Jason Somerville Wins WSOP 2011 Event 20

The lowest buy-in No Limit Hold’em events at the WSOP always have massive fields, and this year’s Event 20 was no different. A whopping 3,175 players put up $1,000 to play the tournament, creating a prize pool of $2,857,500. This meant $493,091 for first...

John Monnette Wins 2011 WSOP Event #23

Nearly 500 players entered the $2,500 8-Game tournament at this year’s WSOP and when all the dust settled it was mixed-game specialist John Monnette who took down the title and a $278,144 payday.  For the California-native Monnette, this was just one of many...

Elie Payan Wins WSOP 2011 Event #22

For the second time in as many days a Frenchman has conquered a World Series of Poker bracelet.  Picking up from where Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier left off yesterday, fellow countryman Elie Payan won the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Event early Thursday...

2011 WSOP Player of the Year Update

Through the conclusion of Event #17, or about one-third of the way through the marathon tournament series known as the World Series of Poker, there have definitely been a bevy of positives coming out of the Rio.  For one thing, the overall attendance and prize money...

Foster Hays Wins WSOP 2011 Event 18

It seems like there’s even more attention on the World Series of Poker this year than usual. With online poker on life support in the United States, many have looked at the WSOP as a gauge of the overall health of poker itself. If WSOP 2011’s Event 18 is...

Aaron Steury Wins WSOP 2011 Event #16

HORSE is definitely the best name for a poker format. Comprised of five different variations – Hold’em, Omaha, Razz, Stud, and Omaha Hi/Lo – it also happens to be the most comprehensive test of skills available at the World Series. Usually an excursion for...

Tyler Bonkowski Wins WSOP 2011 Event 14

Limit Hold’em can be a bit of a tough sell especially given the overwhelming number of players that specialize in No Limit Hold’em rather than Limit Hold’em. The buy-in for Event 14 even increased to $3,000 from last year’s $2,000, but that...

Andrew Badecker Wins WSOP 2011 Event 13

Yesterday saw the completion of Event 13, the first shoot-out tournament of the 2011 WSOP. 1440 people paid $1,500 to play the No-Limit Hold’em shootout, creating a $1,944,000 prize pool with $369,371 for 1st place. The event started with 160 tables. In a...

Amir Lehavot Wins WSOP 2011 Event 7

Because WSOP events are usually huge, it’s quite common to see final tables filled with relative unknowns. However, once in awhile you’ll find a final table that is quite stacked from top to bottom with a wide variety of talent. Event 7 was one of these as...

David Diaz Wins WSOP 2011 Event 12

Event 12 of this year’s WSOP featured the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Triple Chance, a new tournament to the 2011 WSOP. While Triple Chance did make an appearance in 2010, the buy-in was $3,000 and participation was much lower. This year there were 1340...

Vlacheslav Zhukov Wins WSOP 2011 Event #11

We’re barely two weeks into the WSOP, but already the endless stream of bracelets is becoming overwhelming for poker fans. The players must have felt the same way in the pro-heavy field in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo World Championship. Ever major poker discipline...

Geffrey Klein Wins WSOP Event 10

The article written yesterday about WSOP Event 10 highlighted the talent in the $1,500 6-max event. The remaining field was full of multi-table tournament pros that have made huge fortunes online, many of them in the ballpark of 7-figures. And so obviously it makes...

Sean Getzwiller Wins WSOP 2011 Event #8

If there’s one big positive to take from this year’s World Series of Poker, it’s that attendance figures have been on the rise. The dark days of Black Friday might take some credit, but the overall message is that poker in United States is far from...

$25k WSOP Fantasy Poker League

Some people live for Fantasy sports. Whether it’s an annual baseball, football, or hockey draft, people go all out when it comes to studying potential players and poring over stats in preparation. As if bragging rights weren’t enough, usually everyone...

Eugene Katchalov Wins 2011 WSOP Event #5

There are plenty of good players without a WSOP bracelet. Although with 50+ handed out every year, it sometimes seems like the small gold wrist decorators aren’t too hard to come by. In reality that’s far from the truth and for that reason, there are...

Matt Perrins wins WSOP 2011 Event #9

It seems there may be a new poker Mecca and it’s located in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom’s Matt Perrins won the 9th event of the World Series of Poker only days after his best friend of 20 years, Jake Cody, won the prestigious heads-up event....

Rio Cash Games are Running Strong

Its nothing new to hear about large cash games running alongside of a prestigious tournament series.  In fact, this phenomenon of games sprouting up around large tournaments is one of the things that brought players like Doyle Brunson and Barry Greenstein to the sites...

WSOP 2011 Main Event: Time to Make History

For everyone in the world who loves poker, there’s nothing like the World Series of Poker Main Event, held each year in Las Vegas. It’s the most prestigious tournament that can be won. The Main Event Champion is the most coveted title in all of poker. The...

