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WSOP 2011 Weekend Wrap

Ryan Lenaghan Leads WSOP Main Event 3 days of 4 two-hour levels have been and gone since the Main Event bubble was reached at the 42nd World Series of Poker – and just 57 players remain in the world´s most valuable live poker event. With just two days of play left ...

Patrick Poirier Leads WSOP Main Event

An eventful Day 3 at the World Series of Poker Main Event concluded with native New Yorker, Patrick Poirier, leading a field which is now reduced to the final 852. Poirier was the first player to breach the magical million chip mark – a feat that was also accomplished by ...

WSOP 2011 Main Event Chip Counts

The Main Event at the 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) of 2011 had a rest day last night, with Day 3 resuming today (Thursday) and 1,866 players still in which a chance of making history and leaving Vegas in November with the coveted Main Event bracelet and $8,711,956. Ben Lamb, ...

WSOP 2011 Main Event Day 2B Promising for UK Poker Players

Although there is still a long way to go in the World Series of Poker Main Event of 2011, Day 2b was promising for a number of UK poker players still contesting poker´s richest prize. Although we lost Dave Ulliott and Liv Boeree, Ashley Mason enjoyed a spectacular day to ...

GUKPT Summer Season Draws to a Close

Despite the huge British interest in the WSOP, the climax of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Summer Season received excellent support in the two Main Events held in Southampton and Sheffield last weekend, with fields of over 100 players taking part in some of the side events. Victory for Chris Webber ...

WSOP 2011 Day 2a Brings Mixed Fortunes for UK Poker Players

The first of the Day 2s in the World Series of Poker Main Event was played overnight at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas, and UK poker players enjoyed mixed fortunes in their quest to bring the $8,711,956 first prize back across the pond. Sadly we lost Vicky Coren, Ram Vashwani ...

Fight for Poker Rights Day of Action July 11

Today marks one of the biggest lobbying campaigns by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) to encourage senators and congressmen in the United States to support Joe Barton´s proposed online poker bill. The “Fight for Poker Rights” receives a high profile on the other side of the “pond”, but many poker ...

WSOP Main Event Update

The four “Day 1”´s have now been concluded in the third largest World Series of Poker Main Event ever (behind 2006 and 2010), with critics astounded by the massive combined total of 6,865 entrants resulting in a colossal prize pool of $64,531,000 and a first prize to the winner of ...

WSOP Superstitions

Rather than preview the WSOP Main Event and try to predict/guess who the “November Nine” may be from a field of thousands, we thought it might be a little more interesting (and eminently more entertaining) to reveal some of the superstitions that players competing in the world´s premier poker event ...

Max Lykov Gives Opponents a Head Start and a Thrashing

The $1,000 NLHE Championship (Event 54) at the World Series of Poker has been remarkable for the way in which players have rushed to get rid of their chips as quickly as possible. The tournament, which had 4,576 entries, was scheduled to last four days and possibly ...