$1 Million Big One for One Drop at 2012 WSOP: Player List and Bios (UPDATED!)
In 2012 Guy Laliberté and the WSOP are taking tournament poker to astronomical new heights with the world’s first $1 million buy-in event. The maximum 48 players have now committed to playing, which...
View ArticleJon Duhamel Q&A: The Big One, Home Invasion and 2012
We sat down with 2010 world champion of poker Jonathan Duhamel to talk WSOP Big One attendance, the ridiculous heater he's on in 2012 and what he learned from his unfortunate home invasion in...
View ArticleViktor "Isildur1" Blom Touches Down at WSOP 2012
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom is in Las Vegas playing at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Few players command more attention in the poker world than Viktor Blom, and no one’s debut at the WSOP has been more...
View ArticleTexas Dolly Rides into Town
The World Series of Poker feels incomplete without the “Godfather of Poker” but that was rectified on Wednesday. Doyle Brunson, as promised, rolled into the Amazon Room and took a seat in the $5,000...
View ArticleFemale Players Continue to Impress at 2012 WSOP
As the summer gets hotter, so do the final tables. In the last few years, women have really been making a name for themselves in the poker community. This year, the ladies start the 2012 WSOP with a...
View ArticleSeeing the WSOP for the First Time (Again)
The following story is based on true events. This is my third year covering the WSOP. During that time, I've gotten so used to the noises, smells and antics of the WSOP, it'd be alien to see the Rio...
View ArticleRumor: Ivey Bets Millions on WSOP Bracelet
Over the last few years Phil Ivey has bet millions of dollars on winning WSOP bracelets and according to rumors circulating at the 2012 World Series of Poker, he’s at it again.We overheard Ali Eslami...
View ArticleLive Blog: Ivey Goes for 9th WSOP Bracelet
Phil Ivey is at his third final table of the 2012 WSOP and we're shipping full coverage of it in our live updates of Event 24, $5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Eight or Better. Click here to follow Ivey's latest...
View ArticleLive Blog: Phil Hellmuth Wins 12th WSOP Bracelet
Phil Hellmuth has made history, winning his 12th WSOP bracelet and extending his lead as the all-time WSOP bracelet winner. Read on for a full accounting of Phil Hellmuth's victory against Don Zewin...
View ArticleIt’s Phil Ivey’s World, We Just Live in it
Phil Ivey has been an unstoppable wrecking ball at the 2012 WSOP and is showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon. For the third time this summer it’s getting late and Ivey is in prime position to...
View ArticleYour $25k WSOP Fantasy Update
Every year big name poker pros like Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier, Doyle Brunson and Josh Arieh get together to do a massive $25k WSOP fantasy draft at the Aria. Each player drafts a team of eight...
View ArticleLive Blog: Phil Ivey Finishes Fifth Final Table in 8th
Well, Phil Ivey's out. Ivey will finish his fifth final table of the year in 8th. It wasn't pretty either. Ivey suffered what poker players refer to as a "bad beat." Ivey was on the cutoff with...
View ArticleWSOP Picture Book: Poker Chip Stack Art Shots
Everyone wants them. No one wants to let them go. They start evenly distibuted around the tournament room but eventually they all find their way to one place. They are poker chips, and we like to take...
View ArticleThe British Are Coming!
Leave it to the British to put together one of the most vocal, inebriated and ridiculous rails we’ve seen this summer. A horde of British players including Chris Moorman, Jake Cody and Toby Lewis...
View Article$50k Players Championship Bubble: Ben Yu Asks Why Me?
There aren’t a lot of tournaments where you can go walk away with either $0 or $91,000 in a single hand but the $50k Players Championship is one of them. With only 16 players of the original 108...
View ArticleWSOP Photo By Numbers: Controversial $50k Hand
It takes more than a couple of raises to get deep stacks all in preflop in Pot-Limit Omaha. But that was briefly overlooked late on Day 2 of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, and the resulting...
View ArticlePhotos of Roberto Luongo’s Rookie WSOP Season
Roberto Luongo is one of the winningest goalies in NHL history and owns a gold medal for his performance in the 2010 Winter Olympics. The Montreal-native is a rookie, however, at the World Series of...
View ArticleMain Event Snapshot: Nielsen Punks Two Aussies
ESPN just waxed off its Day 3 coverage of the 2009 Main Event last night and naturally we have another Main Event snapshot. Last night's feature table had two notable Aussies: WSOP player of the year...
View ArticleMain Event Snapshot: Donations for Ivey
With ESPN airing two more episodes on Tuesday night we're now in the money and finished with Day 4. The Day 4 coverage saw two story lines: people playing ridiculously - almost embarrassingly - tight...
View ArticlePhil Hellmuth WSOPE Entrance FAIL
Phil Hellmuth made another one of his Roman-themed entrances today at the World Series of Poker Europe main event but things didn't exactly go as planned. PokerListings was front and center outside...
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