Lucky Room » wsop poker http://www.luckyroom.com Ratings of the top online casinos and internet casinos and listings of the top online poker rooms and top sports betting sites with exclusive bonus codes for maximum value sign up bonus. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:59:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 WSOP 2011 Schedule – 2011 World Series of Poker http://www.luckyroom.com/wsop-2011-schedule-2011-world-series-poker-6417 http://www.luckyroom.com/wsop-2011-schedule-2011-world-series-poker-6417#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:12:30 +0000 John Trevors http://www.luckyroom.com/?p=6417 WSOP 2011 Schedule - 2011 World Series of PokerCaesars Entertainment announced the full schedule of the upcoming World Series of Poker in 2011.The program includes 58 different bracelet Events, including the brand new $25.000 NL Hold’em Heads-Up Championship event. A press release issued last Monday was addressed to friends of poker and states about this event: “Are you the best heads-up player in the world? The winner of this event will conquer this title. Up to 256 players will participate to this type of event which is the first to the history of the WSOP. The event will award the first 2011 bracelet. It is the event #2 in the program and begins at Tuesday 31st of May in the famous Amazon Room.”

The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas will host once again the WSOP. As usual the first event of the world championship of poker will be the $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold’em Tournament – a tournament that is addressed, as indicated by its name, only to casino employees and stuff.

The program also includes the $50.000 Player’s Championship but the event will be held near the end of the WSOP. In fact, this event is the 55th in the tournament list and it is scheduled for July 2nd.

Caesars Entertainment decided this year to change the time-schedule of the tournaments in order not to keep the participants till early morning hours. For the tournaments – excluding the Main Event – that start at 12 noon there will be only 10 blind levels while those that are schdeled for 5.00 pm there will be only 8 blind levels. The events scheduled at 12 will continue at 2.30 pm of the next day wile the other at 3.00 pm the next day.

Obviously, the Main Event is an integral part of the program. Once again the Day 1 will be concluded in 4 days range. The Main event – which is the last of the WSOP (event #58) will start at July 7th and will concluded at July 19th. As last year, the new “November 9 finalists” will renew their appointment for the final table of the tournament next November. The pre-registrations for the tournament will begin on 7th of February. Take a look at the complete program for this year’s World Series of Poker.

