Amidst the action still going on at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, of which Poker Central has been a key partner in broadcasting livestreams and commentary for some of the tournaments, Poker Central had other news to share. Poker Central and PartyPoker LIVE announced an exclusive-rights deal
The WSOP Main Event has whittled its way down to just 354 players with an 888poker online qualifier in the chip lead. Payouts now sit at $34,845 for the next three players to be eliminated, and the amount then increases to $38,240 and upward from there. Millions may be on
Amidst the action happening at the Rio in Las Vegas, where the World Series of Poker was playing out to much fanfare, the World Poker Tour was following its own schedule. On the Las Vegas Strip at Aria, the WPT hosted it’s a Zynga Poker WPT500 event. Celebrating its sixth
It might seem odd to read down this post and find a random tournament out of numerical order and not seen on the original schedule. But Event 90 does belong in this list, as it was added late as a special tournament long after the original schedule was released. WSOP
The numbers came in yesterday for the 2019 WSOP Main Event, and they were worth the wait. Participation increased, and the tournament officially became the second-largest in the history of the Main Event, taking a back seat only to 2006. Let’s get to the action of the day first and
This summer in Las Vegas, the World Series of Poker wasn’t the only game in town. PartyPoker brought its big game to Sin City for a tournament right at the end of July to run through the day before the WSOP Main Event began. It was the first stop on
As the action begins to wind down in Las Vegas at the World Series of Poker, PokerStars is preparing to launch into one of its most exciting online poker events of the year. Most poker players did not make the trek to Las Vegas for poker this summer, and they
The big question from many poker fans is simple: Why don’t we have a final number of entries, the prize pool and payouts from the WSOP Main Event yet? The answer is simple as well. The WSOP offered late registration this year. Players could register up through the start of
Just last weekend, on June 29, the World Series of Poker held its 50th anniversary gala called First Fifty. The purpose was to celebrate bracelet winners of the past and present, honor the top 50 greatest players of all time, and recognize pivotal moments in WSOP history. All WSOP bracelet
The third and final starting day delivered thousands of additional players to the WSOP Main Event, putting the estimated total of entries over the 8,000 mark. Final totals won’t be available for some time, as registration remains open. As if the Main Event wasn’t exciting in its own right, there
On Thursday, the Fourth of July, this is an overview of all tournaments that played out at the 50th Annual World Series of Poker. Event 70: $5K NLHE Six-Handed – Final Total entries: 814 Prize pool: $3,785,100 Players paid: 123 Final table payouts: 1st place: Joao Vieira (Portugal) - $758,011
It was the day of the summer that thousands of poker players anticipated all year – the first day of the WSOP Main Event. The first of three starting days got underway with 2018 Main Event champion John Cynn giving the “shuffle up and deal” command. On Wednesday, July 3,
