Jack Binion, son of the legendary gambling mogul and founder of Binion’s Horseshoe, and the man who invented the concept of a World Series of Poker, contribution to the poker world is comparable to that of any player and for that reason Binion proudly took his place in Poker’s Hall of Fame in 2005.
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Thursday, August 13th, 2009The 2009 WSOP November Nine
Friday, July 17th, 2009Following the success of its “November Nine” concept of moving the World Series of Poker main event final table to November for television, the powers that be at Harrah’s once again decided to use the format to decide this year’s champion.
On Thursday, the remaining players from the main event battled down in the Rio’s Amazon [...]
The Top Ten Players of All Time #6: Puggy Pearson
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009Walter Clyde “Puggy” Pearson who earned his nickname for his disfigured pug nose was the epitome of the old school poker player. Not only did he have the style of the old school and all of the connotations that come with it but he was a damn good player and certainly one of the greats, [...]
Celebrity Poker Players
Monday, July 13th, 2009Poker players around the world will be familiar with celebrity poker players like Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu but there are plenty of stars who have come to poker after achieving fame elsewhere. Such is the popularity of online poker in these modern times, it seems that anyone who is anyone plays poker. Indeed, it [...]
WSOP Main Event Update
Friday, July 10th, 20094505 players from the 6494 who started out at the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event returned for the 2 Day 2s at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas to battle out for the $10,000 buy-in championship bracelet and the chance to a part of the November Nine who will return to the Rio [...]
Female Poker Players
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009Commonly seen by outsiders as a bastion of male domination, the fabulous world of poker is also home to many fine female players, many of whom rank amongst the world’s best poker players. Television viewers are as accustomed these days to seeing Jennifer Harman, Annie Duke and Clonie Gowen on their screens as Gus Hansen [...]
My picks for the WSOP main event
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009With the Main Event due to begin on Sunday, I thought it might be a good idea to spark some debate about who is likely to take down the World Series of Poker main event this year in Las Vegas. For the last few years, the internet kids and the nobodies and amateurs have had [...]
The Top Ten Players of All Time: #8- Phil Ivey
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009Phil Ivey, oft described as “The Tiger Woods of Poker” is arguably the most naturally gifted poker playing the game today. A formidable cash game player across numerous poker disciplines in addition to a fantastic tournament competitor, Ivey’s almost savant-like, innate hand and game reading abilities are the envy of the entire poker playing fraternity. [...]
The Top Ten Players of All Time: #9- Dan Harrington
Thursday, June 25th, 2009Now, this may be a controversial choice but Harrington’s contribution to the game is greatly underestimated by a great number of people. Not only is he a fantastic player in his own right, with results to back it up, but his writing on the game has inspired and encouraged thousands more to take up the [...]
3s a Crowd for Lisandro
Thursday, June 25th, 2009Veteran Australian Jeffrey Lisandro has shown exactly why he is the world’s pre-eminent seven card stud player by collecting his third stud discipline bracelet of what is proving to be a more than memorable World Series of Poker for him.
Lisandro completed the trifecta of stud events, by dominating the $2,500 buy-in Seven Card Razz event, [...]