2011 World Series of Poker Schedule

Event Date, Time Tournament Buy-in Winner
1 May 31, noon Casino Employees Event no-limit holdem (two-day event) $500 TBD
2 May 31, 5 p.m. Heads-up no-limit holdem championship (four-day event) $25,000 TBD
3 June 1, noon Omaha high-low split eight-or-better (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
4 June 2, noon No-limit holdem (three-day event) $5,000 TBD
5 June 2, 5 p.m. Seven card stud (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
6 June 3, noon Limit holdem (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
7 June 3, 5 p.m. Pot-limit holdem championship (three-day event) $10,000 TBD
8 June 4, noon No-limit holdem (two starting days, five-day event) $1,000 TBD
9 June 4, 5 p.m. 2-7 draw lowball no-limit (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
10 June 6, noon Six-handed no-limit holdem (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
11 June 6, 5 p.m. Omaha high-low split eight-or-better championship (three-day event) $10,000 TBD
12 June 7, noon. Triple chance no-limit holdem (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
13 June 8, noon No-limit holdem shootout (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
14 June 8, 5 p.m. Limit holdem (three-day event) $3,000 TBD
15 June 9, noon Pot-limit holdem (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
16 June 9, 5 p.m. 2-7 draw lowball championship (three-day event) $10,000 TBD
17 June 10, noon HORSE (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
18 June 11, noon No-limit holdem (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
19 June 11, 5 p.m. Six-handed limit holdem (three-day event) $2,500 TBD
20 June 12, noon No-limit holdem (three-day event) $1,000 TBD
21 June 12, 5 p.m. Seven card stud championship (three-day event) $10,000 TBD
22 June 13, noon Pot-limit Omaha (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
23 June 13, 5 p.m. Eight-game mix (limit holdem, Omaha high-low split, razz, seven card stud, seven card stud high-low, no-limit holdem, pot-limit Omaha, 2-7 triple draw; three-day event) $2,500 TBD
24 June 14, noon No-limit holdem shootout (three-day event) $5,000 TBD
25 June 14, 5 p.m. Seven card stud high-low (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
26 June 15, noon Six-handed no-limit holdem (three-day event) $2,500 TBD
27 June 15, 5 p.m. Limit holdem championship (three-day event) $10,000 TBD
28 June 16, noon No-limit holdem (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
29 June 16, 5 p.m. 10-game mix (no-limit holdem, razz, limit holdem, Badugi, seven card stud, 2-7 draw lowball, Omaha high-low split, pot-limit Omaha, 2-7 triple draw lowball and seven card stud high-low split eight-or-better; three-day event) $2,500 TBD
30 June 17, noon Seniors no-limit holdem (three-day event) $1,000 TBD
31 June 17, 5 p.m. Pot-limit Omaha (three-day event) $3,000 TBD
32 June 18, noon No-limit holdem (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
33 June 18, 5 p.m. Seven card stud high-low split eight-or-better championship (three-day event) $10,000 TBD
34 June 19, noon No-limit holdem (three-day event) $1,000 TBD
35 June 20, noon Six-handed pot-limit Omaha (three-day event) $5,000 TBD
36 June 21, noon No-limit holdem (three-day event) $2,500 TBD
37 June 21, 5 p.m. HORSE championship (three-day event) $10,000 TBD
38 June 22, noon No-limit holdem (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
39 June 22, 5 p.m. Pot-limit holdem/pot-limit Omaha (three-day event) $2,500 TBD
40 June 23, noon Six-handed no-limit holdem (three-day event) $5,000 TBD
41 June 24, noon Limit holdem shootout (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
42 June 24, 5 p.m. Pot-limit Omaha championship (three-day event) $10,000 TBD
43 June 25, noon No-limit holdem (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
44 June 25, 5 p.m. Razz (three-day event) $2,500 TBD
45 June 26, noon No-limit holdem (three-day event) $1,000 TBD
46 June 27, noon Six-handed no-limit holdem championship (three-day event) $10,000 TBD
47 June 27, 5 p.m. Omaha/Seven card stud high-low eight-or-better (four-day event) $2,500 TBD
48 June 28, noon No-limit holdem (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
49 June 28, 5 p.m. 2-7 triple draw lowball (limit; three-day event) $2,500 TBD
50 June 29, noon Triple Chance no-limit holdem (three-day event) $5,000 TBD
51 June 30, noon Pot-limit Omaha high-low split eight-or-better (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
52 June 30, 5 p.m. Mixed holdem (three-day event) $2,000 TBD
53 July 1, noon Ladies no-limit holdem championship (three-day event) $1,000 TBD
54 July 2, noon No-limit holdem (two starting days, five-day event) $1,000 TBD
55 July 2, 5 p.m. The Poker Players’ Championship (five-day event) $50,000 TBD
56 July 2, noon No-limit holdem (three-day event) $1,500 TBD
57 July 5, 5 p.m. Pot-limit Omaha high-low split eight-or-better $5,000 TBD
58 July 7 – July 19 No-limit holdem main event $10,000 TBD

]]> http://www.luckyroom.com/wsop-2011-schedule-2011-world-series-poker-6417/feed 0 The Final table of the WSOP Europe Main Event http://www.luckyroom.com/final-table-wsop-europe-main-event-5285 http://www.luckyroom.com/final-table-wsop-europe-main-event-5285#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:04:21 +0000 John Trevors http://www.luckyroom.com/?p=5285 A few hours separate us from the “last act” of the Main Event of this year’s WSOP Europe. 9 players left to claim the most important poker bracelet of the year on European soil. First of all in chip count terms is Dan Fleyshman. Coming from San Diego, USA, Fleyshman has some small victory cashes under his belt. He works on for an online poker company and he will claim – with eight more players – the price of the first position and the WSOPE 2010 bracelet worth of £830,401.

Here are the profiles of the players that will participate to the WSOPE final table.

Position 1: Roland de Wolfe (1,377,000 Chips)

He is a 37 year old professional poker player and the only one on the final table with a WSOP bracelet in his possession ($5.000 PL Omaha Event, 2009). His first big cash was back in 2005. Since then he has participated in numerous tournaments, having 2.5 million dollars in profits. He is a member of few-elite group with victories in all three major poker events – WSOP, WPT and EPT.

