by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 26, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Writing this article I have felt a distinct sense of deja vu. It was exactly seven days ago that I reported on perennial nearly-man John Phan finally picking up a well deserved first World Series bracelet. Yet here I am again reporting on another WSOP victory for the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 26, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Event #41 of the WSOP brought a mixture of two games in Mixed Hold’em – Limit/No Limit. 731 people paid $1,500 to get into this tourney which featured a prize pool of $996,450. The 731 number would be cut all the way down to 98 by the time things wrapped...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 26, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Event #41 of the WSOP brought a mixture of two games in Mixed Hold’em – Limit/No Limit. 731 people paid $1,500 to get into this tourney which featured a prize pool of $996,450. The 731 number would be cut all the way down to 98 by the time things wrapped...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 26, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Most card players in the world aren’t too keen on the game of 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball. That’s probably a good reason why only 238 players paid the $2,500 buy-in. But there were still some big name players fighting for the $547,400 prize pool. John...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 25, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With 2,720 players paying the $1,500 buy-ins for Event #39, one would have thought that this No Limit Hold’em tourney would’ve lasted a lot longer. But the truth is that the first day set the theme for super-quick eliminations. In fact, over 90% of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 25, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With 2,720 players paying the $1,500 buy-ins for Event #39, one would have thought that this No Limit Hold’em tourney would’ve lasted a lot longer. But the truth is that the first day set the theme for super-quick eliminations. In fact, over 90% of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 25, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The 38th event of the 2008 WSOP would start off with some domination by Michael Binger as he bolted out to the lead in the $2,000 buy-in event. He was quickly eyeing the top prize out of the $1,101,100 available. But his day 1 lead wasn’t totally secure as a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 25, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The 38th event of the 2008 WSOP would start off with some domination by Michael Binger as he bolted out to the lead in the $2,000 buy-in event. He was quickly eyeing the top prize out of the $1,101,100 available. But his day 1 lead wasn’t totally secure as a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 25, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Event #37 in the World Series of Poker was nothing short of exciting when David Benyamine took the first place seat in a solid match of Omaha Eight-or-better. With Benyamine being one of the biggest names in the poker world it’s no surprise that this very talented...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 24, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Quite a few players started the day in Event #36 as 2,447 players took part in the No Limit Hold’em tournament. Very few players actually made it though to play for another day. Over 90% of the players that started wouldn’t get to see a piece of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 24, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Quite a few players started the day in Event #36 as 2,447 players took part in the No Limit Hold’em tournament. Very few players actually made it though to play for another day. Over 90% of the players that started wouldn’t get to see a piece of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 24, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
As can be expected, Event #35’s regular Seven Card Stud tourney didn’t exactly pack the house at the Rio. 381 players paid the $1,500 buy-in to make the prize pool a modest $520,065. That didn’t put a damper on the competition at all though as...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 24, 2008 | WSOP
Poker professional, David Benyamine, has now distinguished himself from other talented poker players by winning his first ever World Series of Poker Bracelet. It happened in Event #37, the $10,000 Omaha High-Low Split Tournament. Benyamine beat 235 talented players in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 23, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
For a Pot Limit Omaha tournament, Event #34 definitely had a decent prize pool going for it after 320 players bought in for $1,500 bringing the total to $2,407,125 (w/ the rebuys). A lot of big-time players took to the tables for this event as Phil Ivey, Lee...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 23, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Having already seen the regular Seven Card Stud championship go by, the WSOP featured the World Championship of Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better in Event #33. With a hefty entry fee of $5,000, only 261 players paid the buy-in which brought the grand prize total...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 23, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Event #32 of the WSOP saw another No Limit Hold’em tournament draw a big crowd. This time it was 2,304 people paying the $1,500 buy-in to make the prize pool worth $3,144,960. However, this huge field wouldn’t be quite so big at the end of the day as only...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 23, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Event #32 of the WSOP saw another No Limit Hold’em tournament draw a big crowd. This time it was 2,304 people paying the $1,500 buy-in to make the prize pool worth $3,144,960. However, this huge field wouldn’t be quite so big at the end of the day as only...