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WSOP Unveil Stunning Six-Figure Sum Bracelet
Written by A. Mitchell | Friday, May 18th, 2012

With the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) due to get underway in a little over one week, the organisation has now revealed this year’s winners bracelet as designed by Jason Arasheben. The famous jeweler is best known for the eccentric pieces he sells from... 

WSOP Asia Pacific Starting April 2013
Written by A. Mitchell | Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

The World Series of Poker has just announced the addition of five extra braceleted events to its tournament series with the introduction of the WSOP Asia-Pacific (or WSOP APAC). The multi-year agreement will take place at the Crown Melbourne in Australia, which... 

WSOP November Nine Format Scrapped
Written by A. Mitchell | Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

UPDATE: It would appear that the WSOP hint that the November Nine would not be returning was, in fact, ambiguous. The WSOP have now confirmed that the 2012 Main Event will be held one week earlier on Sunday, October 28th, probably in order to accomodate for the... 

Poker Pros Line Up For $1 Million WSOP Tournament
Written by A. Mitchell | Thursday, December 8th, 2011

This week, it has been confirmed that the $1 million buy-in tournament originally scheduled as a charity fundraiser at next year’s WSOP will now be an official bracelet event. Taking place between July 1-3, 2012, at the Rio in Las Vegas, the ultra high-stakes... 

WSOP 2011 Main Event Results: Key Facts And Top 50 Positions
Written by S. Taylor | Friday, November 11th, 2011

The 2011 Main Event started with 6,865 hopefuls back in July and reached its ultimate exciting conclusion this week, after German pro Pius Heinz, 22, was crowned this year’s winner of the hugely popular Event 58: $10,000 N0-Limit Hold’em Championship. Here... 

Pius Heinz: From Online Specialist To 2011 WSOP Champion
Written by M. Rhodes | Thursday, November 10th, 2011

What a difference a few months make in the world of poker. Take aspiring pro Pius Heinz, for instance, who earlier this year was contemplating giving up the game and returning to college after a rough six-month, only now to take down the 2011 WSOP Main Event for... 

WSOP 2011 Champion Pius Heinz: Analysis Of Final Play
Written by A. Mitchell | Thursday, November 10th, 2011

On Sunday night, the November Nine were whittled down to just three players who then took centre stage at the Rio in Las Vegas to decide the 2011 WSOP Main Event winner. Making it through to Tuesday’s final play was eventual champion Pius Heinz, 22, of Germany,... 

WSOP 2011 Hero Martin Staszko: The Chess Expert Who Won $5.5 Million
Written by M. Rhodes | Thursday, November 10th, 2011

In the highly competitive world of poker, as in most sports/games, the winner enjoys all the accolade and media attention while 2nd place is soon forgotten. On Monday night, Pius Heinz won the 2011 WSOP Main Event for $8,715,638 and the poker world has been toasting... 

WSOP 2011 Main Event Winner Heinz: Anatomy Of A Heads-Up Final
Written by M. Rhodes | Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Pius Heinz has just become the first German player ever to capture a WSOP Main Event, as well as the fourth straight winner to be 22-years old or younger. Going into yesterday’s exciting finale, the blinds resumed at 600K/1.2M and an ante of 200K, with chip... 

Ben Lamb Dramatically Exits 2011 WSOP Main Event
Written by A. Mitchell | Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Going into last night’s exciting finale to the 2011 WSOP Main Event, Ben Lamb had high hopes of capturing the most prestigious prize in the whole of poker. The 2011 WSOP Player of the Year was finely poised in 2nd place (55.4m) ahead of Martin Stszko (42.7m)...