The World Series of Poker announced this year’s inductee into the Poker Hall of Fame. That person is Layne Flack. The posthumous honor comes nearly one year after Flack’s untimely death. HOF Announcement Last year, the World Series of Poker established a new tradition for announcing Hall of Fame inductees.
Many tournaments are running again at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. There is the One More for One Drop and Lucky 7s, both of which offered unlimited reentries and several starting flights. There is a PLO bounty event, razz, and more to come. Most poker fans, however,
The biggest bubble in poker burst late last night. It was the money bubble in the Main Event. For many years, the money bubble didn’t come into play until Day 4, but last year and again this year, it happened on Day 3. It was late into the evening when
It was damn close. They needed 111 more players to create the largest World Series of Poker Main Event of all time. However, that should not take away from the fact that the turnout for the 2022 WSOP Main Event was stupendous. Late registration for Day 2 (both of them)
There was great hope that this 2022 World Series of Poker would produce a record-setting Main Event. It had potential. And many of this year’s events set their own records, smashing past turnout and bringing the masses to the tables at the new Bally’s and Paris venues. However, there were
By all accounts, the first-ever WSOP Million Dollar Mystery Bounty tournament was a success. The event offered a $1K chance at this bracelet, with reentries allowed at one per flight. There were four flights. Payouts began at the end of each flight for a certain percentage of the field. By
The WSOP Main Event could be a record-setting event. Hopes are high due to the numbers attending the entirety of the World Series of Poker thus far this year. And some predicted an all-time high for the Main. The three initial starting days indicate that this might not be the
For an industry that doesn’t focus a lot on sponsorships, at least as compared to the time of the poker boom, there have been some interesting announcements in the past several months. Most deals now refer to ambassadors instead of sponsored pros, and the new vernacular matches the new types
Sometimes, two poker tournaments collide. As the 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event began this week, the new Million Dollar Bounty tournament was setting its field, not to mention doing Day 1 payouts. It was a lot. Today, things will get even more complicated. The field size for Day
The Main Event is the big one, the big dance, the MAIN. Officially, it is Event 70 on the 2022 World Series of Poker Las Vegas schedule. And its proper name is the No-Limit Hold’em World Championship Main Event. It started on Sunday, July 3. The first of four starting
Three highly-anticipated tournaments started or will start this weekend. It may be a holiday in America, but poker players keep competing. The Mini Main Event is a huge draw, as players get a taste of that big tournament without the $10K buy-in. But then there is that $10K buy-in Main
Some people make light of the specialty events at the World Series of Poker. The Ladies Championship is often relegated to just “the girls” and the Super Seniors is often just a place for crotchety old folks. In reality, these are both tournaments that bring new players into the game