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 21, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The European contingent were out in full force to see Italian pro Dario Minieri take down event #32, the $2,500 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed tournament. The diminutive Roman is well known for his hyper-agressive style, as well as the for the maroon and yellow AC...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 21, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The European contingent were out in full force to see Italian pro Dario Minieri take down event #32, the $2,500 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed tournament. The diminutive Roman is well known for his hyper-agressive style, as well as the for the maroon and yellow AC...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 20, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With the World Series of Poker still underway there is a lot of exciting news happening over in Las Vegas! Tournament after tournament we see great amounts of action coupled with some incredible players to observe. This really leads into Event #30 with Rob Hollink...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 19, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The 2008 World Series of Poker will be hosting the 2nd annual Ante Up for Africa tournament to help raise funds and awareness about the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan. The tournament begins at 2:00 pm on July 2nd in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. Last year,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 19, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The 12th No-Limit Hold’em event of this years World Series came to an end yesterday morning and the result not one to break with tradition; with yet another lucky player taking home his first ever WSOP bracelet. This is not especially surprising in itself, many...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 19, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The 12th No-Limit Hold’em event of this years World Series came to an end yesterday morning and the result not one to break with tradition; with yet another lucky player taking home his first ever WSOP bracelet. This is not especially surprising in itself, many...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 18, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
People weren’t messing around in the 23rd event of the WSOP as, out of the 1,344 who paid the $2,000 buy-in, only 134 of them would be coming back to play for the available $2,446,000. It was no surprise to see big name players in this event either like T.J....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 18, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
People weren’t messing around in the 23rd event of the WSOP as, out of the 1,344 who paid the $2,000 buy-in, only 134 of them would be coming back to play for the available $2,446,000. It was no surprise to see big name players in this event either like T.J....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 18, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The ever growing popularity of the H.O.R.S.E. game in poker took another step up up in Event #22 of the WSOP. 414 players paid the $3,000 buy-in so they participate in the tourney that reached a prize pool of $1,142,640. And the growing popularity of this game...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 17, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The amount of entries for Event #17 went to the cap as exactly 1,000 people took part in this No Limit Hold’em Shootout Tournament. Their $1,500 buy-ins went on to make up the $1,365,000 prize pool up for grabs. Perhaps what made this event sellout so quick is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 17, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The amount of entries for Event #17 went to the cap as exactly 1,000 people took part in this No Limit Hold’em Shootout Tournament. Their $1,500 buy-ins went on to make up the $1,365,000 prize pool up for grabs. Perhaps what made this event sellout so quick is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 17, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Event #16 of the WSOP saw a decent turnout for one of the smaller scale tourneys in the Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better contest. 551 paid the $2,000 buy-in to create a $1,002,820 prize pool. Some of the big name players who would take part in this event included Layne...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 16, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Going into this year’s WSOP, many people were wondering if a woman would capture a bracelet. Well, they were obviously talking about the events other than the Ladies No Limit Hold’em World Championship but at least this event would guarantee a female...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 16, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Going into this year’s WSOP, many people were wondering if a woman would capture a bracelet. Well, they were obviously talking about the events other than the Ladies No Limit Hold’em World Championship but at least this event would guarantee a female...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 16, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Event #14 of the World Series of Poker featured another world championship with this one being Seven Card Stud. The buy-in represented the importance of the event as it was $10,000 and 158 people paid up making the prize pool $1,485,200. Being the World Championship...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 14, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Many of the final tables in this year’s World Series have drawn media attention thanks to the large amount of household names that have featured on them. Take a moment then, to think about all those fine young internet professionals who have been blazing a trail...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 14, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Many of the final tables in this year’s World Series have drawn media attention thanks to the large amount of household names that have featured on them. Take a moment then, to think about all those fine young internet professionals who have been blazing a trail...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 13, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The 2008 World Series of Poker is in full swing, as we’re nearing the halfway point. Bracelets have been won by some of the best in the game, as Erick Lindgren getting his first bracelet, Mike Matusow getting his third, and Daniel Negreanu getting his fourth. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 13, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Daniel Negreanu is a familiar face all around the professional poker world and a very successful player in the World Series of Poker. After today Negreanu has won a total of four bracelets in the WSOP, a feat only accomplished by seven other people in the history of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 12, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