Position 2: Mark Inizan (349,000 Chips)

He is a 24 years old professional poker player. He has scored six major cashes, including a third place in the Main Event of the EPT in Berlin. This is his first attendance at a final table of a WSOP Event – in this year’s WSOP $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha championship finished at 13th spot.

Position 3: Nicolas Levi (428,000 Chips)

He is a 27 years old professional poker player. He has several cashes in recent years in European tournaments – including the WSOPE Main Event in 2007. He stood fifth in the recent $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Shootout event.

Position 4: Fabrizio Baldassari (697,000 Chips)

A professional poker player with several cashes in major European tournaments within the last three years. This is, however, his first opportunity to cash in a WSOP event.

Position 5: Brian Powell – (842,000 Chips)

He is a 28 years old from Kentucky, USA, and he is also a professional player. This is the fifth cash out opportunity at a WSOP event. His best position so far was the 13th in the $10,000 buy-in Mixed event 2 years ago. Powell also cash in to the 2009 WSOP Main Event as he finished in 66th position among 6,000 participants.

Position 6: Danny Steinberg – (1,520,000 Chips)

Danny is 22 years old but he is a professional poker player. He has already 2 cashes this year on the WSOP in Las Vegas – one of which at the Main Event.

Position 7: James Bord – (1,331,000 Chips)

He is a 29 years old professional poker player. He used to work in a bank but he decided that is more profitable to be a successful poker player. So far he has 7 WSOP cashes, including a sixth place in the Deuce-to-Seven Lowball championship this year. He, however, is best known for his performance in cash games as he usually can be found in Las Vegas, playing at tables $300-$600 and $400-$800 on some of the largest poker rooms.

Position 8: Ronald Lee – (1,899,000 Chips)

He is a 24 years old professional poker player. He scored his first major cash in the final table of the EPT in Monte Carlo in 2008. He has also cashes in the 2009 WSOP Main Event and on the Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em championship earlier this year in Las Vegas. He is currently second in chips.

Position 9: Dan Fleyshman – (1,946,000 Chips)

He is 29 year old and he works for an online poker company. This is the first time that he reaches the cash prizes in a WSOP Event. This is also his first appearance at the final table of a big tournament with television coverage. Dan Fleyshman was the founder of the company that produces the isotonic drink “Who’s Your Daddy” at age 23.

]]> http://www.luckyroom.com/final-table-wsop-europe-main-event-5285/feed 0 WSOPE Begins – World Series of Poker Europe http://www.luckyroom.com/wsope-begins-world-series-poker-europe-5154 http://www.luckyroom.com/wsope-begins-world-series-poker-europe-5154#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:53:59 +0000 John Trevors http://www.luckyroom.com/?p=5154 Betfair Poker WSOPE World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) starts this week in the classy city of London. As an overview the WSOPE began back at 2007 with only three events. The next two years the series played four events while this year the events were increased to five. A total of £15,166,890 shared in those 11 events over the last three years while the number of poker players that participated so far are 2924. In 2007, the average number of participants for the 3 events was 207.67. This figure rose to 261.75 in 2008, while the £1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event attracted more players and therefore helped the average figure to rise again to 313.5 players.

This year there are 5 events scheduled and as the number of entries increase every year so do the prizes. A similar increase was experienced also at the WSOP this summer in Las Vegas. On this year’s program there is only one non Hold’em event which is the £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. This event is expected to attract without any doubt many of the high profile names of the offline and online poker world – something that has also happened in previous years as the participants for these events reached an average of 160.

In place of Hold’em /Omaha event organizers have added two new events: the £2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed event and the £10,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Heads-Up event.

World Series of Poker Europe Schedule:

Event # 1: 6-handed NL Hold’em , Buy – in: £ 2.650, 14-16 September
Event # 2: Pot Limit Omaha , Buy – in: £ 5.250, 16-18 September
Event # 3: NL Hold’em , Buy – in: £ 1.075, 17-21 September
Event # 4: NL Hold’em High Roller Heads-Up, Buy – in: £ 10.350, 21-23 September
Event # 5: NL Hold’em Championship (Main Event), Buy – in: £ 10.350, 23-28 September

For the first three events the online registrations have closed, while they are still open for the events 4 and 5. Players who wish to participate in the first three events should register at the Empire Casino. For the last two events, you can visit www.wsop.com/registration/.

