Allen Bari may talk a big game, but he can sure back it up. Bari won his first World Series of Poker bracelet on Sunday, taking down the $5,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament at the 2011 WSOP. Bari won the largest prize yet awarded at the World Series, taking down $...

Eugene Katchalov won the first Stud event of the 2010 World Series of Poker, winning his first ever WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Championship. Katchalov took home $122,909 for his win. Katchelov, a 30-year-old professional player, is a former day trad...

Jake Cody overcame some of the world’s top heads-up poker players to win the $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship at the World Series of Poker. Cody’s victory gave him his first ever WSOP bracelet. The final rounds of the heads-up event provide...

Francesco “Cheech” Barbaro overcame the largest Omaha Hi-Low field in the history of the World Series of Poker to win the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split Championship. Barbaro, a former bartender from Chicago, won $252,283 and his first WSOP bracelet. Barbaro,...

While the action is just heating up at the 2011 World Series of Poker, an announcement yesterday has created enormous buzz around the 2012 WSOP, which will now be hosting the most expensive poker tournament ever. WSOP officials announced the creation of a $1 million buy-in...

Gus Hansen won yet again in the $25,000 Heads-Up World Championship tournament at the World Series of Poker, putting him in position to potentially score an incredible double in heads-up events. Hansen is now in the semifinals, less than a year after winning the 2010 WSOP ...

The second day of the World Series of Poker saw the $25,000 Heads-Up World Championship tournament work its way down to the final eight players, setting up exciting quarterfinal matches that will be played on Thursday. The most exciting match of the 4th round pit Gus Ha...

Phil Ivey has chosen to sit out the World Series of Poker, citing Full Tilt Poker’s failure to promptly pay back American players after the Black Friday indictments. In addition, Ivey says he plans to sue Tiltware, the software company behind the online poker site.

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The first day of the 2011 World Series of Poker got off to a fast start, as 128 of the world’s best players put up $25,000 each for the Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship tournament. The tournament featured a unique structure that allowed players to empl...

The 42nd Annual World Series of Poker begins on Tuesday, bringing together some of the world’s best – or wealthiest – poker players at the Rio in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament series begins on May 31, and will run straight through July 19, when the final ...