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D'Amato, Wexler bring UIGEA fight to Vegas

Former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato and Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) brought their fight to repeal the UIGEA and legalize Internet poker to the World Series of Poker Monday. D'Amato, chairman and chief lobbyist for the PPA, urged poker players before the start of play to write their Senators and Congressman and ask them to repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act...read more

WSOP after dark

When the sun is up, the Amazon Room at the World Series of Poker is fairly subdued. Players are well rested and listening to their i-pods, trying to conserve energy for later in the day. Levels are low. Chip stacks are average. You can easily hear people talking...read more

WSOP rail - a curse, a buzz and a smile

The curse of the Bluff featured table While the ESPN featured table has been hosting former World Champions (Doyle Brunson, Joe Hachem, Chris Moneymaker and Jamie Gold), the secondary featured table, also known as the Bluff Magazine table, has featured some of poker's more famous personalities – Marcel Luske, Scotty Nguyen, Mike Matusow, T.J...read more

WSOP Main Event field second largest ever

The second largest Main Event in World Series of Poker history will pay $8.25 million to the winner. The total field of 6,358 players fell short of last year's record attendance of 8,773, but it's still easily the second largest WSOP tournament ever held...read more

Hellmuth makes grand Day 1D entrance

Phil Hellmuth redefined being fashionably late for a tournament today, arriving for the World Series of Poker Main Event in a racing uniform and flanked by eleven beautiful women, one for each of his gold bracelets. Although he's usually late for tourneys, Hellmuth raised the ante for the Main Event...read more

WSOP rail: Matusow and Cloutier provide entertainment for fans

Watching poker (without hole cams) over a long period of time can be a boring proposition. Fold, fold, fold. Muck, muck, muck. And not a peep out of the players. That's why one of the featured tables Sunday afternoon at the World Series of Poker was such a welcome relief...read more

WSOP rail - Matusow takes on Mr. Peanut

Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack was not amused when Mike Matusow tackled WSOP guest sponsor Mr. Peanut. Matusow and Mr. Peanut got into a friendly disagreement when Mr. Peanut refused to come over to Matusow's table. Matusow tackled the famous icon, but the nimble Mr...read more

Singer's Main Event refund denied

David Singer will not receive a refund or be allowed to play in another Day One despite threatening to go to the Nevada Gaming Commission over a rule dispute on his bust-out hand early Sunday morning, World Series of Poker Tournament Director Jack Effel said...read more

CEO Poker Tour all about networking

The CEO Poker Tour isn't the WSOP. And it isn't the WPT. But that's ok. It's not supposed to be. "It's a place where CEOs and junior executives can make a connection and network while playing poker," said Maria Gomez, President of CEO Poker and Executive Games. And the players take the networking seriously...read more

WSOP adjusts registration process on the fly

Players waited in three-hour-registration lines the day before the World Series of Poker Main Event began as throngs tried to secure seats the moment they arrived at the Rio Thursday afternoon. At the same time players were looking to register for the Main Event, others were also trying to enter Annie Duke's Ante Up For Africa charity event and the nightly Main Event Mega-Satellite tournament...read more