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WSOP.com June Promotions: Qualifiers, Reloads, & More

by | Jun 1, 2016 | WSOP

WSOP.com is offering some exciting new and ongoing promotions for the month of June, for both Nevada and New Jersey residents. If you’re located in one of these states and want to get in on the action, visit WSOP.com now. First Time & Reload Bonuses The...

WSOP.com Nevada May Poker Promotions

by | May 11, 2016 | United States, WSOP

WSOP.com is currently the most popular legal online poker room in the Nevada regulated market. But that doesn’t mean that the site is resting on its laurels; it’s offering a full suite of promotions to players during the month of May. If you’ve yet...

WSOP.com New Jersey May Poker Promotions

by | May 11, 2016 | United States, WSOP

The New Jersey-regulated online poker site WSOP.com wishes to earn your custom by providing attractive promotions on a regular basis, and this month is no exception. There are a variety of May promotional offerings for you to choose from. It should be clear, however,...

Negreanu Wins Another Bracelet in WSOPE High Roller

by | Oct 25, 2013 | WSOP

Daniel Negreanu has added a sixth piece of WSOP jewellery to his collection as he picked up another bracelet, winning the 2013 WSOPE High Roller. Not only did he win his sixth bracelet, he also picked up the 2013 WSOP Player of the Year title, the first person to ever...

WSOPE: Negreanu Wins High Roller and POY

by | Oct 25, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP

Daniel Negreanu is having a great year. He won the WSOP APAC Main Event earlier in the year, and now he has won the WSOPE High Roller and a historic second Player of the Year title go along with the one he won back in 2004. High Roller Negreanu’s sixth bracelet...

WSOPE: Main Event Plays Through Day 1b

by | Oct 21, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP

Sunday at the Casino Barrière just outside Paris saw action in the second flight of the Main Event of this year’s World Series of Poker Europe. This was the last chance for players to get into the action of the WSOPE as this was the last opening day for the...

Hairabedian Picks up Second WSOPE Bracelet

by | Oct 19, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP

The action from Thursday had left the €2,200 No Limit Hold’em Event #5 had left the field down to just seven players. Heading up this pack was Erik Seidel, who had nearly twice the stack of his next nearest rival. It looked like the Poker Legend was a strong...

Jeremy Ausmus Wins WSOPE PLO Event #4

by | Oct 18, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP

Jeremy Ausmus prevailed in Paris Thursday at event #4 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe, taking home €70,324. This €1,650 buyin PLO event saw 184 entrants, but by the third day of play, there were only six players remaining. The final table had some familiar...

100 WSOP Cashes for the Poker Brat

by | Oct 18, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP

Thursday in Paris saw history being made as the Poker Brat, Phil Hellmuth, made history as the first player in the WSOP’s existence to achieve 100 cashes in bracelet events. This milestone makes Hellmuth the holder of both the most cashes and most bracelets in...

Tuesday’s Action from the WSOPE

by | Oct 16, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP

Tuesday the 16th of October 2013 was another day of action at the Casino Barrière just outside Paris as the WSOPE played through its fifth day. We had the final table of Event #2 while Events #3 and #4 were also in action. Event #2 The €1100 No Limit Hold’em...

Manic Monday at WSOPE in Paris

by | Oct 15, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP

Monday saw two events in full flow at the Casino Barrière in gay Paris as the 2013 WSOPE continued. We had two events in action, and ended up preparing the final table for Event #2, as well as significantly reducing the field for Event #3. Event #2 The €1000 + €100 No...

WSOPE 2013 continues with Day 1b of Event #2

by | Oct 14, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP

The only action in the World Series of Poker Europe yesterday was in Day 1b of the €1000 + €100 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry, and Sunday’s action attracted 295 unique entries, making for 659 total entries. Event #2 With Niels Herrgodts leading the Day 1a chip...

World Series of Europe Begins in Paris

by | Oct 13, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP

The European leg of the World Series of Poker has begun on the table of the Casino Barrière in Paris, and we have already seen the first bracelet winner crowned in the form of the first ever WSOPE ladies champion. We have also seen the first flight of Event #2, the...

