Phil Hellmuth looked like a serious contender for his 12th World Series of Poker bracelet (it would be his first at the World Series of Poker Europe) after playing near-flawlessly over the first two days of the tournament, and most importantly by keeping his short-temper under wraps. ButRead Full Article

Phil Hellmuth is already making his presence felt at the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe, as the “Poker Brat” is currently amongst the final eight participants in Event #1, the €2,500 Six-Handed NLHE tournament. In addition to possibly padding his lead for the most WSOP bracelets ofRead Full Article

One of the latest trends at the World Series of Poker over the past few years –In addition to the utter dominance by British poker players– has been the emergence of random, unknown, Russian poker players. While this is an interesting storyline, I’m also dismayed by this developmentRead Full Article

On Wednesday night, the $10k Omaha 8 Championship at the 2011 World Series of Poker was stopped during 3-handed play, making the tournament the third victim of the new WSOP Hard-Stop Rule which limits the amount of time a tournament can be played on any given day toRead Full Article

 With the money bubble set to burst with just 27 players remaining, there were 16,329 reasons for wanting make it that far in the $10,000 buy-in tournament; $16,329 that is. So with more than a $26,000 difference on the line it was Jason Mercier who would watchRead Full Article

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