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It will be tough for any stories to trump yesterday’s headlines of Phil Ivey winning bracelet #8, but there were some pretty interesting things taking place at the Rio yesterday. The lead story has to be Annette_15, and her first deep run in a WSOP event in the United States. It took nearly a month [...]

It’s Ivey time at the 2010 World Series of Poker. Right now Phil Ivey is heads-up against poker theorist, and 2-time bracelet winner, Bill Chen with an almost 3-to-1 chip lead. Hopefully by the time I get to Event #37 in the recap play will have been concluded! *Update* the Ivey vs. Chen match has [...]

Event #34: Seniors $1,000 No Limit Holdem Championship
Who says tournament poker is a young man’s game! After three long days of play it was 78 year-old Harold Angle who captured his first WSOP bracelet in the Seniors Championship. Angle was able to outlast the most accomplished poker player at the final table during heads-up play, [...]

Going into yesterday the talk of the tournament was Phil Ivey, who was amongst the final 15 in the $1,500 Holdem/Omaha tournament, and had also advanced in the $10k Heads-Up Championship. Unfortunately for the Ivey fans his day ended pretty quickly on both fronts; losing his first match of the day in the Heads-Up tournament [...]

With the final tables in Event #32 and #33 approaching players Phil Ivey and Erik Lindgren are looking to make their first big splash of the 2010 World Series of Poker. Also in the bracelet mix are players like Men Nguyen and Joshua Tieman who are looking to become the first multiple bracelet winner in [...]

Perhaps it’s because there are so many more recognizable Poker Pros in 2010 than even 5 years ago, but the top players in the poker food chain seem to be having their way with the amateurs in 2010, and yesterday was no exception. Taking home a gold bracelet on Thursday was Matt Keikoan in the [...]

After a fiery start filled with dramatic wins, near-misses, and even some controversy the 2010 World Series of Poker has hit a bit of a lull midway through the 57 event tournament series. Still, there is plenty to report from the 20th day of action at the biggest poker tournament on the planet.
Event #24: $1,000 [...]

When six-figure paydays are the third reason the biggest name poker players want to win a World Series of Poker event you know there is something wild going on. Obviously for players making 7-8-figures every year, winning a few hundred thousand in a poker tournament is probably a little low on the priority list -some [...]

If you thought the pros had a good showing during the 2009 World Series of Poker, wait until you get a load of their results in 2010! With 24 bracelets awarded thus far professional players have won 19 of the 24! Players capturing wins include Michael Chow, Michael Mizrachi, Praz Bansi, Josh Tieman, Peter Gelencser, [...]

There wasn’t too much action yesterday at the WSOP thanks to Sunday’s schedule which saw ZERO tournaments get underway, but what little action there was yesterday didn’t disappoint! We had a stacked final table in the $10k Omaha 8 Championship with a WSOP all-time favorite coming out on top; 150 players remain in the 6-Max [...]