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Magnus and the Main Event

This year's World Series of Poker Main Event had a little GPWA flair to it. Magnus Karlsson, the general manager of GPWA sponsor PokerHost, was one of the 6,358 players who bought a seat in the WSOP Main Event this month to vie for the second largest prize in poker history. The experienced poker player from Sweden plopped down his $10,000 entry fee on Day 1B in hopes of turning it into a cool $8.25 million...read more

Yang wins 2007 WSOP Main Event

Miracles happen. Amateur Jerry Yang, a 39-year-old former Laos refugee who came to America, graduated from college, and fathered six children, prayed every time his chips went into the pot. And his prayers were answered. He came to the final table as the second-shortest stack and ended up winning the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event handily...read more

Post Vegas: The Aftermath

I am in withdrawal. Maybe you think it's sad, maybe you think it's pathetic, perhaps I need to reevaluate my personal life, but it's the truth. Here I am in Boston, my "home", stuck in between trips...Vegas has come and gone, and now Costa Rica is seven days away...read more

WSOP too close to call

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Unlike a year ago, when the outcome of the world poker championship seemed like a foregone conclusion, any of the nine players going into today's final table in the 2007 World Series of Poker has a chance of winning the game's ultimate title and an $8.25 million payday. Less than $9 million in tournament chips separate the top five players in the $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas hold' em world championship scheduled to begin at noon at the Rio...read more

Different paths to survival

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Paul Spitzberg and Billy Baxter were a stark contrast in both style and experience Friday at the World Series of Poker. Spitzberg, a retired executive from Tenafly, N.J., was playing in his first tournament. Baxter, a Las Vegas resident and longtime fixture in the city's poker rooms and sportsbooks, has been playing in the World Series of Poker since 1975...read more

Hilm holds chip lead, Nguyen falls short of final table (baby)

Scotty Nguyen, the biggest star left in the World Series of Poker's Main Event, exited the building in 11th place early this morning when he failed to hit a flush draw. Nguyen, who owns four WSOP bracelets and won the Main Event in 1998, won $476,926 and was just two spots away from making the final table. Phillip Hilm, who has just one WSOP cash in his career, holds the chip lead heading into Tuesday's final table with $22.1 million...read more

Bubble bursts at the Main Event; 337 left in hunt for $8.25 million

The bubble burst at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker last night, and 284 players finished the day with at least $20,320 in winnings. The remaining 337 players are eying the $8.25 million first-place prize as play resumes today at noon PST for Day 4. Rome's Dario Minieri, who won €125,780 in a European Poker Tour event last October, will start the day with a healthy chip lead, holding $2.4 million...read more

From the WSOP rail: Lucky ladies, Moses and chip counting lessons

The action might be on the felt, but the fun is on the rail. Here's a quick look at the sights and sounds from Day 2B of the World Series of Poker. The lady has a point Overheard at Table 39 just before a break: "I've got it better than you guys," says the lone women at the table...read more

WSOP rail - Chad gets married, Negreanu is charitable and Hasan Habib makes a friend

Norman Chad ties the knot…again It's official. ESPN World Series of Poker color man Norman Chad got married last week, leaving this reporter wondering whether there will be any more references to his multiple failed marriages in the 2007 WSOP broadcasts...read more

Past champs get early exits

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- As the World Series of Poker's main event moved into the elimination rounds Tuesday at the Rio, many of the game's more recognizable names had joined the rail birds, poker fans who watch the action from behind the tables. Two of the past four world poker champions busted out following the four-day opening round of the $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas hold 'em event...read more