Apparently the “main” dish for this year’s WSOP-E is no other than September 23’s NL Hold’em Championship (Main Event). In the previous two years the level of competition was extremely high, something that was commended by one of the top poker players of the world, Daniel Negreanu of PokerStars, Negreanu was able to reach the final table of both last two WSOP-E Main Events, a tremendous achievement which did not come to accomplishment, however, to a WSOPE bracelet. Let us remember the last WSOPE hand that gave the Bracelet to Shulman despite the fact that was counting only on two outs!

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]]> http://www.luckyroom.com/wsope-begins-world-series-poker-europe-5154/feed 0 ESPN: Reduced interest for the World Series of Poker broadcasts http://www.luckyroom.com/espn-reduced-interest-world-series-poker-broadcasts-4947 http://www.luckyroom.com/espn-reduced-interest-world-series-poker-broadcasts-4947#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:26:12 +0000 John Trevors http://www.luckyroom.com/?p=4947 Poker 770Six weeks have passed since the ESPN – the largest sports cable television channel in the USA – began broadcasting the World Series of Poker and the statistics regarding the number of television viewers during this 6 weeks period show that numbers have reduced compared to last year’s corresponding period. The overall index for these six weeks amounted to 0.67 where the number of 1.0 corresponds to 1.1 million viewers, so the 0.67 rate approximately equals to 737,000 viewers. Last year, the corresponding ratio was 0.79 indicating therefore summing up to a fall of 16%.

Looking at the demographic data of statistics, the only group of viewers that has increased its numbers is the group of men aged over 55 years old. The increase was approximately 8.1%. On all other categories there was a decline. After the first introductory episode for July’s 20th WSOP, there was a two-hour broadcast of Poker Player’s Championship. This episode had increased number of viewers by 15% compared to the one of 2009’s.

The broadcasts continued with the Tournament of Champions and the first days of the Main Event with live analysis and comments from famous poker stars such as Johnny Chan, Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem, Doyle Brunson and others. However, ESPN did not manage to achieve the numbers of viewers that the station managers originally estimated. ESPN broadcasts for the WSOP will continue for the next ten weeks until the start of the Main Event’s final table which is scheduled for November.

]]> http://www.luckyroom.com/espn-reduced-interest-world-series-poker-broadcasts-4947/feed 0 WSOP – Poker Tournament of Champions http://www.luckyroom.com/wsop-poker-tournament-champions-4251 http://www.luckyroom.com/wsop-poker-tournament-champions-4251#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:03:20 +0000 John Trevors http://www.luckyroom.com/?p=4251 Poker fans from all over the world had a chance to cast a supporting vote to their favorite poker player who will participate to the Tournament of Champions WSOP event. The voting just ended and we have got the top 20 players according to poker fans. The voting was a great success as 355.081 people voted for the favorite poker player. Most popular one was no other than Phil Ivey with 16,276 votes while just 28 votes behind is Daniel “Kidpoker” Negreanu. The event is scheduled for Sunday, June 27th but this is not the final list as the tournament directors will contact each qualifier in order to check his availability. If a player cannot attend the game then the next one in standings will take his place. The game is of course a No Limit Texas Holdem and the tournament will last for two days. All the players that will be still in the game they will play the final game at Sunday 4th of July for the $1.000.000 prize pool. The winner will get $500,000 while the second one $250,000 and the third $100,000. All the other players in spots 4th to 9th will get $35,000 each. The tournament will be broadcast by ESPN network at August 3 on a 2 hours show!

    Here is the list with the top 20:

  • Phil Ivey  16,267 
  • Daniel Negreanu  16,239 
  • Doyle Brunson  13,796 
  • Phil Hellmuth  12,673 
  • Chris Ferguson  11,585 
  • Allen Cunningham  10,486 
  • Johnny Chan  10,434 
  • Scotty Nguyen  9,834 
  • Barry Greenstein  9,806 
  • John Juanda  8,835 
  • Erik Seidel  8,802 
  • Jennifer Harman  8,206 
  • Huck Seed  8,180 
  • Dan Harrington  7,342 
  • T.J. Cloutier  6,281 
  • Sam Farha  6,085 
  • Howard Lederer  5,596 
  • Greg Raymer  5,404 
  • Joe Hachem  5,272 
  • Antonio Esfandiari  5,129 

