Σάββατο 14 Νοεμβρίου 2009

WSOP - World Series of Poker 2003 - 2006

The 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. There were 839 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament ever played in a brick and mortar casino at the time. Many entrants, including the overall winner, won their seat in online poker tournaments.



The 2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe after Harrah's Entertainment purchased the casino and the rights to the tournament in January. Harrah's announced that future WSOP tournaments will be held in a moving circuit of member casinos.


There were 2,576 entrants to the main event - more than three times the number of the previous year. Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament ever played in a brick and mortar casino at the time. Many entrants, including the overall winner, won their seat in online poker tournaments.


The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. The conclusion of the Main Event on July 15 marked the close of play, and the largest prize in sports and/or television history at the time ($7,500,000) was awarded to the winner. ESPN's broadcast began July 19 with coverage of WSOP Circuit Tournaments, and coverage of the Main Event began October 11 and ended November 15.

All events were held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino with the exception of the final two days of the Main Event which were held at Binion's Horseshoe Casino. This marked the last time the final table was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

There were 5,619 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament ever played in a brick and mortar casino at the time. Many entrants won their seat in online poker tournaments.



The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 25, 2006 with "satellite" events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions held on June 28 and 29. Forty more events in various events including Omaha, seven-card stud and razz, plus ladies' and senior tournaments led up to the 10,000 USD no-limit Texas hold 'em main event starting July 28 and running through the final table on August 10.

All events were held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, which marked the first time that a casino other than Binion's Horseshoe (now "Binion's") hosted the final table of the main event. Six days reserved for the first two rounds of play for the main event were established by Harrah's Entertainment, which has run the annual event since its purchase from the Binion family in 2004.

The first prize in the main event was $12 million (US), the richest prize for the winner of any sports or television event in history. The top 12 players became millionaires.

The 2006 World Series featured a much-anticipated HORSE tournament with a $50,000 buy-in, the highest ever for a single WSOP event.

Humberto Brenes, Phil Hellmuth, Chris Ferguson, and Alex Jacob are tied for the most number of cashes during one WSOP, with eight cashes each. Jeff Madsen, who won two events and made two other final tables (finishing third both times), was named the 2006 WSOP Player of the Year (POTY). He barely edged Hellmuth, who also made four final tables.

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World Series of Poker 1973


World Series of Poker 1978


World Series of Poker 1981


World Series of Poker 1983


World Series of Poker 1987


World Series of Poker 1988


World Series of Poker 1989


World Series of Poker 1990


World Series of Poker 1991


World Series of Poker 1993


World Series of Poker 1994


World Series of Poker 1995


World Series of Poker 1997


World Series of Poker 1998


World Series of Poker 2003


World Series of Poker 2004


World Series of Poker 2005


World Series of Poker 2006


World Series of Poker 2007


World Series of Poker 2008


World Series of Poker 2009


World Series of Poker 2010





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WSOP - World Series of Poker 1973-1998

The 1973 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. This year marked the first year a single player won more than one preliminary World Series of Poker event.
1st Walter "Puggy" Pearson $130,000
2nd Johnny Moss None
3rd Jack Straus None
4th Bobby Brazil None
5th Bob Hooks None
6th Brian "Sailor" Roberts None


The 1978 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held in May 1978 at Binion's Horseshoe. [1] and was the first WSOP that wasn't a winner-take-all prize. Instead the tournament had a progressive prize structure, as follows 50% for the Winner then 20% for second, 15% for third, 10% for fourth and 5% for fifth place. There were 42 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. This was the first time that the main event paid a prize to any players other than the winner.
1st Bobby Baldwin $210,000
2nd Crandell Addington $84,000
3rd Louis Hunsucker $63,000
4th Buck Buchanan $42,000
5th Jesse Alto $21,000
6th Ken Smith None


The 1981 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. There were 75 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. The final hand saw Green with 10 9 and Ungar with A Q, and the board was 7 8 4 4 Q.
1st Stu Ungar $375,000
2nd Perry Green $150,000
3rd Gene Fisher $75,000
4th Ken Smith $37,500
5th Bill Smith $37,500
6th Jay Heimowitz $30,000


