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The New WSOP: Rolling Out Our Best Bad Ideas
So here we are, a month into the World Series of Poker. We've seen a lot in our time at the tables - a lot of screw-ups. Rolling Out Our Worst.Oh, sure - it's the greatest contest of the cards to...
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How To Survive The Largest WSOP Non-Main Event Ever
Walking into the Rio today was like arriving at rock concert, not knowing that there was a rock concert. A whopping mass of 3,151 people decided to come play in the last $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event...
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T-Minus Two Days and Counting: The Main Event Approacheth!
Only one bracelet has yet to be awarded before the Big Dance begins in just two short days. Two of these sought-after pieces of WSOP bling were handed out today, in Events 52 and 53. Event 54 began...
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There Can Be Only One! - Jerry Yang Wins 2007 Main Event
It took 16 hours of poker but the tenacious Jerry Yang would not be denied. Yang came into the day as one of the short stacks and proceeded to rampage his way through the competition. By the end Yang...
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Grandma Got Check-Raised by a Reindeer: Day 1 at the WSOPC in AC
Poker Claus has made his list and checked it twice, and by now he knows who has been naughty or nice. All the nice boys and girls are in Las Vegas for the WPT's Five Diamond World Poker Classic at...
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Bart Tichelman wins WSOPC Grand Tunica
On the first day of the World Series of Poker Circuit event here at the Grand Casino Tunica, a player named Bart Tichelman (pronounced tickle-mun) from Atlanta, Ga. walked up to the PL.com crew and...
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The Final Countdown - WSOPC Harrah's New Orleans Day 1
The final event of the 07-08 WSOPC season drew a total of 249 players looking for one last big score before the 2008 WSOP.Although the number of entrants was down by 105 players - decreased fields...
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World Series of Jury Duty
I'd planned on arriving to compete in the World Series of Poker when the events began. But instead I'm here in my home state of Delaware preparing for possible jury duty.I'm certainly not thrilled...
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It's Tuff for the Fish Sometimes
Following on from my last blog which focused on bad beats and my own personal reaction to them, I want to draw attention to one of the most celebrated exponents of the bad beat story and to the poker...
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WSOP 2008: Could Jojo the Monkey Play Razz?
In 2004, ESPN experimented by broadcasting all the different World Series of Events, including Razz. While this was a great idea in theory, the vast majority of the audience didn't understand how...
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10 Players I'm Cheering for at 2008 WSOP
As a poker tournament official I'm supposed to be impartial. And when it comes to dealing with players and reporting events, I'm pretty good at staying neutral. But it's impossible not to cheer for...
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Top 5 Stud Players to Watch at 2008 WSOP
The cards hit the air today for Event 33, the $10,000 World Championship of Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Split Eight-or-Better, so it's time to look at a few favorites.Stud used to be the big game. Many of...
View ArticleBubblicious: How to Navigate the Bubble
It's bubble time at the Main Event. It's always interesting to see how different players handle this situation. Some players close up tighter than a drum, while others open up the floodgates. In an...
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Strategy Snapshot: Drawing Blood from a Stone
With the long march to the Main Event underway on ESPN, we revisit Event 1 for today's snapshot and watch Andy Bloch milk maximum value from Mike Sexton with perfect bet sizes. Players: Andy Bloch vs....
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The Longest Day: Juanda Wins WSOPE ME
Ivan Demidov came into the final table of the Betfair Poker World Series of Poker Europe Main Event the focal point. More than 21 hours later, however, it was John Juanda who had landed his name in...
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Horseshoes and Hand Grenades: Day 2 in Chicagoland
We're down to the final table after another seven levels of action on the wrong side of the tracks at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana on the World Series of Poker Circuit. Day 2 of the...
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Phil Ivey: The Cristal Balla
Hang around Vegas a while and you'll hear many tales of luxurious excess, though few can rival this Phil Ivey anecdote we heard moments ago. Allegedly a group of businessmen were enjoying dinner at...
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Top 5 Most Memorable Hands in Main Event History
It's that time of year again: World Series of Poker Main Event time. If that doesn't get your heart pumping, you're either dead or not a poker player. The Main Event is a two-week-long poker super...
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Top 5 Main Event Confrontations
When a final-table seat guarantees $1 million and winning the whole thing nets you more than your average lottery winner, it's understandable emotions run a little high during the WSOP Main Event....
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How ESPN Can Improve the November Nine
Last year, ESPN stunned the poker world with a radical change to how the World Series of Poker Main Event would play out. The big plan, as we all found out, was to play down to the final table, then...
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