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Nevada Jurisdiction News
WSOP Main Event Day 1B news and notes
7 Jul 2010
Casino City's Dan Igo wraps up action on Day 1B, including why it was a very special day for a particular Dutchman, and it had nothing to do with the World Cup.
Daniel Alaei wins third WSOP bracelet, $780,599
6 Jul 2010
Daniel Alaei won the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship at the World Series of Poker on Sunday to claim his third WSOP gold bracelet and $780,599 in prize money.
Huck Seed wins WSOP Tournament of Champions
6 Jul 2010
Seed, the 1996 World Series of Poker Main Event champion, won the freeroll event and $500,000 after topping a field including 27 of the best players in the game.
Dutch physicist wins WSOP title, $570,960
6 Jul 2010
Marcel Vonk won the sixth and final $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em championship at the 2010 World Series of Poker on Monday night, claiming his first WSOP gold bracelet and $570,960 in prize money.
WSOP Day 1A news and notes
6 Jul 2010
Casino City's Dan Igo wraps up the action on the first day of the World Series of Poker Main Event.
Karma isn't kind on Day 1A of WSOP Main Event
6 Jul 2010
Former Main Event champion Greg Raymer told everyone to shuffle up and deal before Day 1A of the World Series of Poker Main Event. Less than 90 minutes later, Raymer was out of the tournament.
It's grow time for the World Series of Poker
5 Jul 2010
The World Series of Poker has seen explosive growth since Harrah's Entertainment acquired the tournament back in 2004. Nearly 65,000 players from 115 countries are expected to participate in this year's 57-event tournament, which runs through July 17.
Taylor wins WSOP gold bracelet, $184,950
4 Jul 2010
Brendan Taylor won the $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout championship at the World Series of Poker on Saturday morning to claim his first WSOP gold bracelet and $184,950.
Villanova student wins WSOP title, $1.3 million
3 Jul 2010
Dan Kelly, a 21-year-old student at Villanova, won the $25,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em championship to pick up his first WSOP gold bracelet as well as over $1.3 million in winnings.
Patriots' draftee's brother wins WSOP event, $559,371
2 Jul 2010
Ryan Welch, whose brother Thomas played college football at Vanderbilt and was drafted by the New England Patriots earlier this year, won the $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em championship at the 2010 World Series of Poker on Thursday night to claim his first WSOP bracelet and $559,371.
Vanessa Rousso holding boot camp in Vegas
2 Jul 2010
The poker pro is holding her "Big Slick Boot Camp" at Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on July 5.
WPT returning to Vegas for Bellagio Cup VI
2 Jul 2010
The World Poker Tour's Bellagio Cup VI will take place July 11-15 at the iconic Bellagio Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.
Colorado poker pro wins WSOP title, $508,090
1 Jul 2010
Chance Kornuth won the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha championship at the World Series of Poker on Thursday morning, claiming his first WSOP bracelet and $508,090.
Cal-Poly student wins WSOP event, collects $609,493
1 Jul 2010
Michael Linn, a 22-year-old student at California Polytechnic State University, won the seventh $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em championship at the World Series of Poker on Thursday morning. Linn won $609,493 and his first WSOP gold bracelet.
21-year-old poker pro wins WSOP bracelet, $485,791
1 Jul 2010
Shawn Busse won the fifth $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em championship at the World Series of Poker on Wednesday night. A 21-year-old poker pro from Massapequa, N.Y., Busse had gone 0-for-15 in WSOP events this year before winning the gold bracelet and the $485,791 first-place prize.
Norwegian pro wins WSOP mixed event, $260,497
29 Jun 2010
Sigurd Eskeland won the $2,500 Mixed Games championship at the World Series of Poker on Tuesday morning, claiming a WSOP gold bracelet and $260,497 in prize money.
Down-on-his-luck N.C. pro wins WSOP title, $327,040
28 Jun 2010
Chris Bell won the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low Split championship on Monday morning to take home a WSOP gold bracelet and $327,040 in first-place prize money, and it couldn't have come at a better time.
Top-10 things to watch for at the WSOP Main Event
28 Jun 2010
The World Series of Poker's Main Event starts on Monday, July 5. Casino City's Vin Narayanan provides his top-10 list of things to watch for at poker's biggest event of the year.
Northern California online poker pro wins WSOP title, $721,373
28 Jun 2010
Twenty-four-year-old online poker pro Jesse Rockowitz from Petaluma, Calif., obliterated a field of 3,097 players to capture the sixth $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em title (Event #45) at the World Series of Poker for a $721,373 payday.
Matt Matros wins bracelets, writes books, loves wife
28 Jun 2010
Last year, eight days after his own wedding, Matt Matros was in Las Vegas trying to win a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet, and his wife was back home in New York. What a honeymoon.
Gavin Smith wins first WSOP bracelet, $268,238
27 Jun 2010
The “Best Poker Players Never to Win a World Series of Poker Gold Bracelet” list got one player shorter over the weekend, as Gavin Smith won the $2,500 Mixed Hold’em championship (Event #44) to earn $268,238 and his first WSOP bracelet on Saturday night.
Montana poker pro wins WSOP H.O.R.S.E. title, $611,666
26 Jun 2010
Ian Gordon won the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship (Event #43) at the World Series of Poker. Gordon, a 24-year-old poker pro, earned a well-deserved, and some might say surprising breakthrough victory, collecting $611,666 in prize money.
Hamrick wins WSOP Hold'em bracelet, $604,222
26 Jun 2010
Dean Hamrick is primarily known as the player finished one position away from being knighted as an inaugural "November Nine" finalist in 2008, but now, he can lay claim to poker's most coveted prize a World Series of Poker bracelet.
Fifth Brit wins WSOP title, $245,871
25 Jun 2010
Steve Jelinek of Birmingham, England, became the fifth English player to win a World Series of Poker bracelet this summer, topping a field of 847 players in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low Split event to claim the $245,871 first-place prize.
Kassela first double-bracelet winner of WSOP
25 Jun 2010
Frank Kassela captured the $2,500 Seven-Card Razz event just two weeks after winning the Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split championship.
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