Author: Paul Oresteen

Grafton and Polk Highlight Main Event Day 2 PokerGO Stream

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Day 2A/B of the World Series of Poker $10,000 World Championship Main Event returned 2,219 for the start of play. Players were segregated by flights by room with Day 1A players spread across the Miranda and Brasilia Rooms and Day 1B players were all in the Amazon Room. Five levels

Tim Burt: Grinding Online in a Warzone to the WSOP Main Event

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The World Series of Poker $10,000 World Championship Main Event is the proverbial carrot on a stick that keeps players coming every year, even if they lose. Army veteran turned poker pro Tim Burt has a five year odyssey with the Main Event and has every intention of going all

WSOP Main Event Draws Largest Field Since 2010

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The World Series of Poker $10,000 World Championship Main Event closed the third and final starting day with 4,262 unique entrants for Day 1C. The combined field of 7,221 entrants is the third-largest Main Event field ever and first since 2010 to cross 7,000 entrants. Approximately 3,300 players survived the

Matt Stout Scores Big with CSOP Benefitting Three Square

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Charitable initiatives in poker have been gaining steam over the past few years, with more and more players publicly pledging money to charity and wearing charity patches for awareness. Matt Stout’s journey from poker pro to founding of the Charity Series of Poker is an unlikely story, but anyone who

James Woods: Hollywood Actor Working Playing Like a Pro

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The World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event World Championship attracted Hollywood celebrities for years. Recent years saw Aaron Paul, Ray Romano, Kevin Pollak and Jason Alexander play with significant face time on broadcasts. Tucked away in the Amazon Room is two-time Academy Award nominee James Woods. Woods is

WSOP Main Event Day 1C Live Exclusively on PokerGO

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The final Day 1 flight of the World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event historically tests the limits of the Rio’s Convention Center with the largest flight each year. Monday should be no different with players spread across the Amazon, Brasilia, Miranda and Pavilion Rooms at the start of play.

Seven Former Main Event Champs Play with 2,164 Entrant Field

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The World Series of Poker $10,000 World Championship Main Event completed the second of three Day 1 starting flights on Sunday and drew 2,164 entrants. With the 795 entrants from Day 1A, the overall field is up to 2,959 players with the largest flight expected on Monday. After five, two-hour

Liv Boeree & Igor Kurganov Auctioning Bracelet for Charity

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Poker’s favorite couple this summer, Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov, broke through and won their first World Series of Poker bracelets together in the $10,000 Tag Team event. Following their win Boeree and Kurganov announced they were donating half of their $237,964 prize to the REG Charity – a project

Foosball Champ Billy Pappas Returns to WSOP Main Event

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The World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event reached the dinner break in Day 1B with a sizable field spread across the Amazon, Brasilia and Miranda Rooms. Hidden in the third room, only catching attention because of his trademark green Yoshi hat, Billy Pappas is back at the Main Event