From a humble beginning to a tidal wave of humanity coming together to vie for the yearly championship at a piece of green felt with a deck of cards as their master, the World Series of Poker invites you to send your champions, your kings, and those who would be. But remember, when they come home defeated, no one holds the crown and scepter for eternity.
05-29-2013, PokerWorks Staff
The 2013 World Series of Poker is underway, and you can follow all the action at PokerWorks!
05-23-2013, PokerWorks Staff
The WSOP is bringing back the Carnivale of Poker which ran from 1998-2000 and at one time held the role of being the second biggest poker event in the world. The 21-event series is scheduled to run on Mondays and Tuesdays during the 2013 WSOP...
05-16-2013, PokerWorks Staff
The World Series of Poker is gearing up for action at the Rio in a few short weeks and in preparation held their annual WSOP conference call with the media where announcements were made and changes were discussed on Wednesday and then later that...
04-25-2013, Penne Anne Papre
The 2013 World Series of Poker may be five weeks away but kickoff is speeding at us faster than some of us can build a bankroll. The world's biggest poker festival fuels the fire; the fire to play, the fire to win, the fire to own gold and even...
04-15-2013, PokerWorks Staff
Waiting is a big part of playing poker and that's what Daniel Negreanu did -- five long years where he played his heart out trying win his fifth World Series of Poker gold bracelet. It did happen, it's big news, and Negreanu must be dancing after...
04-11-2013, PokerWorks Staff
Phil Ivey just tied Johnny Moss in the World Series of Poker record books by taking home his ninth WSOP bracelet at the inaugural World Series of Poker Asia Pacific -- running now at Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. The heads-up battle...
10-31-2012, PokerWorks Staff
Greg Merson won the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Hailing from Laurel, Md., Merson had to fight through a field of 6,598 players to claim the title and $8,531,853 and poker's most coveted...
10-30-2012, PokerWorks Staff
The 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table kicked off after a 190-day break. The Rio’s Penn and Teller Theater in Las Vegas was filled with cheering fans, media, and family and friends of the final nine on Monday night. After almost...
10-05-2012, PokerWorks Staff
Last year Phil Hellmuth ended up with a second place finish three times in his run for his 12th bracelet, it had to be devastating, almost like a jinx had settled in and he couldn't get past it. But this year he took down Event #18 and picked up...
07-17-2012, Penne Anne Papre
The 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event started with 6,598 players. Each had their heart set on entering that exclusive playing field known as the "October Nine" and playing for a first place prize of $8,527,982 (with added interest pending)...
07-13-2012, Penne Anne Papre
The Deuce to Seven Lowball No Limit Event #60 found 101 entries all settling into their seats with visions of a gold bracelet and the first place prize dancing through their head. It was never going to be easy, for one thing there were too many...
07-12-2012, Roepk Triwer
Event #59 held a massive roll call for 4,620 players in $1,000 No Limit Holdem Event. First Place had Dominik Nitsche's name on it but the rest of the payday would be divided up between the remaining 465 places finishing in the money. The four-day...
07-11-2012, Linda R. Geenen
With a buy-in of $3,000, how many Pot Limit Omaha High-Low Split players does it take to build a prize pool of $1,435,980? Can't do the math? You are forgiven, that's the 'net prize pool' which means it took 526 players. Fifty-four of those...
07-10-2012, Linda R. Geenen
The final table of Event #57, Six-Handed No Limit Holdem with a $10,000 buy-in, brought 474 players to the felt in search of the gold bracelet and the first place prize of $1,136,197 that would go home with the winner. The prize pool grew to a...
07-10-2012, Penne Anne Papre
Tomas Junek wrote his name on the pages of poker history when he made it through 2,798 runners to claim a first place prize of $661,022. This was Junek's first time to cash at the World Series of Poker and he did one fine job of it - and it was...
07-09-2012, Penne Anne Papre
Event #54 had a huge field of 3,221 building a prize pool of $2,898,900 and paying 324 places with $500,075 going home with the winner. It was scheduled for a three-day event but the heads-up final that took nearly four hours brought an...
07-09-2012, Penne Anne Papre
The $1,500 NLH event was scheduled for three days but the final two refused to just give up and go to sleep so an unscheduled fourth day was added. With 3,166 players jumping in to compete, the prize pool grew to $4,274,100. First place would...
07-08-2012, Linda R. Geenen
Event #52, Six-Handed 10-Game Mix brought 421 runners to the tables. With a $2,500 buy-in, the prize pool totaled $957,775 and 48 would be taking home cash where first place would stack $244,259.
Vanessa Selbst isn't leaping on to the WSOP...
07-07-2012, Penne Anne Papre
The Ladies No Limit Holdem event started with 936 players but not all of them were female. The prize pool of $842,400 would see that 117 were paid with the winner claiming a first place prize of $170,587.
The Muck over at PokerNews.com has a...
07-07-2012, Roepk Triwer
The WSOP $5,000 buy-in No Limit Holdem event kicked off on June 28th with a total prize pool of $4,704,700 and a field of 1,001 of which 117 would take home money.
Panayote "Peter the Greek" Vilandos played through three days of tough...