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2011 World Series of Poker Main Event Down to the Final Three
There is always an incredible amount of excitement surrounding the World Series of Poker Main Event, but it is never bigger than early November when the Final Table is set to kick off. There were nine players who started the day on Sunday, and they played down to three. Those three will now play until [...]
ESPN to Air WSOP Final Table (Nearly ) Live
Leading cable sports network ESPN has just announced that they will be changing the way they will broadcast this year’s WSOP Main Event Final Table in November. Instead of broadcasting a recorded version of the events multi-million dollar conclusion after it’s already taken place, the cable network and its online affiliates announced they will be [...]
WSOP November Nine Schedule Tweaked
The World Series of Poker Main Event is one of the most watched and followed televised poker tournaments out there today. It draws in between 6,000 and 7,000 players consistently, and features the “November Nine” which is the final table of the event. The idea behind this is that the final nine players are set [...]
ESPN Knows Poker
With the April 15th indictment of the big online poker rooms like Full Tilt Poker, Poker Stars, and Absolute Poker, there was a major concern that the 2011 World Series of Poker would take a dip in terms of it’s entrants, as well as it’s fans watching. This turned out to not be the case [...]
Final Table Set at 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event
Final Table Set at 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event “November Nine” Features Players from Seven Nations ESPN’s WSOP Coverage Continues on Tuesday Nights through November 8, 2011 The 42nd annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship – commonly referred to as the Main Event – is down to its final [...]
Ben Lamb Is On A Roll After Day 2B at the WSOP Main Event
The 2011 World Series of Poker has narrowed the field down to where everyone still playing is sitting in the same room at the same time. Day 2B is in the books and Ben Lamb was the leader. He ended Day 2B with 551,600 chips, which is good enough to give him the overall lead [...]
Day 2A Ends 819 Players Moving On
On Monday, there were 2,031 players who had made it past Days 1A and 1C to come together to play Day 2A. Play featured quite a few big names out of the 2,031 players, and also featured some big eliminations out of those names. At the end of the day it was Aleksandr Mozhnyakov who [...]
42nd Annual World Series of Poker® Sets All-Time Records
Total Prize Money and Participation Establish New High Marks Total Participation Finishes Over 75,000 Entrants for First-Time Ever The 42nd annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) Presented by Jack Links Beef Jerky at the Rio-All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas established a host of new records as poker enthusiasts from more than 100 nations [...]
Day 1A of The 2011 WSOP Main Event Is In The Books
The 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event kicked of on Thursday with its Day 1A. It featured some big names being eliminated, and some big hands as well. The name that stood out among the rest after Day 1A was Fred Berger, as he was the chip leader to end the day with 209,500 [...]
More First Time Winners at the 2011 WSOP
While a lot of the attention has been on the bigger names in the 2011 World Series of Poker, such as Phil Hellmuth and John Juanda, there have been some very impressive first time winners of gold bracelets as well. With the first 12 events being taken down by players who had never won a [...]
2011 World Series of Poker Winners and Losers
As we are just about half-way through the 2011 World Series of Poker, it’s been a story of up and downs so far for a lot of players. Quite a few players won their first ever gold bracelets, while others have struggled to get any kind of momentum going in the 2011 World Series. The [...]
2011 WSOP Event 23 Recap
Our second mixed game event took place in Event 23: $2,500 Eight Game Mix. This tournament features the most different games to be played in a mixed game event in this year’s World Series of Poker, including Triple-Draw 2-7, Limit Hold’em, Omaha 8/b, Razz, Stud, Stud 8/b, No-Limit Holdem, and Pot Limit Omaha. If you’re [...]
2011 WSOP Event 22 Recap
The largest PLO field ever assembled at the World Series of Poker gathered for Event 22: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha. 1,071 players came out to play one of the highest variance games in poker, creating a prize pool that almost reached $1.5 million. The top 117 players would all profit at least $1,200 for their [...]
2011 WSOP Event 21 Recap
Event 21: $10,000 Seven Card Stud is the fifth championship of this year’s World Series of Poker. 126 players paid the $10k entry fee for their shot at being called the Seven Card Stud World Champion. That, and their share of the $1.2 million prize pool. Only 16 players made the money in this tournament, [...]
2011 World Series of Poker Sees Bigger Fields and Increased Prize Pools
When Black Friday occured back on Friday April 15th, 2011, it put left the future entrants to the World Series of Poker up in the air. It was possible that players wouldn’t be able to maintain the bankrolls to play in the 2011 World Series, and also that we would lose players from the online [...]
2011 WSOP Event 20 Recap
Yet another Stimulus Special event was played for Event 20: $1,000 No Limit Hold’em. 3,175 people showed up at the Rio, all on June 12th, to begin their march for the bracelet. 324 of these players cashed this event, almost as many as played Event 19 altogether! A min-cash was just shy of $2,000, effectively [...]
2011 WSOP Event 19 Recap
Event 19: $2,500 Limit Hold’em Six Handed of this year’s World Series of Poker brought out 354 entrants to try their hand at winning a WSOP bracelet. These entrants all paid their $2,500, creating a $800k prize pool for the players to compete for. Unlike most tournaments where tables seat 9 players, only 6 players [...]
2011 WSOP Event 17 Recap
The first mixed games tournament was played in Event 17: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. This tournament features 5 games: Hold’em, Omaha Hi-lo 8/b, Razz, 7 Card Stud, and 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo 8/b, all of which are played with a fixed limit. 963 players came out to play, a stunning number for a mixed games event. Very [...]
2011 WSOP Event 18 Recap
Yet another of the $1.5k donkaments took place in Event 18: $1,500 No Limit Hold’em. 3,157 entrants came to Vegas this weekend to try their hand at winning a bracelet and a big payday by playing poker for a few days, trying to get their share of the $4.3 million prize pool. A field this [...]
2011 WSOP Event 16 Recap
Event 16 of this year’s WSOP has turned into the big story so far. While not much was expected out of the 10k 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship (No Limit) in the way of stories, this tournament changed those expectations incredibly. Only 126 players were signed up to play this event, creating a $1.2 million prize [...]
