19 June 2008
ICallSoWhat Up Almost $1m in June
Over on the strip, many of the best players in the world are
putting in long hours trying to capture the glory – and shed loads
of cash – that come with a bracelet win.
WSOP Event #31, $2,500 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max: Scarf-Ace Wins!
He might look like he’s not old enough to play in Vegas, but Team
PokerStars pro Dario Minieri is one of the most recognised players
to have come from the online tables to the live poker scene.
17 June 2008
WSOP Event #28, $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys: Galfond Beats Them
All
The table was packed with some of the best ever poker players. Phil
Hellmuth, Johnny Chan, Daniel Negreanu, John Juanda and David
Benyamine circled around each other, titans of the live poker scene
for the last decade.
WSOP Event #27, $1,500 No Limit Hold’em: Vitaly Lunkin Outlasts
2,706
So big was the field in Event 27 that they were unable to play down
to just one final table for the last day. A total of 2,706 players
entered the tournament, and with (for once) a lack of professional
players amongst the chip leaders at the start of
WSOP Event #30, $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship: Rob Hollink
Leads the Way
With the boom of televised poker, No Limit Hold’em rocketed itself
to the most popular game in the US and beyond. Before the use of
the hole cam transformed the game into the beast it is today
though, limit hold’em was one of the more popular games i
16 June 2008
WSOP Event #26, $1,500 Razz: Greenstein Completes His Hat-trick
2008 is becoming the year of the pro. Following on from the
successes of fellow pros Negreanu, Matusow, Lindgren, Pescatori and
Tran, Barry Greenstein is the next to add his name to the
illustrious list of winners at the Series so far.
13 June 2008
PartyBets Offering Prices on WSOP Main Event
PartyBets.com is pleased announce that betting on the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event is online. Initial markets posted include: to reach the final table, top British Isles player, top celebrity player, top European player, top past champion and the
Titan Poker Announce $2,500,000 Prize Tournament
Titan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, is set to stage its biggest ever guaranteed prize tournament on the 7th of September 2008, a $2,500,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament.
PokerStars Announces EPT Season Five Schedule
Following on from what was an incredibly successful Season Four, the EPT has announced the much-anticipated line up for next season's tour.
PokerStars.com have continued as the sponsors of the tour, which next year begins in September in sunny Spa
12 June 2008
WSOP Event #18, $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw w/ Rebuys: Matusow Wins Third Bracelet
The final table of Event #18, $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw w/ Rebuys may well have been the sickest final table of all time. The seven final-table players had won eight WSOP bracelets between them, as well as over $26 million in tournament winnings.