Barry Shulman on Winning the 2009 WSOPE Championship

Barry Shulman, CEO of CardPlayer, won the 2009 WSOPE Championship after a heads-up play with Daniel Negreanu.

These two big names in the poker world each took their turn getting rid of one opponent after another until they were left as the last two players competing for the major prize.  The game lasted about five hours, with Negreanu having a 2:1 chip lead against Shulman, but in the end, Shulman pulled ahead of Negreanu in what can be called as a very dramatic final two hands.

Shulman Talks about WSOPE [Read][more...]

Emphasizing the World in World Series of Poker

It was in 2005 that Harrah's Interactive Entertainment purchased the right to be the host casino of the World Series of Poker, and this big move only made the major poker series all the more popular as it attracted not only poker pros from the United States but from all over the world as well.  Now, the WSOP is considered as one of the leading poker tournaments.

From Las Vegas to London to the International Stage

The WSOP really saw a big increase in its number of players annually, and from the United States, the poker tournament has now reached London.  And like its predecessor, WSOP Europe is also attracting hundreds of poker player worldwide, including some of the biggest names in the poker world. [Read][more...]

2009 World Series of Poker Europe Won by a Brit

The WSOPE began last September 18 at the Empire Casino, London and, in fact, saw its biggest number of participants in its three-year history, having had 608 entrants.  The Main Event, which was to be a £1,000 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'Em, started last Monday, September 21, for a two-day event.

Aside from seeing the biggest number of participants, this year also marks the first year that a Brit won a World Series of Poker Europe title championship, and he is JP Kelly. [Read][more...]

A Look at PokerStars’ Pro Poker Player Peter Eastgate

This year seems like a pretty busy year for PokerStars' Peter Eastgate. He has been seen in many live poker tournaments and, in fact, has done quite a bit of traveling to play poker at these major poker tournaments.  He even went to play at the EPT Barcelona that has just recently finished where, sadly, he did not do as well as he and his fans had hoped.

PokerStars' Very Own Peter Eastgate

Peter Eastgate is a 22-year-old poker player and is considered to be the youngest player who has ever won the championship title of the World Series of Poker Main Event where he played against big names in the poker world like Ivan Demidov. [Read][more...]