PartyPoker at the WSOP – Day 1B...

Day 1 B was a much quieter affair with only 873 players sitting down. This was possibly because it was 4th of July and a big holiday weekend here in the US. PartyPoker had 23 players starting their journey towards WSOP fame and fortune. For some it was the first time they have played in a big live tournament. One guy has made his way to Las Vegas for a cost of only $8 and won his way...

World Series of Poker Day 1 chip counts...

Day 1 started with over 1100 players starting their dream of WSOP success and riches. By the time the chips were bagged, 812 remained to come back again for day 2A on 7th July. With only 4 levels each day we are expecting a larger percentage of players to make it through to Day 2 than previous years. Many of the PartyPoker players had a good start to their tournament and most of those...

The World Series of Poker $10,000 main e...

The World Series of Poker starts today for many players. For them the WSOP is all about the main event and nothing else. The players started arriving at our fantastic Mike Sexton suite in the Rio Hotel and Casino at about 11am ready for the 12 o’clock start. Our suite is an oasis of calm in a very busy and congested arena of excitement. All credit should go to Sinead and Mike Sebour...

Photos From the WSOP...

The boys from Norway in some new clothes. (the cases have still not arrived) Andreas welcomes Katja from Norway and Pia from Denmark to the party.   :) The Poker Italia Team make a very quiet entrance and pose for a team photo Ian Frazer, His charming wife, Padraig Parkinson and Eddie Hearn seem pleased when I ask if they would like another drink. The new PartyPoker Grassroots...

British Airways – The world’s favour...

This afternoon more of the players have been arriving to check in and pick up their goodie bags. We had one couple from South Africa who were combining their trip with their wedding on the 9th of July. We certainly wish them the best of luck for the main event and also for their married life together. We also met Norwegian player, Petter and his three friends, Kim Andre, Martin and Ove...

Welcome to Las Vegas...

The players home for the next week – The Monte Carlo Hotel Well, rather disappointingly, Andreas played for several hours and ended up breaking even. That’s good because at least the rest of us don’t have to lend him any cash. However it does mean that Mario will have to wait for the Ferrari he was looking at last night in the Ferrari Shop at The Wynn. Today the PartyPoker...

Blog 2nd Trip Day 1...

By Ian Frazer Today is a very good day for me I am off to Vegas and Party Poker announces that they have entered into a contract with me as their sponsored player and UK envoy. Wallop! Well I am back in Vegas and can’t wait to start playing again! A quick funny story flying out here, I am last getting on the plane as my phone is ringing like mad because of the poker news and I am...

Las Vegas Trip 2...

By Ian Frazer Feeling good today and up for the $1,500 PLO hi-lo split. I want to get over to the Rio early as I have learned that the plums seem to be most eager players to take their seats and I don’t want to miss out on a valuable 10mins chat with them, this can save you 2 hours on the felt. So I am there in seat 4 and already in their seats are 1, 2 and 3, so we get chatting and...

Do these people not have homes or beds t...

31st June 2009 Thanks to the jet lag I only got about 4 hours sleep last night and so at 5am I was out of bed staring out of my window at the view of Las Vegas and the mountains beyond. I wasn’t just awake, I was so wired, I felt I was ready to conquer the world. If Mount Everest was across the street I would have climbed it without any trouble. This is in direct contrast to the...

I’m leaving on a jet plane...

The team have safely managed to arrive in Las Vegas but the trip was certainly not without incident. Flying from Malaga, Spain to New York and then onto Las Vegas, the journey sounded straightforward enough. After the million and 1 questions from security at Malaga, I found out that I would be sat apart from my 3 colleagues travelling with me – Mario, Naomi and Andreas. Whilst they...