In what be one of the smallest fields so far this year, 85 players sat down on Monday evening to contest event #18, the $5,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw, with Rebuys. Not that the size of the field should be taken as any indication of its quality – practically every...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 11, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
After a few events in a row where the prize pool wasn’t exactly the highest, the stakes got raised a little in Event #13 where the total reached $3,213,100. With 1,397 players paying the $2,500 buy-in, this No Limit Hold-em contest easily beat out last...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 11, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
After a few events in a row where the prize pool wasn’t exactly the highest, the stakes got raised a little in Event #13 where the total reached $3,213,100. With 1,397 players paying the $2,500 buy-in, this No Limit Hold-em contest easily beat out last...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 11, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With all the No Limit Hold’em games that have been trotted out in the 2008 WSOP, a change of pace occurred in Event #12. That’s because this tourney was all about Limit Hold’em. This $1,500 buy-in event saw 883 people ante up the entry fee and that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 11, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With all the No Limit Hold’em games that have been trotted out in the 2008 WSOP, a change of pace occurred in Event #12. That’s because this tourney was all about Limit Hold’em. This $1,500 buy-in event saw 883 people ante up the entry fee and that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 10, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
There would be no chip farming or overly conservative play during the WSOP’s 11th event as it was a No Limit Hold’em Shootout. With only the top player from each table of six moving on to the next round of play, players had to go for the gold or go home....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 10, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With an event like Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better, it’s obvious that there’s not going to be a whole lot of players biting at this type of event. Even if it is the WSOP. But don’t tell that to the 388 players who chose to pay the $2,500...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 9, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Event 9 of this 2008 World Series of Poker was one of three, 6-max, No Limit Hold’Em tournaments on the schedule. 6-max Event 31 has a buy-in of $2500 and 6-max Event 46 has a buy-in of $5000, but Event 9 lead the way to the bigger cash with a buy-in of $1500....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 9, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Event 9 of this 2008 World Series of Poker was one of three, 6-max, No Limit Hold’Em tournaments on the schedule. 6-max Event 31 has a buy-in of $2500 and 6-max Event 46 has a buy-in of $5000, but Event 9 lead the way to the bigger cash with a buy-in of $1500....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 7, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With so many of pokers biggest stars in Event #8, WSOP’s seventh event didn’t see quite as many big name players in it. However, that’s certainly not to say that Event #7 was lacking any kind of excitement. In fact, there was a great story to be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 7, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With so many of pokers biggest stars in Event #8, WSOP’s seventh event didn’t see quite as many big name players in it. However, that’s certainly not to say that Event #7 was lacking any kind of excitement. In fact, there was a great story to be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 7, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
During the $10,000 Mixed event at this years world series the players sitting at Phil Ivey’s table were quizzing the poker genius on a number of topics, one of which being: Who did he think was the greatest living poker player? Phil listed a number of potential...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 6, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better has traditionally never got the kind of attention of respect that games such as No Limit Hold ‘Em get. However, if you told that to the 9 players that headed in to the final table of Event #6 yesterday, they might have told you...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 6, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Event number five in the World Series of Poker came to a close and Michael Banducci was the winner. He took home the bracelet along with $636,736. Quite the chunk of cash for a $1000 dollar buy-in. Banducci considers his winnings beer money, at least that’s what...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 5, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Last night saw the conclusion of the 3rd day of event number 4 in this years WSOP calender, the $5,000 Mixed Hold ’em event. The structure combined both limit and no-limit, as part Harrah’s attempts to offer a diverse range of tournaments to satisfy every...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 3, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
