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WSOP Event #55: The Magician Wins $18.3 Million

July 4, 2012 at 8:04 PM |

Only the 8-handed final table was left for Day 3 of WSOP Event #55 $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop, the biggest buy-in tournament in poker history. Antonio ’The Magician’ Esfandiari started in the chiplead, slightly ahead of Sam Trickett. Whoever had been to win the event was bound to jump right on top of the all time money list.

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WSOP Event #51 and #52: Bracelets for the Ladies

July 3, 2012 at 7:22 PM |

WSOP Events #51 $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship and #52 $2,500 10-Game Mix - Six-Handed have ended with ladies in the top finishes.

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WSOP Event #49 and #50: Ante Only NLHE and $5,000 NLHE Are Over

July 2, 2012 at 5:29 PM |

Day 3 of inaugural Event #49 $1,500 Ante Only No Limit Hold'em and Day 4 of Event #50 $5,000 No Limit Hold'em are finished in WSOP 2012.

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WSOP $1,000,000 Big One Kicks Off, Official Entrants List Released

July 2, 2012 at 2:56 PM |

Two Phils, Ivey and Hellmuth are also included on the entrants list for the biggest buy-in event in poker history ever. The prize pool is $42,666,672, the future winner can take home $18,346,673.

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WSOP Event #47 and #48: Steven Loube and Kenny Hsiung Are Champions

July 1, 2012 at 3:52 PM |

10 players in Event #47 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better and twice as much in Event #48 $3,000 Limit Hold'em returned on Day 3 of both tournaments.

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WSOP Event #45 and #46: Mizrachi Wins Players Championship, Weissman Takes Down NLHE

June 30, 2012 at 4:41 PM |

Only the 8-handed final table was left for Day 5 of Event #45 $50,000 Poker Players Championship 8-game, a day after Event #46 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 3 was organised with 25 players returning.

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WSOP Event #43 - Henry Lu's First Live Win is a Bracelet

June 26, 2012 at 3:46 PM |

20 players started day 3 of the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Event #43. The chipleader was Zachary Clark, but other big names were still in for the bracelet, including Neil Channing, Randy 'nanonoko' Lew, and WCOOP champion James 'mig.com' Mackey.

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Oleksii Kovalchuk Wins Second Bracelet at WSOP Event #42

June 25, 2012 at 7:03 PM |

22 players were still in play on day 3 of the WSOP event #42 $2.500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better, with the five-time WSOP champion Jeff Lisandro in the lead with 355,000. Finally, Lisandro did not make it to the final table and said goodbye in tenth place.

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WSOP Event #37 and #38: ODB Barker and Dung Nguyen Win Bracelets

June 24, 2012 at 1:57 PM |

WSOP Event #37 $2,500 Eight-Game Mix Day 4 and Event #38 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 3 were completed on Friday.

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WSOP Events #34-36: Recap

June 23, 2012 at 7:03 PM |

We are catching up with the latest event finals, starting with Event #34 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha - Six-Handed, Event #35 $2,500 Mixed Hold'em and Event #36 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout.

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WSOP Event #33 - Max Steinberg Wins His First Bracelet

June 20, 2012 at 4:31 PM |

14 players remained at the start of WSOP Event #33 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em, day 3. Vitaly Meshcheriakov was in the lead with 946,000 chips. The nine-handed final table started at the 23rd blind level (3,000/10,000/20,000).

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WSOP Event #32 - David Bakes Baker Wins

June 19, 2012 at 3:19 PM |

136 players started day 2 of the $10,000 HORSE event, with the French WSOP champion Fabrice Soulier in the lead with 146,300 in chips. 

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WSOP Events #25 – #28: Recap

June 18, 2012 at 5:41 PM |

Of the events finished during the past weekend in WSOP 2012, let us take a look at the results of Event #25 $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout, Event #26 $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha, Event #27 $1,500 HORSE and Event #28 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em - Four-Handed.

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WSOP Event #24: Joe Cassidy Beats Scotty Nguyen

June 15, 2012 at 5:53 PM |

Following a prolonged Day 3, the heads-up of WSOP Event #24 $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better remained to be played yesterday, with Joe Cassidy and Scotty Nguyen behind the stacks.

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WSOP Event #23: Simon Charette Wins $3,000 NLHE

June 14, 2012 at 4:45 PM |

On the 3rd day of Event #23, the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed tournament 18 players battled for the 6-handed final table and eventually Simon Charette managed to take the lead and score $567,624 with his bracelet.

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WSOP Event #22: Randy Ohel Wins 2-7 Triple Draw

June 14, 2012 at 3:07 PM |

The WSOP Event #22, the $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball ended with the victory of Randy Ohel, who scored $145,247 defating players like Josh Arieh and Layne Flack.

