Bruno Fitoussi – Poker Player Profile

Frenchman Bruno “King” Fitoussi, born September 21, 1958 in Paris, can often be found playing in the biggest poker games in the world. But Fitoussi isn’t your regular high-stakes card shark. An architect by trade, Fitoussi was also a music producer before founding the consulting firm VIP Gaming, where he still holds a position as [...][Read More]

Annie Duke Breaks Down Bellagio Poker Tournament Structures, UBOC 5

Poker News Daily: What have you been up to poker-wise since the conclusion of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP)? Annie Duke: Trying to slack off. My goal has to been to shirk all responsibility and I’ve been doing a pretty good job of that. The WSOP is a lot. It’s six weeks of [...][Read More]

Erik Seidel, Johnny Chan Partners on Full Tilt Doubles Poker Championship

On Saturday night, the second round of matches in the Full Tilt Doubles Poker Championship played out on GSN. The unique team format features randomly assigned partners who alternate action on every street. Teammates cannot discuss strategy while they have cards unless they call a 30-second time out. In the first match of the one-hour [...][Read More]

World Series of Poker Circuit to Make Historic Stop in Oklahoma

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit made history earlier this week with the announcement of an additional stop to its 2010-2011 Circuit schedule, a visit to the great state of Oklahoma. The WSOP Circuit will visit the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma from January 6th to 25th for the first ever American WSOP [...][Read More]

WSOP on ESPN Ratings Down 16%

After the first six weeks of coverage of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) on cable sports giant ESPN, the ratings are down slightly in comparison to last year’s numbers. The overall ratings for the first six weeks of WSOP coverage on ESPN have garnered a 0.67 rating, with a rating of 1.0 meaning that [...][Read More]

Shulman wins WSOP Europe

Take a look at the following line up and tell me that watching poker is like watching paint dry:

Barry Shulman, US
Daniel Negreanu, Canada
Praz Bansi, UK
Jason Mercier, Canada
Markus Ristola, Finland
Chris Bjorin, Sweden
Antoine Saout, France
Matt Hawrilenko, US
James Akenhead, UK

$30 million of winnings

Between these nine players there are eleven WSOP bracelets, 30 million dollars in total tournament winnings, and two of them are members of the very secluded November Nine group playing the WSOP 2009 Final Table in November.

Chris Bjorin, 2 bracelets and 50 WSOP cashes

Winning wouldn’t be easy for anyone of them, and it took Barry Shulman 15 hours before the last card had been dealt and he had defeated Daniel Negreanu in a very long headsup match.

Besides a coveted WSOP bracelet, the victory gave Shulman a hefty £800K ($1300K) payout.

Historic father and son thing

Barry Shulman is the owner of Cardplayer Magazine. He won a WSOP bracelet in 2001, and his son Jeff Shulman is in the November Nine where he will meet Akenhead and Saout and six others to fight out the 2009 WSOP Main Event final table.

With his father winning the WSOP-E, Jeff should definitely feel the pressure when the November match starts.

Negreanu in the money lead

As for Daniel Negreanu, he cannot be all too disappointed with his second place. The handsome $790K paycheck places Negreanu in top of the All Time Money List, before Jamie Gold who looked unbeatable there for a while after his record-setting WSOP Main Event victory in 2006.

Twelve million kudos to poker’s Mr. Nice Guy for that incredible achievement!

ESPN Steps Up Coverage Of WSOP Main Event Gambling On Tuesday

ESPN has been airing the 2010 World series of Poker on Tuesday nights and this week the action heats up with the third and forth day ones from the main event.

World Series Of Poker Complete, Las Vegas Casinos Back To Normal

The 2010 World Series of Poker came at a perfect time for Las Vegas casinos that have been struggling with decreasing revenues. With the WSOP now complete, visitors have again headed home, leaving the casinos to struggle once again.

World Series Of Poker Main Event Final Table Set

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