Pillai Wins $3k No-Limit Hold'em Championship; Hellmuth Marks Another Milestone
The winner of the $3,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em championship was Shankar Pillai, who takes home $527,829. During the event Phil Hellmuth overtook TJ Cloutier when he reached his 39th final table.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
World Razz Championship at WSOP 2007 Won by German Woman
The 2007 World Razz Championship was won by Katja Thater, from Hamburg, Germany. Thater's victory is the first for a woman in an open WSOP event in over three years.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Youth is Served at Heartland Tournament at Turning Stone
A young Internet poker pro, Tyler Reiman, 19, of Morton IL, demonstrated to doubters that he could win a live contest. Playing in his first live tournament, the young man captured the Heartland Poker Tour $1,000 buy-in Championship at the Turning Stone Casino, in upstate New York, May 16.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Milwaukee's Best Light to Give Away Seven Seats to 2008 WSOP Main Event
Milwaukee's Best Light, the official presenting sponsor of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), has kicked off its seven-week 'Online Virtual Poker Challenge' promotion, awarding one seat per week to the 2008 WSOP Main Event.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
$5,000 H.O.R.S.E. and $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em WSOP Champions Crowned
Event 26 ($5,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E.) saw Ralph Schwartz from New York City take the championship. Event 27 ($1,500 No-Limit Hold'em) first place paid out $603,069 to David Stuke, a 33-year-old university professor.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Ponzio Takes Down Almost $600k in Poker Win at WSOP 2007
Ben Ponzio, who works for a major Chicago area radio station as the advertising sales manager, won the $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em championship and took home a whopping $599,109 for his efforts.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Eli Elezra Wins Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split World Championship.
On Sunday, Eli Elezra won the Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split World Championship after an epic heads-up battle with Scotty Nguyen. He takes home nearly $200,000 with the victory.
Monday, June 18, 2007
2,000 Players Enter Borgata Summer Poker Open Over the Weekend
As the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa approaches the first anniversary of the opening of its 85-table Poker Room, the Summer Poker Open continues to sizzle with action.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Another Young Player Wins Big at the 2007 WSOP
The winner of the $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em championship is a 21-year-old (aspiring) poker professional from Columbia, Missouri -- James Mackey.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
World Series of Poker Highlights to Appear on V CAST from Verizon Wireless
Harrah's has announced that video content from the 2007 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee's Best Light will appear exclusively on V CAST from Verizon Wireless.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Borgata Summer Poker Open Underway
Even with the World Series of Poker currently under way in Las Vegas, players from all over filled Borgata's state of the art poker room for the start of the Borgata Summer Poker Open. Over 450 players registered for the $500 +60 Event #1, with a prize pool of $228,000.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Poker Academy Student Wins 2007 World Series of Poker Ladies Championship
Playing in the largest field ever at the Ladies Championship of the WSOP, Sally Anne Boyer won a Record $262,077 at Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Phil Hellmuth Makes History at the 2007 WSOP
Phil Hellmuth is charting new territory with his latest win. Now with 11 titles under his belt, he becomes the all-time leader in WSOP wins.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Allen Cunningham Wins $487,287 as Pot-Limit Hold'em Champ
Allen Cunningham has won the $5,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold'em championship in Las Vegas, NV. Cunningham, a 30-year-old poker professional, is certainly one of the top five tournament players in the world. Many would argue he is the very best at the moment.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Milwaukee's Best Light to Sponsor New WSOP Player of the Year Award
The World Series of Poker now has The Milwaukee's Best Light Player of the Year award which will be presented to the player accumulating the most points throughout the 2007 WSOP.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Daniel Negreanu Moves to Team PokerStars
PokerStars has announced the arrival of poker legend Daniel Negreanu as the latest addition to Team PokerStars.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Keiner Joins Rohnacher and Scharf as German WSOP Bracelet Winners
The winner of the $1,500 buy-in Seven-Card Stud championship was Michael Keiner. He becomes the third gold bracelet winner from Germany in WSOP history. The other two players are Matthias Rohnacher (1997) and Eddy Scharf (2001, 2003).
Monday, June 11, 2007
Jason Warner Wins $1,500 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em at 2007 WSOP
The winner of the $1,500 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em World Championship was Jason Warner from Vancouver, BC. Jason, who takes home $481,698 for his victory, is a 22-year-old sales associate working in a hardware store and (was/is) an aspiring professional poker player.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Kravchenko Becomes First Russian Citizen to Win WSOP Gold Bracelet
The winner of the $1,500 buy-in Omaha High-Low championship was Alex Kravchenko, from Moscow, Russia. He is a 36-year-old businessman originally from Archangel, USSR who has been playing poker for about eight years.
Saturday, June 09, 2007
2007 WSOP Ladies Champion to Enjoy Expanded Prize Package
Harrah's has announced a first-of-its-kind prize package for the winner of the upcoming WSOP Ladies Championship.
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Reslock First, Ivey Second at Seven Card Stud World Championship at 2007 WSOP
The winner of the 'Seven-Card Stud World Championship' at the 2007 World Series of Poker is Chris Reslock. This is his first WSOP gold bracelet after finishing in the money four times.
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Ciaran O'Leary Wins Third Largest Poker Tourney of All Time
Ciaran O'Leary has won the largest non-WSOP main event poker tournament in history by taking the $1,500 no-limit hold'em championship.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Tom Schneider Pockets $214,387 With Poker Win at the 2007 WSOP
Tom Schneider is the new champion of Half Omaha High-Low / Half 7-Card Stud High-Low. First place in this event paid $214,387 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Burt Boutin Wins $825,956 With Pot-Limit Omaha Victory at WSOP 2007
The winner of this year's Pot-Limit Omaha With Re-Buys at the World Series of Poker was Burt Boutin from Henderson, Nevada. He officially became the 77th WSOP Millionaire in history.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
WorldSeriesofPoker.com Features Video Coverage of 2007 WSOP
Harrah's Entertainment has announced that www.worldseriesofpoker.com, is now enhanced with new features for 2007, including live streaming video coverage of the event (with hole cards).
Wednesday, June 06, 2007