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Last week, WSOP officials announced the schedule for the 2012 World Series of Europe. The WSOP Europe will be held from September 21, 2012 through October 4, 2012 and will make its return to Cannes, France for a second straight year.
The WSOP Europe returned to Cannes, France for the second straight year.
The WSOP Europe was »
In a move that surprised few, Federated Sports and Gaming announced on Wednesday that they had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. FS+G are the current owners of the Heartland Poker Tour and the owners of the Epic Poker League. The EPL is a professional poker league that was created by former WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey »
Betfair announced on Monday that 2008 WSOP Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate is the newest member of Team Betfair Poker. Eastgate begin to make appearances for the online poker site starting at the 2012 WSOP Main Event in July.
Peter Eastgate signs with Betfair Poker
If you remember, Eastgate won the 2008 WSOP and become one of »
In December, we reported that 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel was the victim of a home invasion where he was beaten, tied up, and robbed. Among the items taken was some cash, his 2010 WSOP Main Event bracelet and a Rolex watch.
Duhamel's bracelet was found by a street sweeper.
The Rolex and about half »
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 »
The poker world was shocked to discover that WSOP single season cashes record holder Nikolay Evdakov passed away on Monday at the age of 47. Edvakov put himself on the poker map in 2008 when he cashed a record ten times at the WSOP. The very next year, Edvakov cashed another five times, plus another »
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.
In »
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 »
