Muna wa Wanjiru asked:


Poker has evolved from a game with small time beginnings in casinos to large international style games. The most popular poker game series which is possible to be found is the World Series of Poker. This event was started by To Moore of San Antonio, Texas. Later on Benny Binion and his two sons took poker to even greater heights.

Binion provided poker with the impetus that it needs to become fully accepted in many different casinos. The added new security features ensured that individuals who desired to cheat at this game were quickly identified and escorted out of the playing area.

In 1970 there were about seven cash poker games that were introduced into the World Series of Poker. These different poker games are ones that you have already played in casinos and in your homes as well. You will find games like Texas Holdem, deuce to seven, razz, and seven card stud among other games.

There are various poker players who have gained celebrity status by participating in the World Series of Poker. These people are ones like Johnny Moss. Moss participated in the tournament during 1970. Doyle Brunson, Jennifer Tilly, Jan Van Sorensen, Patrick Bruel, Johnny Chan, Todd Brunson and Phil Hellmuth have all participated in the World Series of Poker. At this event they become winners who were presented with a gold bracelet.

While the event of poker may be thought of as being small in global terms, there are large amounts of people who feel that taking part in the World Series of Poker even if it is in a small way will make poker more exciting. You will therefore see lots of new people as well as regulars playing in the world series of poker. For these people the tournament is a chance to pit their skills against more challenging and skillful players.

One of the reasons why so many people like to participate in the World Series of Poker is the possibility of winning at the poker tournament. This is due to the fact of the World Series of Poker or WSOP being shown on sports channels like ESPN. This sports channel broadcast the event when newcomer Chris Moneymaker won the World Series.

As poker is a game that draws lots of people there are many who love to watch, play and bet on the different aspects of poker. If you would like to have your blood race in excitement then you can watch how the game of poker is played at the professional level. The best place for this is in the World Series of Poker.



Ryan

Metsfan666 asked:


It’s no secret that the World Series has become uninteresting unless your team is in it. A regular season football game probally brings in more ratings. It’s pretty sad actually since this is America’s pastime. If you could choose a World Series matchup that would make everybody tune it, what would it be?
Glad to see so many Mets fans on this…=]

Marc

Brian Garvin asked:


Greg Reymer or Gregory Raymer is a Professional Poker Player. He is famous because he is the winner of the 2004 World Series of Poker. Greg Raymer was born on 25th June in the year 1964 in Minot. After he won the 2004 World Series of Poker the entire worlds come to know him as one of the best poker player in the world. He is also famous among the other Poker Players because of his holographic sunglasses that he wears during the play.

The World Series of Poker game is the largest poker playing tournament of the world and it takes place every year in Las Vegas. This tournament continues for over a month. There are many varieties of poker game that are being played in various casinos all over the world. In this tournament the contesters play all the varieties of this popular casino game.

Greg Raymer’s childhood was all about moving one place to another. His family moved on here and there and Greg was moved in different places with his parents. His birthplace was Minot in North Dakota and he was first moved from his birthplace to Clearwater in Florida. After that he was moved to Missouri’s St. Louis and admitted in Parkway High School. After Greg Raymer finished his learning from that school, he entered into University of Missouri. He has taken chemistry as a major subject of his course in the university.

He then was also a member of an international fraternity called kappa sigma. The poker professional has graduated from the University Of Minnesota Law School in the year 1992. After he passes the law course he practiced as an attorney there for nearly ten years before people know him as the king of poker. After he comes into the world of casino game and established himself as the best, he left his past job because he devotes himself in learning and mastering the game.

In 1999 Greg Raymer was moved to Stonington in Connecticut. He has begun his poker career there at the famous Foxwoods Resort Casino. The most interesting thing is that he was working as an attorney then and he was there in the resort for an official purpose. That was the beginning and he never looks back. In 2001, he first finished a poker event during the World Series of Poker. After that he took part in the World Series of Poker every year.

People witnessed the best playing of Greg Raymer in the 2004 World Series of Poker. Greg Raymer has defeated David Williams in the main event. He has won $5,000,000 as first prize as the winner in the $10,000 no limit Texas hold’em. At present Greg Raymer is one of the representatives of Pokerstars. Pokerstars is the world’s largest online poker card room and Greg Raymer is in charge of it with Chris Moneymaker who is the champion of 2003 World Series of Poker. Greg Raymer has really devoted his life to learn the casino game and its strategies. This famous casino player has won a total sum of over $5,850,000 in the year of 2007 in all the live tournaments.



