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In October of 2008, I wrote my first post for The WSOP Blog with a simple news report heralding the beginning of the start of the 2008-2009 WSOP Circuit season. Since then I have covered everything related to the WSOP ranging from news stories involving theWSOP’s biggest names to the various events of the 2009, »
When the 2012 WSOP Main Event final table kicks off in October, Steven Gee will be fifth in chips with 16.86 Million. He is looking to win his second WSOP bracelet and over $8 Million in prize money. Now, regardless of where he finishes, he will still come out of it with a »
The schedule for the 2012 WSOP Europe has been officially released. The WSOP Europe will run from September 21st, 2012 through October 4th, 2012 at the Casino Barriere de Cannes Croisette and the Hotel Majestic Barriere in Cannes, France.
The 2012 WSOP Europe consists of 7 bracelet events.
This year’s series of events will include seven »
Poker players that have ever dreamt of playing at the WSOP Main Event will now have a chance to do that for free. Starting this past Tuesday, viewers of the WSOP on ESPN will have the opportunity to win an all expenses paid trip to the 2013 WSOP Main Event, including a $10,000 entry »
Earlier this week, the WSOP announced that it is now accepting nominations for the 2012 Class for the Poker Hall of Fame. Poker fans from around the world can go to the WSOP website and nominate a player that they feel is deserving of being inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Poker Hall of Fame »
The 2012-2013 WSOP Circuit season officially kicked off on Thursday at the IP Casino Resort and Spa in Biloxi, MS. This year’s WSOP Circuit is presented by Southern Comfort 100 proof and features 20 stops around the United States.
The event in Biloxi was kicked off with a $365 NL Hold’em event that drew a »
Unless you were on vacation like I was last week, you probably heard that PokerStars and the US Department of Justice reached a deal for Full Tilt Poker. In addition, they settled the charges brought against them on Black Friday aka April 15th of last year. Full Tilt will be back online sometime »
Phil Hellmuth extended his all-time WSOP bracelet record by winning his 12th bracelet at the 2012 WSOP. Now, Hellmuth has turned his attention to a couple of his more charitable endeavors.
Phil Hellmuth had a great 2012 WSOP and now charity will benefit for his success.
The first of those endeavors is through the website charitybuzz.com. »
The 2012-2013 WSOP Circuit schedule was released earlier this week by WSOP officials. This year’s schedule will see the tour expanded to 20 stops and this year’s events will range in buy-ins from $365 to $1675. In addition, Southern Comfort 100 Proof will be this year’s presenting sponsor for the WSOP Circuit.
Among the tour stops »
Back in May, I made some predictions for the 2012 WSOP and now that the Main Event has convened until October, it is time to see how those predictions turned out.
Only way I could have nailed this one better is if I had picked the exact event.
My first prediction was that events across the board »
