In a not so surprising announcement on Tuesday the World Series of Poker announced they would be releasing a number of “hints” for the 2012 WSOP schedule, but did reveal that the November Nine has run its course via the official WSOP Twitter account: “A few hints on WSOP schedule coming tomorrow…you won’t find the November Nine returning.” The move to eliminate the NovemberRead Full Article

27 tournaments at the 2011 World Series of Poker have crowned a champion and in just one of those instances has the player previously won a WSOP bracelet –John Juanda, who is now the proud owner of five WSOP bracelets. This amazing run of first-time winners at the WSOP in 2011 is an unprecedented event, and if it continues will likely become how theRead Full Article

At the 2010 World Series of Poker it seemed like every tournament was being won by a British poker player (5 in reality, plus 2 more at the WSOP Europe) and through eight completed events on the 2011 WSOP schedule the Brits have already captured two bracelets. The first bracelet won by a UK poker player was in the $25k Heads-Up Championship, with 22Read Full Article

Two of the first five tournaments at this year’s World Series of Poker have already fell victim to the new rule that was implemented in an effort to keep tournaments from running into the morning hours, known as the Hard-Stop Rule. The first tournament that saw an additional play of added on was the $500 Casino Employee tournament, and joining the “Hard-Stop Club” onRead Full Article

On Monday, Caesars Entertainment released the schedule for the 2011 World Series of Poker. This year’s WSOP will be held from May 30th through July 19th at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. The number of bracelet events for this year has increased from 57 to 58. In addition, several additions and changes have been made to the event. Let’sRead Full Article

If you are any way interested in playing Poker With Live Dealers, you will be interested in this! Harrah’s has released the dates for the 2011 World Series of Poker tournament series this past week, which will begin on May 31st, 2011, the day after Memorial Day in the United States, and the same day as a certain poker writer’s birthday! The 2011 versionRead Full Article

With the monkey off his back after winning Event #12 at the 2010 WSOP –$1,500 Limit Holdem—longtime poker pro Matt Matros has worked his way to the final table of another Limit Holdem Event, this time in the $2,000 buy-in Event #18. Matt Matros enters the final table with 224,000 chips, trailing chip-leader Eric Buchman, who is leading the way with 453,000 chips. Buchman,Read Full Article

The 2010 World Series of Poker schedule has been released, and there are some fascinating changes to the tournament series –and even more fascinating non-changes, such as the decision to continue to have a long 4-month break in the action before the final table is concluded. The reasons given are always to give ESPN a chance to promote the WSOP and increase TV ratings,Read Full Article