Poker’s newest hot spot?

It’s Beirut, Lebanon, believe it or not! (more…)

If the folks who run the World Series of Poker (WSOP) wanted some controversy to spice things up until Main Event action resumes in four months, they’ve got it.

Maybe even more than they wanted. (more…)

A European Poker Tour (EPT) tournament scheduled next month for Moscow, Russia, has been cancelled because gambling was recently made illegal in Russia.

According to media reports, the cancelled event, which was to have been known as EPT Moscow and held August 18-23, 2009, in a Moscow casino, has been rescheduled and relocated to the Ukraine, a nearby country. (more…)

American cable sports television network ESPN is to begin its coverage of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) on Tuesday, July 28, 2009.

The coverage will air from 8-10 p.m. Eastern Time in the USA. WSOP coverage on ESPN will continue each Tuesday thereafter, through Tuesday, November 10, 2009, when final table action for the 2009 WSOP Main Event will be shown. (more…)

Internet sportsbooks around the world have issued new betting odds on who will win the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, now that the playing field has been reduced to a final table of nine players.

One of the sportsbooks offering WSOP odds that are typical is Costa Rica-based Bet U.S. (www.betus.com), which lists final table chip-leader Darvin Moon as the favorite to win the Main Event at odds of +325. (more…)

Poker is many things:

A game of skill. (more…)

Not enough poker on TV?

NBC apparently thinks so. (more…)

So just who are the so-called “November Nine,” the nontet of poker players who make up the final table of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event?

Here is a brief bio of each: (more…)

Internet sportsbooks that offered betting odds on the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event are quaking in their boots.

And they’ve got good reason. (more…)

Poker has a connection to almost everything.

Even Michael Jackson. (more…)

The final table for the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event has been set.

Late Wednesday night at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, a field that began with 6,494 players on July 3 was whittled down to a final nine players–the men who will comprise the final table. (more…)

Just 1% of the starting field at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event were left as the tournament entered its 12th day on Tuesday.

A total of 64 poker players out of the starting field of 6,494 began play Tuesday at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, where the Main Event of the 40th annual WSOP is taking place. (more…)

A charity poker tournament held during the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA raised $362,000 for African refugees.

The event, the third annual Ante Up For Africa tourney, was held earlier this month at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and was co-hosted by actor Don Cheadle and poker pro Annie Duke. (more…)

Lebanese-Australian poker pro Joe Hachem is the latest professional poker player to have an ego huge enough to believe the world is interested in his life story.

As such, he has just published his autobiography, titled “Pass the Sugar,” which was ostensibly written by him but was actually ghost-written by co-author Peter Ralph. (more…)

Among the celebrities who have been seen at the ongoing 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas is U.S. Congressman Barney Frank.

But Frank, a Democrat from Massachusetts, isn’t there to play poker or even mingle with fellow celebs such as actor Lou Diamond Phillips or poker pro Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson. (more…)

An Australian thug who robbed an American poker player outside an Australian casino last year has been sentenced to four years in prison.

According to media reports, Dwayne Johnstone, 33, of Melbourne, Australia, robbed Jason Potter of his poker winnings after Potter left a poker tournament at the Crown Casino in Melbourne in January of 2008. (more…)

After eight days of play at the Main Event of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, a total of 789 players remained alive for the championship.

The Main Event began on Friday, July 3, 2009, with 6,494 entrants, the third-highest total for a Main Event in WSOP history. (more…)

Poker legend Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson, who was knocked out early at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in Las Vegas, didn’t expect to win the Main Event.

In fact, he didn’t even expect to play well in it. (more…)

Going into the fifth day of action Tuesday at the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas, numerous celebrities and well-known poker pros were still alive, but many had already been bounced from the tournament.

Those making it to Day Five included actor Jason Alexander, comedian Brad Garrett, actress Jen Tilly and poker pros Vanessa Rousso, Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth Jr., Phil “Poison” Ivey, Johnny “The Orient Express” Chan, Sammy Farha, Joe Hachem, Gus “The Great Dane” Hansen, Alex “The Mad Russian” Kravchenko, Jeffrey “The Iceman” Lisandro, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, Dennis “Fordman” Phillips, Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston Jr., Erik Seidel, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Berry Johnston, Scotty Nguyen and Greg “Fossilman” Raymer. (more…)

A total of 6,494 participants entered the Main Event at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, WSOP officials announced.

The Main Event, which began Friday, is a no-limit Texas hold ‘em tournament with a buy-in of $10,000. (more…)

Everyone knows Boston has beans.

Now it has a World Series of Poker (WSOP) champion. (more…)

A professional backgammon player-turned-professional poker player has proven that the ability to adapt and change is a proven formula for success.

At least at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). (more…)

Talk about beginner’s luck!

A 30-year-old software engineer from Illinois, playing in the first World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournament of his life, has won the tourney. (more…)

An attorney has won Event #53 at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

But the bigger story may be who finished in 32nd place in the event. (more…)

This is bigger than Oktoberfest, and it’s only July!

So break out the bratwurst, the sauerkraut and a tall stein of Bavarian beer and celebrate. (more…)

Achtung!

Germany has its first winner at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. (more…)

For the first time in history, a World Series of Poker (WSOP) has four double-winners.

Greg Mueller, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is the latest poker player to win two championship gold bracelets at the 2009 WSOP in Las Vegas. (more…)

A former professional bowler from Georgia has won what many people consider the “real” Main Event at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas.

The actual Main Event, of course, is the final event, Event #57, a no-limit Texas hold ‘em tournament with a buy-in or entry fee of $10,000. (more…)

After just missing in a chance to win his second career World Series of Poker championship gold bracelet, poker pro Brandon Cantu has won his second career World Series of Poker championship gold bracelet.

Cantu, 28, originally from Vancouver, Washington, USA, and now relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, last month came in second in Event #39, a no-limit Texas hold ‘em tournament, at the 2009 WSOP in Vegas. (more…)

The 2009 version of the World Series of Poker’s annual signature tournament, the so-called WSOP Main Event, got underway Friday in the Gambling Capital of the World–Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

It’s the 40th annual WSOP Main Event and it’s taking place at the cozy Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, just off the famed Las Vegas Strip. (more…)