- 2021 ME Final Table - What a great two nights of final table play this year. I was happy to see most of the final 9 there. And how about George Holmes? OMG. That guy can play! The heads up was between my fourth choice for heads up. From the start, I had wanted Holmes to be one opponent. Loved […]
- Well, Hello 2021 - Here we are knocking on 2021, and, based on my poor posting record, one could conclude that I have shriveled up and gone away. On the contrary. In 2018 I got caught up watching all the pros on Twitch. I guess there was plenty of action and trash talking there so I lost steam for […]
- Culinary Union Contract and the 2018 WSOP - Following up on a previous post about a possible strike in Las Vegas, I read this article, “Las Vegas casino workers vote 99% to authorize a citywide strike”. The strike was authorized by the workers in a vote taken May 22, 2018. Workers may or may not strike, depending on the progress of contract negotiations since […]
- How will Las Vegas Strike Affect the 2018 WSOP? - I’ve been hearing about the possible citywide strike starting June 1, 2018 in Las Vegas, and, I’m wondering how it will affect the participants of the 2018 WSOP? Per this article, Citywide Strike Could Disrupt Vegas Casinos Starting June 1, on travelagentcentral.com, “Members of unions representing Las Vegas casino workers will hold a citywide strike […]
- Twitch TV is my New Poker Obsession - While prepping things here for the 2018 WSOP tournaments, I have been watching live streams of poker on twitch.tv. OMG… greatest thing evah…if you love poker like I do. Independent players and PokerStars-backed players stream their online play for hours upon hours, commenting on hands, plays, strategies as they go. I watched Jason Somerville, Kevin […]
- 2017 WSOP Schedule - 2017 marks the 48th running of World Series of Poker tournaments. They will be held at the RIO All-Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas from May 30, 2017 – July 17, 2017 (and, presumably, will pick up in November with the 217 November 9). Download the 2017 WSOP Schedule (PDF).
- 2016 Seniors Event #27 Live Stream - Event #27, The Seniors No Limit Hold’em tournament was scheduled to conclude Sunday, June 19, 2016. A record-setting field of senior poker players (4,499) caused the tournament to get pushed out a day. Sunday, the 4½ dozen remaining senior players played down to a final table of 6. Those 6 will pick up today, Monday, […]
- 2016 WSOP Schedule Posted - Finally, completed the 2016 WSOP schedule. Tracks events and winners.
- 2016 WSOP Starting within a Month - The 2016 WSOP will be the 47th Annual World Series of Poker. It will kick off this as it has in years past with the Casino Employees 2-day, no limit hold’em tournament, June 1, 2016. Satellites This year’s schedule highlights onsite and online satellite tournaments starting May 31, 2016 and continuing through July. See the official 2016 […]
- 2015 WSOP Main Event Final Table Approaching - The 2015 WSOP Main Event final table will begin in three weeks. In order of chip stacks, the November Nine are: Of note… The chip leader, Joe McKeehen, has a little over double the chips of the closest competitor Only one of the nine, Max Steinberg, has previously won a WSOP bracelet 66% of the […]
- Main Event Day 7 Final 27 - Tuesday marks the 7th day of play for the 2015 WSOP Main Event. The 6,420 field of hopeful bracelet winners has been played down to the final 27. Among those are one of the most popular and outspoken poker players, Daniel Negreanu. He has worked his way into 9th place. If Negreanu goes on to […]
- 2015 Main Event Progress after Day 1 - Today is the start of Day 2s for the 2015 WSOP Main Event. I was reviewing the updates to see what had happened on Day 1C, and learned that: A record number of entrants started Day 1C – over 3900 A total of 6,420 players entered the event, down from a 6,683 entrants last year […]
- 2015 WSOP Main Event Starts - After 39 days of poker event after poker event at the Rio, the 2015 WSOP Main Event started with Day 1A Sunday, July 5. Day 1A drew 741 players, of which 480 remain. This year there are: 3 Day 1s – Sunday (1A), Monday (1B) and Tuesday (1C) 2 Day 2s – Wednesday (2A) and […]
- Congrats to Haixia Zhang - Congrats to Haixia Zhang who is returning with the final 4 to complete WSOP event #59, a $1500 No-Limit Hold’em tournament. Zhang will be returning as the chip leader with over ½ million more chips than the second place chip holder. If she wins, she will be the first female to have won the Ladies […]
- First Female Bracelet Winner of 2015! - Congratulations to Carol Fuchs who won Event #52, the $1,500 Dealer’s Choice event last night! She beat a field of 356 other runners, including Robert Mizrachi, the 2014 winner, who finished 3rd this year. Carol Fuchs is a Hollywood screnwriter/producer. She is an amateur poker player with one previous WSOP cash (<$4K in 2014) who […]
- 2015 WSOP Seniors Event Day 3 - Today is Day 3 of Event#40, the Seniors tournament. Day 3 is supposed to be Final Table day. It is listed on the Live Streaming schedule at least, but, 65 players are returning today, so, I’m guessing there will be a delay. Play starts at 2:00 PM EST. In theory, they’ll play down to the […]
- Talent-Loaded FT for WSOP Event#29 - As you know, I’m strictly, straight ole No Limit Texas Hold’Em…but this final table, I cannot ignore. At 5:00 PM EST, the final table for the $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball will start streaming, and I’ll be watchin! Why? Cause it is loaded with poker talent. Here’s the line up of the final 6 […]
- Phil Hellmuth Makes it 14! - Congratulations to Phil Hellmuth who won his 14th World Series of Poker event, the $10K RAZZ Championship early this morning! Fifty years of living has made Phil Hellmuth stronger and more determined. Once again, he proved that he has it! I didn’t watch the whole final table, but, each time I checked in, Phil was […]
- Suspected Cheating in 2015 WSOP Heads Up Event - While catching up on the 2015 WSOP stories for the week, I ran across this story on PokerNews.com, “Cheating Allegations in WSOP $10,000 Heads-Up Championship Spark Investigation“. It reports on allegations of cheating during the 2015 10K Heads Up event that completed a couple of days ago. Several players who faced the accused player in […]
- WSOP16 Millionaire Maker Final Flight - The highly-anticipated WSOP Millionaire Maker tournament started yesterday with the first flight at 10AM. It continues today with the second and final flight which starts at 10AM PST. Players who bagged chips from Flight A (Friday), are ineligible to enter Flight B. They will have today (Saturday) off, and will resume play with the survivors […]