In an effort to keep players at the Rio the top brass at the World Series of Poker have decided to resurrect the Carnivale of Poker in a 21 event series that will run every Monday and Tuesday during the WSOP. The tour was originally held in 1998 through 2000 at the Rio before being [...]
The world of poker generated plenty of news this weekend with two season-ending premier events: the World Poker Tour $25,000 World Championship, the WPT $100,000 Super High Roller and the World Series of Poker held the WSOP Circuit season-ending National Championship in New Orleans. The full schedule of WSOP Europe was announced seven bracelet events [...]
The final six players in the World Poker Tour $25,000 World Championship had plenty of time to rest up for an intense final table run. The final table saw 260 hands over nine hours and Chino Rheem was the last man standing to claim the title and the $1,150,297 million that went along with the [...]
Just before the start of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event, the final $1,000 No Limit Hold’em event of the series got underway. An astounding 4,620 players would eventually register for the tournament, making it the largest field outside of the Main Event in 2012. After wading through almost 4,600 players Jonathan Hilton [...]
Whether you’re grinding the cash games, enjoying the Daily Deepstacks or playing the $111,111 One Drop High Roller, the World Series of Poker provides more than enough poker to occupy an entire summer. When things aren’t going well, though, sometimes you need a day away from the Rio to relax and recharge your batteries. Las [...]
The World Series of Poker starts in five days and will sap the attention of the entire poker community for seven weeks. While all the hoopla happens in Las Vegas, lobbyists and industry executives are still taking THE FIGHT to statehouses around the country — including Massachusetts. About a month ago I mentioned that a [...]
Only a select few times year the world’s best poker players get together to play a six-figure buy-in and the World Poker Tour found 17 players players ready to pony up $100,000 – four of them twice. Day 3 saw six players return to play their share of a $2 million plus prizepool, paying the [...]
A long day of poker came to a close just before 2 am Friday morning as the final table of eight was set for the 2013 World Series of Poker National Championship. Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Brock Parker took the lead as the field dwindled down to the last few tables and held onto it [...]
The World Series of Poker will offer a record-high 62 gold bracelet events this summer. With so many events to choose from, it can be difficult for some players to choose which events to play. BLUFF has broken down the whole WSOP schedule to highlight the events that players shouldn’t miss. Event 2: $5,000 Eight-Handed [...]
For the last six months Marvin Rettenmaier has enjoyed a tremendous lead in the BLUFF Power Rankings, displaying tremendous consistency in finishing in the top 10 of the BLUFF Player of the Year race in consecutive years and winning in 2012. Rettenmaier has started a slow descent back towards the pack, though, with his win [...]
The action at the 2013 World Series of Poker is just days away at the Rio in Las Vegas, but before it gets underway there’s a bracelet to be awarded in New Orleans. The third ever WSOP National Championship moved from Las Vegas to New Orleans for 2013, with a field comprised of 100 qualifiers [...]
The 2013 World Series of Poker Player of the Year race marks the third consecutive year that the award will be given based on a formula created by BLUFF. With WSOP Asia-Pacific factoring into this year’s WSOP Player of the Year race the action is already underway, and if it’s anything like the last two [...]
It was a quick and easy day for the field of the World Poker Tour $25,000 World Championship after it wrapped for the day needing only two eliminations. The final table of six players is set, they will have a day off tomorrow and then return to play down to a winner on Friday, May [...]
The poker world is full of facts, figures, stats and records. With so many numbers being crunched day in and day out, sometimes it is tough to see what they all add up to. That is why BLUFF brings you some of the more interesting numbers related to the big tournaments, big stories and big [...]