by Erik Fast | Published: May 19, '14
For many years Las Vegas was the center of the poker tournament universe. With the globalization of the game and the way the industry changed after Black Friday, that has been less true in recent years. But from the last week in May through the middle of …
by Brendan Murray | Published: May 26, '12
One of poker’s most enduring and lively books is to receive its first outing in the French language in June. Positively Fifth Street, or La Cinquième Carte, as it is known En Francais, by poker player and writer James McManus has been translated by …
by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Jul 27, '11
Much of the attention this summer was rightly focused on the World Series of Poker, which broke attendance records as players looked for live poker tournament options after Black Friday. The Rio attracted a total of 68,807 players from 98 countries and …
by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: May 31, '10
At the turn of the century the World Series of Poker had grown from a single cash game to a strongly attended yearly tournament series for the best poker players in the world. It had stood the test of time as it entered its 31st year in 2000, but it was …
by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: May 30, '10
Thousands more have come to the Rio today to compete in the World Series of Poker’s first $1,000 event of the summer, creating an overall field of 4,345. The first of eight $1,000 bracelet events, these extravagant small buy-in events show just how …
by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Jul 24, '24
Barny Boatman spent much of his youth traveling the world, living in numerous countries and working a variety of jobs that included factory worker, bartender, journalist, English teacher, computer programmer, board game inventor, and even movie reviewer. …
by David Sklansky | Published: Mar 20, '24
When I won the 1982 World Series of Poker limit five-card draw event at Binion’s Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas it was basically a done deal when it got down to two players. I say that not to sound overconfident, although I was, but because the rules …
by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Sep 06, '23
He did it again. If anybody was surprised by Phil Hellmuth’s record-extending 17th bracelet win at this summer’s 54th annual World Series of Poker, then they haven’t been paying attention. Hellmuth is now 59 years old and won his first bracelet in the ‘ …
by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Jun 18, '23
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, ‘Wow! What a Ride!’” …
by Erik Fast | Published: May 31, '23
The World Series of Poker started as a seven-player cash game in 1970, with eventual champion Johnny Moss decided by a vote among the participants. In the more than five decades since then, the annual WSOP has grown into the largest poker tournament …
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