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Dan Podheiser Gaming Guru - Page 8  Varnell continues hot streak to finish Day 2C among chip leaders10 July 2015
LAS VEGAS – Craig Varnell is on the heater of a lifetime. On July 4, the Colorado-based poker pro finished third in the $1,000 WSOP.com Online No-Limit Hold’em event, winning $73,079. Three days later, Varnell took to the Strip and continued to run good, besting a record WPT field of 5,113 entries to win the WPT500 Aria and $330,000. ... (read more)
Anand leads, Hastings builds big stack at end of Day 2AB9 July 2015
LAS VEGAS – Shrewbury, Massachusetts native Amar Anand ended Day 2AB of the 2015 Main Event as the massive chip leader. Anand bagged 603,500 chips at the end of Wednesday night’s play, outpacing the rest of the field by more than 100,000 chips. He increased his stack consistently throughout the day, without winning any pots worthy of note. ... (read more)
San Diego bar owner relishes playing with Ivey, Hellmuth8 July 2015
LAS VEGAS – He had Phil Ivey to his left, Phil Hellmuth to his right, and a host of poker pros sprinkled around the table. But Marco Rodriguez was not fazed. The 29-year-old restaurateur and bar owner from San Diego played in Day 1C of the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event on Tuesday, and sat down in the Pavilion at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino confident and ready to go. ... (read more)
Main Event sets new Day 1C record, but total participation drops8 July 2015
LAS VEGAS – Participation is officially down at the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2015, even with a record-setting Day 1C field. A whopping 3,963 players showed up to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino on Tuesday to register for the Main Event, bringing the total 2015 field to 6,420 entrants. Last ... (read more)
Comins brings experience from playing against father to Main Event8 July 2015
LAS VEGAS – Joe Comins has been preparing for his first World Series of Poker Main Event for 37 years. Comins began playing Texas Hold’em with his father in 1978, long before the mid-2000s poker boom and the advent of online poker. He played his dad for his allowance money. And it didn’t take long for him to realize that if he wanted to have some change in his pocket, he better learn how to win. ... (read more)
Ohio woman balances passion for poker with love for her job7 July 2015
LAS VEGAS – Annette Wood is a lot like many other recreational players who entered the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event. The Akron, Ohio native earned her $10,000 buy-in to poker’s premier event by winning her home poker league, a 17-week tournament series played by 15-20 friends at the local VFW. ... (read more)
Flash floods, leaking water in the Rio cause a stir on Day 1B7 July 2015
LAS VEGAS – Tournament officials paused play with nine minutes remaining in the third level of Day 1B of the World Series of Poker Main Event on Monday night, as water leaked through the ceiling onto a number of tables in the Brasilia Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Brian Hastings, seeking his third WSOP bracelet in 2015, got off to a great start on Day 1B. ... (read more)
Duhamel builds big stack on Main Event Day 1A6 July 2015
LAS VEGAS – The 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off Sunday at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, as 480 of the 741 players who entered on Day 1A survived to move on to Day 2. Former Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel was among the chip leaders when Day 1A ended. (photo by Dan Podheiser/Casino ... (read more)
Top 10 storylines to follow during the Main Event6 July 2015
It’s been an incredible summer at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. With 67 events down and just one to go, the 2015 World Series of Poker has seen record fields, huge side action and dozens of feel-good stories. Every year, from late May to mid-July, the poker world flocks to Las Vegas. The pros try to ... (read more)
2015 WSOP Main Event kicks off with lackluster atmosphere5 July 2015
The Main Event of the World Series of Poker is the most heralded poker tournament of the year. Thousands of players flock to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino every year to take part in an experience that is, for many, a once-in-a-lifetime endeavor. But as the 2015 Main Event kicked off with Day 1A on Sunday afternoon, the atmosphere was, well, lackluster. ... (read more)
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