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Poker July 2011 Archive

From Toby Bochan, About.com Guide

Texas Hold'em Basics

Friday July 29, 2011
The game played at the WSOP Main event is Texas Hold'em. It's the most popular form of poker and the one you've got to learn if you're planning to play ... Read More

New Poker Pro League gets TV deal

Wednesday July 27, 2011
Epic Poker League inks a deal with CBS for a lineup of shows hosted by Pat O'Brien and hopes to become the equivalent of pro tennis or golf for poker ... Read More

Meet your 2011 WSOP November Nine!

Thursday July 21, 2011
The final table for this year's World Series of Poker Main Event is set. Now we must wait until the beginning of November to find out which of these ... Read More

22 Remain at the 2011 WSOP main event

Tuesday July 19, 2011
The biggest poker tournament of the year has already been going on for over a week -- and today finds only 22 of the 6,865 starting players remaining. Yesterday we ... Read More

2011 WSOP Main Event Payouts

Friday July 15, 2011
The players today will battle it out to make it to the money -- with just over 800 entering day 4 of play, most of them havae a pretty good ... Read More

6,865 enter 2011 WSOP Main Event

Monday July 11, 2011
The totals are in! The field may be slightly smaller than at the 2010 WSOP main event, but the the winner at this year's World Series of Poker main event ... Read More

Poor Phil Hellmuth: Second fiddle, again

Friday July 8, 2011
The WSOP Player's Championship is, in my opinion, the best poker tournament of the year. The staggering buy in of $50,000 plus the fact that players need to play 8 ... Read More

2011 WSOP Ladies Event Champion

Tuesday July 5, 2011
The final table of this year's Ladies Event included one man, but thankfully he was knocked out first in 9th place, leaving only women to battle it out for the ... Read More

Happy 4th of July weekend!

Saturday July 2, 2011
I love the fourth of July -- not just because it's a day filled with barbeque and fireworks, but at the end of all that, I usually have a little ... Read More

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