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Online Poker News
Idema improves on last year's runner-up finish, claims WSOP limit championship
18 Jun 2011
One year to the very day that he finished as the runner-up in the $10,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em World Championship at the 2010 WSOP, Idema returned to Las Vegas and outdid himself. Idema won the very same $10,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em Championship in 2011.
Ukrainian poker pro collects $689,739, WSOP title
18 Jun 2011
Ukrainian poker pro Oleksii Kovalchuk defeated Romanian Ionel Anton in heads up play to win the $2,500 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em championship at the World Series of Poker, claiming a WSOP bracelet and $689,739.
Viox denies Sexton WSOP title
17 Jun 2011
Chris Viox earned his first gold bracelet by coming out on top in the $1,500 buy-in Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split Eight-or-Better championship at the World Series of Poker, winning $200,459 in prize money.
Rodaja joins list of elite players from Guelph, claims WSOP Shootout title
17 Jun 2011
Mark Radoja, a 25-year-old poker pro from Guelph, Ontario, won the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout at the World Series of Poker, claiming $436,568.
Monnette wins mixed games title at WSOP
16 Jun 2011
John Monnette, a 29-year-old professional poker player from Palmdale, Calif., won the world's largest eight-game mix tournament in history, beating a field of 489 players in the $2,500 event at the World Series of Poker held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to claim the $278,144 first-place prize.
Frenchman wins record-setting PLO tournament at WSOP, collects $292,825
16 Jun 2011
French poker players have struck again! They are looting Las Vegas of currency and treasure!The poker bandits reportedly landed at Las Vegas McCarran…
Casino City Gang: WSOP, Loveman and AC edition
16 Jun 2011
Casino City's Vin Narayanan, Aaron Todd and Dan Igo break down the first two weeks of the WSOP, Gary Loveman's comments regarding online poker legalization, Atlantic City's attempts to "sex it up" and make their best bets.
ElkY wins first WSOP title, $331,639
15 Jun 2011
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier won his first World Series of Poker bracelet early on Wednesday morning, claiming the $10,000 Seven Card Stud title for $331,639.
Somerville completes the "wheel" with first WSOP win
15 Jun 2011
After finishing in second- through fifth-place in previous World Series of Poker events, Jason Somerville finally broke through for his first WSOP bracelet on Tuesday, claiming a $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em title for $493,091.
Texas amateur wins WSOP title, $735,400 in record single-day field
15 Jun 2011
Foster Hays, a first-time player at the World Series of Poker, put in a solid week's work and managed to pull off a historic parlay, turning a $1,500…
ElkY overcomes huge deficit to win first WSOP bracelet
15 Jun 2011
Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier won the the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship at the World Series of Poker despite having a 24:1 chip disadvantage in heads-up play.
Genting Poker launches first RFID poker table
15 Jun 2011
Genting Poker is testing the RFID poker table at the Circus Casino Liverpool ahead of the live streaming of the Genting Poker Players Championship.
Woods watches and learns, wins first WSOP title
14 Jun 2011
Three nights ago, Darren Woods was inconspicuously watching the final table of the $3,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em tournament (Event #14). His friend,…
New poker league acquires Heartland Poker Tour
14 Jun 2011
Federated Sports + Gaming has announced it has acquired Heartland Poker Tour.
Team 888 Poker scoops two WSOP bracelets
14 Jun 2011
Team 888 Poker players Tyler Bonkowski and Darren Woods have won World Series of Poker bracelets through the first 19 events of the year.
What a Steury! Sick call leads former online pro to WSOP H.O.R.S.E. title
13 Jun 2011
Sometimes, a single moment in time has a monumental impact on the outcome of something that is far bigger and greater.For Aaron Steury that special…
Convinced to play in WSOP by Esfandiari, Rast wins WSOP bracelet
13 Jun 2011
After arriving in Las Vegas on a red-eye flight Brian Rast planned on getting some sleep, but is now thrilled Antonio Esfandiari convinced him to play in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em event at the World Series of Poker, because he now owns his first WSOP bracelet as a result.
888.com announces Santiago Cañizares endorsement deal
13 Jun 2011
888 and Spanish football legend Santiago Cañizares partner up.
Top-10 Tweets Phil Hellmuth would have sent out upon winning his 12th WSOP bracelet
13 Jun 2011
Phil Hellmuth came oh-so-close to winning a record 12th World Series of Poker bracelet over the weekend, finishing second to John Juanda in the $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship. Casino City wondered what Hellmuth's Twitter feed would have looked like had he won the bracelet.
Hellmuth denied record 12th bracelet
13 Jun 2011
John Juanda played the part of spoiler when he defeated Phil Hellmuth heads-up to win the $10,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball World Championship at the World Series of Poker early Sunday morning. Hellmuth would have won his record 12 gold bracelet if he took down the event.
Juanda beats Hellmuth for fifth WSOP bracelet
12 Jun 2011
John Juanda defeated Phil Hellmuth heads up to claim the $10,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball World Championship at the World Series of Poker title, his fifth WSOP bracelet, and deny Hellmuth from clinching his 12th to break his own record.
Bonkowski bonks Brongo in heads up match, claims WSOP limit title
11 Jun 2011
Canadian poker pro Tyler Bonkowski overcame a 12-1 chip disadvantage to win the $3,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em Championship at the World Series of Poker, claiming his first WSOP bracelet and $220,817 in prize money.
Chalk another one up for the newbies at WSOP
11 Jun 2011
Facing four former WSOP gold bracelet winners with six combined career wins amongst them, Andrew Badecker slayed the field at the final table, claiming $369,371 in prize money and becoming the 13th first-time bracelet winner in 13 events.
Cancer survivor gets second chance, wins WSOP Triple Chance event
10 Jun 2011
As a child growing up in Honduras, David Diaz beat cancer, something that most in his situation would have seen as a death sentence. On Thursday night, he fittingly won the $1,500 Triple-Chance No-Limit Hold'em event at the World Series of Poker to claim $352,808 and a WSOP gold bracelet.
22-year-old Russian wins WSOP Omaha high-low title
10 Jun 2011
Viacheslav Zhukov, a 22-year-old professional poker player from Stary Oskol, Russia defeated a star-studded field of 202 players to win the $10,000 Omaha High-Low Split Championship and $465,216 at the World Series of Poker.
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