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WSOP Event #21: Michael Gathy Wins $5,000 LHE

June 13, 2012 at 4:45 PM |

By the third day of Event #20, the $5,000 Limit Hold'em tournament at the WSOP, 17 players remained, lead by Matthew Woodward. In the end, Benjamin Scholl emerged victorious cashing $206,760.

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WSOP Event #20: Benjamin Scholl takes down $5,000 Limit Hold'em

June 13, 2012 at 2:45 PM |

By the third day of Event #20, the $5,000 Limit Hold'em tournament at the WSOP, 17 players remained, lead by Matthew Woodward. In the end, Benjamin Scholl emerged victorious cashing $206,760.

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WSOP Event #19: Cliff Goldkind Wins $1,500 NLHE

June 12, 2012 at 8:47 PM |

WSOP Event #19 ended on its 3rd day, when 19 players started to battle for the first prize. Gregg Wilkinson started out as chipleader, but eventually Cliff Goldkind, a 24-year-old Maryland player emerged as the winner, defeating the 2,302-player field.

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WSOP Event #17: Frankenberger Wins, Ivey Second at $10,000 PLH

June 12, 2012 at 5:12 PM |

The 17th event at the WSOP 2012 ended with the victory of Andy Frankenberger, but poker superstar Phil Ivey also made it to the final heads-up.

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WSOP Event #18: Phil Hellmuth Wins 12th WSOP Bracelet

June 11, 2012 at 5:28 PM |

Only 18 players were left when the cards hit the air on Day 3 of WSOP Event #18 $2,500 Seven Card Razz. Brandon Cantu started as chipleader with 298,500, followed closely by Brendan Taylor (288,500) and Phil Hellmuth (287,500). Of course, the greatest attention was paid to the performance of the 11 times WSOP champion.

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WSOP Event #16: Matt Matros Wins Third Bracelet

June 10, 2012 at 9:50 PM |

Day 3 of the WSOP Event #16 $1,500 No Limit Hold’em – Six-Handed started with Robert Muzzatti in the chiplead and Mike Matusow in 3rd place, going for a 4th golden bracelet. A total of 1,604 players entered Day 1 and amassed a prize pool of $2,165,400.

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WSOP Event #15: Friedman Wins Seven Card Stud, Ivey is 7th

June 9, 2012 at 10:31 PM |

19 players started Day 3 of WSOP Event #15 $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better, with Adam Friedman in the lead with 323,500 in chips. Event #10 $5,000 Seven Card Stud winner John Monnette was slightly behind with 314,500. A total of 212 players started Day 1 of the event for a prize pool of a handsome $996,400.

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WSOP Event #12: Brian Hastings Is Heads-Up Champion

June 8, 2012 at 4:34 PM |

Day 3 of Event #12 $10,000 NLHE Heads-Up in the World Series of Poker 2012 featured the semi-finals and the finale of the tournament with Tommy Chen against Brian Hastings and Jason Mo against Brock Parker.

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WSOP Event #11 - Vincent van der Fluit Delivers Bracelet to Holland

June 7, 2012 at 5:13 PM |

The final table of the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha event got organized on day 3. The American Charles Tonne was chipleader, slightly ahead of Dutch player Vincent van der Fluit.

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WSOP Event #10 - John Monnette Wins his Second Bracelet

June 6, 2012 at 5:19 PM |

16 players were still in at the second day of the $5,000 Sevent Card Stud Event at this year's WSOP. Jeff Lisandro started the day as chipleader with 276,000 in chips.

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PokerStars have Announced MicroMillions Tournament Schedule

June 5, 2012 at 4:18 PM |

MicroMillions II will kick off on the 12th July at PokerStars, offering big money to the smaller stakes players. 100 tournaments will be organized during the 10-day event.

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Tweet-war at the 2012 WSOP

June 4, 2012 at 8:46 PM |

The 43rd annual World Series of Poker have only been going on for a week, but the first scandal already took place at the Series.

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WSOP 2012 Event #7: Andy Bloch Wins

June 3, 2012 at 7:30 PM |

Another starry finale was held on Day 3 of Event #7 $1,500 Seven Card Stud in this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP). David Williams (493,500), Andy Bloch (296,500) and Barry Greenstein (254,000) led the field in the final table.

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WSOP 2012 Events #1 and #2: Ivey Out, Saechao and Hanks Win

May 31, 2012 at 5:36 PM |

Four days into the 43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP), two events have already been completed. Event #1 $500 Casino Employees NLHE was won by Chiab Saechao, while Event #2 $1,500 NLHE victory went to Brent Hanks. Phil Ivey was eliminated early in the tournament.