In a field as deep and storied as Event #45, $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship, the names at the top of the leader board may change, but they will undoubtedly be recognizable. James 'mig.com' Mackey took the chip lead into Day 2, but... more
What does a player do after busting out in Day 2 of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event? They roll right into the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low tourney, Event #47 on the WSOP calendar. At least that's what Chris Ferguson, Kathy Liebert... more
Day 1 of Event #46, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed, drew 805 players hoping to capture the gold bracelet and the first-place prize money, a whopping $911,855. The field was narrowed to 96, almost reaching the money bubble... more
It took three long days and 719 eliminations, but Martin Klaser came from the middle of the final-table pack to claim his first World Series of Poker bracelet in Event #43, $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Low. Along the way he eliminated... more
Day 2 of Event #44, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Rebuys, began Day 2 with 115 players and ended with the final nine who will come back to compete on Friday for the top payout, $693,392, and the winner's bracelet. Jesse Chinni leads... more
We are more than halfway through the 2008 WSOP and players are beginning to think of how they can enter the Main Event. A fair number of players will simply pay the $10,000 entry fee with sponsor dollars; another third of the players... more
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Four more events saw action on Wednesday at the 2008 World Series of Poker, including Event #45, the much-anticipated $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship, which drew the game's biggest players and a deep crowd of spectators... more
The field in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament is annually the deepest and most storied in all of poker, and the 148 players who took the field for this year's Event #45 were no exception. With more than 40 bracelet winners, dozens... more
At the end of Day 2 of the WSOP Seniors event, Dale Eberle would win the final hand to edge out Dan LaCourse for the chip lead going into the final table. But at the end of the final table it would be LaCourse, a retired police... more
The $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys Event #44 drew 879 players and, thanks to the 2,508 rebuys and add-ons, generated a prize pool of over $3.2 million. After ten rounds of play, the field had thinned to just 115 players, 34 shy of the... more
Sixty-eight players returned to the Brasilia Room at the Rio on Wednesday to play down to the final table of Event #43, $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo. After a lightning-fast Day 1, all the remaining players were well within... more
A measure proposed by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Ron Paul (R-TX) to block implementation of regulations called for by the United States' 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was pulled from consideration after... more
In 2006, the World Series of Poker added their first ever $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event, which was dubbed the player's championship. In some ways, pros wanted to win the H.O.R.S.E. bracelet more so than the Main Event. With the title also... more
Tuesday's action at the World Series of Poker brought the crowning of the year's first double bracelet winner, John 'The Razor' Phan. Phan's second win at the 2008 WSOP was one of two titles claimed on the day, with action occurring... more
One week ago, John Phan's name would come up in discussions about the best tournament player without a World Series of Poker bracelet. Now, his name comes up in discussions of 2008 WSOP Player of the Year, after he captured his second... more
720 players took the field in Event #43, $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Low, and with an average of nearly 100 players eliminated per hour in the early going, it didn't take long for the field to thin all the way down past the money bubble... more
Day 2 of Event #45, the $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em World Championship, started with 220 players and handily made it past the money bubble early in the day. But it would take until nearly 4:30 in the morning before Dale... more
Three hours into the final table of Event #41, $1,500 Mixed-Limit Hold'em, Nick Binger had eliminated six players and seemed destined to win his first WSOP bracelet. But Frank Gary had other plans. An amateur poker enthusiast... more
Team PokerStars grew by one on Tuesday when the world's largest poker site announced the signing of Swedish pro William Thorson to a deal. Thorson, who has garnered nearly $2 million in lifetime tournament winnings, has had several... more
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