As a new stop on the World Poker Tour –not to mention having the dubious honor of being the first WPT Main Event in the US that will not air on TV—the WPT treated the Jacksonville Championship with very low expectations, pinning a mere $500k guarantee to the tournament. Well, the $500k guarantee was eclipsed on Day 1a of the tournament as 188 playersRead Full Article

With 732 total entrants the winner of the $5k No Limit Holdem 6-Max tournament at the 2011 World Series of Poker will be awarded over $800k in prize-money to go along with that shiny new gold bracelet, making this the third tournament at the 2011 WSOP to award over $800k to the winner. The pros made their presence felt on Day 1 of theRead Full Article

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 out Matthew Jarvis, and then by applying pressure to the rest of the table. For much ofRead Full Article

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 champion as well as receiving just over 8 million dollars. Jonathan Duhamel – Jonathan is sitting asRead Full Article

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 Sites has put up the odds for each of the final 9 players left in the WSOP.Read Full Article

9 players walked away from the Rio poker tables this morning with an extra $811k in their pocket, but with hopes and dreams of winning a whole lot more. The 9 players who will participate in the WSOP Final Table November 9th and 10th are: 1. Jonathan Duhamel – 65,975,000 chips 2. John Dolan – 46,250,000 chips 3. Joseph Cheong – 23,525,000 chips 4.Read Full Article