Broadcasts of the 40th Annual World Series of Poker start tonight from 8pm to 10pm EDT on ESPN. Coverage begins with the final table of the US$40,000 buy-in 40th Anniversary event.
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Since the beginning of the game, the crowds surrounding poker tables have had a decisive male majority. Of course anyone that’s familiar with the modern poker scene recognizes the faces and names of lethal lady pros like Annie Duke or Jennifer Harman. Still, despite the millions of dollars female pros have been raking in they remain remarkable to the general public not because of their excellence but because of their gender.
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After Day 3 of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event, French online pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier leads the field of seven hundred eighty-nine players with almost 1.4 million chips.
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In the course of this marathon tournament, Day 5 was the shortest day so far at only seven hours. The starting field of 404 was cut by more than half in that short time, down to the final 185
Out of the nearly 6,500 players who started on this long, exciting and frustrating journey, only 64 were left at the end of Day 6. While these players represent the top one percent of all finishers in this year’s event, they each have a long way to go before they can make the final table and the November Nine.
Dedicated GP readers may remember us reporting on the new Poker Hall of Fame nomination process at the end of May. For the first time in the history of the organization everyday players had an opportunity to influence the final list of nominees. Well the results are in, and they’re not surprising.
Legendary poker personality Scotty Nguyen lost out on his bid to add another title to his 1998 World Championship and his 2008 HORSE title on Day 2B of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event. Nguyen suffered the fate of many a player of his caliber: he put his money into the pot with the best hand and took a bad beat on the river.
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Well folks with all the excitement of the first days of the Main Event we let another important WSOP event slip under our writing radar.
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Day 2A of the 40th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event has wrapped up.
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This year’s World Series of Poker has been setting records and selling out events at every turn, so it should come as no surprise that the Main Event has been…well, eventful. While the first fiftysome events of the series ran rather smoothly, the first few days of the Main Event have been marked by several snafus, not least of which was a marketing error that left almost 500 players out of the action on Monday. read more
