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Jason Somerville broke though in 2011 and took down his first WSOP bracelet by winning a $1,000 NL Hold’em Event. While his $493,091 prize was the largest score in his professional poker career, it may not be the biggest breakthrough in his life. In a recent blog posted by Somerville, the former WSOP bracelet winner »
Ben Lamb is a 26 year old Poker professional residing in Las Vegas. Lamb is originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He moved out to Vegas shortly after leaving Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Lamb has had considerable success in both tournament play as well as side game action. His 2011 WSOP play was so impressive »
After months of anticipation, the 2011 WSOP Main Event final table aka the November Nine kicked off on Sunday at the Rio in Las Vegas, NV. Martin Staszko led a strong final table that included 2011 WSOP Main Event player of the year Ben Lamb and renown online poker pro Phil Collins.
Pius Heinz is the »
Earlier Wednesday, ESPN and the WSOP held their pre-November Nine conference call. WSOP on ESPN hosts Lon McEachern and Norman Chad were on hand to preview the final table as well as Poker PROductions producer Dan Gati and Doug White, the ESPN Senior Director of Programming and Acquisitions.
Who will win emerge from the November Nine »
The WSOP announced on Thursday the 2011 inductees into the Poker Hall of Fame. Barry Greenstein and Linda Johnson emerged from a list of ten finalists to become the newest members of the Poker Hall of Fame.
Linda Johnson becomes just the second woman in history to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.
Greenstein has »
The 2011 WSOP Main Event has completed the preliminary events and three more players have taken home the coveted gold bracelet.
Michael Mizrachi takes down career bracelet #2 at the 2011 WSOP Europe.
Tristan Wade Wins First Major Title in €3,200 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout
A field of 256 players turned out for Event #4 of the 2011 WSOP »
WSOP announced on Sunday a sweeping change in the November Nine concept that will change the face of WSOP Main Event final table coverage. The WSOP November Nine will now be broadcast in it’s entirety as it happens over the ESPN network of stations.
WSOP.com and ESPN3.com will live stream the event in addition to broadcasts »
With the November Nine just a month away, the WSOP announced on Tuesday the ten finalists for induction into the Poker Hall of Fame. The finalists are as follows:
Barry Greenstein is among the 10 finalists for induction in 2011 into the Poker Hall of Fame.
Barry Greenstein
Annie Duke
John Juanda
Huck Seed
Scotty Nguyen
Marcel Luske
Tom McEvoy
Jennifer Harman-Traniello
Linda Johnson
Jack McClelland
Harman, »
This past summer, for the first time since I started playing on the live tournament circuit, I skipped the WSOP. I won’t go into why I didn’t attend, but I will say it was not due to bankroll considerations. However, there are several things that I miss about being out in Vegas during the summer.
How »
November Nine Matt Giannetti decided that November was too long to wait to win a major poker title. Instead, he took down the World Poker Tour event in Malta and took home $273,200 in prize money.
WSOP November Niner Matt Giannetti Wins WPT Malta
A total of 240 players turned out for the WPT Malta event »
