While many thought that the attendance would dip in the 2011 WSOP it turns out that is not the case. There is a good chance that the World Series of Poker will actually break attendance records this year. Last year there were a total of 72,000 attendees, and so far this year is on track to break that record. The Executive Director of the World Series of Poker, Ty Stewart, thinks they will crush that number. In fact attendance to date is up more than 10 percent from last year.
The 2010 World Poker Tour player of the year has won a 2011 WSOP event. Andy Frankenberger has won his first WSOP event on Sunday. The World Series of Poker bracelet came to him in one of the $1,500 no-limit hold’em events. He had to outlast 2,500 players, and by doing so won $599,153, making this the first big win for the player this year. The number of players in this event shows that while many thought the online poker war in the US would dampen attendance, instead players are coming on strong for the WSOP.
Day 19 is complete. Andy Frankenberger takes the Event #28 bracelet and the $2,500 10-Game Mix reaches the final table.
The Weekly Turbo is bringing you the week’s top poker news stories including news on the WPT’s ratings, an RFID poker table, and more.
At first glance the concept of a pocket pair in online poker sounds wonderful and promising as many players will already start adding the chips to their stack before the flop has even taken place. But the reality of pocket pairs, especially with small or medium range hands, is far more complicated and the online poker players that can successfully handle pocket pairs are the ones that will move into the status of professional poker and remain there.
On this page we’ve listed summaries of the most important news events of May 2011
Part of becoming a poker pro is the ability to maximize opportunities and one of the major factors that separates the pros from the wannabe class is the ability to succeed with monster flops. While the skill of raking in the chips on monster flops may seem like a no brainer the fine points of actually getting it done are quite another matter.
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