Martin Staszko is the favorite to win at 14/5
Nevada Gaming Control Board approved changes to sports book betting earlier this year with the addition of action on non-sports events. Although odds have been posted in the past on non-sporting events the bookmakers could not accept wagers and did it for fun only. The first non-sporting event that will post odds and actually accept wagers is the final table of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main event to be played in November.
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November Nine chasing the bracelet
The stage is set and the final nine players from a WSOP Main Event starting field of 6,865 players are now on break until the final able reconvenes November 5-7 to determine the 2011 WSOP Championship winner. The November Nine was determined in the early morning hours on Wednesday, July 20th, when John Hewitt pushed all-in and was eliminated in 10th place, $607,882.
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Phil Hellmuth faces John Juanda for event win and bracelet #12
Update: Phil hellmuth was denied his 12th gold bracelet after John Juanda charged from behind to overtake and defeat Hellmuth.
All that stands between Phil Hellmuth and his 12th WSOP gold bracelet is fellow poker pro John Juanda. The two players outlasted a field of 126 in event #16, $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship.
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Phi Ivey during happier times at the 2010 WSOP
It's hard to imagine poker pro Phil Ivey without the FullTilt logos. It's even harder to imagine the World Series of Poker without a Phil Ivey; but, that's the way it going to be for the 2011 WSOP.
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Jack Effel, Shuffle Up and Deal!
After a seating glitch had more than one player assigned to the same seat, the 2011 edition of the World Series of Poker began it's 51 day summer run at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in las Vegas at half past noon today. With those immortal words, "Shuffle Up and Deal!," WSOP tournament director, Jack Effel, put the cards in the air for the most famous poker games of all times.
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Welcome to the 2011 World Series of Poker click for gallery image
Only two days remain before the famous "Shuffle Up and Deal" command will announce to the thousands of poker players at the hundreds of poker tables in the gargantuan poker room of the 2011 World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas the start of the 2011 WSOP.
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Doyle Brunson at play during the 2010 WSOP
Never known as one to back down from a fight or turn tail and run, the grandmaster of poker, Doyle Brunson, believes the whole of the poker industry is primed for the inevitable fight with the DOJ over the legality of online poker rooms. The fed lawyers are just as determined to eradicate the online poker scourge from the webscape of the U.S. of A.
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Ten handed final table of the 2010 WSOP Main Event click for gallery image
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Chris Moneymaker playing in the 2010 WSOP Main Event
This year's 42nd annual World Series of Poker will feature a few heads-up freerolls that have never been done in WSOP history: rematches from previous WSOPs.
On Thursday, June 2 beginning at noon, three rematches will take place: Chris Moneymaker vs. Sammy Farha (from 2003), Johnny Chan vs. Phil Hellmuth (from 1989), and two mystery champions (voted on by fans).
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Peter Eastgate's 2008 WSOP Main Event Champion's Bracelet
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