Poker Player Blog

Its fun to look back at old blogs and do the whole ‘what happened on this day four years ago’ thing. This time I had a look at last year and struggled to conceive just how much things have changed since last summer. I guess we will start calling it the pre-black Friday poker world. [...]

Poker News.com was lucky enough to sit down with this year’s WSOP champion 23 year old Jonathan Duhamel from Canada. He explained to the reporter that he felt a lot of pressure during the four months between the July game and the November final table. Since the start of the November Nine Table, the chip [...]

Yes it’s been quite a week in the world of poker with Monday being the culmination of the 2010 WSOP Main Event. He wasn’t the favorite and he wasn’t expected to win but Jonathan Duhamel took home the right million dollar first place prize and became the first Canadian to hold the WSOP champion title. [...]

Well, I know everyone was watching ESPN 3 or reading the WSOP blog Saturday to find out who the final two players in WSOP main event game 57 would be. Here’s a recap of how we got down to two. There were a couple of early outs in the November Nine. Soi Nguyen left the [...]

So we all know the 2010 WSOP in Vegas is pretty much over except for that final televised table in November. Here’s a little background on those final nine players. Filippo Candio: 25, Italy. Recent credits include his win at the 2009 Italian Pro Championship and past sponsorship from PokerStars.net. Considered a strong favorite by [...]

This is a recap for those of you out there who like tables and charts. When it comes to poker, it just makes pattern easy to spot. In this case, it make big winners easier to spot. Check out below for the winners of every event in the 2010 WSOP except for event 57, of [...]

And despite the final game the results of the 2010 WSOP are in and what a ride it has been. For those who like recap without too much drama here are the results of events 53 through 56. Event 53: $1,500 Limit Hold ‘Em Shootout tournament. . It didn’t take long to thin the herd [...]

Last week we discussed the events up to the 47th tournament. Now let’s recap the five following. There was a lot of action, a lot of plays and a few surprises. Event 48: This was the $2,500 Mixed Event. The game consisted of eight different styles of poker. There were a total of 453 entrants [...]

It’s the second full week of play at the WSOP 2010 main event and we still have five more weeks of professional poker playing to enjoy. I’ll get right to this week’s results. The week started event 16 or No Limit Hold’em six handed with a three day schedule and a $1,500 buy in.  Over [...]

It was quite a week in poker history for the first full week of the WSOP 2010 poker tournament. Here’s a run down of the results. Praz Bansi from London, England took event 5’s No limit Hold ‘em tournament win home with a pretty new bracelet and over half a million in earnings. Vincent Jacques, [...]