The 1983 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held May 9th to May 12th, 1983 at Binion's Horseshoe. There were 108 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. Doyle Brunson fell just short in his attempt to win the main event for a third time when he finished third. Rod Peate and Tom McEvoy went on to play the longest heads-up match in World Series history until 2006. The match lasted over 7 hours. McEvoy emerged victorious becoming the first player to win the main event via satellite. Donnacha O'Dea was the first foreign player ever to place in the money at the WSOP.
1st Tom McEvoy $540,000
2nd Rod Peate $216,000
3rd Doyle Brunson $108,000
4th Carl McKelvey $54,000
5th Robert Geers $54,000
6th Donnacha O'Dea $43,200
7th 'Austin Squatty' John Jenkins $21,600
8th R.R. Pennington $21,600
9th George Huber $21,600


The 1987 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. There were 152 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.
1st Johnny Chan $625,000
2nd Frank Henderson $250,000
3rd Bob Ciaffone $125,000
4th James Spain $68,750
5th Howard Lederer $56,250
6th Dan Harrington $43,750


The 1988 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. There were 167 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.
1st Johnny Chan $700,000
2nd Erik Seidel $280,000
3rd Ron Graham $140,000
4th Humberto Brenes $83,050
5th T. J. Cloutier $63,000
6th Jim Bechtel $49,000
9th Jesse Alto $21,000


The 1989 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. The 1989 Main Event was won by 24 year old Phil Hellmuth, defeating defending champion Johnny Chan, and also breaking the record for the youngest player to win the WSOP Main Event (a record previously set by Stu Unger in 1980). Had Johnny Chan won, he would have tied Johnny Moss's record of 3 consecutive Main Event wins. This year also marked the first year in which Johnny Moss did not finish any WSOP tournaments inside the payout positions. There were 178 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.
1st Phil Hellmuth Jr $755,000
2nd Johnny Chan $302,000
3rd Don Zewin $151,000
4th Steve Lott $83,050
5th Lyle Berman $67,950
6th Noel Furlong $52,850


The 1990 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. There were 194 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.
1st Mansour Matloubi $835,000
2nd Hans Lund $334,000
3rd Dave Crunkleton $167,000
4th Jim Ward $91,850
5th Berry Johnston $75,150
6th Al Krux $58,450


The 1991 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. There were 215 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.
1st Brad Daugherty $1,000,000
2nd Don Holt $402,500
3rd Bob Veltri $201,250
4th Don Williams $115,000
5th Perry Green $69,000
6th Ali Farsai $34,500


The 1993 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. There were 220 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.
1st Jim Bechtel $1,000,000
2nd Glenn Cozen $420,000
3rd John Bonetti $210,000
4th Mansour Matloubi $120,000
5th Thomas Chung $72,000
6th Mike Cowley $36,000

The 1994 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. There were 268 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. Since this was the 25th Anniversary of the event, the winner received $1,000,000, plus his/her weight in silver, in celebration of the WSOP's silver anniversary
1st Russ Hamilton $1,000,000 + His weight in Silver
2nd Hugh Vincent $588,000
3rd John Spadavecchia $294,000
4th Vince Burgio $168,000
5th Al Krux $100,800
6th Robert Turner $50,400


The 1995 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. There were 273 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.
1st Dan Harrington $1,000,000
2nd Howard Goldfarb $519,000
3rd Brent Carter $302,250
4th Hamid Dastmalchi $173,000
5th Barbara Enright $114,180
6th Chuck Thompson $86,500

The 1997 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. Most notably, it was the only WSOP where the main event took place outdoors, at the Fremont Street Experience, just outside of Binions. The 1997 WSOP is also famous for marking the comeback of Stu Ungar who had last won the main event in 1981 and spent much of the previous years abusing cocaine. There were 312 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.
1st Stu Ungar $1,000,000
2nd John Strzemp $583,000
3rd Mel Judah $371,000
4th Ron Stanley $212,000
5th Bob Walker $161,120
6th Peter Bao $127,200

The 1998 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. There were 350 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.
1st Scotty Nguyen $1,000,000
2nd Kevin McBride $687,500
3rd T. J. Cloutier $437,500
4th Dewey Weum $250,000
5th Lee Salem $190,000

World Series of Poker 1973 (47 min length)

World Series of Poker 1978 (20 min length)

World Series of Poker 1981 (1 hour 04 min length)

World Series of Poker 1983 (44 min length)

World Series of Poker 1987 (43 min length)

World Series of Poker 1988 (24 min length)

World Series of Poker 1989 (24 min length)

World Series of Poker 1990 (44 min length)

World Series of Poker 1991 (45 min length)

World Series of Poker 1993 (44 min length)

World Series of Poker 1994 (46 min length)

World Series of Poker 1995 (54 min length)

World Series of Poker 1997 (45 min length)

World Series of Poker 1998 (36 min length)

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World Series of Poker 2007 - 2008 - 2009

The 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 1, 2007. The $10,000 (US) no-limit Texas hold 'em Main Event began on July 6 and was completed on the morning of July 18. All events were held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada by Harrah's Entertainment, which has run the annual event since its purchase from the Binion family in 2004.

