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The commissioner of the World Series of Poker is leaving his post days after the series crowned its latest main event champion.
The final nine players in the World Series of Poker main event, along with their finish or final table starting chip counts in parentheses. The finalists emerged from a field of 6,494 players and will compete Nov. 7-10 for the tournament's top prize of $8.55 million. Ninth place will win $1.26 million; higher finishers will win at least $1.3 million.
A 21-year-old Michigan poker professional who chose cards over college won the World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas early Tuesday, winning $8.55 million and becoming the youngest player to win the tournament in its 40-year history.
A part-time poker player who finished seventh in the World Series of Poker main event in 2000 has hired 11-time gold bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth as his coach for this year's final table.
The World Series of Poker has thrust nine millionaire winners into the spotlight as they wait 116 days to get back to the table for the rest of the no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event.
The World Series of Poker main event reached its final table on Wednesday night as Jordan Smith busted in 10th place with a pocket pair of aces — the best starting hand in no-limit Texas Hold 'em.
The 2005 World Series of Poker champion said he's lost all respect for a new brand of extremely aggressive poker players who seem to want to gamble all their chips on every hand in the main event.
A payment processor that handles the accounts of online poker players wants a judge to order the return of about $14 million that the company says was illegally seized by the federal government.
Decisions became more meaningful at the World Series of Poker on Sunday, but players were still willing to gamble and play aggressively.
Hundreds of cardplayers at the World Series of Poker main event were guaranteed money on Saturday after a 26-year-old, part-time poker player was eliminated on the bubble in 649th place.
The chip leaders at the World Series of Poker main event looked to stay there on Friday as each elimination brought them closer to the tournament's $61 million prize pool.
The chip leader at the World Series of Poker main event says his lead means little as players take a break from the felt.
The World Series of Poker faced hundreds of angry players on Monday after they were turned away from the no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event because of capacity on the tournament's final starting day.
Flanked by dozens of women, heralded by trumpeters and mobbed by his fans, Phil Hellmuth channeled Julius Caesar as he arrived at the World Series of Poker on Sunday.
Cardplayers, celebrities and amateurs with deep pockets are back in Las Vegas and hoping for a handsome score as the World Series of Poker main event begins.
A 37-year-old former pro bowler from Georgia outlasted a 44-year-old New Yorker in a marathon poker session Wednesday to win $1.28 million and the mixed-game H.O.R.S.E. title at the World Series of Poker.
A 37-year-old Russian poker professional turned a $40,000 buy-in into $1.89 million at the World Series of Poker on Monday, earning his second gold bracelet after topping a field of 201 of the world's toughest players over four days.
A 22-year-old Danish poker professional won the World Series of Poker early Tuesday, turning a wheel straight on the last hand to become the youngest champion in the history of the no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event.
Phil Hellmuth has been eliminated from the World Series of Poker main event, ensuring that the no-limit Texas Hold 'em tournament will have a new champion.
The top prize at the main event of the World Series of Poker will be $9.12 million this year, and 666 players will get some piece of a $64.3 million prize pool, tournament officials said Sunday.
Celebrities turned out Wednesday to donate to Darfur charities — and to show their fellow stars just who the real card sharks were.
Poker professional Scotty Nguyen won nearly $2 million at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on Monday, topping a field of 148 players and emerging from a marathon final table with his fifth gold bracelet.
Charles Barkley is headed back to the tables in Las Vegas to play in a poker tournament about a month after pledging not to gamble. He says it's all for charity. The former NBA star is scheduled to play in a celebrity poker tournament at the 2008 World Series of Poker on July 2.
Objective Poker Deposit Bonus ComparisonA comparison of how fast you can win your "free" money back in online poker games (with deposit bonuses). This ranges by a LOT depending on your style of play.
Poker is a funny thing. I'm not sure if it is considered a sport, if not it probably should be. In the past few years poker has become hugely popular and hugely profitable if you make it to what aficionados of poker tournaments call, the Final Table.
Poker Players Favor Scott Montgomery 2-to-1 to Win the World Series of Poker (WSOP)I'll take Darus, anyone willing to lay me 10-1?
Final Table Set for Historic 2008 World Series of Poker® Main EventCongratulation to the final nine.
Complete List of WSOP Bracelet WinnersHere is the bracelet list up to the main event. The final bracelet won't be awarded until November.
World's First Poker Musical to Debut During Main Event of 39th Annual World Series of PokerThis is just too damn weird.
2008 WSOP - First Impressions LastCan you think of a sweeter gig then covering the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas? Well, maybe the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo.
For World Series of Poker players, brain trumps handGreat article showing why poker is a game of skill, not a game of chance.
~We need to protect the children~ If the government bans it kids won't do it. That is why kids don't smoke, drink, use drugs, sneak into rated R movies, etc. If mom and dad fail in their parenting, a good, solid government ban will always fix the problem.
Bill to Block UIGEA Implementation Gains More Sponsors I'm no friend of Barney Frank, but I'm with him on this one. It's time to overturn this stupid, unenforceable law.
Let's do some Monday morning quarterbackingJoe Hachem makes a monster laydown. Folding is much harder then calling.
The Best Damn Gambling Spots Online - Period!Gambling has always been mentioned with Las Vegas in one breath. Nowhere has gambling been as lucrative and as consuming as it is in Las Vegas.
Let Them Play: A Survey of the Changing Landscape in Online Gambling Legislation
Poker Legend David 'Chip' Reese Dead at 56Three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, Chip Reese, whom Doyle Brunson described as the best poker player in the world, was found dead in his Las Vegas home. He was 56.
The advantages of an Online Casino and Online Gambling TipsFor all of these reasons and more, gambling online makes more sense and gives you a better chance of adding to your billfold. Just remember, when you win you can actually keep your winnings and watch them deposited straight into your bank account.
With ESPN event on tap, poker's Phil Hellmuth draws big divots, high stakes on a Las Vegas golf coursePhil Hellmuth is one of the most feared players on the professional poker circuit, and that persona carries over to the golf course. BadGolfer.com caught up to Hellmuth - sort of - between rounds of the inaugural High Stakes Poker Tour at Bali Hai Golf Club in Las Vegas.
Sonics head coach P.J. Carlesimo said flagpole Kevin Durant will likely start at shooting guard.
18-Year Old Female Becomes Youngest World Series of Poker Bracelet WinnerAnnette Obrestad of Norway has won the Main Event of the first World Series of Poker Europe. She is now the youngest bracelet winner in World Series of Poker history. (of course, it helped her that such a feat would be impossible to accomplish in the U.S., but, still...)
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