2008 June 25 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Tuesday’s action at the World Series of Poker brought the crowning of the year’s first double bracelet winner, John ‘The Razor’ Phan. Phan’s second win at the 2008 WSOP was one of two titles claimed on the day, with action occurring…

In 2003, ESPN cameras caught an entertaining clip of a frustrated Phil Hellmuth storming out of Binions Casino during the Main Event.

One week ago, John Phan’s name would come up in discussions about the best tournament player without a World Series of Poker bracelet. Now, his name comes up in discussions of 2008 WSOP Player of the Year, after he captured his second…

720 players took the field in Event #43, $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Low, and with an average of nearly 100 players eliminated per hour in the early going, it didn’t take long for the field to thin all the way down past the money bubble…

Day 2 of Event #45, the $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em World Championship, started with 220 players and handily made it past the money bubble early in the day. But it would take until nearly 4:30 in the morning before Dale…

BY LYNNE SNIERSON  Five players from the poker room at Rockingham Park, who each won a seat worth $10,000 to the World Series of Poker, already know what they will do with the multi-million dollar prize up for grabs. The jackpot last year was $8.5 million, and of course I have dreams about the money if I win it all, said Billy Carrier, a 25-year-old wireless phone salesman from Salem. …

Three hours into the final table of Event #41, $1,500 Mixed-Limit Hold’em, Nick Binger had eliminated six players and seemed destined to win his first WSOP bracelet. But Frank Gary had other plans. An amateur poker enthusiast…