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Event #47 of the 2011 WSOP was the $2,500 Omaha 8 or Better / Stud 8 or Better Event. 450 players took their seats on Monday for Day 1 of this event looking for one of the last mixed bracelets of the year and $255,959 in prize money.
Owais Ahmed wins $2,500 Omaha 8 / Stud »
A field of 2,890 descended on the Rio on Sunday for Event #45 of the 2011 WSOP, the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Event. The players were all battling for the gold bracelet and the top prize of $455,356.
Kenneth Griffin wins Event #45 – $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
The final table of this event was reached on Tuesday and »
Event #44 of the 2011 WSOP was the $2,500 Seven Card Razz Event. A field of 363 players descended on the Rio on Saturday for this one and created prize pool of $82,825.
Day 3 of the event saw the final table reached in this event and Tommy Chen started the final table as chip leader. »
We are just about to go into the final week of preliminaries at the 2011 WSOP and I figured I would take a few minutes and give my thoughts on the WSOP so far. This one has been a bit different for me since I have been covering it remotely as opposed to actually being »
Event #43 of the 2011 WSOP was the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Event. Day 1 of this event kicked off on Saturday with a monster field of 2,857 players looking to battle to the final table and take down the bracelet and $675,117.
Andre Akkari takes down Event #43 – $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event
The final table was »
Event #42 of the 2011 WSOP was the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship. A field of 361 runners turned out for Day 1 of this event to take a shot at the bracelet and $814,436. This was one of the strongest fields of any championship event this point of the WSOP.
Ben Lambs wins $10,000 Pot-Limit »
Event #41 of the 2011 WSOP is the $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout started with 538 players looking to take the last Limit Hold’em bracelet of the summer. The concept is simple, win your first table and you make the money. Win your second table and you make the final table. Win the final table for »
Event #40 of the 2011 WSOP was the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed Event. A field of 732 players took to the felt on Day 1 to create a prize pool of $3.44 Million with $808,538 going to first place.
Matt Jarvis wins $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed Event
The final table of this event was reached on Day »
Event #39 of the 2011 WSOP was the $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em/Omaha Event. Day 1 saw 606 runners turn out for this event in a quest to take the only HA bracelet on the schedule and $310,225. This was the largest HA event in the history of the WSOP.
Mitch Schock wins the $2,500 HA Event
Tyler Patterson »
Event #38 of the 2011 WSOP was the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Event. A field of 2,192 players turned out on Day 1 looking to take the bracelet and $540,136 in top prize money. Going into Day 3 play, there were 23 players left and no real big names to speak of. By the time the »
