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May 2014

Vanessa Selbst Wins Her Third Bracelet: Recap of the Highlights

When Vanessa Selbst met Jason Mo heads-up for the bracelet in Event #2, the $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold’em, everybody in the poker world was watching. Would Vanessa Selbst capture her third gold bracelet and be the first woman to win three bracelets in open events at the WSOP? Would she …

WSOP #2: Vanessa Selbst vs. Jason Mo Heads-up for the Bracelet

By the irony of fate Vanessa Selbst is going to play Jason Mo heads-up for the gold bracelet later today in event #2, the $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold’em. Yesterday Jason Mo called Vanessa Selbst “so bad” on Twitter, after Selbst was all in with against Ryan Fee’s .  Selbst hit …

WSOP #3: Ho, Liebert and Birnbaum Survive to Live Another Day

Pot-Limit Omaha is known to be an action-packed game and event three the $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha confirmed the fact. The event draw 1,128 entries and when the battle was over only 106 players were still standing. On top on them all Loren Klein, who was the only player to reach …

WSOP #2: Vanessa Selbst Among the Chip Leaders Going Into Day 3

When day 2 of the $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold’em event came to a close, the field of 60 players had been cut down to 16 players. They are all in the money, while four-time WSOP bracelet winner John Juanda became the unfortunate bubble boy The chip lead is tied by …

WSOP #2: Vanessa Selbst Off to a Great Start

Yesterday the first open event of the World Series of Poker kicked off. It was the $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold’em event and an extremely competent field of world-class players – 131 of them – showed up at the Rio with great expectations. The Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold’em event was first introduced …

JJ Liu Wins the APPT Macau High Roller

It was one of poker’s greatest names that took down the 2014 PokerStars.net APPT Macau High Roller, that is Taiwanese-American JJ Liu. Liu, who was inducted to The Women in Poker Hall of Fame two years ago, won HK$1,4200 ($183,000) for her first-place finish. At the final table were notable …

How to Bring Fun Back to Poker: Five Pieces of Advice from Katie Dozier

Are you tired of being surrounded by hoodies and sunglasses at a silent poker table? Being berated by a 21 year old kid on how bad you played a hand? And having to listen to endless discussions of which ranges to 4-bet pre-flop? Well, you’re not alone! For some time …

Warming up to the WSOP: When Elisabeth Hille Owned Greg Merson

Two years ago, not only one but two female players were as close as you can get to the final table at WSOP Main Event. I am of course talking about French player Gaëlle Baumann and Norway’s Elisabeth Hille, who made the count down to the final table a very …

Celina Lin: “I’ve never been one to shy away from challenge”

On Wednesday May 21, Asian Pacific Poker Tour Macau, Main Event kicks off. In a new blog PokerStars Pro Celina Lin looks back on the tournament that always had a special place in her heart. It was here that everything started for the Chinese-born player and where she got into …

Warming up to the WSOP: “I knew You Had That Hand. Mama Mia!”

With less than two weeks to go before the WSOP kicks off, we are going to look at some memorable hands that were played at the Series over the years. The hand we look at today is from the WSOP Main Event 2005, and it has gone down as one …