Tom McEvoy was one of 20 former main event championship to participate in the WSOP Champions Invitational.
When Grand Rapids native Tom McEvoy won the World Series of Poker main event in 1983, he outlasted just 107 other players. McEvoy’s latest WSOP victory didn’t earn him a bracelet, but it should give him equal satisfaction.
McEvoy [...]
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Tom McEvoy Takes WSOP Champions Invitational
Daniel Negreanu Targets 5th Bracelet in WSOP Stud Championship
No bracelets were awarded on Tuesday at the WSOP, but there were several big stories that kept people riveted to the tables of the five different bracelet events that were running. The most star-studded field had to be Event #6, the $10,000 World Championship Stud Hi event, which drew only 142 runners at the start [...]
Read more ...PKR gets exclusive WSOP TV deal
Future generation online poker room PKR today declared that they have agreed a blockbuster deal with Bluff media that will see PKR act as the exclusive sole live broadcaster of 24 bracelet events from this year’s World Series of Poker.
With ESPN no longer broadcasting many World Series events across Europe, PKR will be the only [...]
Phil Hellmuth is top pick to Win WSOP Champions Invitational
Ultimate Bet pro and 11-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth is the top pick to be the victor in the 2009 WSOP Champions Invitational, fetching 9:1 odds. The tournament will include only of previous Main Event champions.
Hellmuth won the 1989 Main Event, warranting an natural entry into the WSOP Champions Invitational. The [...]
Titan Poker Giving Away Seats for the 2009 WSOP
Online Hold Em poker players frrom around the world interested in playing in the biggest poker event of the year can qualify for their 2009 WSOP seats a Titan Poker, the leading poker room in Europe and the largest venue on the iPoker Network.
Titan Poker is awarding its top players with $13,000 WSOP packages, which [...]
Dream Team Poker
Dream Team Poker
Dream Team Poker began as a ordinary idea where players could team up and play Texas Holdem Games, instead of having to contest on their own personal. The team play has become so favourite over the past several months, that it now is obtaining more publicity at the WSOP.
Dream Team Poker will have [...]
WSOP changes bracelet formalities for 2009.
Harrah’s has revealed that it will carry out a new tradition for WSOP bracelet winners this year.
Players win a World Series of Poker bracelet event by playing Texas Holdem will receive a special invitation to the Amazon Room at the Rio at exactly 2.20 pm the day following their win. They will receive a special [...]
Poker Stars ,Starts Running WSOP Satelites.
Ending weekend, PokerStars started running satellites into the greatest championship of the year
— the WSOP main event. PokerStars, the place that constantly dispatches the most
contestants to Las Vegas every year, is the last of the major poker places to start offering
qualifiers into the primary event.
PokerStars points out that it has dispatched more contestants to the [...]
WSOP Europe Publishes Tournament Timetable
The 3rd annual WSOP Europe presented by Betfair has finalized its tournament timetable, Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc., owner and operator of the world’s most exclusive poker tournaments announced today.
The 2009 WSOP Europe Presented by Betfair will aspect four bracelet tournaments, including a new inclusion, the £2,500 Pot Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha mixed event that begins on [...]
Harrah’s Entertainment may need to Sell WSOP Brand
The WSOP, World Series of Poker, may be up for sale since this latest slump has left Harrah’s Entertainment with liability and liquidity difficulties. Online casino operators are keeping a watchfull eye hoping that one of the goods up for sale is the brand privileges to the World Series of Poker.
Harrah’s Entertainment has had an [...]


