World Gambling News » Poker http://www.worldgamblingnews.com Bringing you the very latest news in the gambling world Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:49:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en World Series of Poker Europe Schedule Released http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/06/world-series-of-poker-europe-schedule-released/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/06/world-series-of-poker-europe-schedule-released/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:05:30 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/06/world-series-of-poker-europe-schedule-released/ wsope.jpg

The schedule for the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) has now been released and two new bracelet events were added to the set of events. This event expects to attract the top pros of poker and we will definitely see some great action going on.

The WSOPE will run from September 14th to 28th at the (more…)

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The Rio Casino & Resort in Las Vegas started hosting the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010. On Friday, the WSOP kicked off and more than 100,000 squared feet of playing space was ready at the casino for them.

This year there will be 57 bracelet events and organizers have stated that (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/world-series-of-poker-underway-at-the-rio/feed/ Doyle Brunson on Recruitment at the 2010 WSOP http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/doyle-brunson-on-recruitment-at-the-2010-wsop/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/doyle-brunson-on-recruitment-at-the-2010-wsop/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 21:25:29 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/doyle-brunson-on-recruitment-at-the-2010-wsop/ doylebrunson.jpg

Ten time WSOP bracelet winner and poker legend Doyle Brunson has decided to add a new player to his repertoire of proteges. However, the new recruit will have to earn his/her way to being part of the Brunson 1.

Doyle Brunson has announced that him and his team will be keeping an eye on especially talented players at the WSOP this year and they will try to get a feeling on who has (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/doyle-brunson-on-recruitment-at-the-2010-wsop/feed/ Gus Hansen’s Night Results in a -$556,270 Fest http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/gus-hansens-night-results-in-a-556270-fest/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/gus-hansens-night-results-in-a-556270-fest/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 06:58:22 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/gus-hansens-night-results-in-a-556270-fest/ gus-hansen.jpg

The virtual high stakes poker games never seize to amaze me. The pros just throw crazy amounts of money in which makes the action more intense and enjoyable everytime (regardless of how the games make me wish I had THAT much money available to gamble).

Anyway, Gus Hansen had been on a hot streak over the past couple of weeks but lately he dropped over half a million at the tables against some of the toughest opponents in a six-hours long gambling session.

First he played against Di ‘Urindanger’ Dang and he lost over $57,000 in 176 hands of $500/$1000 Cap Pot Limit Omaha. Next came Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies who played against Hansen for nearly three hours and drained $375,282 from him in 686 hands.

Sahamies logged off and along came (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/gus-hansens-night-results-in-a-556270-fest/feed/ WSOP Takes Events to South Africa http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/wsop-takes-events-to-south-africa/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/wsop-takes-events-to-south-africa/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 07:28:38 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/wsop-takes-events-to-south-africa/ wsop_logo_large.jpg

The World Series of Poker is once again broadening its horizons and will possibly be making its way to South Africa for the first time this October, with two non-bracelet events tentatively slated to take place at the Emerald Resort and Casino. The events will probably be part of the WSOP-Circuit series.

According to TimesLive.co.za WSOP Africa is looking to offer two events from Oct 24-31, one being a three-day $1,100 buy-in pot-limit Omaha (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/wsop-takes-events-to-south-africa/feed/ Bodog Signs New Female Poker Pro http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/bodog-signs-new-female-poker-pro/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/bodog-signs-new-female-poker-pro/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 00:09:30 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/bodog-signs-new-female-poker-pro/ amandamusumeci.jpg

Online poker site Bodog recently went through a hard deliberation process to pick the new member of Team Bodog. The site happily announced that their new female pro is Amanda Musumeci.

Amanda Musumeci, also known as ‘Manderbutt’ has been playing regularly at Bodog for years and her total cashes add up to $200,000. “When you respond to an opportunity like this, no matter how confident you are in yourself and your abilities, there’s always a little (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/05/bodog-signs-new-female-poker-pro/feed/ Tom Dwan Gets Personalized Avatar http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/04/tom-dwan-gets-personalized-avatar/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/04/tom-dwan-gets-personalized-avatar/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:11:11 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/04/tom-dwan-gets-personalized-avatar/ durrrvt.jpg

Recently, professional poker player Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan got his personalized avatar at Full Tilt Poker. He became part of Team Full Tilt Pro and it was about time that we got to see what his avatar would look like.

In my opinion, the avatar looks pretty (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/04/tom-dwan-gets-personalized-avatar/feed/ Poker Pros Say You Cannot Learn Everything by Playing Online Only http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/03/poker-pros-say-you-cannot-learn-everything-by-playing-online-only/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/03/poker-pros-say-you-cannot-learn-everything-by-playing-online-only/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:43:11 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/03/poker-pros-say-you-cannot-learn-everything-by-playing-online-only/ poker_yevgeniy_timoshenko2_300.jpg

Professional poker players Hoyt Corkins, Jason Mercier and Yevgeniy Timoshenko recently shared a story to PokerListings that I thought was very interesting. In it, the poker pros talk about how it is easy to gain experience really fast in online poker because you get to play a lot of hands in a short amount of time. However, they remark that (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/03/poker-pros-say-you-cannot-learn-everything-by-playing-online-only/feed/ LAPT Punta del Este Main Event Ends, Barbero Takes the Title http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/lapt-punta-del-este-main-event-ends-barbero-takes-the-title/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/lapt-punta-del-este-main-event-ends-barbero-takes-the-title/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:48:07 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/lapt-punta-del-este-main-event-ends-barbero-takes-the-title/ punta.jpg

The Latin American Poker Tour came to an end and it was Team PokerStars Pro member Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero who took down the event and became the second Latin American player to achieve this. Barbero was awarded with (more…)

]]> http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/lapt-punta-del-este-main-event-ends-barbero-takes-the-title/feed/ WSOPE Main Event Broadcast Episode 1: Lots of fun and great action! http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/wsope-main-event-broadcast-episode-1-lots-of-fun-and-great-action/ http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/wsope-main-event-broadcast-episode-1-lots-of-fun-and-great-action/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:17:51 +0000 Gaby http://www.worldgamblingnews.com/2010/02/wsope-main-event-broadcast-episode-1-lots-of-fun-and-great-action/ doylebrunson.jpg

On Sunday we got to see the first episode of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event broadcast on ESPN. The action was intense as it involved a great hand between Ian Munns and Viktor Blom (who many think is Isildur1).

In the hand Viktor Blom starts out by raising to 3,000 with Kd 2d, Munn re-raised to (more…)

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