WSOP Main Event Day #5 (Part 2) TV Recap

by | Sep 27, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP

This Tuesday (Wednesday night for those of us in Canada) the televised action at the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event continued, picking up right where last week’s two episodes left off. Day 5 saw a series of big hands, high profile exits, and more than a...

WSOP Main Event Returns to ESPN Tonight

by | Sep 17, 2013 | Poker News, WSOP

After several weeks off the air the 2013 World Series of Poker returns to ESPN tonight with two hours of brand-new coverage of the Main Event. Beginning at 9pm ET, the programming will cover Day 5 action. From now until the final table, viewers can watch the action...

Canada Weekly Update – July 23

by | Jul 23, 2013 | Canada, Poker News, WSOP

2013 World Series of Poker dubbed “The Year of the Canadian” Although Canadians are usually the minority when it comes to the WSOP (making up less than 10% of all players), that hasn’t stopped the Red & White from taking over. Canadians have won 10...

November Nine Betting Odds Released

by | Jul 21, 2013 | WSOP

The “November Nine”, the final table of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event, has been set. While we now have to wait until November to see more WSOP action, that doesn’t mean the betting is over. This week the sportsbooks have released the...

WSOP Daily Update 15th July, 2013

by | Jul 16, 2013 | WSOP

The 15th was the last day of the WSOP Main Event before the return of the last Nine contenders in November. 27 poker gladiators returned to the Amazon Room of the Rio Casino to play down to the final nine, regardless of how long it was going to take. We had a...

WSOP Daily Update 14th July, 2013

by | Jul 15, 2013 | WSOP

The 14th saw the reduction of the WSOP Main Event field from 68 down to just 27 hopefuls. They will be returning to play Day 7, where they will fight tooth and nail (and anything else they can find) to be one of the last nine players standing at the end of Day 7. The...

WSOP Daily Update 13th July, 2013

by | Jul 14, 2013 | WSOP

13 is considered an unlucky number to a lot of people, and the majority of the players who started Day 5 of the 2013 WSOP Main Event won’t have much evidence to contradict this assertion. 239 players started the day in hope that the 13 thing was a myth, but only...

WSOP Daily Update 12th July, 2013

by | Jul 13, 2013 | WSOP

The 12th of July saw Day 4 of the 2013 Main Event whittle the devils number of 666 players down to just the 239 players who do into Day 5. The bubble burst pretty early in the day, and 648 players went away with at least $19,106, and the remaining players are...

WSOP Daily Update 11th July, 2013

by | Jul 12, 2013 | WSOP

Day 3 of the 2013 WSOP Main Event finally saw the three starting flights merge together into a single massive beast, something like the poker equivalent of Godzilla or Mothra. This massive leviathan of a poker event was made up of many recognisable names, and there...

WSOP Daily Update 10th July, 2013

by | Jul 11, 2013 | WSOP

While there have been some rather interesting changes announced in the Poker Media world in the past 24 hours, the majority of the attention is still on a single casino’s poker floor in Las Vegas. As the crown jewel of Live Poker Events, the WSOP Main Event...

WSOP Daily Update 9th July, 2013

by | Jul 10, 2013 | WSOP

All of the poker media attention on the 9th of July in Las Vegas was pretty much all concentrated on the two day 2s happening in the Rio Casino. The two separate flights were both being run to allow the much bigger Day 2c to have enough room on Wednesday. The Open...

WSOP Daily Update 8th July, 2013

by | Jul 9, 2013 | WSOP

The 8th of July only had one World Series Of Poker Event going on, but it was the biggest event of the year, and the Main Event is currently the centre of the poker universe. The Rio Casino has some of the biggest names in poker sitting at their tables, and there are...

Canada Weekly Update – July 8

by | Jul 8, 2013 | Canada, Poker News, WSOP

Hard Rock Casino Vancouver will open in Coquitlam, British Columbia The Hard Rock Casino Vancouver will be a brand new renovation of the old Boulevard Casino, in the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia (Metro Vancouver). The new 80,000 square foot casino will offer...

Eli Elezra Ships WSOP Event #59 to Win 2nd Bracelet

by | Jul 8, 2013 | WSOP

Poker professional Eli Elezra scored his second career bracelet Friday in WSOP Event #59 – a $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball event. Elezra walked home with $173,236 in winnings. The event drew only 282 entrants, but the field was among the toughest in any WSOP event...