Automatic Annie Duke 2004 TOC winner
Automatic Mike Matusow 2005 TOC winner
Automatic Mike Sexton 2006 TOC winner
Automatic Joe Cada 2009 wsop main event winner
Automatic Barry Shulman 2009 wsop europe main event winner
Sponsor exemption Bertrand Elky grospellier wsop academy playoff
Sponsor exemption Andrew Barton wsop.com uk online qualifier

]]> http://www.luckyroom.com/wsop-poker-tournament-champions-4251/feed 0 WSOP – Full Poker Action for 51 days http://www.luckyroom.com/wsop-%e2%80%93-full-poker-action-for-51-days-4222 http://www.luckyroom.com/wsop-%e2%80%93-full-poker-action-for-51-days-4222#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:47:08 +0000 John Trevors http://www.luckyroom.com/?p=4222 With over 23 WSOP events already concluded and #24 ongoing, WSOP action heats up as we approaching fast to event #57 which is no other than the almighty and popular $10,000 No Limit Texas Holdem. The event is scheduled for Monday July 5th and the tournament officials estimate that the participants will exceed the 6494 which is the WSOP 2009 main event record. The financial crisis certainly is not notable at the Las Vegas Casinos as this has been traced to be the most crowded WSOP tournament ever! Over 61,000 players are expected to battle for a WSOP bracelet – the ultimate poker recognition. Last year’s prize pool reached $174,000,000 where poker players from 115 different countries participated in over 50 different WSOP events.

If you would like to participate to a WSOP event and to live the excitement of a high level tournament you can register now through the official WSOP web page. As an alternative you can win a WSOP package by participating on online poker rooms freeroll and freeroll satellites and qualifier satellited for main events where the way to the final tournament can be achieved via satellites or directly by participating to the final table.

What is unique this year is the number of low buy-in events. The tournament officials decided to satisfy the public demand who still eyes large pots but with reasonable buy-ins. All the popular games are offered to buy-ins that vary from $1,000 to $50,000. The WSOP started with the Casino Employees Championship with a buy-in of $500 and 721 entries who battled for the $324,000 prize pool. Pham was the winner of that event who went back to his casino work $71,000 richer! The second event was the glamorous $50,000 Player’s Championship tournament. 116 professional poker players battled for the prize pool of $5,568,000. The winner was no other than Michael Mizrachi who managed to eliminate all the other participants and he won 1,559,000.

The $5,000 No Limit Holdem shootout event enjoyed a 30% increase comparing to 2009 where 358 players battled for the $1,682,600 prize pool. The winner on that event was Joshua Tieman who cashed out his chips worth of $441,692! On June 7th 150 poker players gathered to Rio hotel in order to participate to the $10,000 Seven-card Stud tournament and get a share of the $1,410,000 prize pool. The winner was no other than the Men “The Master” Nguyen who won his seventh World Series of Poker Bracelet and $394,800. Yesterday, Russ “Dutch” Boyd celebrated his second WSOP bracelet as he was the winner of the $2,500 shorthanded Limit Holdem event #23 which
attracted 384 players and a prize pool worth of 883,200.

]]> http://www.luckyroom.com/wsop-%e2%80%93-full-poker-action-for-51-days-4222/feed 0 Life Ban from WSOP http://www.luckyroom.com/life-ban-from-wsop-4162 http://www.luckyroom.com/life-ban-from-wsop-4162#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:07:24 +0000 John Trevors http://www.luckyroom.com/?p=4162 Many things are allowed on friendly poker tables, fewer to official poker tournaments but something that nowhere in the world is allowed is stealing the chips of your fellow poker player. This is what happened on the WSOP $1,000 NLHE event at Saturday night at Rio hotel in Las Vegas. During the third level of the event many players watched a 50 years old man escorted outside the hotel by Harrah’s security stuff.

Jack Effel WSOP tournament director explained that the specific player was playing a poker hand with someone else during the announcement of the 20 minutes break. As soon as the break was announced the players that were on the table but not participating to the hand left the poker table. The two remaining players played the hand and the winner was the ‘offender’. The card dealer gave him the pot and the man started to pick up his chips. However, he used his body to hide his side player chips out of the dealer’s eye line and using his second hand pushed some chips towards his stack.

The security camera was able to detect the event and a few minutes later the man received a visit from Harrah’s security stuff. Jack Effel concluded with the statement that the player will disqualify for life from all the WSOP events.

