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Yesterday we started to take a look at the top 10 moments of the 2008 World Series of Poker. Today we will finish our look back with the top 5 moments of the “Year of the Pro.”
#5. Mike Matusow wins 3rd WSOP bracelet.
Love him or hate him, Mike Matusow is clearly one of »
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 »
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. »
Heads-up up action at the WSOP Main Event continues:
Beware the min-raise. Demidov has been using the min-raise to effectively take down pots pre-flop. As a result he has built himself back up to around 52 Million.
In hand 98 Demidov min-raised to 2 Million and Eastgate made the call. The flop of the »
Heads-up action from the Main Event continues:
Blinds are now 500,000 and 1 Million with a 150,000 ante. A limped pot is now worth 2.3 Million. A raise and take it adds 1.15 Million to a players stack.
Play slowed down quite a bit for a while. Raise and take it is the name »
Heads-up action from the Main Event continues:
Demidov slipped under 50 Million for the first time right after the break after
Demidov raised 2.75 pre-flop in hand 39 and Eastgate made the call. The flop fell 9h-7s-6d and Demidov bet out 3.625 Million and Eastgate made the call. The turn fell the Jh and »
Heads-up action from the Main Event continues:
It took over an hour to get our first massive pot.
In hand 33, the pot sat at nearly 2 Million chips when the flop fell 5d-7h-4d and Eastgate raised to 1.25 Million and Demidov raised to 3.375 Million. Eastgate made the call. The turn fell the 8h »