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Last year, 6,012 players turned out for the $1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Stimulus Special held during the World Series of Poker (WSOP). This year, the first of six open $1,000 events (#3) attracted 2,601 players on Day 1A and 1,742 on Day 1B for a total field of 4,343. The day was not without... Read More....

We’re just two days away from the start of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP). The game’s elite and a host of amateurs will descend upon Las Vegas on Friday to capture one of 57 bracelets up for grabs and claim riches in a slew of cash games and side events. The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino... Read More....

In 2003, a little-known Tennessee accountant named Chris Moneymaker took down the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Moneymaker is the reason you and I are here today and this week marks the seven-year anniversary of his win. Moneymaker joined Tuesday’s installment of the ESPN.com poker news... Read More....

If there’s one thing UB.com pro and 11-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth has proven over the last few years, it’s that he will do anything for attention. Whether it’s dressing up as Julius Caesar, ranting at players on live TV, or collapsing in a heap of tears... Read More....

On Wednesday, World Series of Poker (WSOP) officials released a media guide containing the details of the upcoming festivities in Las Vegas. Included in it was the rundown of the 2010 WSOP Europe. Five events are on tap this time around, one more than in 2009. The WSOP Europe schedule will once again... Read More....

The World Series of Poker will no doubt collect the most poker foot traffic, but players might be surprised to learn that this summer in Las Vegas they’ll have an entire menu full of tournament series choices. The Orleans Open, which began this week will run through May 30 and feature nine events... Read More....

As soon as the European Poker Tour Grand Final ended in Monte Carlo, all of the talk turned to the players’ upcoming trips to Las Vegas for the summer. But not everyone is Vegas-bound. PokerNews took a break from the World Series of Poker chatter to talk to Mike “Timex” McDonald,... Read More....

The World Poker Tour Spanish Championship ended today when Ali Tekintamgac  topped a field of 326 opponents to win €315,000, a $25,000 seat in the 2011 WPT Championship and a Tiffany bracelet. Tekintamgac scored his first major tournament win to go along with his first tournament cash, which... Read More....

The $3,085 no-limit hold’em championship event at theCalifornia State Poker Championship came to a conclusion on May 24. Patrick Karschamroon (pictured right)was the champion, and he was awarded $162,970 in prize money. He topped an impressive final table that included Gavin Griffin(third place)... Read More....

The fields were slightly smaller than usual this Sunday in online poker, but the downsized tournaments resulted in some compelling action nonetheless, including an absolutely stacked PokerStars Sunday 500 final table. The $500 buy-in event came up just shy of the 1,000 players needed to make its $500,000... Read More....