It looks like the high-limit poker pros will be sweating once again at the 2010 World Series of Poker, and not over their own results. After Tom Dwan failed to take down an earlier tournament, word quickly made it around the Rio that he stood to make millions in side-bets if he can capture his 1st WSOP bracelet in 2010. Well, the Bobby’s Room regulars had to sweat out durrrr’s second place finish, and now they may have to doRead Full Article

When it comes to large field tournaments, it’s unusual for a number of top pros to weave their way through the tournament and be in contention near the end, but this is exactly what has happened in the $1,500 Omaha 8 or better tournament at the 2010 World Series of Poker. Among the remaining 26 players vying for the coveted WSOP bracelet, not to mention the 6-figure payday, are Dan Heimiller, Shawn Buchanan, Jeff Madsen, Ylon Schwartz, David Bach, andRead Full Article

Ladies and gentlemen, we have our first storyline of the 2010 World Series of Poker! With 21 players left, the Mizrachi brothers have taken command of the tournament with Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi sitting atop the leader-board, and his twin (actually triplet) brother Robert in 6th place! The win would be huge for Mike Mizrachi who has recently hit a rough stretch from bad investments and management and has had a couple of properties foreclosed on. As one of theRead Full Article

The $1,000 No Limit Holdem tournament looked to be on pace to rival last year’s in terms of entrants after a whopping 2,601 players showed up for day 1a, but day 1b saw only 1,742 players register for the event. Still, an impressive 4,345 players have created a prize pool of just under $4 million, with $625k, and a coveted World Series of Poker bracelet, going to the champion. After two fast and furious days of poker action 481 playersRead Full Article

Last year’s $1,000 buy-in No Limit Holdem tournament was dubbed the “Stimulus Special” and it was such a hit that the WSOP brass decided not only to bring it back for 2010, but throw a little water on it and watch it multiply like Gremlins! The 2010 WSOP has a total of six $1,000 buy-in No Limit events on the schedule, in addition to the $1k Ladies tournament and the $1k Seniors tournament. So, if you’re a woman over 50Read Full Article

Monday night will be the culmination of three months of poker, and mostly waiting: The final two competitors for the 2009 WSOP Main Event championship are set, and after some much needed rest Darvin Moon and Joe Cada will square off for the title, and the $8.5 million in prize money. The amateur Moon is at a severe disadvantage in chips for the first time at the final table, as well as in poker knowledge and experience, despite more thanRead Full Article

Perhaps the Hour+ delay to start the final table was a harbinger of things to come: After 16 hours of play the competitors are still one elimination away from concluding play for the day. Chip-Leader Darvin Moon seems to be feeling the effects of the marathon session more than the other remaining players –Joe Cada, and Antoine Saout. Just before the break Moon called ½ his chips with KJs, against an all-in re-raise by Eric Buchman (who held A5), onlyRead Full Article

The greatest poker player on earth was unable to overcome the minimal chips he had to work with, and despite approaching 20 million chips before the dinner break, the small margin for error he was faced with was too much to overcome. Ivey lost in the brutal way that every poker player knows: AK vs. AQ. Ivey moved all-in from Under the Gun for 6.45 million, and was called by monster-stack Darvin Moon: Ivey showed AK and Moon AQ, givingRead Full Article