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.
06-04-2014, PokerWorks Staff
According to Wikipedia.org there were 2,376,206 Americans that shared the surname Smith during the 2000 census. You can bet your last dollar on the fact that only one of them won a gold bracelet in Event #9: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em at the 2014...
06-04-2014, PokerWorks Staff
The population of a zillion small towns scattered across the world is less than the number of players that took a seat in Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold'em -- 7,977. That's a monster sized field to wade through to find a gold...
06-03-2014, Rai$eThePot
The 2014 World Series of Poker Event #7: $1,500 Seven-Card Razz was set to run for three days. The prize pool grew to $475,200 from the 352 players that ponied up $1,500 each and it was off to the races in the game where you are trying to make the...
06-02-2014, PokerWorks Staff
What takes 87 hands to complete? The heads-up finale of Event #6: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout at the 2014 World Series of Poker. Alex Bolotin went to war in the Amazon Room with 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event champion Dimitar...
06-02-2014, PokerWorks Staff
Take a Tuan and roll it all up in a Le and toss it into the $10,000 buy-in Event #5: Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball at the 2014 WSOP and wait for the explosion. Once everything settles, you'll find Tuan Le has bested a field of 120 entries and...
06-01-2014, PokerWorks Staff
It all started with 2,223 players that were hoping to hold on over three days to eventually top the field and take home the cash and the gold bracelet. Those players created a massive $2,000,7000 prize pool and the winner was going to take home...
05-31-2014, PokerWorks Staff
For the small sum of $1,000 and all the chills, spills, and speed bumps that most poker players can handle, WSOP Event #3: $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha did not disappoint. A prizepool of $1,015,200 grew from the 1,128 hopefuls that laced up for the run...
05-30-2014, PokerWorks Staff
Tuesday found 131 players ready to battle it out for a prize pool of $871,148 and a gold bracelet in Event #2: Mixed Max No Limit Hold'em -- a new event on the schedule of the 2014 WSOP...and the only one with a $25,000 buy-in this summer. The...
05-29-2014, PokerWorks Staff
The first event of the 2014 WSOP put cards in the air on Tuesday, May 27th, with 876 players ponying up $500 to build a prize pool of $394,200 in the Casino Employees Event. The event was scheduled for two days but after hours of play on Day 2...
05-23-2014, PokerWorks Staff
The World Series of Poker will require players located outside of the United States to provide two forms of identification when registering for a tournament -- this is a brand new policy and will be enforced. This new policy has also sent shock...
05-18-2014, PokerWorks Staff
The first two and a half weeks of October will find the poker world focusing on Melbourne, Australia as the hunt for gold starts in the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific! This highly anticipated poker festival takes off on October 2nd-18th...
05-12-2014, PokerWorks Staff
The 2014 World Series of Poker $1 Million BIG ONE for ONE DROP confirmed on Monday that not only were 10 new players confirmed for the world's biggest buy-in event, one of them is Vanessa Selbst. Selbst is the first woman to ever play in this...
05-04-2014, PokerWorks Staff
The 2014 World Series of Poker is coming up fast on the poker radar! In less than a month players will be flocking to Sin City to try their luck and skills at the Rio All-Suite Las Vegas Hotel & Casino in the world's biggest poker festival...
03-19-2014, PokerWorks Staff
The 2014 World Series of Poker $1 Million Big One for One Drop is only 101 days away from putting cards in the air and the players are already lining up for the competition with almost half of the tournament already sold out.
Caesars...
02-12-2014, PokerWorks Staff
Caesars Entertainment released the official schedule for the 2014 World Series of Poker which means it's time to set the dates and start making travel plans for your adventure into fame and fortune at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las...
12-19-2013, PokerWorks Staff
It's time to start planning your 2014 World Series of Poker adventure. Believe it or not, it is only 159 days away. The WSOP announced today, December 19th, 2013, that the Rio All-Suit Hotel and Casino will once again host the world's most...
11-06-2013, PokerWorks Staff
Ryan Riess took down Jay Farber in heads up play in the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event on Tuesday, November 5th, and took home $8,361,570, the platinum bracelet with a value of $500,000, and wrote his own piece of poker history. The 45th...
10-26-2013, PokerWorks Staff
The Main Event of the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe finished with a bang after an almost five-hour heads-up match where Spain’s 19-year old Adrian Mateos beat Fabrice Soulier.
“[With] more money I can play more events,” said a very...
10-24-2013, PokerWorks Staff
Daniel Negreanu fully intended to play for a bracelet, but one of his biggest concerns was making the final table of the €25,600 High Roller at the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe to win the Player of the Year award. When the smoke cleared...
10-24-2013, PokerWorks Staff
Daniel Negreanu made the official final table of Event #8: €25,600 High Roller at the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe on Thursday. According to the WSOP.com, that feat earned Negreanu enough points to give him the coveted 2013 WSOP Player of...