Tag: WSOP

  • Practice for the WSOP on Your iPhone

    If you are a poker enthusiast and also happen to have an iPhone then I’ve got some exciting news for you. A new iPhone application for poker buffs is now available in the iPhone App Store. The World Series of Poker Hold’em Legend App is making its way through the iPhone-toting poker community like wildfire.…

  • WSOP Winner Joe Cada Lobbies for Poker On Capitol Hill

    Joe Cada, the winner of this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event, headed to Capitol Hill yesterday to lobby alongside the Poker Players Alliance (PPA). The PPA is a lobbying organization with more than 1.2 million members, fighting for the rights of poker players. PPA has already succeeded in a number of victories, including…

  • 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…

  • Poker Hall of Fame Welcomes Mike Sexton

    The Poker Hall of Fame recently inducted its 38th member, Mike Sexton. Sexton won out over the other nominees, which included poker greats Barry Greenstein, Dan Harrington, Phil Ivey, Tom McEvoy, Men Nguyen, Scotty Nguyen, Daniel Negreanu and Erik Seidel. There is no doubt in my mind that Sexton was the best choice for this…

  • $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…