It’s now late afternoon on Tuesday and the only WSOP tournament in the bag as of now is the Event #1 that STHollywood reported on yesterday. Event #2, which was a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em tourney, was supposed to be done by now. However, an Event #2 record...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 2, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
As we all know, the 2008 World Series of Poker kicked off on May 30th with the $10,000 Pot Limit Hold’Em World Championship. There were 352 entrants to the tournament creating a prize pool of $3,308,800 and a first place prize of $794,112. When 343 players had...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 2, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
As we all know, the 2008 World Series of Poker kicked off on May 30th with the $10,000 Pot Limit Hold’Em World Championship. There were 352 entrants to the tournament creating a prize pool of $3,308,800 and a first place prize of $794,112. When 343 players had...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 31, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The 2008 World Series begun in Las Vegas yesterday in an uncharacteristically low-key fashion. A marching band from the University of Las Vegas may have paraded through the Amazon room, performing a rousing rendition of “Viva Las Vegas”, but once all the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 29, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Months of anticipation come to a close tomorrow, as the 2008 World Series of Poker gets underway. Although the first bracelet won’t be up for grabs until then, the cards are already in the air in with a number of cash games and satellites in full swing....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 27, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
We’re now only three days away from the biggest event in the poker world. Yes, the World Series of Poker is primed to kick-off on Friday with Event #1 and many of the players have already arrived in Las Vegas. Those who are already in Sin City are eagerly...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 24, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News, WSOP
Phil Hellmuth and Milwaukee’s Best Light have announced a unique partnership designed to promote this years World Series of Poker. 12 Million cans featuring three different likenesses of the Poker Brat himself are to be produced to coincide with the start of...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 23, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
There are only seven days until the 2008 World Series of Poker, but as both professionals and amateurs gear up for a month of poker excitement, not everything is as it should be. Concerns over the uncertain economic situation in the U.S. have lead to fears that this...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 20, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The last WSOP Circuit event is coming to a close at Harrah’s in New Orleans. But the Main Event has just kicked off and Day 1 of the tournament is completed. In all, 249 players came to Harrah’s in search of the WSOP Circuit ring. The $5,000 buy-in was...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 18, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Tomorrow, May 19th, marks the last tournament of the World Series of Poker’s final 2008 circuit stop at Harrah’s New Orleans. So far we have seen 11 circuit stops beginning with the Grand Casino in Tunica and most recently in Casesars Palace in Las Vegas....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 17, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
A partnership has been formed between the WSOP and XP Events which would help spread WSOP related merchandise throughout a stand alone brick and mortar store in Las Vegas, www.wsopshop.com, and free standing kiosks which you can find in the middle of the aisles in...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 13, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
There hasn’t been much World Series of Poker news lately besides the hundreds (maybe thousands) of news stories and opinionated pieces that have dropped since the WSOP announced its final table move. Luckily, a breath of fresh air has come in the form of Bodog Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) approaching there is more excitement and anticipation by the day. Today sports-betting giant and online poker site Bodog.com posted odds for which celebrity poker player will go the farthest in the this years Main Event. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 6, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
It’s now official that the World Series of Poker final table will be shown on a tape delay, and a major tape delay at that. 117 days will have elapsed between the time that the nine people who will play at the final table are decided till the point at which they...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 4, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
According to the Capital Times, this week Harrah’s Entertainment, owner of several casinos and the World Series of Poker (WSOP), announced that the final table for this years WSOP Main Event will be moved back to November. This 117 day break in the action is so...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 3, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News, WSOP
Yesterday, the WSOP Circuit Event in at Caesars Las Vegas came to an end, as an extremely tough final table convened. The $5k buy in event attracted 334 total entries, with 36 players getting paid. Here were the stack sizes going into the final table. Ben Fineman:...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 1, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With the massive growth of poker over the last couple of years, Harrah’s Entertainment has decided to change the way the 2008 WSOP will be run. The Main Event starts on July 3rd and hopes to reach a final table of nine by July 15th. Then, there will be a 16-week...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 1, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With the massive growth of poker over the last couple of years, Harrah’s Entertainment has decided to change the way the 2008 WSOP will be run. The Main Event starts on July 3rd and hopes to reach a final table of nine by July 15th. Then, there will be a 16-week...
