Steve Jelinek Wins WSOP Bracelet

Steve Jelinek has become the fifth British player to win a bracelet at this year’s World Series of poker.  Jelinek, from Birmingham, won the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split event, taking home a prize of $245,871 and a bracelet, for his efforts. Jelinek’s win means that so far players from Great Britain have won more [...]

Lots of Seats Still Available at WSOP Main Event

Last year, the Main Event of the World Series of poker got off to a bad start after competitors were turned away on the early Day 1s because of a lack of table space.  By Day 1D the organizers had added almost 100 new seats – expanding the tables from 2,809 players to 3,800. This [...]

Poker Forums in Australia

The internet is a massive boon for poker players of all ages and skill levels. Not only is it now possible to play poker whenever and wherever you want (instead of having to travel to a bricks and mortar poker room), it’s also easy to get advice about your poker game. There are poker academies [...]

How to run a a poker horse ride

poker runs are popular with bikers, truckers, and many other organizations.  A growing trend in recent years – or perhaps, more accurately, a re-emerging trend – is horseback poker runs. Organizing a poker horse ride can take quite a bit of planning.  You will need to find a route which is safe for horses, and [...]

Can you beat pokies?

poker machines, or “pokies” are incredibly popular in Australia.   Pokies are similar to fruit machines, but instead of using fruit symbols, the drums have poker cards on them, and the objective is to get the best poker hand. There are many systems being advertised which claim that you can beat poker machines consistently.  Sadly, these [...]

Dean Hamrick and Ian Gordon Win WSOP Bracelets

Two more tournaments concluded in the early hours of this morning, netting Dean Hamrick and Ian Gordon their first wsop bracelets. Event 42, the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament, saw 2,521 players sit down at the start of the tournament, and 25 players returned today for Day 3.  Howard Brenese attracted a lot of attention [...]

Jesse Rockowitz Wins WSOP Event 45

Jesse Rockowitz has won the World Series of poker event #45 – a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament.  The win came in the early hours of the morning, after Rockowitz fought out a hard final tale. This win constitutes Rockowitz’s seventh career cash in a major poker tournament, and his second cash finish at this [...]

WSOP Tournament of Champions Begins

The World Series of poker Tournament of Champions began today.  The event features all of the top household names in the world of poker.  The competitors were decided by a mix of tournament performance and fan votes, and the tournament should prove to be an impressive display of the best that the poker world has [...]

Gavin Smith Wins WSOP Event 44

Gavin Smith has won Event #44 – the $2,500 Mixed Hold’em Tournament at the 2010 World Series of poker. Smith was probably one of the most accomplished poker pros who sat down at the final table of the event, but he had yet to win a World Series of Poker Bracelet. Smith was one of [...]

Kassela Wins Two Bracelets at WSOP

Frank Kassela has become the first two-time bracelet winner at this year’s World Series of poker.  The fight for the second bracelet was not an easy one.  Early in event #40, the Seven Card Razz tournament, Kassela was brought down to just over 5,000 chips – while the chip leader held almost fourteen times that [...]

UFC Fighter at World Series of Poker

Mike Swick is best known for his professional fighting career – he fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the Welterweight Division, but this weekend he made a name for himself in a different kind of contest – coming tenth in Event #42 of the World Series of poker. Swick survived for three days in [...]

Dutch Boyd Wins Second WSOP Bracelet

Russ “Dutch” Boyd has been around the poker scene since the early days of the poker boom.  It took a few years for him to make a name for himself, but in 2006 he won his first World Series of Poker bracelet – by defeating Joe achem in a six-handed tournament, one of the most-watched [...]

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