Phil Hellmuth made perhaps his first major misstep of the 2011 World Series of Poker on Monday, as the man leading the Player of the Year race was nearly blinded away after a very late arrival for Day 2a of the WSOP Main Event. Hellmuth is known forRead Full Article

After the first two starting days of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event saw sluggish attendance totals –that’s putting it nicely—it was starting to look like the US government’s crackdown on online poker would have a significant impact on the 2011 WSOP… Until Day 1c rolledRead Full Article

Not one but two tournaments ended up as the latest victims to the Hard-Stop Rule at the 2011 World Series of Poker on Monday, as the $1,500 No limit Holdem and the $2,500 Razz tournament were both called to a stop during heads-up play. In Event #43, theRead Full Article

With Fabrice Soulier and Shawn Buchanan battling for one of the most prestigious bracelets at the World Series of Poker, and therefore in poker, the $10k HORSE Championship was called to a halt due to the 10-Level Rule. Making matters much worse was the fact that Buchanan hasRead Full Article

With over 30 players returning to the Rio on Monday it seemed destined from the outset that the $1,500 No Limit Holdem tournament would be the next victim of the 10-Level Hard-Stop Rule, and sure enough, with six players remaining tournament officials called a stop to the action.Read Full Article

Now that the $1,500 No Limit Holdem Shootout tournament is down to 16 players –after two rounds of play—the format will switch to what amounts to a 16 player tournament, with each player beginning with the same chip-stack (450,000). Amongst the remaining players who managed to win theirRead 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 additionalRead Full Article

Although there were six tournaments running at the Rio yesterday only two of them were in the final day action. One of those tournaments was the $1,500 Omaha 8 or better tournament (Event #3) which attracted the largest field in WSOP history for an Omaha 8 event, 925Read Full Article

Four players returned to the Rio poker tables on Thursday with the $500 Casino Employee tournament title on the line after the event spilled into a third day thanks to the new rule implemented this year that calls a stop to any tournament after 10 levels of play.Read Full Article

On Thursday the remaining eight players in the $25k NLHE Heads-Up Championship at the 2011 World Series of Poker returned to the Rio with the knowledge that only four players would advance to Friday’s Final Four. On the line is the first official WSOP bracelet of 2011, asRead Full Article