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I recently came off of my recent post WSOP playing hiatis and have been playing a few low stake sit-n-go’s on UltimateBet and PokerStars. It never fails in that after the World Series of Poker, I tend not to play any poker at all for a while.
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Day 8 of the WSOP Main Event kicked off on Wednesday with 27 players looking to make their way to the November Nine. Two weeks of play has led up to this day with each player now seriously considering the possibility that they have a shot at history. Darvin Moon entered the day »
Day 7 of the WSOP Main Event started with 64 players returning to try and work their way down to the final 27. Darvin Moon entered the day with the chip lead at 9.74 Million and Phil Ivey was in 3rd place with 6.34 Million. A lot of big names were still in »
Day 6 of the World Series of Poker started with 185 players. Warren Zackey started the day as chip leader with 4.3 Million in chips but many strong players were still in contention including Phil Ivey, Antonio Esfandiari, Dennis Phillips, and Joe Hachem. By the end of the day, only 64 players were »
Day 5 of the World Series of Poker Main Event started with 407 players looking to continue their march towards the final table. Several big names were still in contention, including Phil Ivey, Bertrand Grospellier, and Vitaly Lunkin. Matt Affleck started the day as chip leader with 1.819 Million in chips but Day »
The WSOP Circuit Event schedule has recently been released by Harrah’s Entertainment. The WSOP Circuit is a series of smaller events that travel around the country to give players the feel of the World Series of Poker, but on a small scale. Many consider the WSOP Circuit the “minor leagues” of the WSOP. »
The World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off on July 3rd with players making the trek to the Rio from around the world to take their seats and try and make their way to pinnacle in poker.
The big story of the first three Day 1’s was the downswing in attendance. Day »
The Ante Up for Africa Charity tournament took place this past Thursday with 137 players turning out for the $5,000 buy-in event benefiting ENOUGH Project and International Rescue Committee. Various celebrities made the trek out to support this event. Among those were Charles Barkley, Sarah Silverman, Jason Alexander, Dean Cain, Ben Affleck, Matt »
The $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship was Event #49 of the WSOP. Only 95 players turned out this year for the event, partially due to the event losing its televised status. The field still boasted an impressive field with the likes of Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Gus Hansen, Erik Seidel, and Huck Seed. »
Event #56 was the $5,000 6-handed NL Holdem event at the WSOP. This was the last preliminary event before the Main Event kicked off on Friday and the event drew an impressive 928 players. Matt Hawrilenko has been known primarily as an online Limit Holdem specialist, but now can be known as »
