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Vin Narayanan Gaming Guru - Page 12  Sense of urgency picks up at WSOP Main Event15 July 2011
LAS VEGAS - Thursday was moving day at the World Series of Poker Main Event, with players jockeying to keep up with the rising chip stacks in the Amazon and Pavilion rooms in the Rio. And even though the bulk of short stacks exited the field on Monday and Tuesday, chips were flying across the felt like it was an Angry Birds game. ... (read more)
Ben Lamb grabs the lead on Day 2B of the WSOP Main Event13 July 2011
Day 2B of the World Series of Poker Main Event began at noon Tuesday with 2,490 players. Four hours of play later, 582 players had been eliminated. That's an elimination rate of 2.425 players per minute. After 10 hours of play, the elimination rate was 2.35 players per minute. If you're thinking that 2.425 (or 2.35) eliminations per minute seems pretty hectic, you're right. ... (read more)
WSOP Main Event draws third-largest field despite Black Friday11 July 2011
LAS VEGAS -- The World Series of Poker Main Event is like the Energizer bunny -- no matter what you do to it, it keeps on going. This year's Main Event drew 6,865 players, the third-largest field in the event's history. The Main Event champion will win $8,711,956. And while that first-place prize money is ... (read more)
Hellmuth fighting back from costly error11 July 2011
LAS VEGAS -- Phil Hellmuth made another late entrance at the World Series of Poker Main Event Monday. But this one wasn't planned -- and it almost knocked him out of the tournament. Hellmuth ended Day 1C on Saturday with 11,800 after making his usual highly choreographed late arrival. He was blinded off to about 25,000 Saturday during the more than four hours of play he missed. ... (read more)
Hellmuth, Negreanu headline large Day 1C WSOP Main Event field10 July 2011
LAS VEGAS - Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu began their quests for World Series of Poker Main Event glory Saturday as 2,181 players turned out for Day 1C of the $10,000 event. Saturday's large field gives the Main Event 4,056 players with one Day 1 remaining. The tournament's final Day 1 -- set for Sunday -- is usually the largest flight of the No-Limit Hold'em event. ... (read more)
The World Series of Poker is all grown up9 July 2011
LAS VEGAS -- Day 1B of the World Series of Poker Main Event saw another 978 players begin their quest to win poker's biggest tournament. While Friday's field was bigger than Thursday's Day 1A flight of 897 players, the atmosphere was remarkably similar -- quiet and studious. The new mood in the Amazon Room ... (read more)
Texas Dolly decides to play, but is eliminated from WSOP7 July 2011
LAS VEGAS -- The World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off Thursday with Doyle Brunson, who earlier had announced he wasn’t planning on playing in poker's marquee event, changing his mind and sitting at ESPN’s featured table after asking dealers to "shuffle up and deal." Six hours later, Brunson was eliminated from the tournament he hadn’t really wanted to play in the first place. ... (read more)
WSOP Poker Player's Championship notebook: The 'F Bombs' were flying6 July 2011
For 15 minutes Tuesday, F bombs were flying at the WSOP $50,000 Poker Player's Championship. In fact, the only thing missing from the event was Cee-Lo Green singing his hit song F**k You (Warning: Link includes adult language). The fireworks began when Scott Seiver dropped an F bomb with just three tables remaining in the tournament. ... (read more)
Jonathan Epstein gets just reward for making final table of WSOP ladies event3 July 2011
It turns out there is booing in poker. And that's a good thing. For the past two days, Jonathan Epstein has been the target of derision at the World Series of Poker for making a deep run in the $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em tournament. And he deserved every bit of it, from the "bust that dude" chants that ... (read more)
Report: European investors agree to purchase Full Tilt1 July 2011
A group of European investors are poised to rescue Full Tilt Poker, just two days after Alderney suspended the gaming site's license, according to a Los Angeles Times report. The deal, reportedly signed yesterday, would allow American players to recover money they had in their accounts when the Department ... (read more)
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