Daily news from poker and online poker world http://www.pokernews.com/news/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:52:20 -0800 http://www.pokernews.com/i/logo-pn2.gif http://www.pokernews.com/news/ en-us Copyright 2003-2008, PokerNews.com http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/11/2008-wsop-final-table-auction-announced.htm The World Series of Poker is teaming up with XP Events to auction off the table used for the last of the action in the 2008 WSOP Main event, which concluded early Tuesday morning when Denmark's Peter Eastgate eliminated Russia's... poker/news/2008 WSOP Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:49:00 -0800 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/11/wsop-main-event-day-9-peter-eastgate-youngest-ever-me-winner.htm After nearly four months of waiting, the final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event concluded last night in a battle of rising poker superstars. 27-year-old Ivan Demidov had already locked up the title of biggest Russian... poker/news/2008 WSOP http://www.pokernews.com/poker-forum/topic4157/ Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:47:00 -0800 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/11/wsop-main-event-day-8-final-table-eastgate-demidov-play-for-title.htm A huge crowd gathered in the Penn & Teller Theater at the Rio yesterday for the first day of the World Series of Poker Main Event final table. After nearly a four-month break, the "November Nine" returned to Las Vegas for their... poker/news/2008 WSOP http://www.pokernews.com/poker-forum/topic4153/ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:58:00 -0800 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/11/pokernews-november-nine-return.htm One hundred and seventeen days of waiting are almost over. Beginning at roughly 10:20 a.m. Las Vegas time on Sunday morning, the nine finalists in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event will return to play in the Penn and Teller... poker/news/2008 WSOP Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:17:00 -0800 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/11/pokernews-november-nine-focus-scott-montgomery.htm Scott Montgomery, the 26-year-old Perth, Ontario native, may not have been a household name before his WSOP Main Event appearance, but this isn't his first time at center stage. Montgomery had a memorable TV final-table appearance... poker/news/2008 WSOP Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:02:00 -0800 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/10/pokernews-november-nine-focus-ivan-demidov.htm Ivan Demidov, the 27-year-old from Moscow, Russia, poured himself into his first World Series of Poker this summer, playing almost every event over the seven-week series. By the time the Main Event was set to start, however... poker/news/2008 WSOP http://www.pokernews.com/poker-forum/topic4069/ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:38:00 -0800 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/09/2008-wsop-event-1-day-1a-negreanu-leads.htm One hundred and ninety-one players took part in Day 1a of Event #1 of the World Series of Poker Europe, £1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, at the Empire in Leicester Square. Among the big names in the field for Event #1 were European superstars... poker/news/2008 WSOP http://www.pokernews.com/poker-forum/topic3957/ Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:49:00 -0800 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/07/wsop-championship-american-dream-poker-world.htm Participation in the World Series of Poker Main Event has escalated to such previously unfathomable heights that there has been strong speculation as to whether a top-name pro will ever win it again. A professional has not won... poker/news/2008 WSOP Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:37:00 -0800 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/07/2008-wsop-main-event-day-7-dennis-phillips-leads-final-table-set.htm 6,844 players started the 2008 WSOP Championship for the second largest field in WSOP history. After a long and grueling Day 7, there were nine. Dennis Phillips had the lead going into Day 7, and when the last chip was counted... poker/news/2008 WSOP http://www.pokernews.com/poker-forum/topic3652/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:00:00 -0800 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/06/dr-pauly-2008-wsop-online-five-young-guns.htm Just before the 2008 World Series of Poker began at the end of May, I read an article in 'BLUFF Magazine' written by managing editor Lance Bradley. He listed five online players who were 21 years old at the start of the WSOP... poker/news/2008 WSOP Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:24:00 -0800