WSOP airs on ESPN tonight
Been itching to watch the World Series of Poker on television? Now is your chance. ESPN begins broadcasting the WSOP at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, with the the first of two one-hour episodes that night....
View ArticleWSOP Main Event: Meet the November Nine
Ten days ago, 6,683 players began a journey toward $10 million and the title for World Series of Poker Main Event champion. Each played 70-plus hours of poker and only nine remain, each of whom return...
View ArticleWSOP: A look back at the locals
With the November Nine set and the World Series of Poker on hold for about five months, lt’s take a look back at how players from central Illinois fared at the 2014 series. If you know of any other...
View ArticleQuite the WSOP feat
When Mark Newhouse survived to play at his second consecutive World Series of Poker Main Event final table, he joined an elite class. The Las Vegas pro is the first player to make consecutive main...
View ArticleMake your nominations for the Poker Hall of Fame
It’s not in many fields that the general public has a say in who gets inducted into a Hall of Fame. In poker, you can. From now until Aug. 15, you can submit your nominations for who you think deserves...
View ArticleRIP James Garner: The WSOP’s white knight in a black hat
Venerable actor James Garner died Saturday night, best-known for his television roles as private investigator Jim Rockford and card-playing, gun-slinging Bret Maverick. And in 2006, when the World...
View ArticleBlast from poker’s past
The Redditors over at /r/poker always have fun and exciting ways to look at poker. The image accompanying this post was unique — even for that group. In it, a woman appears to be playing poker or...
View ArticleESPN airs One Drop starting Tuesday night
The 2014 World Series of Poker’s summer series begins airing on ESPN on Tuesday night. The first two, one-hour episodes of The Big One for One Drop start at 7 p.m. tonight on ESPN. This is the first...
View ArticleGet your Full Tilt stuff right here!
Doesn’t everyone need a Full Tilt-branded golf bag? No? Well, you can have one if you outbid the rest starting online at 1 p.m. Peoria time on Saturday at this website, where according to...
View ArticlePhil Hellmuth in Carl’s Jr. commercial
It’s not often that professional poker players cross over into the world of mainstream advertising. Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth and Scotty Nguyen were part of a spot for Pepsi a few years back. Joe...
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