports) with 74 bracelet events in all, and […]
December 20, 2016
The organisers of the world’s top poker festival – the World Series of Poker – have published the preliminary details for next year’s edition, the 48th year of the tournament. The 2017 competition starts on Tuesday May 30 at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and will again include gold bracelet events, satellites, […]
November 15, 2016
Next year will see three additional World Series of Poker Circuit stops in addition to those already established in Italy, Morocco and France, the organisers announced this week. A spokesman for the organisers explained: “We have been very judicious on which locales and casinos we will work with and believe we have found terrific partners […]
November 2, 2016
Former nail salon owner Qui Nguyen has taken down the WSOP 2016 Main Event for $8,005,310 and his first ever WSOP bracelet emerging victorious on the other side of an 8-hour heads up match with Gordon Vayo. Nguyen, considered to be relatively inexperienced in terms of his competitors, has only cashed once in the WSOP […]
November 2, 2016
Qui Nguyen and Gordon Vayo were the survivors as the World Series of Poker main event final table entered the heads up stage Tuesday evening Vegas time following the elimination of Cliff Josephy at third for $ 3,453,035 after just over an hour of play on the third day of final table action. Josephy was […]
November 1, 2016
day 2 of the world series of poker main event final table ended monday night with just three players still standing and qui nguyen holding a massive chip lead with 58 percent of the chips in play for the second day running. five players reassembled at the rio in las vegas late monday afternoon for […]
October 31, 2016
Shortly after Kenny Hallaert’s elimination at sixth late Sunday night Las Vegas time, it was agreed by officials and players to call it a night and bag up the chips until 5pm local on Monday. Qui Nguyen was the clear leader in chip counts as the tired players made their way to their rooms, holding […]
October 31, 2016
It’s been more than three months since the nine survivors of the original 6,737 entrants in this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event took a compulsory break before the start of the final table action, but on Sunday evening they were back at the Rio in Las Vegas with the prospect of earning at […]
October 25, 2016
Nine survivors from an original field of 6,737 will again come together at the Rio in Las Vegas on October 30 to compete for millions of dollars at the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event. The nine-man composition of the table was decided back in July this year, but television imperatives […]