So far, World Series of Poker is a great success. On the official WSOP page was a post with comments of some famous and veteran WSOP players who express their opinions regarding the WSOP 2010. The players were delighted as they describe the event as a spectacle similar to Grand Canyon. The poker room in the Rio Hotel features 9.300 square meters of action, 378 poker tables, 1000 dealers, thousand spectators and the ability to host over 3,760 active poker players per day.

For all those who would like to play on the WSOP there is still plenty of time as the last event is scheduled for July 5 – it is the famous $10,000 Buy-in No limit Texas Holdem event. Please note that many poker rooms online offer the opportunity to win a WSOP full sponsored package in order to live the greatest poker event of the planet. More information regarding the WSOP schedule can be found on the previous hyperlink.

]]> http://www.luckyroom.com/life-ban-from-wsop-4162/feed 0 The 2010 WSOP Starts Today at the RIO Las Vegas USA http://www.luckyroom.com/the-2010-wsop-starts-today-at-the-rio-las-vegas-usa-4108 http://www.luckyroom.com/the-2010-wsop-starts-today-at-the-rio-las-vegas-usa-4108#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 14:14:39 +0000 John Trevors http://www.luckyroom.com/?p=4108 Poker players from all over the world are arriving to Las Vegas as the 2010 World Series of Poker kick off today at famous Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino of Harrah’s. Last year, almost 61 000 players from 115 different countries competed in the largest poker tournaments and WSOP officials expect even greater attendance this year. “Pre-registration is already increased this year,” Said Tai Stewart, vice president of the WSOP.”We expect that the total turnout will be breaking all records from past years”. To accommodate such a huge field, the tournament officials said that the shared area has increased to 377 Tables. This year, players will compete for gold bracelets in 57 events. The $ 10,000 buy-in NL Hold’em Championship or simply this year’s Main Event WSOP is scheduled for July 5th and will run until July 17th when the final table of nine players will pick out itself.

The “nine finalists” will return in November to duel for the coveted title. The action starts today with the $500 Casino Employees no limit hold’em event and the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship.
The Poker Player’s Championship replaced the old high-limit HORSE event, and is really a true test of all skills a poker player might have. The format includes eight different games: Limit Hold’em, Omaha Hi-Lo Split, Seven Card Razz, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split, No Limit Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha and 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball. The first of several $ 1,000 No Limit Hold’em events will take place tomorrow, Saturday and are expected to attract nearly 4000 participants. The $ 1,000 No Limit Hold’em events have become popular in the World Series events alongside the main event and therefore added several program this year.

2010 WSOPPlayers will have the opportunity n ‘fight to a $1,000 No Limit event every weekend of the tournament. On June 27 the WSOP will present the World Series’ Tournament of Champions an equivalent all-star game. Overall 27 players will participate in the $ 1 million freeroll Tournament of Champions; amongst them three former winners of the Tournament of Champions: Annie Duke, Mike Matusow and Mike Sexton. The rest of the field is to be determined by public voting on the site of the World Series, at wsop.com. Until recently more than 300,000 votes were registered, with Phil Ivey taking unsurprisingly most. The vote is open until June 15, with 20 top votes to take seats for this event.

Finally the WSOP officials said they did not intend to change the venue of the World Series, at least for the coming year, despite rumors circulating in recent weeks about a possible sale of the Rio by Harrah’s Entertainment. The Caesars Palace, which is owned by Harrah’s had been mentioned as a possible future alternative location for the World Series.

]]> http://www.luckyroom.com/the-2010-wsop-starts-today-at-the-rio-las-vegas-usa-4108/feed 0 WSOP Tournament of Champions – $1,000,000.00 No Limit Texas Holdem Freeroll Tournament http://www.luckyroom.com/wsop-tournament-of-champions-1000000-00-no-limit-texas-holdem-freeroll-tournament-3899 http://www.luckyroom.com/wsop-tournament-of-champions-1000000-00-no-limit-texas-holdem-freeroll-tournament-3899#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 11:46:16 +0000 John Trevors http://www.luckyroom.com/?p=3899 The WSOP has announced to be putting up one million dollars to award during the 2010 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, taking place during the 41st Annual WSOP at the Rio All-Suite Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Tournament of Champions will be a freeroll event where the players will be selected by voting which will be offered at the official WSOP.com page. In total, the visitors will vote for the player they would like to see on the table.

