WSOP News
2012 World Series of Poker Schedule Announced
Feb 2nd, 2012
This year's WSOP, the 43rd edition, will kick off on May 27 at The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino with the $500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em event that is only open to casino employees Read More >>
$1m Buy-In Event: 22 Players Confirmed
Dec 9th, 2011
The tournament, dubbed “The Big One for One Drop,” will take place at the 2012 World Series of Poker and will be both a bracelet awarding event and a charity tournament rolled into one Read More >>
Pius Heinz Becomes First German WSOP Main Event Winner
Nov 9th, 2011
Pius Heinz has become only the twelfth German poker player in history to win a coveted World Series of Poker bracelet and the first-ever German WSOP Main Event Champion, a result that has seen him scoop the massive $8,715,638 first place prize Read More >>
Heinz, Lamb and Staskzo Looking For WSOP Glory
Nov 8th, 2011
Who do you think will win the WSOP Main Event? Tune in tomorrow to discover if you are correct or not in your predictions Read More >>
WSOP A Brief History
Nov 5th, 2011
As we enter the last few days of the WSOP we take a look at what makes this event so special.Though the World Series of Poker made its official debut in 1970, the idea of the Horseshoe Casino's annual tournament was actually conceived more than two decades earlier Read More >>
Greenstein and Johnson Inducted Into Poker Hall of Fame
Oct 28th, 2011
A 35-strong panel, made up of existing Poker Hall of Fame inductees and members of the poker media, cast their votes and it was Barry Greenstein and Linda Johnson who gained the most votes Read More >>
WSOP Main Event Final Table All Set
Jul 21st, 2011
Over the past 12 days the 6,865 entrants who parted company with $10,000 for the chance of winning poker's Holy Grail have been whittled down to the final table of nine, and what a final table it looks set to be Read More >>
Eoghan O’Dea Makes WSOP November 9
Jul 20th, 2011
The 2011 WSOP Main Event Championship, started on July 7th in the Rio-All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. 6,865 players paid $10,000 to participate in the third largest poker event ever and after eight days the final nine have at last been reached. Read More >>
JP Kelly Looking For Third Bracelet
Jul 18th, 2011
Most poker players would be more than content with winning just a single WSOP bracelet during their careers but JP Kelly is not like most poker players and he is actually looking for the third piece of WSOP bling of his relatively short career. Read More >>
Third largest WSOP Main Event Ever
Jul 11th, 2011
The 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event is in full swing with each of the four official starting days now completed. At the start of the WSOP there were many questions being asked by the poker community, one of which was how many players would take part in the Main Event. Read More >>
Hellmuth The Bridesmaid
Jul 8th, 2011
Phil Hellmuth has as many haters and he does fans due to his demeanour at the table and his massively inflated ego but even those who are not Hellmuth's biggest fans must have some sympathy for the 11-time WSOP bracelet winner after he finished second for the third time this series. Read More >>
Moorman Falls At Last Hurdle
Jul 1st, 2011
Moorman's amazing 2011 started with a seventh place finish in the Aussie Millions Main Event but it has been his consistent performances at this year's World Series of Poker that deserve a special mention... Read More >>
Brits Chopped As Lamb Leaps to Victory
Jun 28th, 2011
Much will be said about Ben Lamb's victory in Event 42 of the 2011 WSOP and rightly so as he beat a star-studded crowd of 361 entrants in the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship to get his hands on his first bracelet and the gargantuan $814,436 first place prize. Read More >>
Matthew Jarvis Wins WSOP Event 40
Jun 27th, 2011
Seven months ago Matthew Jarvis made it to the final table of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event but only managed to last 43 hands before busting out, in eighth. But this time he prevailed to win $808,538. Read More >>
Jason Mercier Wins Event #35
Jun 24th, 2011
Just three years ago Jason Mercier was a complete unknown in the poker world now he is a househould name who has more than $6,300,000 in live tournament winnings to his name and someone who has just won their second World Series of Poker bracelet. Read More >>
Frankenberger Wins Bracelet
Jun 21st, 2011
Wall Street Trader, turned Poker Pro, Andy Frankenberger scoops $600,000 and first WSOP bracelet after winning the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em tournament Read More >>
ElkY Wins Triple Crown!
Jun 15th, 2011
At the start of this year's World Series of Poker there were only two poker players who had won the coveted Triple Crown of live poker titles. Both Gavin Griffin and Roland De Wolfe had won an EPT, WPT and WSOP title in their careers but nobody else had managed to match them. Read More >>
John Juanda Wins Fifth Bracelet
Jun 13th, 2011
John Juanda is already regarded as one of the best all-round players and he has added extra weight to claims he may actually be the best by winning a star-studded $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball Championship at the WSOP Read More >>
Brits On Course To Best 2010
Jun 10th, 2011
The poker media from the UK, Europe and the US were all in agreement that 2010 was the year of the British poker player. British players won EPT titles in Deauville, London, Prague, Vilamoura and San Remo and they were completely on fire at the World Series of Poker. Read More >>
Klein Wins $544,388 Top Prize
Jun 9th, 2011
The largest Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em tournament in history concluded on Wednesday with the play and conclusion of the $1,500 Buy-In No-Limit (Six-Handed) Championship held at the 2011 World Series of Poker. Read More >>
