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The 2012 World Series of Poker is beginning to take shape, and it appears that the 2012 series could b e one of the most interesting in recent years. In addition to five new bracelet events (including the $1,000,000buy-in tournament) the WSOP has announced a number of major changes including the end of the November [...]

In my opinion the 2011 World Series of Poker main Event final table was the best in the modern poker era (2003-present), but in order for this to become a reality with  the rest of the poker world a number of things will have to happen -which make up the first three things I hope [...]

Since 2001 (What I’ll be calling the Modern Era of poker) there have been some pretty high-profile names at the final tables of the WSOP Main Event, but how does the whole table stack-up against the others of this era? In this column I’ll be looking at the sum of the parts, instead of each [...]

The2011 Poker Hall of Fame inductees had barely left the stage before the 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Ben Lamb was crippled at the final, final table of the WSOP Main Event: On Hand #1 of the evening Lamb 4-bet all-in against Martin Staszko in a blind vs. blind confrontation, and [...]

I have to admit that the 2011 World Series of Poker coverage has made it near impossible for me to indulge in my cynical side and unlike in years past it took a great deal of thought to find three small faults in the ESPN coverage of the 2011 WSOP. But fear not, I have [...]

I have to admit that the 2011 World Series of Poker coverage has made it near impossible for me to indulge in my cynical side and unlike in years past it took a great deal of thought to find three small faults in the ESPN coverage of the 2011 WSOP. But fear not, I have [...]

I have to admit that the 2011 World Series of Poker coverage has made it near impossible for me to indulge in my cynical side and unlike in years past it took a great deal of thought to find three small faults in the ESPN coverage of the 2011 WSOP. But fear not, I have [...]

While watching the ESPN “Live Feed” of the 2011 World Series of Poker I was in shock that the final three had a chance to be decided before the dinner break! Something considered unthinkable in a tournament known for its 12+ hour final tables. But this is precisely where we stood over 30 minutes before [...]

A lot of the online poker players are at home sitting on their hands thanks to the DOJ actions on Black Friday, and with little Internet poker options available one of the ways many of these players will get their “poker fix” is by watching the World Series of Poker telecasts on ESPN, which will [...]

With ESPN preparing their regular Tuesday night broadcasts of the 2011 World Series of Poker tournaments it seems the jury is still out on this year’s groundbreaking idea to broadcast full coverage of select tournaments including the WSOP Main Event on a 30-minute delay. The “live” stream was available at ESPN3.com and on ESPN 2 [...]