Daniel Negreanu went into the final table of this event the most experienced player in the field by far. For six of the other players, this was their first time at a WSOP final table. Negreanu not only had three prior WSOP wins... more
At the end of each day of Event #19's play, Vanessa Selbst had the most chips. This would include the final day, when she ended up with them all in winning the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha bracelet and $227,933. This was Selbst's fourth... more
The 2008 World Series of Poker feted its latest pair of bracelet winners on Thursday on another busy day in the Amazon Room. Action in six different events again occurred. The bracelets were noteworthy, too, going to Kid Poker... more
A first day's action in Event #24 at the 2008 WSOP, $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha Mixed, saw a starting field of 457 trimmed down to 85 through the first session's opening eight levels of play, leaving the survivors in sight... more
One hundred and thirty-three players started Day 2 of Event #22, $3,000 H.O.R.S.E., all aiming for spots at the final table. In what is becoming the norm for limit events at the 2008 World Series of Poker, the field thinned... more
Event #21 started with 731 players, which had been sliced down to just 121 by the end of Day 1 play. On Day 2, the field would break the money bubble at 72 players and establish its final table line-up. Prior to this event, Scott... more
A starting field of 1,344 was narrowed to 134 after Day 1 play at the $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event. Last year's winner of this event was Ben Ponzio, who outlasted a field of 1,619 to earn his first WSOP bracelet and $599,109... more
'The only way to beat Vegas is to hit and run. That's why I never moved here. If you spend too much time in Sin City it grinds you down, wears you out, and eventually absorbs you, stealing your soul and making you part... more
Europe's largest and most prominent traveling poker series, the PokerStars.com-sponsored European Poker Tour, has today announced its much awaited Season Five schedule. Beginning with a September kickoff event in Barcelona... more
Every seat at the final table of Event #18, $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw w/ Rebuys held a star. The seven final-table players held eight World Series of Poker bracelets between them, along with innumerable cashes, several WPT championships... more
Day 2 of the $2,000 Limit Hold'em event started with 125 players at fourteen tables and by the end of the day, we were down to the nine who would come back to compete at Thursday's final table. Here are the final table's players... more
Vanessa Selbst started Day 2 in Event #19, Pot-Limit Omaha, with a 2-to-1 chip advantage over her closest competitor. By the time Day 2 ended, Selbst had widened the gap and will start the final table with almost 50% of the chips... more
414 players took to the felt at the Amazon Room for Event #22 of the 2008 World Series of Poker, $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. The field was slightly larger than the 2007 event, which drew 382 players for a $2,500 entry fee and was won... more
Last year, the $5,000 NLHE event drew 640 players with James 'mig.com' Mackey claiming top honors. This year's event drew 731 players with a winner yet to be determined. When the bracelet is ultimately awarded, however, it will... more
The "Queens of Heart" team once again gathered at this year 2008 WSOP Ladies Event. Led by founder Lisa Tenner, the Queens of Heart team is a group of chosen women poker players who donate their time, talent, and money to the charity... more
Only one gold champion's bracelet was awarded Wednesday in action at the 2008 World Series of Poker, but it went to the winner of the most potent final table to date in this year's series. The tourney was Event #18, $5,000, No-Limit... more
There may not have been as many entrants in Event #18, $5,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw w/ Rebuys, as some other events, but the 85 players that showed up built a prize pool of well over $1 million. 39 of those players returned... more
And then there were three… three bracelets awarded in a single day's play at the Rio. The 2008 World Series of Poker on Tuesday showcased the final tables of three different events, spanning the spectrum of the game, while the one... more
After a long Day 2, 18 players returned to the Amazon Room for Day 3 of Event #16, $2,000 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo. It's hard to imagine a greater disparity from the top to the bottom of the chip stacks, as Soheil Shamseddin led the field... more
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