by givememyleg | Apr 30, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
If you viewed my article on the quickly approaching WSOP 2008 on March 16th (and if not you can click here to read it), I gave an update on some news and satellite results. Well, being now that is has been 1.5 months since then, and more importantly only 1 month from...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 29, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The 2008 World Series of Poker year may be winding down but the Circuit Event at Caesars Palace is just beginning. Well, at least the Main Event is just beginning as the smaller tournaments have just finished up. And the best one of these may have been Event #11...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 27, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Mrickett, reported on UltimateBet’s amazing promotion for the World Series of Poker (WSOP), but they are not the only ones getting in WSOP giveaway mode. According to OnlineCasinos.com, with the 2008 WSOP only months away, there has been an massive increase in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 26, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
If you’re looking to win a seat in the World Series of Poker this year, UltimateBet Poker may just be your best bet! Ultimate Bet has taken the opportunity to offer their players a large number of Main Event seats for free. Here’s what you need to do to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 20, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Today is April 20th, 2008. It marks the beginning the second to last tournament stop for the World Series of Poker Circuit Events of the year and it is also a “national holiday”; for those of you who are unaware, 4/20 is national pot smoking day. Legend...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 15, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
For those who think that professional poker players have it made and their life travels straight down easy street, this year’s Caesars Indiana Main Event proved otherwise. It became more of a contest to see who could stay fixated on the game than who had the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 13, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Today is the beginning of the three-day $5150 Championship Event of the Harrah’s Indiana Circuit stop. Since Olsdog updated us there have been four more completed events and plenty of excitement from new and familiar faces. Event 8 was the $550 Six-handed No...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 8, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
With just five days away from the $5,150 buy-in main event at Caesars Indiana, many poker fans can’t wait to see how their favorite players will fare at this latest World Series of Poker Circuit challenge. However, you don’t have to wait for the action as...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 7, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News, WPT, WSOP
This has been a simply huge couple of days in the tournament scene, with big names frequenting the high buy in preliminary events at the Five-Star World Poker Classic at the Bellagio, while we near the end of the road at the Foxwoods Poker Classic. The EPT San Remo...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 6, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
We are a about a month and a half away from the beginning of the poker communities’ most celebrated time of the year, the World Series of Poker (WSOP). But, before the WSOP action begins there are still 3 more Circuit Events to go. Currently, four of the 12...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 23, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The 2007/2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit tournament series is coming to a close with only three of the 12 events remaining. This fact leads to one exciting and heavily anticipated conclusion: the 2008 World Series of Poker is right around the corner! This...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 18, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
The dates and venues for this year’s World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) were officially announced today by Harrah’s Entertainment. Hosted in London, England, this year’s series will run from September 19th to October 1st and will take place in the...
