The payouts for the main event at the 2008 WSOP have finally been announced. Here they are:2008 WSOP Prize Pool and PayoutsThe total prize pool generated by the 6,844 entrants was $64,333,600. That makes the prize pool break down as

What happened to Vanessa? It seems all the other girls in her family got all the looks. Her mom is smoking, and her sisters are incredible also. I think part of the problem is she dyes her hair to that

Well, he was probably paid to be there at least, but UFC Fighter Forrest Griffin was at Day 1D of the WSOP Main Event today. Griffin, who won his fight on Saturday night, came straight from the hospital to play

Scotty Nguyen's gonna be triple crown, baby!" Nguyen said while posing after winning the $50k H.O.R.S.E. at the 2008 WSOP yesterday.Nguyen beat out the field of 148 players to win what many poker players regard as the most prestigious bracelet

Ryan Hughes could easily be considered the best Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better player in the world.Hughes managed to beat the field of 543 players in event 47 (the $1500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or better) to win $183,368.

There has been quite a bit going on lately, so I figured it would be easier to just do a summary post of all the things.Jennicide Is Off For Jury DutyJennifer Leigh (aka Jennicide) had to leave the WSOP early

After vowing to never gamble again, Charles Barkley is going to be back to the tables again, the poker tables that is.In May 2008, Charles told ESPN, "I like to go into Vegas, it's a fun place, but you know

Last month was quite a rollercoaster ride with the status of whether High Stakes Poker would be returning. Then on May 16th GSN announced that they would be pulling the plug on the show. This caused outrage in the poker

As if Lacey Jones wasn't hot enough when we first wrote about her on BankrollBoost.com. Here is a very recent video of her at the 2008 WSOP talking to Amanda Leatherman of Pokernews.com:

Thanks to the great reporting at Wicked Chops Poker, they found that 60 Minutes was snooping around at the WSOP yesterday trying to gather information for their segment on the Absolute Poker Scandal.This will obviously be a bad thing for

Today will be one of the greatest final tables ever at the WSOP for the conclusion of the $5k Rebuy Pot Limit Omaha event at the 2008 WSOP. Let's take a look at the line-up:Seat 1: John Juanda 694,000 -

For the first time ever in WSOP history, a pair of brothers have won bracelets in a single series.After watching his brother Grant take down event #2, Blair Hinkle went on to take down the $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event yesterday

After 4 years of not winning any bracelets, pokerstars pro Daniel Negreanu is back! Yesterday he took down the same event where he won his last bracelet, the $2000 Limit Holdem event.Daniel beat out a table of players who had

HeadsUp Entertainment announced today that they have completed their takeover of the Canadian Poker Tour and Canadian Poker Player magazine.The CPT is set to launch their first event, the Calgary Classic, on June 28th at Cash Casino. Then, on the

Everyone's favorite poker player, Mike Matusow, talks about his thoughts on the WSOP Final Table Delay. Mike thinks that the delay is a bad idea and basically just a cashgrab for the WSOP. One thing that he says that makes

The WSOP is always full of suprises, and this is probably one of the biggest stories ever....By now, everyone is familiar with Potripper (aka AP's 7-Million Dollar Super-User), but I bet you didn't really expect him to be a big

Time is running out to qualify for the 2008 WSOP, and we have one of the easiest ways to get there. If you sign-up for an account at Bodog Poker today, along with the regular bonuses which can be seen

Two major announcements came from Ultimate Bet this week; they have signed two of the best online poker players: Cliff 'JohnnyBax' Josephy and Eric 'Rizen' Lynch. These announcements were most likely done to divert attention from the recent confirmation that

There were many pros in the field, but it was amateur poker player Grant Hinkle that managed to outlast the field of 3,929 players to win the 2008 WSOP $1500 NL Holdem Event.Hinkle had never played a major event before

While we wait for some more of the WSOP events to finish, I thought I would write a review of my friends' site that is completely dedicated to PKR Poker and 3D Poker in general.His site launched about 2 years