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Category: WSOP

Is A World Series Of Poker All Star Game In The Works?

By James Washington | Mar 8, 2010

Last Wednesday afternoon, a Tweet was posted on Twitter straight from the horse’s mouth as it were—the World Series of Poker officials themselves—that announced the possibility of a special WSOP All Star Poker Tournament appearing at this year’s series. No one knows yet what the composition of the contest will be, n...

Titan Poker World Challenge Sending Players To 2010 WSOP Main Event

By James Washington | Jan 7, 2010

Titan Poker, the largest online poker site in all of Europe, is going to be sending 5 of their finest players to Vegas to compete in next summer’s World Series of Poker Main Event. All a part of the Titanoker World Challenge promotion, this is one of the first opportunities of the year to win a seat in the 2010 WSOP Main ...

New Changes In 2010 WSOP Schedule

By James Washington | Dec 22, 2009

The 2010 WSOP schedule is now out and, as always, it looks mostly familiar with a few little tweaks. As for what’s the same about the 2010 WSOP schedule: It’s still being sponsored by Harrah’s and held at the Rio in Las Vegas It’s still got 57 gold bracelet poker events (plus a slew of side events) ...

WSOP Online Poker Site Ready To Launch

By Nick Mitchell | Nov 16, 2009

Harrah’s Interactive is getting ready to launch a WSOP online poker room based at WSOP.com.  Harrah’s, the owner of the largest casino group in the world and owner of the World Series of Poker is planning to launch a full online poker room at their flagship website WSOP.com as soon as this week.  There have be...

WSOP Commissioner Resigns

By James Washington | Nov 13, 2009

It seems there’s one more piece of news left to report about the 2009 World Series of Poker. We guess it ain’t over until the Commissioner says it’s over. And that’s exactly what he’s done – called it quits. After all the action at the 2009 WSOP Main Event was over, and Joe Cada started h...

Joe Cada Wins 2009 WSOP Main Event

By James Washington | Nov 10, 2009

Over 6,000 players entered the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event, and 21-year-old Joe Cada has outlasted them all, becoming the youngest player in history to win the World Series of Poker Main Event. Cada, representing PokerStars, the site through which he won his seat in the main event through a $40 satellite, plays he...

2009 WSOP Main Event Final Table Broadcast Tomorrow

By James Washington | Nov 9, 2009

If you’ve been watching ESPN lately, you’ve been catching up on the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event, the final table for which is about to air live tomorrow night, Tuesday, November 10 from 9 – 11 pm. In case you haven’t been watching, here is a little refresher on this year’s November Ni...

ESPN’s 2009 WSOP Main Event Final Table Broadcast Has Begun

By James Washington | Oct 23, 2009

The time has finally arrived for ESPN to resume broadcast of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event. Coverage starts Tuesday, October 20 with the playing field whittled down to 64. And unless you were in Vegas when it happened, this is some poker playing you are not going to want to miss. Just because you already know wh...

Win a Piece of Ivey, Courtesy of Full Tilt Poker

By James Washington | Oct 12, 2009

As of last Thursday, October 8, Full Tilt Poker has a new promotion going that stars the one and only November Niner and Full Tilt Poker pro Phil Ivey. The contest is aptly called “Piece of Ivey” and the gist of it is exactly how it sounds. Perform well in the Piece of Ivey competition and win a piece of Phil Iv...

WSOP, Harrah’s, Caesar’s Online Poker & Casino Sites To Be Run By 888.com

By James Washington | Sep 15, 2009

The ex-head of PartyGaming (the company behind Party Poker) Mitch Garber is now (as of May 2009) the Chief Executive Officer of Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment which itself is the company that owns the World Series of Poker. All of which goes a long way to explain and demonstrate the continued shift from live brick...