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The 2008 WSOP Main Event was the first Main Event in WSOP history to have a delayed final table. Known as the “November Nine”, the final nine players returned in November to play out the final table in an event to expand media prescience of the event.
Attendance for the 2008 event grew »
The World Series of Poker kicks off May 27th from the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Reverting to a more traditional kickoff, the first event will be the Casino Employee’s NL Event. This event has the smallest buy-in of all events with at $500 buy-in.
The first open event »
Peter Eastgate became the youngest person to ever win the World Series of Poker Main Event when he came out on top of the November Nine in 2008. Now, with the help of his brother, he has begun the charitable organization Friends of Eastgate. The purpose of the organization, according to its mission »
The announcement was made today that ESPN will televise eight hours of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe. Starting February 1st, ESPN will televise two hours worth of coverage from the Main Event. Episodes will start at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Eastern and both episodes will be rebroadcast »
The coverage of the World Series of Poker has drawn a lot of criticism lately from various professionals and players. A lot of it stemmed off of the coverage given to the final table. The final table started on November 9th and 274 hands were played. Out of those hands, only 23 »
The fifth season of NBC’s hit show Poker After Dark now officially has a schedule. Poker After Dark started as a six player sit-n-go tournament where the winner took all of the $120,000 prize pool. As seasons progressed, new formats were tried out including a cash game format that brought 6 players together »
I had the opportunity to cover the World Series of Poker Main Event final table here for theWSOPblog.com over the weekend and I must admit that the final table actually was one of the best finals that I had witnessed for a No Limit tournament in a very long time. Almost every player at »
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 »
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 »
Heads-up up action at the WSOP Main Event continues:
The first hand back from break, Eastgate would limp in as he was accustomed to doing and Demidov checked his option. The flop fell 2d-Ks-3h and Eastgate bet 1.25 Million Demidov made the called. The turn fell 4c and Eastgate bet 2 Million. »