Juanita

Sam R asked:


Where can I download a complete video of Game 4 of the World Series? I’m in Japan right now and I missed watching yesterday’s game because of class, but as a Boston native, I’d really like to see the whole game. Is there a place where I can find it for download or torrent?

Andrew

Choro-Kun asked:


Knowing that somehow the Minnesota Twins can manage to win games without Liriano, what will the chances be in making the World Series if Francisco Liriano returns the season after next.

Healthy and dominant as we saw before his shoulder injury.

I’m just wondering on a Hands Up on how much of a difference Liriano is with/without him.
flyingbobbyorr4 no duh not this year, havn’t you heard Liriano isn’t coming back yet?

Kelly

Brian Garvin asked:


Josh Arieh is a Professional Poker Player. His playing is so nice that many television channels cover his play for telecasting. Various established television channels like The Discovery Channel, ESPN and The Travel Channel etc. telecast his live match from the casino. Josh Arieh was born 26th September in the year 1974 in Rochester, a city in the New York State. He is in the poker world from 1999. He took part in the 1999 World Series of Poker and after winning that tournament he became a name in the poker world.

He lives in Atlanta presently with his wife Angela Arieh and their three children. Josh Arieh started playing poker before few years he won the first bracelet. Josh admitted that when he played poker at the younger age he did not think that he would be a professional player. When he started playing poker, he often became the winner in the tournaments. He is fond of sports. He is often seen in Waialai Country Club where he is found very busy in shooting golf. This sporting event is one of his favorite when he concentrates on playing outside the casino.

At the table Josh Arieh is very aggressive player. People say that he is such a player who is very uncouth. His rudeness is one of his characteristic features. But it is true that his words are very much professional and he also admits that when he is at the poker table he is there just to earn money. If some one thinks that he is there to make good friends, he is misunderstanding this Professional Poker Player. He is a member of Team Bodog. Josh Arieh is regularly available at the card room of Bodog’s online poker table.

Josh Arieh is the champion of 1999 World Series of Poker tournament. He won in $3,000 limit hold’em in that tournament. He secured the champion’s bracelet in this tournament. He got the prize money of $202,800 in 1999 world championship. After six years of this great achievement Josh made another history in the world of poker. He secured his second bracelet in the year 2005. This year he took part as the previous years in World Series of Poker and he wins in $2,000 pot limit Omaha in the tournament. He wins $381,600 in the 2005 World Series of Poker. In 2007 the total earning from the live tournaments of this professional player reaches the limit of $3,700,000. I don’t think there’s many Poker Enthusiasts who wouldn’t want to see this action first hand.

The time in between Josh Arieh got the two bracelets he has received many other awards. He got nine prizes in poker tournaments in the year 2000. He secured the 2nd place in the 31st Annual World Series of Poker and won $89,700 as prize money. He also secured the 3rd position in the Tournament of Champions and won $71,820 in that year. In 2003 he won $52,986 for securing the 2nd place in 2003 Five Diamond-WPT Season 2. Josh Arieh is the latest winner in the Wynn Poker Classic tournament. He wins in the last preliminary event.



Janice

Nick Laurrell asked:


START pt 1

Luck ***** but it’s a part of the game.

Aces get cracked, flushes come on the river and sometimes the flop comes 7 2 2. The best hand when the money goes in is not always the hand with the money when it’s all said and done with.

There are more than 50 events at the World Series of Poker every year (54 to be exact) and most of them are won by people you’ve never heard of or ever will again. Most victories in the WSOP are claimed by players who do know enough to get comfortable at a table but who will never again stumble upon a lucky enough to claim a partner piece of jewelry for their other wrist. For most WSOP bracelet winners, their victory is their fifteen minutes of fame.

But there are a few exceptions. 110 different people own more than 1 World Series of Poker bracelet. 110 people have climbed through fields as small as 6 to as large as 8,770 and won multiple WSOP tournaments. Those 110 players represent by and large, the greatest 110 poker players of the past 38 years (the WSOP began in 1970.)

So in preparation for the May 30 start to the 2008 World Series of Poker, here are the ten greatest players in the history of the WSOP.

