WSOP News
Tuyen “Twin” Ngo wins Event 9 at WSOP Circuit Season 6 in Chicago
Oct 23rd, 2009
Vietnamese born American Tuyen “Twin” Ngo took down a field of 106 to win Event 9 of the WSOP Circuit Season 6 Opener in Chicago. The event was a $2000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em and for his hard work Twin won $56,126 plus a much coveted gold ring Read More >>
Jeff Boudreau wins Pot-Limit Omaha with Re-buys Event at WSOP Circuit
Oct 22nd, 2009
Jeff Boudreau finished top of the pile in Event number 8 of the WSOP Circuit Season 6, Chicago. The 27 year old pro won the Pot-Limit Omaha with Re-buys event after 16 hours of play spread over 2 days. Read More >>
Nick Frost wins 6 handed Event in Chicago
Oct 22nd, 2009
Event 7 of the WSOP Circuit Season 6 opener saw Chicago born poker pro Nick Frost take home the circuit ring and prize money of $30,324 after previously finishing 8th in Event number 1. The $500 buy-in was a 6 handed tournament. Read More >>
David “The Knight” Sesso Slays Opposition
Oct 21st, 2009
David "The Knight" Sesso beats a field of 635 to win event 5 of the WSOP Circuit Season 6 Event 5 in Chicago and takes home $40,392 and entry to the main event. Read More >>
Justin Filtz Top Dog in WSOP Circuit Chicago
Oct 20th, 2009
Justin ‘Fluffdog’ Filtz overcame unbelievable odds in Event 3 of the WSOP Circuit Chicago to win his second gold ring. At one point during heads up play his opponent held an 18.5 to 1 chip lead which Filtz amazingly overcome to be crowned champion and take home over $50,000 is in prize money. Read More >>
WSOP Circuit Season 6 Underway as Local Boy does Good
Oct 19th, 2009
Josh Shmerl beat a record field in the WSOP Circuit Opener at the Horseshoe Casino in Chicago, Illinois. In a tournament that saw competitors play for 26 hours the 23 year old pro took home prize money of $79,107 and a much coveted gold circuit ring. Read More >>
WSOP Finalist, Antoine Saout, Joins Team Everest Poker
Aug 13th, 2009
25 year-old Frenchman, Antoine Saout who recently became one of only two Europeans in the WSOP November Nine has now committed to Team Everest. Antoine, already a millionaire, is another example of a player who has grown through Everest Poker Read More >>
WSOP Nominees for Hall of Fame
Jul 20th, 2009
After a five-week process that saw hundreds of votes cast weekly on the WSOP official website, the public has made clear who they think should be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. It will now be up to the current Hall of Famer Read More >>
WSOP Day 8 end
Jul 17th, 2009
The November Nine -- 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table is Now Set! Darvin Moon from Maryland is the Chip Leader with a cool 59 million. James Akenhead - although low in chips - carries the hopes of all Londoners and his friends at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino. Meanwhile, Phil Ivey lurks....... Read More >>
WSOP 2009 – November 9 Announced
Jul 16th, 2009
Following almost 2 weeks of high drama and tension at the Rio in Las Vegas, 6,494 have played down to the final table of 9 who will return to Sin City in November to make their bid for the title and $8.5m first prize. Read More >>
Last woman standing in Vegas knocked out in day 8
Jul 16th, 2009
Leo Margets who was the only woman still left in the Main Event after day 7 was knocked out early on in day 8 but takes home a healthy $352,832 for her troubles, but will she return to her day job? Read More >>
WSOP Day 7 end
Jul 15th, 2009
Still over the Moon - Day 7 ended as they played all the way down to three tables. The 64 players who started play were already guaranteed $90,344 in prize money and after 12 days and 60 total hours of tournament play, all 27 finishers are guaranteed at least $352,832. Read More >>
WSOP Day 7 Latest
Jul 15th, 2009
With the Main Event heading towards the dinner break there are only 29 players left out of the starting 6,494 and Billy Kopp is chip leader with a stack of 15.1m. Close behind is poker legend Phil Ivey currently in second place with 12.2m chips Read More >>
WSOP Day 6 end
Jul 14th, 2009
As Day 6 ended last night it was still Darvin Moon who led the pack with a whopping 9.7m chips. Phil Ivey yet again managed to accumulate chips and now has about 5% of the total in play with 6.3m. Esfandiari, Sebok, and Akenhead are in the chasing pack. Read More >>
WSOP Day 6 Latest
Jul 14th, 2009
Dinner Break - Down to the final 100 and leading the pack is Darvin Moon with 5.7m chips followed closely by Antoine Saout on 5.3m. However, all players will be looking over their shoulders as Poker legend Phil Ivey is slowly but surely peaking at the right time and lurks just behind the leaders with 2.7m. Read More >>
WSOP Day 5
Jul 13th, 2009
The 2009 WSOP is reaching its climactic finale with the 185 remaining players guaranteed to triple their buy-in of $10,000. Exiting were David Levi, Sorel Mizzi, Thor Hansen, Dan Harrington and Bobby Baldwin Read More >>
2009 WSOP Main Event Day 4
Jul 13th, 2009
Kia Hamadani became the bubble boy at the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event. His elimination was greeted by a chorus of “All ins and a calls” as the remaining participants in the Amazon room of the Rio took their chance to accumulate chips now they were guaranteed a payout Read More >>
WSOP Dream Team Begins
Jul 12th, 2009
The Dream Team Poker Event kicked off at the Brasilia Room, Rio Convention Center. The unique format team event drew big numbers and a healthy proportion of big names from the world of poker Read More >>
WSOP Circuit Schedule
Jul 12th, 2009
The World Series of Poker announced its official schedule for the 2009-2010 season of Circuit Events, played throughout the year and around the United States at Harrah’s owned casinos. Venues include Los Angeles, Chicago and San Diego. Read More >>
2009 WSOP Main Event Day 3
Jul 11th, 2009
After six days of action at the World Series of Poker the Main Event’s entire field was narrowed down to 2,044 players. As the day ended it was British player Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier who led the field with a chip count that surpassed the million mark Read More >>
