Los Angeles has historically been one of America’s largest poker markets, but it has never hosted a WSOP Circuit event. This all changes on January 1, 2012. For twelve days, the Bicycle Casino in L.A. will ring in the new year with the first WSOP Circuit to be held in the city. “The process of [...]

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event just concluded last week, with Pius Heinz being crowned champion. For his extraordinary play, Heinz pulled in a massive $8.7 million. Hailing from Germany, a popular question has been just how much of these winnings will be taxed? According to Russ Fox of Clayton Financial and Tax, [...]

Pius Heinz, a 22 year-old professional poker player from Germany, has captured the Main Event crown in the 2011 World Series of Poker. For his heroic efforts, the young man was awarded a prize of $8,715,638.

The November Nine was started in 2008 to build anticipation for the World Series of Poker (WSOP) final table. Fans were supposed to be worked into a frenzy, excited to see the dramatic finish to the world’s premiere poker tournament. An almost fourth month wait was planned to benefit the tournament, fans, and world wide [...]

On Sunday, November 6, the November 9 will return to the Rio Casino in Las Vegas and the WSOP Main Event action will resume as cards will be dealt at 3:30 p.m. E.T.  Hardcore poker fans will remember that earlier this summer, ESPN offered its viewers over 30 hours hours of play from the Main [...]

Daniel Negreanu knows how to pick a fight. Matt Savage is probably the most respected tournament director in the world and also happens to be the target of Negrenau’s recent ire. The dispute? A poker tournament rule that’s got Negreanu’s chips in a bunch. The rule: players can’t disclose the contents of their hand. In [...]

Earlier this month Brad Daugherty, 1991 WSOP Main Event Champion, put one of his most prized possessions up for sale on Ebay.com, his 1991 WSOP Main Event Bracelet. Under the Ebay handle “Ratster”, Daughterty offered his 1991 WSOP Main Event bracelet to the highest bidder. With only 41 WSOP Main Event bracelets in existence, this [...]

The WSOP player of the year race determines who the hottest running tournament poker player is in the world, the “it boy.” With the WSOP in Las Vegas running 55 bracelet tournaments, and with many of the top players in the world, especially those who play mixed games and non hold-em games, playing upwards of [...]

Yesterday I posted an article summarizing the best Team PokerStars performances in WSOP 2011 for pros based in Europe. A number of European pros had incredible success, winning bracelets and enjoying 6-figure cashes. Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier had the most success, cashing for $811,639, but he was followed closely by Maxim Lykov, who cashed for $662,248. [...]

Black Friday prevented PokerStars staff from making an appearance at this year’s WSOP, but the site still had plenty of presence at the series thanks to its myriad of patch-wearing pros. Team PokerStars was out in full force, some of them with very impressive results. I’ll be taking a look at some of the best [...]