Tag: world series of poker

  • Joe Cada Takes Home $8.55 Million in 2009 WSOP Main Event

    The 2009 WSOP Main Event has come to a close and the winner is none other than Joe Cada. At 21 years old, Cada is the youngest poker player to win a WSOP main event. Joe Cada has earned his keep as a professional poker player over the past couple of years. He started out…

  • Dan Livingston Triumphs at WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Chicago

    Dan Livingston, a part time poker player from Oak Forest, Illinois, proved that anyone can win it big playing poker when he took home $291,749 at the World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Chicago Main Event. Livingston won his way into the event, which had a $5,000 buy-in and 248 participants, when he won a…

  • Barry Shulman Takes Home Title at WSOPE Main Event

    On Friday, in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe, Barry Shulman broke through in a surprise victory against Daniel Negreanu to take home a WSOPE bracelet and £801,603. Coming into the final heads up round of the event, Negreanu seemed to be the sure bet to win the tournament. However, Shulman…

  • $40k WSOP Tournament Off the Schedule for 2010

    One of the highlights for me of the World Series of Poker this year was the $40k Hold’em event that kicked the series off. For one, I’m always blown away by these tournaments with huge buy-ins-$40k is what I’d call the big time. But what made this event really special were all the big poker…