WSOP Daily Update 7th July, 2013

by | Jul 8, 2013 | WSOP

The 7th of July has always been a favourite day for me. Maybe it’s because I’m British, and Andy Murray won Wimbledon yesterday, maybe it’s because the Main Event of the World Series of Poker is going on, or maybe it’s just because it was my...

WSOP Daily Update 6th July, 2013

by | Jul 7, 2013 | WSOP

As the last of the WSOP events are coming to a close, the biggest one of them all is just beginning. Day 1A of the WSOP Main Event is in the books and with two more starting days to go this years’ Main Event promises to be as good as ever. That being said, many of the...

WSOP Daily Update 5th July, 2013

by | Jul 6, 2013 | WSOP

Today saw the making of two more bracelet winner, surprisingly enough, both of them are repeat WSOP champions and are very well known names in the world of poker. Event #57: No-Limit Hold’em The $5,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em attracted 784 players and generated...

WSOP Daily Update 4th July, 2013

by | Jul 5, 2013 | WSOP

You really would expect the 4th of July to full of fireworks, and the WSOP hasn’t disappointed. We had two final tables, a massive entry to the Little one for one Drop, and all the other action you’d expect from Las Vegas this time of the year. Event #55...

WSOP Daily Update 3rd July, 2013

by | Jul 4, 2013 | WSOP

Tuesday was a day that brought us bonus final table action when the final table of Event #53 ran over, and went into a fourth day of action. We also saw the aside action in the Players Championship start to have an effect, and all around the Rio, players busted out of...

Dana Castaneda makes epic comeback to win Event #54

by | Jul 4, 2013 | WSOP

2883 players took to the felt in No Limit Holdem Event #54, each putting up $1,000 creating a massive $2,594,700 prize pool. Three days later the final table was set and Barry Hutter was well in the lead with 2,408,000 chips, over a million chips ahead of Philippe...

WSOP Daily Update 2nd July, 2013

by | Jul 3, 2013 | WSOP

Tuesday was a day that brought us bonus final table action when the final table of Event #53 ran over, and went into a fourth day of action. We also saw the aside action in the Players Championship start to have an effect, and all around the Rio, players busted out of...

Bret Shaffer Wins First Bracelet in Event #53

by | Jul 3, 2013 | WSOP

Event #53 of the WSOP schedule, held in No Limit Hold’em format, saw 2,816 entrants pay $1,500 each, creating prize pool of close to $4 million. Taking the largest chunk of this prize pool home was winner Brett Shaffer, of Kansas, who walked away with $665,397...

WSOP Daily Update 1st July, 2013

by | Jul 2, 2013 | WSOP

Bob Geldolf may not like Mondays, but I’m quite a fan after the action from the Rio on this particular Monday. I have a man I know leading the race to be a WSOP champion, and Doyle Brunson is back deep in the poker action at the WSOP, in short it was a busy day....

WSOP Daily Update 30th June, 2013

by | Jul 1, 2013 | WSOP

Sunday’s are traditionally a day of rest, but for us in the Poker Media, during the WSOP, days off are given the same standing as Unicorns and Bad Poker Players with limitless money reserves. I haven’t had a day off in weeks. Given this, you would have...

WSOP Daily Update 29th June, 2013

by | Jun 30, 2013 | WSOP

Saturday saw the One Drop Event #47 keep on grabbing the limelight, as it overran it’s scheduled time, over shadowing some of the other smaller events. We still managed to grab the information to bring you all the important action from the Rio Event #47 We have...

Marco Johnson’s Event #48 Win Second to None

by | Jun 29, 2013 | WSOP

Event #48 ($2,500 LHE 6-max) of the WSOP played down to a winner Friday night. That winner was Marco Johnson, of Walnut Creek, California, who was finally able to clinch his first career WSOP bracelet, after three second place finishes. In addition to the gold...

WSOP Daily Update 28th June, 2013

by | Jun 29, 2013 | WSOP

As you’d expect, the majority of the attention in the Amazon room on Friday was grabbed by the big buy in $111,111 One Drop Event #47. It was expected to play down to a winner, but life is never that easy. The other big event was the start of the $25,000 6-Max...