Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 21, 2011 Posted in WSOP News | No Comments »
Hellmuth MMA

For Phil Hellmuth, the last of his 11 World Series of Poker bracelets won came all the way back in 2007, and for the second time at the 2011 WSOP the “Poker Brat” came up just short of bracelet #12 after finishing as the bridesmaid for the secondRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 16, 2011 Posted in WSOP News | No Comments »
john monnette

Yet another professional poker pro captured their first World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2011 WSOP on Wednesday; this time around it was John Monnette who broke through with a win in the $2,500 8-Game Mix tournament. Monnette traversed the 489 player field over three days, andRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 07, 2011 Posted in WSOP News | No Comments »
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The third Championship tournament of the 2011 World Series of Poker began yesterday with 202 players registering for the $10k Omaha 8 Championship, a number just slightly off of last year’s tally of 212 entrants. As is usually the case with non-NLHE Championship events the field was madeRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 24, 2011 Posted in Tournament News | No Comments »
National Heads-Up Poker Championship

The full roster for the upcoming NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship was released today, and now that the entire 64 player field is known I thought I would take a look at some of the favorites amongst the field. First, here is a look at the complete 64Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 13, 2010 Posted in Poker Player News | No Comments »
John Racener

According to the website TampaBay.com, the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up John Racener was pulled over at around 4AM Saturday morning in Tampa Bay, Florida and was charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI) after he refused to take a breathalyzer test. Racener was laterRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 09, 2010 Posted in WSOP News | No Comments »
Jonathan Duhamel

The most prestigious tournament in poker has added another name to its list of champions. Late Monday night Jonathan Duhamel was able to eliminate his final competitor, John Racener, to win the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event Championship. Duhamel held a 6-to-1 advantage in chips whenRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 08, 2010 Posted in WSOP News | No Comments »
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Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi Started the final table of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event with a mere 14 million in chips; good for 7th place out of the nine remaining players, but “The Grinder” was able to steadily increase his stack, first by knocking outRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 18, 2010 Posted in WSOP News | No Comments »
John Racener

Over the years the World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table members have proved they are no one-trick-ponies, and the 2010 November Nine members have been following their lead. The latest November Niner to make a deep run in a poker tournament is John Racener, who findsRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jul 29, 2010 Posted in WSOP News | No Comments »
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The 2010 November Nine have been chosen. This year’s table has quite a large range of skill sets from complete newbie’s to day in day out poker professionals. Only one can walk away and make poker history by becoming the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event championRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 21, 2010 Posted in WSOP News | No Comments »
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Even if you, or perhaps a player you staked, didn’t make the World Series of Poker Final Table you can still have a horse in the race if you want to lay a wager on who the eventual champion will be. One of the Best Online Betting SitesRead Full Article