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The 2009 WSOP Main Event attracted not less than 6494 players (who paid $10,000 buy-in each), of all these participants, only 9 players "The November Nine" still have the chance to win some serious cash on the final table in November. One of these 9 players is no one less than Phil Ivey from team PokerStars.

Read more » WSOP - Main Event: Phil Ivey makes it to the final table!

Day 6 of the main event is now over. Of 185 players who started this day, only 64 players made it through to day 7 after 10 hours of hand by hand poker. Unfortunately for Sweden is that their big hopes Christer Björin and Rifat Palevic both got knocked out in during 6. Other big names that got knocked out this day were Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Joe Hachem, JC Tran and David Benyamine.

Read more » WSOP - Main Event: Only 64 remaining players

Last week was most probably the most quite week this year on the high stakes tables online. Many of the big names have instead been playing live at Booby's room in Las Vegas, while others have been taking part in the WSOP main event.

Read more » High Stakes: Low activity on the Online High Stakes tables

Day 5 of the 2009 WSOP Main Event has been completed and a total of 185 players are going to show up to continue playing during day 6.Read more » End of WSOP Main Event Day 5

George Costanza, or Jason Alexander which his real name is, has had a great run in the main event of the world series of poker. He has made it to day 3 and is getting closer and closer to the big money.

Read more » The Seinfeld character George Costanza's great success in WSOP

A 33-year-old man, desperate for money, was taken by the police shortly after that he robbed a poker pro outside a casino in Australia. Now the 33-year-old man will pay for the crime he committed by spending his next 4 years in jail.

Read more » Man robbed poker pro -Will spend his next 4 years behind bars

Amir Lehavot (610,000) has taken the lead from Troy Weber (435,000) who was the chip leader when day 2 started. I took the lead thanks to this hand, Amir Lehavot said in an interview with a poker magazine.

Read more » WSOP - Main Event: Amir Lehavot in the lead with some big names close behind

6494 players paid the buy-in of $10,000 and took part in the main event in the world series of poker this year. Of all the 6494 participants, 646 players will receive a piece of the total prize pool of $64,940,000. Even though $64,940,000 is a lot of money, it's still not as much as in last year's main event.

Read more » WSOP - Main Event: Payout structure for this year's final table

Jack Ury is 96 years of age and the oldest participant in WSOP 2009. This is the third time he takes part in the World Series of Poker and he has been playing poker since 1953. Jack Ury was probably the most appriciated participant  the day he took part as he received standing ovations many times.

Read more » WSOP: Jack Ury - the oldest participant in WSOP 2009

Over 800 players had to take their $10,000 buy-in and walk back home today when they tried to sign up for the main event. This because all the starting lists were full and the crew behind the tournament had to close the registration.

Read more » WSOP: Over 800 players missed out on the Main Event

Surrounded by dozens of women, trumpeters and cheered on by his fans, Phil Hellmuth arrived dressed up as Julius Ceasar at the 2009 WSOP Main Event.Read more » Phil Hellmuth Shows up at Main Event as Julius Ceasar

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Jeff Lisandro, the most successful poker player in this WSOP (3 bracelets won) keeps on impressing. Now he's doing very well in the Main Event as well as he has made it from Day 1 to Day 2. Now the question is, can he make it all the way to the money, or maybe he can even take down the whole tournament?

Read more » WSOP: Jeff Lisandro makes it to Day 2 of the Main Event

Poker legend Doyle Brunson was eliminated from the WSOP Main event on Day 1b which was played on Saturday. Read more » Doyle Brunson Eliminated from Main Event

That animals can learn how to do the most amazing tricks, is nothing new. But that a dog can play poker must just be something that is not possible!? Or isn't it? The yorkshire terrier "Jillli" is the living proof that it's possible for a dog to learn how to play poker.

Read more » Video: "Jillli" - a dog that knows how to play poker

The Danish poker pro, Gus Hansen, recently placed a 1,4 million euro bet on a tennis player to win 2009's French open. Unfortunately for Gus his tennis player lost already in the quarter finals and a very lucky bookmaker could collect €1,4 million euro.

Read more » HighStakes: Gus Hansen loses €1,4 million on a tennis bet

Tom "durrrr" Dwan had a really tough start in the beginning of the year with millions of dollars lost. But the last few months he has improved his poker and is now over $1,5 million plus, he's also leading his own challenge (durrrr challenge) versus Patrik Antonius.

Read more » HighStakes: A great month for "durrrr"

After that Erik "Erik123" Sagström got kicked out on a third place, it came to be a very long heads-up between David Bach and John Hanson. But after many hours of playing it came to be David Bach who took down the tournament. For the win he received the first prize of $1,276,802 and a gold bracelet. But that's not all, he also received the Chip Reese Trophy - something that is almost more invaluable than a bracelet.

Read more » WSOP H.O.R.S.E: David Bach takes home the tournament

The $50K HORSE Event is still being played as we speak but Swedish poker pro Erik "Erik123" Sagström will not be fighting for the million dollar price pool as he finished the tourmament in 3rd place. Read more » No Win for Erik Sagström

In the lead of Event #49 - H.O.R.S.E we find no one less than the Swedish poker pro Erik "Erik123" Sagström with over three and a half million chips. There are now only 8 players left who will play tomorrow's televised final table, a final table which includes some of the best players in the world at H.O.R.S.E.

Read more » WSOP Event #49 H.O.R.S.E: Swedish poker pro Erik "Erik123" Sagström in the lead

Jeffrey Lisandro has really taken the world of poker by storm in WSOP 2009 after that he has achieved something that no one has ever done before, to take down 3 events (Stud High, Stud High-Low, and Razz) in the same WSOP. This is for sure one of the biggest milestones in Jeffrey Lisandro's poker career. But this successful man has achived so much more that many people don't know about...

Read more » The story about Jeffrey Lisandro

The Englishmen, John Kabbaj, took home event #45 PL Hold'em with a buy-in of $10,000. When the tournament was down to heads-up, it took 28 hands before the final hand was played and John Kabbaj finally was the last man standing.

Read more » WSOP: John Kabbaj takes home the world champion title in PL Hold'em

Earlier this year we reported that a couple of land based casinos were going to try out the new PokerTek tables which are electronic and do not require a live dealer. One of the casinos who have tried this out is the Excalibur Casino in Las Vegas.Read more » Excalibur Casino Getting the live dealers back

That the budget airline Ryanair have plans for an in-flight online gambling system is nothing new. Already back in 2005, Michael O'Leary, chief executive at Ryanair had these kinds of ideas. He believed that revenue from gaming and gambling could eventually do away with the need for air fares. But not until now, 4 years later, these plans are highly topical.

Read more » Ryanair to launch online gambling system on their flights