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The ratings are in for the World Series of Poker on ESPN and all indicators scream success. ESPN and Harrah’s Entertainment decided to delay the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event in order to renew interest in poker overall and to try and increase overall ratings of the ESPN’s World »
The Main Event for the fourth event in this year’s World Series of Poker Circuit kicked off today at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe in Stateline, NV. The event is expected to draw a decent crowd along with several top name pro’s to be in attendance. Jeff Madsen, Allen Kessler, Johnny Chan, and Chris »
Two days ago, Peter Eastgate defeated Ivan Demidov heads-up to win the WSOP Main Event and over $9 Million in prize money. Now fans will have the opportunity to bid on the actual table used during play.
XP Events and the World Series of Poker are teaming up to run a set of auctions at »
We are less than one hour away from the start of the WSOP Main Event heads-up match between Ivan Demidov and Peter Eastgate. Both players are looking to get things started and begin the march towards history.
Peter Eastgate comes into this heads-up match as the chip leader with 79.5 Million in chips. This »
The World Series of Poker Circuit begins its third stop of the circuit season on Friday at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe. After a strong showing at Horseshoe Hammond, organizers hope to build on momentum and have another fantastic circuit stop. This circuit event will spread 13 separate tournaments including NL Holdem, NL Short Handed, »
We are just six days away until the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event. This is how the final nine breaks down, including seat assignments:
Seat 1 Dennis Phillips $26,295,000
Seat 2 Craig Marquis 10,210,000
Seat 3 Ylon Schwartz 12,525,000
Seat 4 Scott Montgomery 19,690,000
Seat 5 Darus Suharto 12,520,000
Seat 6 David “Chino” Rheem 10,230,000
Seat 7 Ivan Demidov 24,400,000
Seat 8 Kelly Kim 2,620,000
Seat 9 Peter Eastgate 18,375,000
Dennis Phillips heads to the final »
The 2008 inductees to the Poker Hall of Fame have been announced. Duane “Dewey” Tomko and Henry Orenstein have been chosen for enshrinement. Both will be inducted on November 9th at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino in the Penn & Teller Theatre. Normally the announcement of the new Hall of »
Harrah’s New Orleans has released the schedule for their Bayou Poker Challenge. This event will be setup as a World Series of Poker Satellite event. This differs from the World Series of Poker Circuit that is currently making its way around the country. The events do not award a championship gold ring, »
The World Series of Poker Circuit Championship Event starts later today at the Horseshoe Hammond. This will be the second Circuit Championship of the Circuit Season. The event at the Horseshoe has been drawing strong crowd and a solid crowd is expected. TheWsopBlog.com will bring you updates on action from the event. »
The World Series of Poker Circuit Event kicked off in grand fashion on Friday when it held its first $345 No Limit Holdem Event. The event drew a tremendous crowd as 1187 players came out to play in the first ever major poker event to be held in the Chicago area. It was »