An Optimistic WSOP

The World Series of Poker officially began Tuesday with a $25,000 buy-in heads-up no limit tournament. Because of Black Friday, many were expecting a low turnout for most of the series. This event would have plenty of players, however, with 128. The whole prize pool...

The 2011 WSOP Cards Are In The Air!

Starting today is the 2011 World Series of Poker, the world’s richest poker tournament, hosted this year at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The 2011 WSOP features 58 events, the biggest poker stars in the world, and millions of dollars to be...

Elky to Kickbox RaSZi at 2011 WSOP

Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier and Lex “RaSZi” Veldhuis will be squaring off against each other at the WSOP 2011 in a kickboxing match. Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier has over $6 Million in live winnings and holds both a World Poker Tour...

Win a Trip to the 2011 WSOP at Betfair

Win a trip to the WSOP 2011 at Betfair now! Enter the Betfair WSOP 6 shooter for a chance at $74,000 in WSOP packages! There are 6 WSOP freeroll finals running on 6 consecutive days in early June. Twelve winners will win a $5,700 WSOP package, which includes flight,...

Top 10 WSOP Main Event Winners

Each and every grinder, every nearly-man, every five-time bracelet winner, there’s one thing they want above all else: To win the World Series of Poker. Only a select group of players have actually done it. Gathered here today is a list of my favourite Main...

Casears Bringing WSOP to Italy

Caesars Interactive Entertainment, the online subsidiary of Casears Entertainment Corporation, will be marketing the WSOP in Italy after signing a deal with Microgame SpA. The WSOP is a series of poker tournaments sponsored by Caesar’s Entertainment Corporation....

Gabe Patgorski Opens, Finishes With Day Three Lead at WSOP Regional Championship

The World Series of Poker is enjoying a vigorous round of play in their first ever Regional Championship event, held at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. With a $10,000 buy-in, 226 players have been engaged in a two-day battle for the inaugural crown. And when the cards finally hit the air on Day Three, it was FlopTurnRiver's own Gabe Patgorski in the lead. His stack of 729,000 chips bested a field which included such names as Steve Zolotow, Brandon Adams, Bernard Lee, and Justin Smith. Twenty-four players were still alive, all having made the money.

World Series of Poker Main Event Airs Today!

The World Series of Poker is the tournament every poker player dreams about playing. This year, 7,319 players registered for the tournament to make that dream come true; it was the second largest field in WSOP history. ESPN was there to capture all the poker glory on...

The November Nine is Set!

The “November Nine” for the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event have been decided. After battling through a field of 7,319 players who each ponied up $10,000 for the chance to win the $8.9 million first prize, only nine players remain for the final table...

Physicist Marcel Vonk Wins WSOP Event #54

With the brain power exerted on a regular basis at his day job, the challenges of the WSOP didn't seem to faze Marcel Vonk. The 36 year-old theoretical physicist from Holland managed to outlast a field of 3,844 players in the $1,000 NLHE Event #54. It was his second cash in four attempts, earning him a handsome reward of $570,960.

Huck Seed Crowned Champion of Champions

A star-studded line-up squared off on the felt over the past several days as the fourth ever Tournament of Champions took place at the World Series of Poker, leaving Huck Seed standing proud as the 2010 Champion of Champions. The original Tournament of Champions was...

Ante up for Africa Event a Great Success

The World Series of Poker was abuzz today as 81 celebrities and poker professionals sat down together at the tables for an event not designed to award wealth or glory, but rather to support an excellent cause. This was the fourth annual Ante up for Africa tournament...

Ryan Welch Takes Home First Bracelet

Another victory on the felt for online poker players took place this week as Ryan “gutshtallin” Welch took down his first gold bracelet at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, showing yet again that internet players are not to be taken lightly at the...

Shawn Busse Takes Down $1,000 NLHE Event

Shawn Busse joined the ranks of the poker elite today, securing his first gold bracelet at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. The young player bested a large field to emerge the victor of a $1,000 No Limit Hold’Em event, earning him over $450,000 in prize...

Dean Hamrick Wins WSOP Event #42

Dean Hamrick isn't used to being one of the older men at the table. But he was this past Friday, with a first place prize of $604,222 on the line in the the Event #42, a $1,500 No Limit Hold'em tournament. In a final table which held three recent college grads, the tournament's eventual winner would use his maturity and experience to nab his first WSOP victory.

Phil Ivey Wins 8th WSOP Bracelet

Early Tuesday morning the world’s best poker player took down another World Series of Poker title in Event #37: $3,000 HORSE. Phil Ivey defeated a stacked final table full of mixed-game specialists as well as a large chip deficit once heads-up play began. Ivey...

WSOP Notes: Men in Drag and Lifetime Bans

Outside of Men Nguyen's win and the handful of first time bracelet winners, there have been very few big stories. There is, of course, the player who was banned for sweeping in a tablemate's chips. And there's also the news that players caught smoking marijuana in the Rio parking lot will receive a lifetime WSOP ban.

