December 2012 Cover It was an interesting year for the poker industry. While the United States moved slowly towards legalized online poker and continued to feel the aftershocks of Black Friday, the live tournament circuit continued to grow here and abroad. Despite the disappearance of much of the televised poker programming that the ousted online [...]
October 2011 Cover It was an interesting year for the poker industry. While the United States moved slowly towards legalized online poker and continued to feel the aftershocks of Black Friday, the live tournament circuit continued to grow here and abroad. Despite the disappearance of much of the televised poker programming that the ousted online [...]
Phil Hellmuth is near the top of the Power Rankings as well after his WSOP Europe victory (Photo courtesy of WSOP) The BLUFF Power Rankings standings have changed quite a bit since the last update. Overall leader Marvin Rettenmaier increased his point total to 1785.25 and he now holds a lead of 408.96 points over [...]
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 [...]
Phil Hellmuth is in third place thanks to his 13th bracelet win at the WSOP Europe (Tim Firovanti photo) Dan Smith and Marvin Rettenmaier remain in the two top spots in the BLUFF Player of the Year standings, but there is a big new notable in third place. Thanks to his historic victory at the [...]
Jesse Sylvia and Russell Thomas competing at the World Series of Poker Europe (Photo courtesy of WSOP) The past week for the October Nine was defined by which of the nine members were active and playing at the World Series of Poker Europe, and which players were not. Greg Merson, Russell Thomas, and Jesse Sylvia [...]
Phil Hellmuth became the first player ever to win both the WSOP Main Event and the WSOP Europe Main Event. (Tim Fiorvanti photo) With 12 World Series of Poker bracelets and over $13 million in lifetime tournament earnings, there aren’t many things missing from Phil Hellmuth’s poker résumé. That’s what makes what happened Thursday night [...]
Mike Watson wins the €50,000 Majestic High Roller at WSOP Europe. The final table of the €50,000 Majestic High Roller was supposed to be all about John Juanda. Or Steve O’Dwyer. Or one of the two Asian businessmen made famous by their cash game exploits in Macau. With the shortest stack at the start of the [...]
David Benefield has his work cut out for him if he hopes to win the Majestic High Roller event at WSOP Europe. The €50,000 Majestic High Roller at WSOP Europe brought out some of the biggest names in poker and after two days of play only nine remain in the hunt for the €1 Million first place [...]
Phil Hellmuth holds the chiplead, but he’ll have to fend off the likes of Jason Mercier, Joseph Cheong and 5 others if he wants to win the WSOP Europe Main Event. (Tim Fiorvanti photo) It took less than four hours on Day 4 to reach the final nine players in the 2012 World Series of [...]
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 [...]
Joseph Cheong holds the overnight chiplead with just 24 players left in the WSOP Europe Main Event. (Tim Fiorvanti photo) The 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event has reached its most critical point, with just one day’s play separating the final 24 from one of the biggest final tables of the year. When [...]
Paul Tedeschi is the first player over a million chips in the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. (Tim Fiorvanti photo) Just 77 players survived to play into Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, and the pace from the time cards went into the air Tuesday afternoon moved quickly [...]
Jon Aguiar won his first career WSOP bracelet Monday in Cannes, dedicating the victory to his late grandfather. (Tim Fiorvanti photo) Jon Aguiar has a reputation for being a few things in the poker industry. He’s often loudly defiant of the status quo and not afraid to share his opinions when he thinks something is [...]