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WSOP Event #20 - $2,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo All eyes were on 2004 Main Event Champion Greg ‘Fossilman’ Raymer who was making his second appearance at a final table at this years World Series of Poker. Once again Raymer was showing his diverse poker skills at a poker variation other than Texas Holdem.
June 15th, 2007 | Poker News
The final table for this Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo event lined […]
WSOP Event #19 $2,500 NLHE - “A Chip and a Chair!” The final table for the $2,500 No Limit Holdem event was set and the big story was Costa Rican Humberto Brenes who had navigated his way through another huge field to take his place at his third final table out of the six events he’s played in at this years WSOP.
June 15th, 2007 | Poker News
Brenes is a crowd favourite […]
WSOP Event #18 - $5,000 Limit Holdem Championship The final table of the $5,000 Limit Holdem Championship event really was not treated with the respect it deserved. With the final table area out of action due to ESPN filming an advert there, the two final tables that were going on at the same time had to make do with temporary areas in the […]
June 14th, 2007 | Poker News
WSOP Event #17 - Ladies $1,000 NLHE The Ladies event at the WSOP is always one of the more supported tournaments with “Girl Power” in full flow it’s an event that both the male and female poker world pay attention to.
June 13th, 2007 | Poker News
This year’s field of 1,286 broke all previous records for the Ladies bracelet event and was confirmation in the growth of female […]
WSOP Event #16 $2,500 H.O.R.S.E. With 55 events to fit in, the 2007 World Series of Poker is running to a tight schedule and on Monday the $2,500 H.O.R.S.E event was due for a long day with it being scheduled to be completed by the end of the night.
June 13th, 2007 | Poker News
The final 20 runners took their places at the tables and as […]
US Law change affect on WSOP 2007 Player numbers There has been great debate over the past six months or so about whether the recent Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act which has caused so many problems for US poker players would have a detrimental effect on player numbers at the 2007 World Series of Poker.
June 13th, 2007 | Poker News
The World Series of Poker has enjoyed phenomenal growth in […]
WSOP Event #15 - Helmuth rewrites the record books The build up of excitement was clear for all to see and the whole of the Rio were buzzing with anticipation with the news that Phil Helmuth had the chance to take the lead in the “bracelet race”.
June 12th, 2007 | Poker News
Before this event poker legends Phil Helmuth, Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan were all tied with 10 bracelets […]
WSOP Event #14 - Raymer and Greenstein in hunt for Bracelet The second and final day of Event #14 - the $1,500 Seven Card Stud took place this Saturday. The event only started with 385 players and 135 players returned for day 2.
June 11th, 2007 | Poker News
The action was slow however and for the first time at this years WSOP the tournament directors were discussing whether they would have to […]
WSOP Event #13-Cunningham enters the record books One of the best final tables of the 2007 World Series of Poker so far was in Event #13, the $5000 Pot Limit Holdem tournament where the crowd saw Allen Cunningham make history by winning his 5th WSOP bracelet and also became only the fifth person to win a bracelet in three consecutive years.
June 11th, 2007 | Poker News
The nine […]
WSOP Event #13 - Can Cunningham do it again? There were 398 players that entered the $5,000 Pot Limit Holdem event and only 51 of them returned for day 2 on Saturday.
June 11th, 2007 | Poker News
Some big names remained in the field all trying to reach the end of the day and the final table. Some of those remaining were Allen Cunningham, Humberto Brenes, Scott Fischman, Kathy Liebert, […]