For the first time players began each event with double the amount of chips as the buy-in. This means that players in the Main Event started with 20,000 chips. The blind structure has also been increased and some blind levels removed but slowed to allow for more play.


The 2008 World Series of Poker was the 39th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, the series began on May 30, 2008, and featured 55 poker championships in several variants. All events but the $10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas hold 'em Main Event, the most prestigious of the WSOP events, ended by July 15. As has been the WSOP custom since 1976, each of the event winners received a championship bracelet in addition to that event's prize money, which (after the casino's rake) ranged from $87,929 to $9,119,517.


The 2009 World Series of Poker was the 40th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and ran from May 27 to July 15. There were 57 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event. The "November Nine" concept returned for the second year, with the finalists of the Main Event returning on November 7.


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World Series of Poker 1973


World Series of Poker 1978


World Series of Poker 1981


World Series of Poker 1983


World Series of Poker 1987


World Series of Poker 1988


World Series of Poker 1989


World Series of Poker 1990


World Series of Poker 1991


World Series of Poker 1993


World Series of Poker 1994


World Series of Poker 1995


World Series of Poker 1997


World Series of Poker 1998


World Series of Poker 2003


World Series of Poker 2004


World Series of Poker 2005


World Series of Poker 2006


World Series of Poker 2007


World Series of Poker 2008


World Series of Poker 2009


World Series of Poker 2010

Σάββατο 24 Οκτωβρίου 2009

European Poker Tour

European Poker Tour 1- 6

The Pokerstars.com European Poker Tour (EPT) began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold 'em popularity. It is a series of televised poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour (WPT).
In seasons 1-3, the most significant difference between the competing poker tours was the buy-in and its effect on the prize pool, with the EPT featuring buy-ins about half the size of the WPT. This changed in season 4 when the buy-in for most EPT events was increased to €8,000. (Due to increased popularity and lack of space in participating casinos). At 2007 exchange rates, this is approximately equal to the US$10,000 which is the buy-in for most WPT events.
Furthermore, the final table is made up of 8 players, as opposed to the 6 player final tables popularised by the WPT.
The EPT is sponsored by and part owned by PokerStars and taped by Sunset + Vine for television broadcast across Europe.
The tour was created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. Duthie commentates for the show, alongside Colin Murray and James Hartigan. The show was first hosted by Caroline Flack, then joined by Natalie Pinkham. Season 4 of the show is hosted by Kara Scott.

Poker After Dark Season 1-6


Poker After Dark is an hour-long poker television program . The show made its debut on January 1, 2007. For its first two seasons, both of which first aired in 2007, the show was presented by Shana Hiatt. The host for season 3 was Marianela Pereyra, and Leeann Tweeden took over starting with season 4. All seasons have contained voice-over commentary by Oliver "Ali" Nejad.
The Poker After Dark format features an "intimate look at one table as it develops over the week." Blinds start at $100/$200 and slowly escalate. Commentator Ali Nejad's commentary is limited, allowing viewers to hear much of the table talk among the players, all of whom are miked. The series was originally structured as a series of week-long No Limit Texas hold 'em mini-tournaments for six top poker professionals. Each week the players vied for a $120,000 winner-takes-all prize pool, with each paying a $20,000 buy-in. By the end of the fifth show, a winner is determined. The sixth show is a "director's cut" that includes excerpts from the action from the previous five days, interspersed with talking heads commentary from the participants. Beginning with season 4, the producers began to experiment with different formats, including 2 weeks of cash game play, and a week consisting of a double-elimination Heads Up battle between the first 4 winners of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Also, starting with Season 3, each season has had a so called "Dream Table," pitting an amateur against five pros.
Poker After Dark, new late night show, invites viewers into the exclusive Las Vegas poker scene. The nightly hour-long show, hosted by LeeAnn Tweeden, features six poker professionals vying for a winner-take-all $120,000 first place prize.
Hosted by Leeann Tweeden, each week's tournament will follow the action from the time the players shuffle up and deal until the last pot is pushed to the winner. In between, you'll see first-hand why the pros say it takes more than just good cards to be a winning player.
Bluffs will be called, nerves will be tested, and characters judged as each player attempts to outplay, outwit, and outmaneuver the competition.
When all is said and done, one player will walk away a winner while the rest will just walk away.