WSOP Main Event: Mr. Unpronounceable
July 4, 2009
He is a man of results, but has a name so barely-decipherable that an addled tournament reporter may be hesitant to cover him. Team PokerStars Holland Pro Joep van den Bijgaart has made final tables in the Sunday Million, Sunday…
WSOP day 1 overview
July 4, 2009
WSOP Main Event: Cannibalism
July 4, 2009
Chris Moneymaker pulled out the only empty seat at Table 3 as he lamented his draw. “What a beat,” he said. In the two seat sat Russian Team PokerStars Pro Alex Kravchenko. Two seats around the table was 2004 WSOP…
WSOP Main Event: Same as it ever was
July 4, 2009
I want to say that it’s all new, that each year there’s a new main event mould ready to fill by a refreshed cast. But then, who’d really want it to be any different? Sure, the four opening day…
WSOP Main Event: Short Day 1A kicks off poker’s biggest event
July 4, 2009
As far as we know, it is not written in any poker bible that every tournament Day 1 must be a blistering marathon that leaves the players a blubbering mess at the end. That understood, never before at the World…
WSOP Main Event: Rahme rolls on
July 3, 2009
Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Rahme may play online but the live poker environment is his home turf. Whether it’s in South Africa, Australia, Monte Carlo, San Remo, the World Series or anywhere else the South African has cashed, the…
World Series Main Event: PokerStars’ movie star
July 3, 2009
I can’t pretend any different: I was first interested in tracking down the PokerStars qualifier Bill Murray because his name is Bill Murray. Not many of the names appearing on our long list stand out at the moment — huge…