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Top-10 potential coaches for Main Event's final table

When the World Series of Poker pauses its final table next week for 117 days, the nine players reaching the final table will have a chance to get some coaching before the attempting to win the $9,119,517 first prize. With that in mind, we decided to compile a list of Top-10 potential coaches for the Main Event final table...read more

Second-largest WSOP provides grand stage for Griffin, Wells and Azinger

LAS VEGAS -- Day 1D at the World Series of Poker Main Event was one for the record books. A group of 2,461 players took to the felt Sunday, swelling the Main Event field size to 6,844. Only the 2006 Main Event, with 8,773 players, had a larger field...read more

Inside the player lounges at the WSOP

LAS VEGAS – Most of the players competing in the World Series of Poker's Main Event kill time during the five breaks in play each day by using their cellphones, hitting the restroom and/or grabbing a quick drink or a bite to eat. Chris Moneymaker, however, has a different approach...read more

World Series of Poker grooves its way into a huge Day 1C

lAS VEGAS -- Almost 2,000 players filled the Amazon and Brasilia rooms Saturday at the Rio All Suites and Casino in Las Vegas, generating a buzz and sense of excitement that was missing during the first two days of the Main Event. The surge of entrants was a welcome relief for the WSOP after 2,455 players combined to play on Thursday and Friday...read more

From the WSOP rail: Moneymaker gets some love; cricket star chirping

To a certain degree, the modern poker industry is the house that Chris Moneymaker built. Moneymaker's victory in the 2003 Main Event helped launch the poker boom that ran from 2003-2006. An amateur player at the time, Moneymaker earned his buy-in through by winning a $39 satellite on PokerStars...read more

A dramatic change in attitude hits the WSOP Main Event on Day 1B

LAS VEGAS – As far as poker goes, two days couldn't be more opposite. Day 1A of the World Series of Poker Main Event on Thursday was filled with nervous energy. The tournament staff, which had worked diligently to make sure it had taken care of every detail, was placing Everest Poker cushions on seats until just moments before doors opened...read more

A day with the man who drives the WSOP machine

LAS VEGAS – The doors have swung open for Day 1B of the 2008 World Series of Poker's Main Event and Jack Effel is standing smack dab in the middle of the Amazon Ballroom. Bodies are coming at him from all directions and Effel looks a lot more like a traffic cop at a busy four-way intersection than he does tournament director of one of the most prestigious events in the world...read more

WSOP Main Event begins with a bang

LAS VEGAS -- The organized chaos that is the World Series of Poker Main Event began with a bang today in the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suites Resort and Casino. The doors opened to players just after noon, and 1,297 people swarmed the floor, looking for their seats...read more

The potent 'poker psychology' of Phil Hellmuth

LAS VEGAS – You can read about it, talk about it and watch it on TV. You can even try it yourself when you visit a casino or sit down at your weekly home game. But until you're able to witness in-person one of the game's all-time best apply the power of "poker psychology" from a few feet away, you have no idea just how effective it can be...read more

From the WSOP rail: Luckboxes, mega satellites and eagle-eyed pros

Rooting for Tommy Hang After Phil Hellmuth was bounced from the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. tournament, the large crowd surrounding the table thinned quickly. And left in its place were about a dozen players rooting for Tommy Hang to beat James Schaaf heads up...read more