According to the rules of the event – which will start on June 27 – the three previous WSOP TOC winners gain automatic entry plus the reigning WSOP champion and the reigning WSOP Europe champion. Therefore, Annie Duke, Mike Matusow, Mike Sexton, Joe Cada, and Barry Shulman have already secured their seats. Now it is up to you to decide which 20 out of 521 possible players will participate on this freeroll poker tournament event. We should note that all the possible candidates are WSOP bracelet holders; the voting procedure will stop at June 15th.

As pre mentioned the tournament will begin on June 27th at the Rio casino and as soon as players are down to nine the tournament will have a 7 days break and will start again on Independence Day, Sunday July 4th. ESPN will offer a special 2-hours program in honor of the event which will be broadcast on August 3rd.

The TOC tends to be become a tradition during the WSOP events as it started in 2004 after Harrah’s took ownership of the World Series of Poker brand. Annie Duke was the first winner back in 2004, while Matusow was the 2005 winner. The Tournament of Champions this year offers its winner a grand prize of $500,000 while the runner-up receives a breath catching $250.000. The unlucky third players get $100,000 while all the rest – from fourth to ninth – receive $25,000 each.

If you would like to participate to a WSOP event online poker rooms run satellites constantly where the minimum buy-in is as low as $0 (freerolls). Last year’s WSOP events attracted over 60,000 participants from 115 different countries. All the WSOP events will take place to the Rio All-Suite Hitel and Casino at Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

About the WSOP

WSOP 2010The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a world famous series of land based poker tournaments which are held annually in Las Vegas USA. The first WSOP which was conducted in 1970 was an invitational wherein Benny Binion invited six of the best known poker players to the Horseshoe Casino. At first, the WSOP grew slowly as its popularity was primarily spread from mouth to mouth due to the gap of media but over the years has become a worldwide recognized land based poker meeting which is covered by a number of the most respected media channels. During a WSOP event Most of the major poker variants are featured, though in recent years over half of the events have been variants of Texas hold ‘em. The series culminates with the $10,000 no-limit hold’em “Main Event”, which since 2004 has attracted entrants numbering in the thousands. The winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event is considered to be the World Champion of Poker. Since 2005, the WSOP has been sponsored by Harrah’s Entertainment. The 2010 World Series of Poker will be held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, starting on May 27 through July 17, with the final table of the Main Event returning on November 6 and playing through November 9. You may read more about the World Series at the original source od information under WSOP on Wikipedia.

*World Series of Poker and WSOP are trademarks of Harrah’s License Company, LLC (“Harrahs”).

]]> http://www.luckyroom.com/wsop-tournament-of-champions-1000000-00-no-limit-texas-holdem-freeroll-tournament-3899/feed 0 WSOP adds a New Stop in South Africa http://www.luckyroom.com/wsop-adds-a-new-stop-in-south-africa-3835 http://www.luckyroom.com/wsop-adds-a-new-stop-in-south-africa-3835#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 19:03:50 +0000 John Trevors http://www.luckyroom.com/?p=3835 WSOP LogoThe largest and longest series of poker tournaments in the world, the World Series of Poker, is to add one more stop. This time, the organizers will be running an event in South Africa at the Emerald Resort and Casino. The news have spread like madness as they have managed to surprise the whole worldwide poker community which is found in full support to such a step ahead as the popularity of poker and online poker is increasing over the past years not to mention that major Microgaming online poker rooms and online casinos are run from South Africa. The WSOP South Africa is to be conducted in accordance with the notice which was given to the public during the 24th and the 31st of October at the Emerald Resort and Casino. The first tournament will be a pot limit omaha event with a buy in of $1,100 while rebuys are set to be at $300 for the first time with the add-on set at $400. The Main Event will buy in at $ 5,000 while players will start with 40,000 chips (with blinds set at 50-100) going up every hour. There will be a cap for registrations at 500 players to ensure flawless success.

The poker manager of Emerald Casino said, “Poker has become very popular over the last five years. The tournaments we do here and the ever growing fields confirm the rapid growth of the sport. It was a natural consequence of the greater number of tournaments in the world to come here”. Hopefully the brand name of the WSOP will be the guarantee for a high calibre tournament.

*World Series of Poker and WSOP are trademarks of Harrah’s License Company, LLC (“Harrahs”).

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