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Main Event Time! By Owen Laukkanen Thursday, Jul. 3. 2008 User rating: (5 votes)

Tuan Lam and Jerry Yang playing in Day 7 of Event 55, World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em at the 2007 WSOP

This is it, poker fans - the most glorious display of wretched excess, blind hope and - oh yeah - high-stakes poker kicks off today with Day 1a of the Main Event at the 2008 World Series of Poker.

Thirty-four days ago the first events of the 2008 WSOP kicked off in the cavernous confines of the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino just off the Las... Read More

2008 WSOP Day 34 Recap By Martin Derbyshire | WSOP 2008 Thursday, Jul. 3. 2008 User rating: (6 votes)

Charles Barkley, 2008 Ante Up for Africa

It was really the calm before the storm here on Day 34 of the 2008 WSOP. While the hallways outside were abuzz with thousands looking to throw down $10k for a seat in the Main Event beginning tomorrow, or grab a glimpse of the Hollywood types playing in the Ante Up For Africa charity tournament, there was a slight hush across the Amazon Room... Read More

2008: Best International WSOP Ever! By Jason Kirk | WSOP 2008 Wednesday, Jul. 2. 2008 User rating: (4 votes)

Raymond Rahme, Event 55, World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em - Day 7, 2007 World Series of Poker.

There's some evidence that Benny Binion foresaw the growth of the World Series of Poker from very early on.

"I look to have better than 20 (players) next year," Binion told historian Mary Ellen Glass back in 1973, the fourth year of the WSOP. "It's even liable to get up to be 50. Might get up to be more than that; it will eventually."

So given... Read More

The Hollywood Poker Report: 2008 Ante Up for Africa By Arthur Crowson | Live Tournaments Wednesday, Jul. 2. 2008 User rating: (6 votes)

Ben Affleck, 2008 Ante Up for Africa

Celebs and poker were once again united at the Ante Up for Africa tournament on Day 34 of the 2008 WSOP.

A total of 88 professional poker players and other celebrity types threw down the $5,000 buy-in to get their poker on, with a large percentage of the proceeds going to provide relief for the situation in Darfur.

The charity tournament took a... Read More

Winners And Losers Of The WSOP By Chris Hall | WSOP Wednesday, Jul. 2. 2008 User rating: (5 votes)

Erick Lindgren wins Event 4 at the 2008 WSOP

Today sees the completion of the final two preliminary events before the main event tomorrow with the last $1,500 no-limit event and the $1,500 limit shootout having winners determined. Every article you've probably read has mentioned how this year is 'The Year Of The Pro', but who were the real winners and losers over the course of the last few... Read More

A Home is Never Far Away By Jennifer Leigh “Jennicide” | Poker Lifestyle Wednesday, Jul. 2. 2008 User rating: (4 votes)

Jennifer Leigh

When I first started playing poker, I never thought that it would bring me to travel around the country, visit different countries or even step out of the tri-state area.

Although I have family and friends all over the country, when you are born and raised in a small state, you sometimes feel that is where you will always stay.

Although my... Read More

What's Up with the Pros? By Liz Lieu | WSOP 2008 Wednesday, Jul. 2. 2008 User rating: (15 votes)

Liz Lieu on Day 1 of Event 53, 2008 WSOP

What a list of winners we've had this WSOP. As the World Series winds down to the Main Event this week, here are a few of the pros who have grabbed bracelets away from the mob of poker wannabes who've crowded into the Rio the last five weeks:

John Phan, Erick Lindgren, Barry Greenstein, David Benyamine, J.C. Tran, Nenad Medic, David Singer... Read More

Late-Night Food Options Nonexistent at WSOP By Jason Kirk | WSOP 2008 Wednesday, Jul. 2. 2008 User rating: (9 votes)

Kido Pham at the final table of Event 50, 2008 WSOP

I've written several times this summer about what a good job Harrah's has done in regards to responding to player complaints and trying to make the overall WSOP experience a better one for everyone involved.

After several years in charge, the biggest casino company in the world has improved many facets of the WSOP. Unfortunately, there's still... Read More

WSOP 2008 - Day 33 Recap By Martin Derbyshire Wednesday, Jul. 2. 2008 User rating: (3 votes)

The final table of Event 50, 2008 WSOP

The 2008 World Series of Poker really came to life here on Day 33, although strangely enough this day also marked beginning of the end.

The final bracelet event outside of the Main Event and the Casino Employees extravaganza kicked off when Event 53, the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout, got going this afternoon.

But while there was a ton of action... Read More

Let's Make a Deal! By Ed Sevillano Tuesday, Jul. 1. 2008 User rating: (4 votes)

Unless you play a lot of poker tournaments, deal-making might be a completely foreign concept to you. The majority of poker enthusiasts are probably at least aware that at the end of poker tournaments, the players may try to strike a deal.

The payouts listed in the lobbies may be far from what the players actually receive.

Organizations such as... Read More

2008 WSOP Day 33 Preview! By Owen Laukkanen | WSOP 2008 Tuesday, Jul. 1. 2008 User rating: (2 votes)

Ram Vaswani gives Andrew Ward the stink-eye in heads-up play, Event 53, Limit Hold'em Shootout

The Main Event is just around the corner, poker fiends, but before we kick off the $10,000 World Championship No-Limit Hold'em tournament we've gotta wrap up these prelims first, and that means it's shootout time once again at the 2008 World Series of Poker.

The final event before the big one is Event 53, the... Read More

2008 WSOP: Day 32 Recap By Arthur Crowson | Live Tournaments Tuesday, Jul. 1. 2008 User rating: (1 vote)

Justin Cuong Van (JC) Tran playing in Day 2B of Event 55, World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em at the 2007 WSOP

Everybody felt a little bit hungover on Day 32 of the 2008 World Series of Poker - both literally and figuratively.

The night before (really the morning of Day 32) Scotty Nguyen, the Prince of Poker himself, had become the first player to get his name engraved on the prestigious Chip Reese memorial trophy by winning the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E... Read More

Lowest of the Low: Small-Buy-In Tournaments Part 2 By Chris Hall | WSOP Tuesday, Jul. 1. 2008 User rating: (3 votes)

Doyle Brunson playing in Day 2 of the 2008 WSOP Event 45, World Championship H.O.R.S.E.

So there I was; it was the second tournament of that same night, and if you read the first part, I was hoping it was going to go way better than that.

To recap, I had busted out in what can be described as record time during the $100 event at the Orleans, but those... Read More

Drawing a Line in the Sand By Ed Sevillano Tuesday, Jul. 1. 2008 User rating: (4 votes)

Phil Hellmuth playing in Day 2 of the 2008 WSOP Event 51 H.O.R.S.E.

Everybody knows that at a certain stage in the tournament when things aren't going their way, it's time to make a stand. Not everybody understands when the right time to do it is.

For years the magic number that has been mentioned in print publications and Internet forums and even on television shows is 10 big blinds. Whenever players get down... Read More

J.C. Tran - Maybe Now By Martin Derbyshire | WSOP 2008 Monday, Jun. 30. 2008 User rating: (7 votes)

J.C. Tran playing in Day 1 of the 2008 WSOP Event 19 Pot-Limit Omaha

Maybe now he'll get the respect he deserves. Crossing the $6 million mark in career tournament earnings didn't do it. Finishing second in the 2007 L.A. Poker Classic and winning his first WPT title in Reno that same year leading to WPT Player of the Year honors didn't seem to do it either.

Cashing numerous times for hundreds of thousands of... Read More