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WSOP officials earlier today released the schedule for the 2012 WSOP. The 2012 WSOP will be held from May 27th through July 16th 2012 at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.
The battle for the bracelets starts May 27th.
This year, a total of 61 bracelet events will comprise the schedule with every »
The poker world was saddened on Tuesday to learn that two-time WSOP bracelet winner Thor Hansen has been stricken with terminal cancer.
Thor Hansen won 2 WSOP bracelets and over $2.9 Million in his poker career.
The announcement was made on twitter by Andreas Høivold who said that “It is a very sad day for Norwegian poker. »
Last year, the Epic Poker League began play as the “PGA of professional poker.” The series of events, each capped with $20,000 rake-free Main Event, have been heralded by many and disdained by others. Now, it appears that the fledgling poker league may be in sale talks.
Epic Poker League could be sold within 60 days.
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The 2012 WSOP date have been announced, but not exactly in a way that you would normally expect. Yesterday, the WSOP posted a job announcement on their twitter looking for poker dealers for the 2012 WSOP. In that ad, the dates for the event were listed.
WSOP dates have been released.
According to the job ad, the »
Ten time WSOP bracelet winner and poker icon Doyle Brunson has won just about every award that there is to win in poker. He is a two-time WSOP Main Event champion, a World Poker Tour champion, and the author of the “poker bible” in Super System. Now, Doyle Brunson is the first player in poker »
You may have heard about the recent attack on 2010 World Series of Poker winner, Jonathan Duhamel, that happened in the end of December. He was reportedly tied up, beaten, and robbed of money and some personal property. The good news is that after about a week of investigation the Longueil Police Department was able »
It looks as if celebrities and poker stars aren’t immune to break-ins of the home. News has broken recently that the 2010 WSOP star has been the victim of a home-invasion and was injured during the attack.
Duhamel's 2010 WSOP bracelet was among the items stolen.
Duhamel, who resides in Quebec was the victim of the home »
Joe Hachem, the 2005 WSOP Main Event Champion, is no longer a sponsored online poker pro. On Friday, PokerStars announced that Joe Hachem is no longer a member of Team PokerStars.
Joe Hahem no longer a PokerStars sponsored pro.
Here is the press release directly from PokerStars:
PokerStars and veteran pro player Joe Hachem have »
Earlier in the week, WSOP officials announced that their Million dollar charity tournament, the Big One for One Drop, now has 22 players confirmed to play in the event. This is the minimum threshold required for the event to be a Platinum Bracelet Event at the 2012 WSOP.
Jonathan Duhamel will donate 5% of his winning »
The Epic Poker League announced on Wednesday that they have partnered with USA Today to publish the Global Poker Index standing weekly on USA TODAY and USAToday.com. The EPL is the professional league started by WSOP bracelet winner Annie Duke and former WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack.
Duke will contribute a weekly blog on BigLeadSports.com.
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