July 14, 2014
The chips have been bagged and the tables are empty for now in the Amazon Room at the Rio in Las Vegas as the 27 survivors of Day 6 at the World Series of Poker main event grab a much needed break before returning on Day 7 to hopefully play down to a final table. […]
July 14, 2014
Day 6 of the World Series of Poker main event is currently about halfway through in Las Vegas, having started Sunday afternoon Vegas time with November Niner Mark Newhouse holding the chip lead and 79 survivors from an original field of 6,683. One of the early eliminations was the last woman playing in the match, […]
July 13, 2014
Saturday afternoon Las Vegas time at the World Series of Poker main event saw 291 survivors from an original field of 6,683 file in and take their seats in the Amazon Room at the Rio for Day 5 action. Matthew Haugen (2,808,000) led the chip counts, followed by Zach Jiganti (2,364,000), and a much reduced […]
July 12, 2014
Day 4 of this year’s $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker main event is over, with the money bubble breached at the second level of play on Friday afternoon Las Vegas time, earning 693 players at least $18,406, but more importantly a continuing opportunity to make the November Nine this year and reach the really […]
July 11, 2014
High profile poker ace Phil Ivey, who led the chip counts as Day 3 of the World Series of Poker main event started Thursday with a combined field of 1,864 survivors, did not have a good day and is now way back in the chip counts on 552,500. He wasn’t the only one down on […]
July 10, 2014
Day 2c, the last of the separate fields competing in the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker main event, is in the record books, with top international online and live tourney poker pro Phil Ivey holding the chip lead ahead of 1,864 survivors of the various entry flights to the event, in which 6,683 players […]
July 9, 2014
With the last of the three starting flights – Day 1c – now in the record books with 2,571 survivors, there are now 4,504 main event competitors still active and plenty of poker ahead. On Tuesday the 1,933 survivors of the first two starting flights on days 1a and 1b were back at the tables […]
July 9, 2014
Overall statistics released Tuesday by the organisers of the World Series of Poker – the 45th edition of poker’s most prestigious annual tournament – indicate that player entries represent a new record. With the three main event starting day registrations now closed, the organisers have been able to compile totals for the entire tournament, which […]
July 8, 2014
Hopes that this year’s World Series of Poker main event would attract a record entry list have not been realised following the release Monday of the official entry figures on the last registration date for Day 1c entrants. Day 1c recorded 3,768 entries, bringing total registrations for the $10,000 buy-in event to 6,683, generating a […]
July 7, 2014
The second of three World Series of Poker main event start days over the weekend saw 2,144 players register, but by the time the chips were bagged early Monday morning just 1,428 were still standing and will go through to Day 2. At the close of play for Day 1b the largely unknown Trey Luxemburger […]