Bovada’s giving you a chance to win a seat in the 2012 World Series of Poker* Main Event for just a buck! That’s right, through June 24th, the best place to play online poker is giving players unprecedented choice and access to the biggest event in the game with over 2,000 daily qualifiers starting at just $1.10 and a dozen weekly satellites
We’re big fans of the World Series of Poker Circuit here in the Gambling Beat offices: they’re a perfect microcosm of poker scenes across America and they give players who might be blown out of the water in Vegas a chance to shine. The most recent event, which just wrapped up in Durant, OK, had one of those heartwarming stories
“I was going to quit poker and go to college!” is what 2011 World Series of Poker* Main Event Champion Pius Heinz declared to reporters late last night after winning a stunning $8.72 million prize for defeating Martin Staszko in heads-up play. The 22-year-old German pro had a rough patch in the gap months between July and November, but it
It all goes down today, and the three finishers that are going to be sitting down at the 2011 World Series of Poker* final table are going to have an unprecedented amount of information on one another thanks to video coverage of the final table’s play, giving them a chance to review and re-examine not only their opponents’ play, but
Poker players around the world slowed down a bit yesterday to get the latest news from the World Series of Poker* Main Event final table, which kicked off at 12:30pm local time after nearly four months of waiting. With six eliminations needed to determine the three players playing in Tuesday’s grand finale, everyone knew it was going to be exciting,
This Sunday, the final table for the 2011 World Series Of Poker* Main Event will finally kick off. In case you somehow forgot who the November Nine were this year, they are as follows: Martin Staszko (40,175,000 chips) Eoghan O’Dea (33,925,000 chips) Matt Giannetti (24,750,000 chips) Phil Collins (23,875,000 chips) Ben Lamb (20,875,000 chips) Badih Bounahra (19,700,000 chips) Pius Heinz
American and Canadian poker players can rejoice: cable sports giant ESPN has confirmed that it will be showing each and every hand of the final table of this year’s World Series of Poker* “live” to US audiences on ESPN 2 and on ESPN.com. Lon McEachern and David Tuchman will be sharing the commentary duties on the first day of action
We’re big fans of the World Series of Poker* Circuit here at Bodog. They’re events that remind us a lot of our own online poker offerings: a player can go in for smaller stakes or enjoy bigger-stakes tournaments that give them a shot at poker fame and money alike (along with a piece of jewelry.) The eighth season of the
It’s where the World Series of Poker* started back in 1970 and now Binion’s Horseshoe is celebrating 60 years of business with a major remodeling and reopening its tower of hotel rooms. Binion’s Horsehoe was founded after Benny Binion bought the old Eldorado Club and Apache Hotel back in 1951 and while the casino has seen better days, it still
Late last night, poker pro John Hewitt was eliminated with pocket 3s after losing to Eoghan O’Dea’s Broadway straight and thus this year’s World Series of Poker* Main Event’s final table has been set as follows: Martin Staszko (40,175,000 chips) Eoghan O’Dea (33,925,000 chips) Matt Giannetti (24,750,000 chips) Phil Collins (23,875,000 chips) Ben Lamb (20,875,000 chips) Badih Bounahra (19,700,000 chips)
