Poker News | World Series of Poker | WSOP2008
$10K WSOP Main Event – Day 2A Perspectives
07-09-2008, Jennifer Newell
All of the finishers from Day 1A and Day 1B returned on Tuesday, July 8th - a total of 1251 players - to power through the escalating blinds and survive their second day of play. But only 466 were able to do so and schedule a Day 3 return for...
More From Day 2A Of The WSOP Main Event
07-09-2008, Aaron Hendrix
4:40 p.m. Shortly before the break I was talking with Shaun Deeb who had just doubled up with pocket jacks against pocket kings when he hit a straight flush on the turn. Maya Antonius is sitting next to Deeb and I noticed the size of her wedding...
2008 WSOP Breaking Records
07-09-2008, Jennifer Newell
The 39th annual World Series of Poker has broken records in the area of attendance, prize pool, and worldwide representation. And the importance of those number and facts is much more than bragging rights; they are critical to the viability of poker...
The Silence Of Loss – Day 2A Of The WSOP Main Event
07-08-2008, Aaron Hendrix
11:15 a.m. 1,251 players will be starting play within an hour. It will be a day of highs and lows. Some players will experience both as they lose a big pot but manage to recover before the day is over. Others will start off crushing the competition...
WSOP Main Event Day 1D Recap
07-07-2008, Jennifer Newell
The last of the first four days of the 2008 WSOP main event was exactly what everyone had been hoping for. With the 2,461 players who registered before the end of the second level of play on Sunday, July 6th, the 2007 number was surpassed, making...
2008 WSOP Event #46 Recap
07-07-2008, G.L. Hodges
The $5,000 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em championship, Event #46, was held June 26th-28th and attracted 805 entries. The top 78 finishers shared the largest prize pool in history for this event which totaled $3,783,500. Entries in this event...
Battle Royale - Day 1D Of The WSOP Main Event
07-07-2008, Aaron Hendrix
5:35 p.m. Rick Fuller was just dealt a cooler but the way his elimination went down is interesting, and well…perplexing to say the least. Fuller opened the pot for 800 and was re-raised by a woman to 2,800. Fuller pushed all in for about 12,000...
WSOP Diary of Tom Schneider: Focused but Frustrated and Felted
07-07-2008, Jennifer Newell
This wasn’t the positive World Series of Poker experience that Tom Schneider had in mind. After a stellar WSOP in 2007, with three final tables – two of which were bracelet victories – and the Player of the Year title, he had high hopes for a...
$10K WSOP Main Event – Day 1D Perspectives
07-07-2008, Jennifer Newell
It was all about the numbers. And the numbers were positive, which prompted a collective sigh of relief all around. Day 1D of the 2008 WSOP $10K main event was important. In order to show that poker was alive and well and that Harrah’s knew how to...
Battle Royale - Day 1D Of The WSOP Main Event
07-06-2008, Aaron Hendrix
11:30 a.m. I had a peek behind the green box covering up the number of participants. It was 6,721. This means that the 2008 Main Event will easily surpass the number of players that played in 2007. It's nowhere close to the 2006 Main Event, but...
WSOP Main Event Day 1C Recap
07-06-2008, Aaron Hendrix
The largest day thus far of the Main Event started with 1,928 poker players putting their poker dreams and hopes on the line. The total number of participants through the first three days was 4,383 meaning with a day of just over 2,000 players on...
WSOP Diary of Kristy Gazes: On Main Event Day, It’s All Good
07-06-2008, Jennifer Newell
The history between Kristy Gazes and the World Series of Poker has been a rocky one. While she excels at other tournament series on a regular basis, the WSOP has been somewhat of a thorn in her side. Her best performance at the WSOP was in 2001...
More From Day 1C Of The WSOP Main Event
07-06-2008, Aaron Hendrix
8:10 p.m. No bad beat stories this time, ran jacks into queens and that was that. C'est la vie. I'll try again next year (and the one after that, and the one after that). Players are on their dinner break right now. The room is filled with dealers...
$10K WSOP Main Event – Day 1C Perspectives
07-06-2008, Jennifer Newell
The main source of excitement on Day 1C was the increased number of entrants and a greater number of professional players in the crowd. And then there was the rail full of fans, significantly thicker than the past two days. But first, let’s look at...
WSOP Diary of Scott Clements: Rested and Ready for Main Event
07-06-2008, Jennifer Newell
It didn’t go exactly as planned, but it was damn close. Scott Clements came to the 2008 World Series with some specific goals in mind: five cashes, two final tables, and one bracelet. Going into the main event, he was just a tad short, with four...
Yee Haw! Day 1C Of The WSOP Main Event
07-05-2008, Aaron Hendrix
11:30 a.m. Andy Griggs, the country singer who sang the national anthem yesterday is warming up on the stage that they use to kick off the events. I'm not a big country music fan... ok, I hate it, but I gotta admit it this guy's songs are kinda...
WSOP Main Event Day 1B Recap
07-05-2008, Jennifer Newell
It was the second of four first days of the main event at the 2008 WSOP, and it played on the 4th of July. Independence Day inspired a unique start to Day 1B, as Andy Griggs, a country music singer, gave special recognition to all of the U.S...
More From Day 1B Of The Main Event
07-05-2008, Aaron Hendrix
My dream of playing in the WSOP Main Event is over, at least for this year. I played one last mega and made it very deep, deeper than I had in the previous two and close enough that I could almost envision playing on Sunday. It's a story filled with...
$10K WSOP Main Event – Day 1B Perspectives
07-05-2008, Jennifer Newell
Day 1A was described as the big day. But in truth, there are four big days – four first days set up to best accommodate all starting players. For those players who entered the Amazon Room with their buy-in vouchers today, this was the big day. It’s...
Fireworks At The Rio – Day 1B Of The WSOP
07-05-2008, Aaron Hendrix
11:40 a.m. They are letting the players in. This time to Jamiroquai, a huge improvement on the crap they played yesterday. You can always tell who is excited to be here as they are the first ones in when the doors open. They clutch their...
Quick Room Review
-
Full Tilt Poker
$600
-
PartyPoker
Free $50
-
PokerStars
$600
-
Titan Poker
$2000
-
Poker770
$2000
-
888poker
$888
-
PKR Poker
$150
-
bet-at-home.com
€1000
-
bet365 Poker
$1000
-
PokerAce
$2500