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I can now predict, with almost crystal certainty, what is going to take place on the screen in front of me, showing the ESPN coverage of the World Series Main Event. "Daniel Negreanu will now get up, walk to the side of the stage and use his phone. Then,...more

Less than 24 hours ago, a hungry World Series of Poker player could casually stroll from the Pavilion Room of the Rio Hotel and into the WSOP Poker kitchen. There they could buy from any of more than half a dozen food stations a taco, Vietnamese pho, lo mein noodles,...more

Per Linde has many towers of chips in front of him and is busy counting, his spindly forefinger pointing at each stack of 20 while he whispers the mounting total to himself. It's a big figure, good for nearly 1.1 million. This was during a short break in play while...more

While the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Joe Cada, Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson might already have departed, taking with them a big chunk of the player recognition factor for a lot of American railbirds, as well as those watching on ESPN. Within the field of 350 players that remain...more

On any given day here at the World Series of Poker, the 2pm deep-stack events that cost just a couple hundred dollars to play draw hundreds of people to the field. There is no bracelet awarded at the end. The few final tables players routinely chop up the cash. It's...more

The London Vic, or the Grosvenor Victoria Casino, north of Hyde Park in London is a worldwide landmark for poker players. To players in the UK, it's the place to make your mark in poker history. On October 2, women from all over Europe and around the world will gather...more

You rarely get to this stage of the World Series Main Event and expect things to go according to plan. With so much variance at work, things can go significantly better, or sadly a lot worse than expected. Just ask Vanessa Rousso (though you may care to leave it for...more

"You're welcome to come over to the Thunder Dome!" Those are the kinds of messages you hear over the World Series of Poker public address system. The Thunder Dome, better known to the media as the Mother Ship, better known to the general public as the WSOP main stage, was...more

For most a trip to Las Vegas is judged on a handful of parameters. The obvious one is the "money lost" category. Then there are things like the number of shows seen or days spent by the pool. For Team PokerStars Pro Martin Hruby it's been a bit of...more

Daniel Negreanu's day had not gone well. Down to 64,000 from his 207,500 starting stack, he was dangerously short with the bubble looming large over the tournament floor. We were two spots off the money and playing hand-for-hand. While most players sat in their seats, silently praying they would not...more

The World Series of Poker bubble looks different through every set of eyes. Between the media , the dealers, the players, and the TV crews, more than a thousands pairs of peepers looked out across the Amazon Room cavern and watched and hour and fifteen minutes of bottled tension that...more

Here's the deal. Turn up today at around noon, sit down, play a while, get knocked out of the tournament, walk over to a room across the hallway from the Amazon and pick up $19,000. Then go home to your family. That sounds like a pretty good deal, and...more

Humberto Brenes is out of his seat, unraveling headphones from around his iPod when a player from the next table walks over. "You got a spare piece of chewing gum?" This was a no brainer: Brenes is a man who has a personal gum mountain whenever he's playing. "Yes, I...more

This is it. This is the day scientists, anthropologists, and behaviorists should visit every year. Today marks the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event money bubble. At some point about two hours from now, the WSOP will experience the greatest potential happy energy of the entire tournament. From that...more

When it comes to the Department of Big Numbers, PokerStars has it covered. Every five billion hands we deal, we celebrate by giving away piles of cash to our players. It's another way for us to say thanks for your loyalty. Only a few months ago, we were celebrating 60...more