by givememyleg | Mar 16, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
There has been a lot of talk recently about this years World Series of Poker with it being only 2.5 months away. Judging by last year, 10 weeks will seem like no time at all, especially with all the poker to be played in between. All of the big name rooms have started...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 16, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
As I reported a few days back the World Series of Poker is still hanging out in New Jersey. But, finally there is a conclusion to the largest championship field in the WSOP circuit. The winner received $431,136 for their efforts! With a $4900 buy-in and a grueling...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Coming back to Atlantic City for the fourth year the World Series of Poker has taken over Jersey. Caesars Atlantic City is currently hosting the 9th of 12 WSOP Circuit stops in 2008. The event will last three days and day one finished in a solid fashion. Dan Hicks...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
Event number eight of the Caesars Atlantic City tournament ended after a single day, even with 607 players entered. How did that happen you might ask? Well it’s simple, they changed it up and made the event a turbo event, changing the blinds every 20 minutes to yield...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 13, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
This tournament featured a solid $500 buyin and 382 players sat down to play. The tournament spanned two days and 373 were eliminated on day one. When the second day started with the remaining 9 players things got a little interesting. Final table chip counts are a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 7, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News, WSOP
Everest Poker has scored a big win for themselves by netting a huge promotional agreement with the WSOP. This conract is a multi-year agreement that yields them exclusive rights to logos placed on the felt at all WSOP events. This is a really big deal for Everest...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 6, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker News, WSOP
Several online poker rooms are giving its players ways to satellite into this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event (WSOP ME), and PokerStars is no exception. In fact, with a myriad of ways to win a seat (for as little as $2.00), PokerStars will be sending...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2008 | EPT, Poker News, WPT, WSOP
Amidst the flurry of huge money being doled out online, there haven’t been many huge tournaments going down live, save for some of the side events at the L.A. Poker Classic series. However, there are many shots at big money in the upcoming weeks, as the World Series...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 4, 2008 | EPT, High Stakes Rail, Poker News, WPT, WSOP
Barely even able to drive, and often not even able to legally buy alcohol, players no older than high school graduates are sweeping the tournament scene. They are constantly feasting upon tournaments in countries other than the United States, a country where they...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 29, 2008 | EPT, High Stakes Rail, Poker News, WPT, WSOP
The Borgata Winter Poker Open is coming to a close as the Main Event is heading into Day 3, with the L.A. Poker Classic starting, the EPT in Dortmund looming, as well as the World Series of Poker Circuit stop in Rincon just beginning. Despite having a great structure,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 23, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
According to CNN, today Harrah’s Entertainment announced the implementation of additional World Series of Poker (WSOP) coverage in the form of World Series of Poker Radio. WSOP Radio will be available to over 200 stations nationwide, broadcast from...
by givememyleg | Jan 22, 2008 | High Stakes Rail, Live Poker Results, Poker News, WPT, WSOP
It has been a positively sick week, with another millionaire made in the poker world, and two other main events of series going on. The Aussie Millions have come to a close, the WPT World Poker Open is heading into Day 2, and the World Series of Poker Circuit in...
by givememyleg | Jan 16, 2008 | Poker News, WSOP
It’s now 2008 and there are many players who are just itching to earn themselves their next, or perhaps first, bracelet. There is a lot of talk about Hellmuth’s recent performance the last few years, and pro’s such as Allen Cunningham who has won at...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 14, 2008 | EPT, Poker News, WPT, WSOP
Another exciting week of tournaments are in the books, with many stories emerging. The Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure has come and gone, the WSOP Circuit Event and WPT World Poker Open preliminaries are underway, and the Aussie Millions Main Event has started up....
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 7, 2008 | EPT, Poker News, WPT, WSOP
Another year has started, and that means there’s a boatload of money to be won this year in live tournaments. 2008 has just begun, but no time has been wasted as the World Poker Tour World Poker Open preliminary, the Aussie Millions preliminary events, the World...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 23, 2007 | EPT, High Stakes Rail, Poker News, WPT, WSOP
Another year of poker is in the books, and despite many fears that have arisen in the last fourteen months over the future of the game we all love, but this year has shown that our game is still strong. It has been another historic year for poker, as the game still...
by givememyleg | Dec 13, 2007 | Poker News, WSOP
There have been many people anxiously awaiting the release of the 2008 World Series of Poker schedule, and finally we have to wait no longer! The WSOP posted their schedule earlier today and there are a few striking differences right off the bat. First off, they have...
