Today WSOP is the biggest poker tournament around the globe and an inexhaustible topic of discussion for all the poker clubs and blogs. It is every poker player’s dream to be a part of World Series of Poker, stay at the hotels in Vegas, sit in a room at the Horseshoe and win millions of dollars. History of WSOP It all started in 1970 when Binny Benion called top player of the game, decided that each winner of the event will be given a gold bracelet in honor of his…Read more

Jerry Yang to win and pay it forward. His donations have been replaced by $ 2000000 and the number is growing, and to release his autobiography, “All-in: From the refugee camp of Poker Champ” Yang is a contradiction in the world of professional poker. The former social worker has a master’s degree in psychology. He won the World Series of Poker in 2007 only two years after watching poker on TV and gives it a try. Since winning the title – and $ 8.25 million – was determined to protect…Read more

Started from last friday…and for the next 15days the Choctaw Casino is going global! It’s playing host to a world-wide event. The stage is being set for the biggest poker tournament in the world and that stage is right here in Texoma. “They were looking for someone who had a facility that could meet their expectations and standards that could host a wsop tournament and we are that facility” Said casino director Steven Loyd. Choctaw Casino hosts the Midwest first World Series of Poker circuit event. It starts Thursday night…Read more

LAS VEGAS (22nd Dec  2010) – The 42nd annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) – a set of poker tournaments open to anyone who are 21 years of age or older then 21 years – the 2011 campaign begins on Tuesday, 31st May 2011 – just a day after Memorial Day – and every 50 days to drive right Tuesday, 19th July 2010. The event, as was its standard since 2005, will continue to be held at the Convention Center at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada….Read more

Day 16 of the World Series of Poker is in the books, and it saw John “Tex” Barch and Richard Ashby both take home WSOP gold bracelets. The ladies event and the six-handed limit tournament are both nearing a champion, and big-name pros came out in force in the $10,000 buy-in Omaha hi-low event, which is being led by Eugene Katchalov. Event #20: $1,500 Pot-limit Omaha After coming up short in his two previous WSOP final table appearances, including the 2005 WSOP main event, John “Tex” Barch won his first WSOP…Read more