WSOP 2010 with PokerStars

For my last article about WSOP satellites, I will write about the promotions happening at PokerStars. Every year PokerStars sends a ton of people to Vegas to play in the World Series Main Event, and this year should be no different. Like UB and Full Tilt, they have a...

Quick Hits: Laak nears world record, Bracelet talk, and others

It's been a slow couple days in the poker world, outside of the always exciting WSOP. Most of the online giants are holding off on the big promotions, spending their money instead on lucrative sponsorship and advertising deals. While this is great for the visibility of the game, it sure does make for some boring online play. But as we say in poker, there's always another game. There are plenty of interesting news nuggets to find, if your ears are open and your reads are sharp. With that in mind, here is a brief rundown of the latest info from the digital and tangible felt...

WSOP Player Caught Stealing, Banned for Life

There are two ways to steal money at a poker tournament: with guns, like in the recent German poker heist, or with sleight of hand, like this week in the World Series of Poker. Instead of prison, the thief now faces a humiliating lifetime ban. In the third level of...

WSOP 2010 with Full Tilt Poker

Last week I talked about the various UB satellites for the WSOP Main Event, as well as the bonuses you get for representing them during the big tournament in Vegas. Today I will do the same thing for Full Tilt Poker, one of the biggest online poker sites in the world...

World Series of Poker Starts Today

For professionals and poker fans around the world, the start of the WSOP in Vegas today marks the beginning of the greatest tournaments that the poker world has to offer. The series kicks off with the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship, an event designed for...

WSOP 2010 with UB

As you know, the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is almost ready to go in Vegas, and many online players will be looking to satellite into events. I am going to start a 3 part series of articles that will help American players figure out where to earn their seats to...

Team Bodog WSOP Testimonials

Every May the best poker players from around the world gather in Las Vegas to duke it out for the unofficial title of poker world champion. They hone their skills, laboriously size up their competition, and attempt to cash out with the fat Vegas hauls they’ve always...

Three Roads to the WSOP from Bodog

It's almost time for the 2010 running of the WSOP and we at FlopTurnRiver are absolutely stoked! So too, apparently, are the people at Bodog, who are now offering players three different ways to join them at the 2010 Main Event in Vegas. If you dream of seeing yourself on an episode of ESPN's coverage, then this may be one of your best available avenues. Check out our breakdown of each of Bodog's three routes.

WSOP Prize Packages at bwin

For players and fans of poker, there is no greater or more prestigious game than the World Series of Poker Main Event. From now until June 20th, you can qualify to win a $15,000 Main Event package at bwin and earn your chance to play with the pros. bwin, a member of...

Everest Poker Offers $1M WSOP Match

Lots of online poker sites offer their players a chance to sit in on the 2010 World Series of Poker. But how many of them offer you a shot at an additional $1,000,000? That's exactly what Everest Poker, one of the world's most popular gaming companies, is doing right now. In case their standard prize packages weren't enough, each qualifier who nets a seat in either the Main Event or Side Event #54 will also receive a share of up to $1,000,000 in additional prize money!

Tournament of Champions Returns at 2010 WSOP

The World Series of Poker is always coming up with new ideas and formats to keep the yearly poker mecca fresh and exciting. Alongside a raft of new features for the 2010 WSOP, an old favorite is set to re-take the stage. The WSOP Tournament of Champions will have it’s...

Official WSOP 2010 Schedule Released

The 41st annual World Series of Poker may still be more than 6 months away, but the dynamic team behind the scenes is nothing if not prepared. The full schedule for next year’s most prestigious poker event has been released, with 57 bracelet tournaments packed into a...

Historic Binions Casino Closes Hotel

The slow decline of poker’s most historic venue continues, following the news that Binion’s Hotel and Casino have shut their 365 room hotel. In 1970, the titular casino owner Benny Binion created the World Series of Poker, undoubtedly the most successful poker...

Jeffery Pollack Resigns as WSOP Commissioner

After three successful years at the helm of the poker’s most prestigious event, Jeffery Pollack has announced that he is stepping down as the Commissioner of the World Series of Poker. Under his aegis the WSOP has grown dramatically and Pollack has become a popular...

Darvin Moon: Poker's New Everyman

The story of this year’s World Series of Poker belongs to the 46-year old Darvin Moon.  A logger from the small town of Oakland, Maryland, he has become the everyman’s poker icon similar to Chris Moneymaker in 2003.  However, in many ways, Darvin Moon is different....

Darvin Moon: Poker’s New Everyman

The story of this year’s World Series of Poker belongs to the 46-year old Darvin Moon.  A logger from the small town of Oakland, Maryland, he has become the everyman’s poker icon similar to Chris Moneymaker in 2003.  However, in many ways, Darvin Moon is different....

Phil Ivey on ESPN’s E60

We know Phil Ivey is now playing for the most coveted prize in poker, the WSOP Main Even bracelet. What we don’t know much about is Ivey’s personal life, until now. Ivey allowed ESPN’s E60 crew to follow him around the globe from north America to...