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Mike Sexton’s Induction into Poker...

The recent WSOP Main Event final was not only a memorable day for it’s youngest ever champion Joe Cada, during the closing stages the legendary Mike Sexton, PartyPoker’s global ambassador, was inducted into the prestigious WSOP Poker Hall Of Fame. As well as many years successfully playing the poker circuit Mike was also instrumental in the explosion of poker across the world in...

Why the Bookies fear a Phil Ivey Win at ...

We all know that Phil Ivey is a remarkable poker player, after all this is a man that has total tournament poker earnings of over $8.5m and add on top of that the mind boggling sums he will have made in cash games you then begin to understand that we are talking about one of the all-time greats of this glorious game. Come November 7th and Ivey will face his greatest challenge to date,...

Last PartyPoker.com online qualifier bus...

As reported by PokerNews. Miika Puumalainen Eliminated in 59th Place ($108,047) It took two hands to eliminate Miika Puumalainen from this year’s Main Event, but they came in rapid succession. It was the first hand that was most damaging. Action folded to Puumalainen in the small blind. He limped into the pot in front of big blind Francois Balmigere, who raised to...

Day Six at the WSOP Main Event...

PartyPoker.com still has three runners: Miika Puumalainen 2,894,000 Aaron Coulthard 901,000 Maurizio Saieva 837,000 Maurizio is a member of the Italian Poker Team and with only four Italians left in the event – three of them are on the same table today. Miika starts on the ESPN feature table. Pictures and more information to follow later. All players receive bonuses for...

PartyPoker. WSOP Day 2B starts with a hu...

Monster Day 2B has them squeezed into every spare bit of space. A record 2924 players took part in Day 2B and there were players and tables almost in every available bit of floor space. For the first hour of play today they did not let any spectators into the various tournament rooms. Rumour spread that this would continue all day which had many people concerned if they were supporting...

PartyPoker – World Series of Poker Day...

PartyPoker – World Series of Poker Day 2A. July 7th 2009 Day 2A was by far the smaller of the two scheduled Day 2’s with only 1476 players taking their seats this morning. These players made it through the smaller fields from days 1A and 1B. It was been confirmed that tomorrows Day 2B will be at maximum capacity at about 3000 players. Where will they all sit? I have no idea. Anyway,...

PartyPoker – WSOP Day 1 D gets ove...

The big news for Day 1 D was simply the amount of players trying to register themselves for the main event. The tournament organisers were expecting it to be busy, possibly even selling out but they surely could not have expected the scenes that greeted us yesterday as we arrived at The Rio at 10am. There were at least 300 people queuing past The Mike Sexton Suite all the way up to the...

Day 1c Report and Chip Counts...

Despite Phil Hellmuth rather typically brash and tasteless entrance today which managed to attract all the media’s full attention, there was actually a poker tournament going on inside. Day 1 C attracted a total of 1696 players including 5 of last years “November Nine”. This was about double yesterdays number which shows that many players decided not to play on the 4th of July...

Phil Hellmuth makes a dramatic entrance ...

Day 1C The Phil Hellmuth show rolled into town today. The rumour buzzed around quite quickly that Phil and his entourage would soon be arriving so I grabbed a camera and joined the waiting throng. There were lots of camera crews and photographers waiting and yet current WSOP main event champion Peter Eastgate managed to walk in the door and past all of them without anyone recognizing...

PartyPoker at the WSOP – Day 1B...

Day 1 B was a much quieter affair with only 873 players sitting down. This was possibly because it was 4th of July and a big holiday weekend here in the US. PartyPoker had 23 players starting their journey towards WSOP fame and fortune. For some it was the first time they have played in a big live tournament. One guy has made his way to Las Vegas for a cost of only $8 and won his way...