In July, 6,598 people began the World Series of Poker’s Main Event with the dream of being crowned its champion months later.  And after seven grueling sessions of play were completed over 11 days, only nine remained in competition for the title. When play resumed in the Rio Hotel and Casino’s Penn and Teller Theater [...]

Have you ever wondered about the history behind the World Series of Poker? Check out this cool infographic from Ladbrokes Poker showing some of the highlights in WSOP history, culminating in this year’s WSOP 2012 Main Event Final Table. WSOP 2012 – An infographic by the team at Ladbrokes Poker Article by: Matt Ricketts Did [...]

The World Series of Poker Main Event field has dwindled down to the final two tables, with not one but two women players remaining in the event. Gaelle Baumann of France and Elisabeth Hille of Norway are both trying to make history as only the second female player to ever make the final table of [...]

FlopTurnRiver.com was thrilled to be joined by Max Steinberg, known as Numbr2intheWorld on the FTR poker forums. Max recently was the first FTR member to win a WSOP bracelet, winning event 33 for $440,000. In this interview, Max goes into detail on his WSOP win and his poker career, mentioning some of the things that [...]

As we head into Day 3 of Event #24, the $5k Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8-or-Better, the poker world watches some of the best Omaha8 players chase an elusive tournament win and bracelet. Among the notables making a deep run are Joe Cassidy with ~16bbs, Scotty Nguyen with ~21bbs, Brian Hastings with ~25bbs, Mike Matusow with [...]

It was a very exciting and record breaking Sunday in Las Vegas for the poker world at the World Series of Poker. It began with Phil Hellmuth winning a record setting 12th bracelet in the $2,500 Razz Event #18 and ended with Phil Ivey taking 2nd in the 10k Pot Limit Hold’em Event #17. Phil [...]

Brandon Schaefer has won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event 14, the No-Limit Hold’em $1500 Shootout. Schaefer, a Seattle, WA resident, bested a field of more than 1,100 players to take down $311,174 for his efforts in his first WSOP win. A former professional poker player, Schaefer is now a warrant officer in the [...]

The 42nd annual World Series of Poker kicked off on Sunday, May 27th. In total, there will be 61 gold bracelets handed out to pros and hopeful amateurs. Who are the big winners? We will keep updating this list daily, just check back and see if your favorite player was able to score some gold! [...]

Brian Hastings, one of the first coaches of CardRunners, has one his first W.S.O.P. bracelet in the $10k No Limit Texas Hold’em Heads Up Event. Hastings, a well known nosebleed pro, bested a field of 152 established online and live pros to win Event #12, the bracelet, as well as over $370k. The field included [...]

According to an article on CardPlayer.com, the confirmed number of players for the $1 million Big One for One Drop has now reached 30. The tournament, scheduled for July 1st to July 3rd, will feature some of the top names in poker as well as recreational players interested in playing the best in the world [...]