Poker Scene News

WSOP Event #42 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo
June 29th, 2007 | Poker News

Event #42 broke all records for a Pot Limit Omaha tournament with the largest field ever recorded in this type of tournament.
No one at the final table had won a WSOP bracelet before and when the final 9 sat down the line up looked as follows:

Seat 1: Mark Wilds - 96,000
Seat 2: Dario Alioto - […]

WSOP Event #41 - $1,000 Seniors No Limit Holdem
June 29th, 2007 | Poker News

The seniors event drew a huge field with well over 2,000 participants. This event was open to anyone over the age of 50 and there was plenty of interest.
Notable players in the field were Tom McEvoy, Padraig Parkinson and Men “The Master” Nguyen. Once the huge field had narrowed down over the first two days […]

WSOP Event #40 - $1,500 Mixed Limit Holdem
June 28th, 2007 | Poker News

After a very successful tournament in this format for Event #1 of the 2007 World Series of Poker we returned to the same Mixed Limit format for Event #40. Mixed limit gives players a rotation of both No Limit and Limit Holdem throughout the tournament.
The final table line up for this event was as follows:

Seat […]

WSOP Event #38 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem
June 27th, 2007 | Poker News

Another big field in Event #38 the $1,500 NLHE tournament. Players had to be turned away as a capacity field of 2,778 took part.
After three days of play there was just nine players remaining and they came to the final table to battle it out for a impressive 1st prize of $673,628.
The final table line […]

WSOP Event #37 - $2,000 Pot Limit Holdem
June 26th, 2007 | Poker News

The events at this year’s WSOP keep coming thick and fast and the next event to final table was Event #37 the $2,000 Pot Limit Holdem.
The final table line up for this event was as follows:

Seat 1: David Zerrin - 238,000
Seat 2: Ray Coburn - 100,000
Seat 3: Pete Lawson - 198,000
Seat 4: Gioi Luong - […]

WSOP Event #36 - $5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo
June 25th, 2007 | Poker News

Omaha Hi-Lo can be a notoriously slow game with lots of split pots meaning that eliminations and stack building are drawn out. After three long days of this event we were ready for the final table.
The final table lined up as follows:

Seat 1: Max Reynaud - 529,000
Seat 2: Bart Hanson - 191,000
Seat 3: John Guth […]

WSOP Event #35 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem
June 25th, 2007 | Poker News

Another massive field showed up to take part in Event #35 which was another $1,500 NLHE tournament which once again overflowed the main Amazon room into not just the overflow Pavilion Tent but also into other areas of the Rio.
As this massive field was narrowed down the final table lined up as follows:

Seat 1: Darren […]

WSOP Event #34 - $3,000 Limit Holdem
June 24th, 2007 | Poker News

A relatively small field compared to others in this years WSOP took part in this event with just 296 entrants. This is yet another indication of the decline in the popularity of limit Holdem in the poker world.
The final table lined up as follows:

Seat 1: Vivek Rajkumar 170,000
Seat 2: Petri Pollanen 94,000
Seat 3: David Pham […]

WSOP Event #32 - $2,000 Seven Card Stud - Lisandro and Negreanu battle it out
June 23rd, 2007 | Poker News

Event #32 at this years WSOP ran over schedule and returned for an unscheduled third day to complete the final table. The ESPN cameras were in attendance to capture the exciting final table which included two big name pros in Daniel Negreanu and Jeff Lisandro.
The full final table line up was as follows:

Seat 1: […]

WSOP Event #31 - $5,000 NLHE Heads Up
June 23rd, 2007 | Poker News

In an event that stands out from the norm during this years WSOP there was a lot of interest towards this event both in the Rio and around the poker world.
In a format that is made for television the ESPN cameras were on hand to capture the event.
After having waded through the starting field we […]