WSOP

The Main Event began a few minutes after 2:00 pm local time after a brief introduction and announcement made by the WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack and Tournament Director Jack Effel, who among other things, thanked fans and players for their support and collaboration, and the tournament staff and dealers for their hard work and contribution to this year’s tournament series.

After two sold out events at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and the Caesars Palace, the Dream Team Poker is tuning the final details for the upcoming event at the 2009 WSOP in Las Vegas, which will kick off on July 12th at the the Brasilia Room inside the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino.

Aced will be hosting a WSOP Party on July 2nd at The Palms Las Vegas and they would like to extend an invite to all Aced.com poker players that will be in Las Vegas.

Poker players traveling to Las Vegas for the 2009 WSOP Main Event will have a final chance to prepare both strategically and mentally for one of the toughest poker tournaments of the year thanks to the World Series of Poker Academy's special Main Event Primer scheduled to run from June 29th to July 1st at Caesars Palace Las Vegas.

Find out who has won the first 38 events at the 2009 World Series of Poker.

Some of the biggest and most successful movie stars, sports celebrities and best professional poker players on the planet will get together in Las Vegas on July 3rd for the 3rd Ante Up For Africa (AUFA) Celebrity-Charity poker tournament held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino as part of the 40th annual World Series of Poker.

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Professional British poker player Roland de Wolfe has become the second player to ever win a World Series of Poker, European Poker Tour (2006 EPT Dublin Championship) and World Poker Tour event (2005 WPT Grand Prix De Paris).

Brock Parker, a 27 year old player who recently gained the attention of the media and the respect of the poker world after winning his first gold bracelet in the 2009 World Series of Poker Event #14 ($2,500 six-handed limit Hold’em), has taken the $2,500 6-Handed NLHE Event #19, winning his second WSOP bracelet in less than a week and adding $552,745 to his career winnings.

Lisa Hamilton, a 37 year old player from Hawaii has recently won her first Gold Bracalet and the $195,390 first prize after taking the 2009 WSOP $1000 Ladies NL Hold’em World Championship Event #17.

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Ken Aldridge, a 57 year old retired teacher from North Carolina has become the winner of the 2009 World Series of Poker Event #9 ($1500 Shorthanded No-limit Hold’em), outlasting a field of 1459 players and taking home his first bracelet and the $428,259 first-place prize

WSOP champ and member of the famous Team Full Tilt, Phil Ivey, has added another World Series of Poker bracelet to his record on Thursday night after taking down the $2,500 No Limit Deuce-to-Seven Event #8.

22-year-old professional poker player from Fort Lauderdale, Florida and European Poker Tour Champ, Jason Mercier, has won his first WSOP bracelet after an exciting victory in Event #5 ($1,500 pot-limit Omaha event), taking the $237,462 first prize and rising his career earnings to more than $3.1 million.

24 year old professional player from Korea, Suk Min “Steve” Sung’s has won his first major tournament title after taking the 2009 World Series of Poker Event #4 ($1,000 no-limit Hold’em) on Wednesday night, outlasting a field of 6,012 players and winning his first bracelet and the $771,106 first prize.

64 year old player from from Las Vegas, NV, and four time WSOP bracelet winner, Tom McEvoy, has become the winner of the 2009 World Champions Invitational tournament and received the first-ever "Binion Cup" named in honor of the Binion Family, founders of the World Series of Poker forty years ago.

Event #4 saw a massive field of 2,992 on Day 1a (May 30th) and 3,020 players on Day 1b (May 31st), bringing the total of players in Event #4 to 6,012, the largest field reported in any event besides the highly popular WSOP $10.000 Main Event.

After shattering all expectations and setting new attendance and prize pool records, the 2009 World Series of Poker Event #3 ($1500 Omaha Hi/Low Split 8 or Better) has finally crowned its new champion in an exciting final table that lasted for about six hours and that closed with Thang Luu taking the bracelet for a second year in a row.

The 2009 World Series of Poker Event #3 ($1500 Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-Better) Day 1 kicked off yesterday with a record-breaking field of 918 players, making it the largest Omaha Hi/Lo live tournament in the history of the WSOP. According to the tournament officials, Event #3 showed a 10% increase in registrations compared to last year, when a total of 832 players entered the Omaha Hi/Lo event.

The 2009 World Series of Poker Event #2 ($40,000 No Limit Hold’em) has officially kicked off yesterday at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, registering a total of 201 players and amassing a $7.72 million prize pool. The high stakes event is the first open tournament at the 40th WSOP and the first televised event covered for future broadcast on ESPN.

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The 40th World Series of Poker has officially kicked off yesterday with the 2 day Event #1 ($500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold’em), registering a total of 866 entries and generating a $389,700 prize pool. In 2008 the event registered a total 930 entries and generated a $418,500 prize-pool, almost 10% more than this year.

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