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After a long long night of poker play, we finally have a winner for this year’s 2011 WSOP Main Event. Pius Heinz fought hard for the title but somewhere around 2 in the morning he got it. Eight million in the bank, a gold bracelet and only 22 years old. It was a great battle [...]

Update: Stasko goes all in against Heinz with A-8. Heinz has a pair of sixes. The fop is 8-5-8 in Staszko’s favor. Turn is a 4. The river is a queen and Stasko survives. We all thought this was it for Staszko and play for the day but we are still going. Heinz has lost [...]

2011 WSOP Main Event: Final Table Day One Basics Well if you want a blow by blow account of the first day of the WSOP final table, head over to my other blog at www.fullofpoker.com Here I’m just going to show you how we got from nine to four before the dinner break. As I [...]

Yes ladies and gentlemen the final event has begun in this year’s WSOP.  As I write there are still 700 players left out of an original pool of 897. Still time to predict this year’s final table. Here’s where things stand right now. Event 46: No Limit Hold’em/Six Handed Championship—Joe Ebanks of Stow, Ohio brought [...]

No extra room for gabbing so here goes… Event #18: No Limit Hold’em—3,157 original players came down to Foster Hays of Dallas and Casey Kelton of Alaska with Hays taking home the bracelet and a lovely $735,400 for his hard work. There was a buy in of $1,500. Event #19: Two personal favorites took home [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This week saw the beginning games of the 2010 WSOP main event and as I write this on Sunday evening we are already into Event four of the most prestigious tournament around. With 57 bracelets to distribute, this is only the beginning. Here’s a recap of the action so far. Friday was opening day and [...]

Fred Berger wins in Louisiana: Fred Berger, who won a WSOP bracelet in heads up play against Chris “Jesus” Ferguson eight years ago, took home a WSOP ring this past Wednesday evening winning the Harrah Bayou Poker Challenge in New Orleans. He won against Mike Beasley, earning nearly $200,000 in winnings, the coveted WSOP ring [...]