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You know that poker has truly arrived when controversy and rumors overshadow the actual game. First we had the durrrr prop bet gossip, and now the focus has shifted to the Ladies Tournament. It seems a small, vocal, minority take great offense at the inclusion of the ladies-only tournament, and some male players decided to [...]

The 2010 World Series of Poker was dubbed “The Year of the Woman” before the tournament started, and up to this point they haven’t disappointed. While the ladies have been shut out thus far in terms of bracelets in just 23 events they have two 3rd place finishes (JJ Liu and Jennifer Harman) and a [...]

The 2010 WSOP has witnessed a number of Poker Pros getting hot at the right time, Mike Mizrachi, Vladimir Schmelev, and now you can add David Baker and John Juanda to that list as both players made their 3rd final table of the 2010 WSOP -Baker’s culminating in a win.
Event #18: $2,000 Limit Holdem
In what [...]

Thursday was another big day at the World Series of Poker, and the Poker Pros definitely made their presence felt at the Rio poker tables.
Event #17: $5,000 No Limit Holdem
Poker pro Jason DeWitt captured his first WSOP bracelet, along with a massive $818,000 in prize-money, in Event #17. DeWitt went into the day with the [...]

Yesterday was one of the busier days at the 2010 World Series of Poker with 5 tournaments in action, 2 winners crowned, and another $10k Championship Event beginning.
Event #13: $1,000 No Limit Holdem
After 30 years of grinding away in California card-rooms, Steve Gee has finally put a feather in his cap after winning his first [...]

After a flurry of newsworthy stories the past week, the 2010World Series of Poker had a fairly slow news cycle on Tuesday, with the Stud 8 World Championship dominating the news cycle. Featuring a final table with four former bracelet winners, along with Russian banker Vladimir Schmelev who has pwned the WSOP Championship events so [...]

A day after the durrrr spectacle the Rio was still buzzing about his 2nd place finish which cost him not only a gold bracelet -which would be his 1st-but also millions in prop bet money. On his blog Daniel Negreanu recounted how he and other high stakes pros sitting in the Stud 8 tournament would [...]

The story of the World Series of Poker yesterday was Tom Dwan; first he made the final table, and as each player was eliminated the atmosphere in the Rio grew more and more electric; could he actually do it? Well, you’ll have to read to find out below!
Event #11: $1,500 No Limit Holdem
In the end [...]

Yesterday was a big day at the 2010 World Series of Poker, with a number of storylines taking shape, and the big name Poker Pros doing what they do best; winning poker tournaments.
Event #9: $1,500 Pot Limit Holdem
The winner of event #9 was online poker pro James Dempsey from the UK. Dempsey was a little [...]

With the weekend approaching the action at the 2010 World Series of Poker started heating up on Friday, and poker fans saw Phil Hellmuth fall short of the final table, JJ Liu make a final table, and another Canadian take down a WSOP tournament.
Event #8: $1,500 No Limit Holdem
Phil Hellmuth’s quest for his 12th gold [...]