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2008 WSOP Event #53 Recap
07-04-2008, G.L. Hodges
This year’s Event #53 is stage one of the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Main Event that kicked off on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 12:15 pm. The official “first day” will be split into four segments spread over four consecutive days. Due to the...
WSOP Main Event Day 1A Recap
07-04-2008, Aaron Hendrix
1,297 players started the biggest poker tournament in the world with dreams of being part of the “November Nine.” Despite the small number, it is actually up slightly from last year’s day 1A, so it remains to be seen if the field will be smaller...
$10K WSOP Main Event – Day 1A Perspectives
07-04-2008, Jennifer Newell
Poker’s big day had arrived. The preparations began before the 2007 WSOP had concluded, and it took a combination of time and effort on the parts of players and executives to make sure the 2008 World Series of Poker $10,000 World Championship...
More From Day 1A Of The Main Event
07-04-2008, Aaron Hendrix
2:45 p.m. Players have returned from the first break and the blinds have gone from 50/100 to 100/200. I always hate how tournaments insist on doubling the blinds after one level. It's still 100 big blinds if you have your starting stack, but why...
2008 WSOP Event #52 Recap
07-03-2008, G.L. Hodges
The $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship, Event #52, was held on June 30 through July 2 and attracted 2,693 entries. The huge field created a prize pool totaling $3,675,945, with the top 270 finishers collecting a share of the prize money...
Graham Grabs Event 53 Gold
07-03-2008, Jennifer Newell
It was the last of the 2008 World Series of Poker events prior to the main event. The $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout was the final one on the schedule of tournaments leading up to the one everyone has been waiting for, and it was the last chance for...
The Ultimate Poker Tournament Begins – Day 1A Of The Main Event
07-03-2008, Aaron Hendrix
10:45 a.m. I got here a little early, mainly to make sure I beat the mad rush that will get here in about an hour and to make sure I got a seat on media row. There is NO event like the Main Event in poker. People can talk all they want about the...
2008 WSOP Event #50 Recap
07-03-2008, G.L. Hodges
The largest Pot-Limit Omaha tournament prize pool in poker history, the $10,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship, Event #50 was held on July 29th – July 1st. The 381 entries created the record prize pool of $3,581,400 and the top 36...
Smyth Smokes the Competition in Event #50
07-03-2008, Jennifer Newell
The $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship was destined to be a hit with the players, as PLO is seemingly more and more like the new hold’em. The game is suddenly appearing in card rooms and casinos around the world, and players are flocking to...
Event #52 - $1,500 NLHE Final Table
07-03-2008, Aaron Hendrix
Even with the action at the Rio winding down as the Main Event gets ready to start, there was still an event to be settled with a large amount of money at stake. The last $1,500 NLHE tournament of the 2008 WSOP started with 2,693 participants and...
The 2008 World Series Of Poker Official Cluster**** - Day 34 Of The WSOP
07-03-2008, Aaron Hendrix
Last year, I missed the Ante Up For Africa event because it was one of the few days off I had. This year, I wanted to see it and made it a priority to come to. Wow, I had no idea what I was in for. Now I know why celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and...
The Round Table - Mark Seif at the 2008 Series
07-02-2008, Katie Lindsay
Mark Seif knows a thing…or 2 about poker at the World Series. In 2005 he won back-to-back bracelets, besting thousands of players to pick up the wins. He has cashed for 2 million dollars in worldwide tournaments and is at the 2008 WSOP looking for...
2008 WSOP Event #51 Recap
07-02-2008, G.L. Hodges
The $1,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. championship, Event #51 was held on June 29 – July 1st attracting 803 entries. In what is believed to be the largest major live H.O.R.S.E. tournament in history, the prize pool was $1,096,095, with the top 80 finishers...
WSOP Day 33 Tournament Recaps
07-02-2008, Aaron Hendrix
The last event before the Main Event got underway today and by the end of the day there would only be two events left running... the $1,500 NLHE that was playing down to it's final table and the $1,500 Limit Hold Em Shootout event which was also...
Event #51 - $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Final Table
07-02-2008, Aaron Hendrix
It took a little extra time to reach the final eight of the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event and the final table did not get started until nearly 8:30 in the evening. This is the problem you have sometimes when you play a limit event with over 800...
2008 WSOP Event # 47 Recap
07-02-2008, G.L. Hodges
On June 26th-28th the $1,500 buy-in Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split championship, Event #47 attracted 544 entries. The top 56 finishers collected a share of the $742,560 prize pool. This was the second and last Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split event on...
WSOP Day 32 – Last $1500 NLHE Signals Main Event Excitement
07-01-2008, Jennifer Newell
The 2008 WSOP main event is in sight, and today signaled that the lead-up to it has finally arrived. The opportunity for players to try their luck at the last $1500 no-limit hold’em event – cheap compared to the $10K price tag on the main event –...
Event #49 - $1,500 NLHE Final Table
07-01-2008, Aaron Hendrix
2,718 players took their place in this 2nd to last $1,500 NLHE tournament at the 2008 World Series of Poker but only one player would be able to walk away with the bracelet. The final table included two well known pros in Joe Pelton and J.C. Tran...
2008 WSOP Event # 45 Recap
07-01-2008, G.L. Hodges
The $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. World Championship, Event #45 was the biggest buy-in event at the WSOP. Since only the average player can’t afford such a buy-in, or find a backer, only 148 players entered, with the top 16 places paid. Though the field...
The End Is Near – Day 32 Of The WSOP
07-01-2008, Aaron Hendrix
1:00 p.m. I spent yesterday sick - at home - in bed. Of course, sick in bed = play the Sunday big tournaments on line. I cashed in both the Poker Stars Sunday Million and the Full Tilt 750K guaranteed but didn't win enough to meet my goal of...
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