WSOP Day 1C: James fights his corner on ...
By Simon Young PartyPoker qualifier James McManus is sitting at table 1 in the blue section of the Amazon Room. It’s tucked away right in the corner, the furthest you can get from the throngs of gawping spectators, and probably the quietest spot from which you can mount a challenge on the WSOP leaderboard. It is also where 2006 champion Jamie Gold sat yesterday before busting...WSOP Day 1C: Can you bring back a new ho...
By Simon Young It’s normal for a father to take a present home for the kids when he’s been away. A new toy, clothes or music would be the norm. But Phil Green is on no ordinary trip, so his young daughter felt justified in asking for a slightly extravagant present, announcing: “I’d like a new house, please.” “I guess that puts the pressure on a...WSOP Day 1C: From pub game to the Big On...
By Simon Young Canadian Derrick Spurrell splashes out a bit of cash at his local pub game a couple of times a month, but it was just $3 well spent on a PartyPoker qualifier that got him a $10,000 seat, flights and accommodation in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker. That’s not a bad return for such a small investment, and Derrick is keen to make the most of...WSOP Day 1C: Mike Sexton flies the Party...
By Simon Young PartyPoker’s “Ambassador of Poker” Mike Sexton is playing today and getting involved in the early stages. Mike, who has already cashed $248,000 in the $10,000 Pot Limit Hold’em event, is looking to run deep in the Main Event as well. When holding A-5 he fancied raking a big pot on a A-Q-7-A-9 board, but ended up chopping the thousands of chips in...WSOP Day 1C: PartyPoker’s Carina k...
By Simon Young Poker is fast becoming a family affair. Yesterday PartyPoker had a husband-and-wife team playing the World Series of Poker Main Event – and today we have a mum joining her son for a shot at the biggest tournament on earth. Mikael Thuritz is a pro player from Stockholm, Sweden, who has made more than $1 million in tournament cashes, including nearly $250,000 for his...WSOP Day 1B: This place is nuts...
By Simon Young Visit Vegas often enough and you start to get used to the oddities of the place. At the WSOP last year, for example, an eight-foot peanut wandered around the Rio hotel. My cynicism about blatant snack pimping soon passed when said yellow lump of foam delivered boxes of free peanuts to the assembled press corps. Maybe he wasn’t so bad after all. Then on Day 1C he had...WSOP Day 1B: Adam is Hungary for success...
By Simon Young If anyone doubts that poker continues to grow in popularity, they should sit up and take notice of countries like Hungary, where the game is only just beginning to take hold. Increasing numbers of Hungarians are finding their way into big tournaments, and PartyPoker is delighted to have sent one to the WSOP. Adam Markovits: building a healthy stack Adam Markovits, from...WSOP Day 1B: PartyPoker’s winning ...
By Simon Young You’ve probably heard of some of poker’s more famous couples. There’s Phil Laak and Jennifer Tilly, Chad Brown and Vanessa Rousso, and David Benyamine and Erica Schoenberg. Now PartyPoker has its own husband-and-wife team launching an assault on the WSOP Main Event. Sylvia Sulek qualified in one of PartyPoker’s online satellites for just $3 back...WSOP Day 1B: Out with the old, in with t...
By Simon Young It seems a bit harsh to leave the efforts of those who played yesterday behind so quickly. But the WSOP Main Event waits for no one, and today we have another 1,400 or so players starting their quest to make it deep in the biggest poker tournament in the world. First, though, congratulations to PartyPoker players who made it through Day 1A. They include Sweden’s...WSOP Day 1A: Turned out nice again...
By Simon Young Word has spread that 1,297 players sat down to play Day 1A of the Main Event. It is likely more than that will play in the later Day 1 flights – certainly the last, Day 1D – so we could be heading for over 6,000 runners in total, not far off last year’s turnout. As we head into the last level today, 766 of the starters remain in their seats. While happy...
