Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Dec 19, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There are quite a few changes in store for anyone checking out the 2010 WSOP schedule: The tournament series will still feature 57 tournaments, but there seems to be a new emphasis on lower buy-in, and larger buy-in events. * The $50k HORSE tournament has been replaced withRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Dec 19, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

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 reasonsRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Dec 18, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In another move that shows how television has truly taken over poker, Harrah’s announced on Thursday that they will be changing the $50k HORSE Tournament to an 8-Game Mix that will feature a final table of exclusively No Limit Texas Holdem –I know you must be as shockedRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 15, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

This could well be the biggest surprise of the WSOP: ESPN’ ratings for the 2009 WSOP final table suffered a .1% drop-off from 2008. Garnering a 1.8% share, the coverage still pulled in 2.1 million viewers, but the poker industry was expecting a boon from a final tableRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 10, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

ESPN’s coverage of the 2009 World Series of Poker final table will air tonight –Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 9PM. The highlight of the final table will be the inclusion of poker megastar Phil Ivey as he looks to capture his 3rd WSOP bracelet this year –8th overall–Read Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 10, 2009 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

The statement appears odd, but the 21 year-old Cada held off his lesser experienced opponent, the 47 year-old Moon, to become the World Series of Poker’s youngest champion of all-time –eclipsing the mark set a year ago by 2008 champion Peter Eastgate. Cada entered the heads-up duel withRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 09, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Why do I think the heads-up battle will be short and sweet? Well I have several good reasons for my speculation: And they all sort of tie in to one another. * Joe Cada has Darvin Moon out-chipped over 2-to-1 This was quite evident towards the end ofRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 08, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

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 millionRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 07, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

If you’re like me you probably don’t feel like waiting around until Tuesday night to see ESPN’s telecast of the WSOP final table. Fortunately there are several websites who will be bringing you live updates: * The Full Tilt Poker pros have set up a page where youRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 07, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The WSOP Main Event Final Table is about to start. While I write this their is less than 5 hours to we hear the infamous words, “Shuffle up and Deal”. However, it seems near impossible to find any site that has access to live streaming of the WSOPRead Full Article