WSOP 2008

Some poker fans are under the mistaken impression that they will have wait till November to watch the world’s biggest poker extravaganza - the WSOP. The truth is that they will only have to wait till November to watch the final table of the Main Event play out. That’s because ESPN will be showing [continue]

Undoubtedly the biggest scandal to emerge from this year’s World Series was the saga of Tiffany Michelle. The former Poker News employee became embroiled in a dispute with the site after seemingly backing out of a deal that involved Poker News staking her for the main event. After sporting the Poker News logo for the [continue]

Just before the start of the 2008 World Series of Poker, I wrote an article addressing fears that the struggling US economy might impact upon the turnout for the WSOP. Thankfully those fears seem to have been misplaced. Overall attendance was up 8% and main event numbers saw a moderate increase of about 500. However, [continue]

Finally, nine people remain after a grueling 12 day battle in the 2008 Main Event where 6,844 began with hopes of joining the ranks of some of poker’s best as world champion. The problem is that these golden nine will have to wait until November 9th to finish their journeys due to the fact [continue]

If there is one tournament that any poker player would like to go deep in, without a doubt it would be the main event. The 2008 WSOP Main Event saw the numbers jump back up from last year, with 6,844 entrants, and awarding one lucky player with an astounding $9,119,517. Currently, there are [continue]

After the burst of the money bubble yesterday, Day 4 of the 2008 World Series of Poker came and went at some pace. With the fear of not making the money lifted from their soldiers the 474 strong field played fast and loose, attempting to build up a stack at make a run at the [continue]

Thursday was the day to make or break a poker player in the World Series of Poker Main Event this year. It’s where players had to buckle down or miss making the bubble and a shot at the November Nine, the term for the last 9 players who will sit at the final table [continue]

The World Series of Poker main event is now in full swing with Day 2b of the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em championships coming to a close early this morning. Two of pokers greatest players and most recognizable names, Johnny Chan and Phil Helmuth, have both survived a day during which nearly 2000 players were sent [continue]

The 2008 World Series of Poker has proven to be the largest series, both in entrants and prize money, in history. Official records were released yesterday evening confirming the achievement. The number of this year’s entrants beat out 2007 WSOP’s by 4,432 entries and the prize pool grew by $20,880,030. The number of countries [continue]

With only half of the World Series of Poker Main Event done, there is still plenty of time for players to make a move. In fact, they are still playing split days at the Rio with day 2a coming to a close early this morning.
But Brian Schaedlich isn’t waiting to make a move in [continue]