10. Phil Ivey – 5 Bracelets 26 Cashes

No player in the world today is more feared than Phil Ivey. He is aggressive, a defender and a master of a vast array of different games. He is a regular at the legendary Big Game and one of a handful of players to have won both a WSOP and WPT event. He is one of 4 players to have won 3 WSOP bracelets in a single year (Phil Hellmuth, Ted Forrest and Doyle Brunson are the other 3.) Since 2000, he has won 5 bracelets all in the few events not involving NL Hold’em held every year (which are notoriously studded with grizzled pros.) He owns victories in 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, S.H.O.E. (Hold’em, Omaha, and Stud) and 2 in Pot Limit Omaha. His victories are:

2000 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha for $195,000

2002 $2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo for $118,440

2002 $2,000 S.H.O.E. for $107,540

2002 $1,500 Seven Card Stud for $132,000

2005 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha for $635,603

Maybe the only thing more impressive than the events he has won are the few he almost won. In the 2002 Main Event (631 players) he finished 23rd, in the 2003 Main Event (839 players) he finished 10th and in the 2005 Main Event (5,619 players) he finished 20th. The only other player with any sort of similar success in the recent history of the Main Event is Dan Harrington (who made it to the Final Table of both the 2003 and 2004 Main Events.) Ivey is also the only man to defeat the legendary gambler Amarillo Slim heads up (which he did en route to his first bracelet, the 2000 $2,500 PL Omaha.) And while it has nothing to do with the WSOP, Phil Ivey also won $16,000,000 over a 3-day heads up game with billionaire Andy Beal. Often referred to as “The Tiger Woods of Poker,” Phil Ivey is as unwelcome a face at any WSOP table as there is in the world today. Even scarier is that he doesn’t even focus on tournament play any longer – so his multiple victories have come out of much fewer buy-ins than the average 5-time bracelet winner.

9. Allen Cunningham – 5 Bracelets 33 Cashes

Who? You mean, that guy? Allen Cunningham is that most dangerous type of poker player – the one you never notice. He’s soft spoken, thin framed, blonde and possessed of a generally pleasant demeanor. He even has a dog named Muffin. But since 2001, when the then 24-year old first showed up on the WSOP scene, no other player in the world has won more bracelets. His 5 bracelets overall tie him with the likes of Phil Ivey and Stu Ungar, his 33 cashes put him in the top 20 of all time and he’s turning 31 just this year. Like Ivey, Allen has won his bracelets in 3 different games: 7 Card Stud (2001 $5,000 7 Card Stud,) Deuce to Seven Draw (2002 $5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw) and Hold’em (2005 $1,500 NL Hold’em, 2006 $1,000 NL Hold’em with Rebuys and the 2007 $5,000 PL Hold’em.) His victories:

2001 $5,000 Seven Card Stud for $201,760

2002 $5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw for $160,200

2005 $1,500 No Limit Hold’em for $725,405

2006 $1,000 No Limit Hold’em with Rebuys for $625,830

2007 $5,000 Pot Limit Hold’m for $487,287

He is one of only 5 players in history to win a bracelet in 3 consecutive years (Doyle Brunson, Johnny Moss, Gary Berland and Erik Seidel are the others.) He also finished 4th in the 2006 Main Event which featured a record 8,773 buy-ins (and took home a nifty $3.5 million+ check for it.) In 2005, after making it to 4 different final tables, Allen was named the Player of the Year. While the casual fan may not recognize Allen Cunningham at a table, you can bet that his fellow poker pros do. In 2006, he was voted by his peers as the Best All Around Player under the age of 35. He is at the pinnacle of the poker world and looks likely to stay there for a long time to come.

8. Chris “Jesus” Ferguson 5 Bracelets 51 Cashes 1 Main Event Victory

Chris Ferguson is the most recognizable poker player on the planet. Between his long beard, his cowboy hat and his unflinching table persona – it’s like he emerged from a poker player’s nightmare. He is unreadable, he has a PhD in computer science from UCLA, he has either won or come in 2nd in 3 out of 4 National Heads-Up Tournaments ever held and most importantly, he can cut a banana by throwing a playing card at it. When it comes to poker, he’s Jesus. Chris owns five WSOP bracelets:

 2000 $2,500 Seven Card Stud for $151,000

 2000 Main Event for $1,500,000

 2001 $1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo Split Eight or Better for $164,735

 2003 $2,000 Omaha Hi/Lo Split Eight or Better for $123,680

 2003 $2,000 Half Hold’em – Half 7 Card Stud for $66,220

He is also the only player in history to have won 3 WSOP circuit events. While the $1.5 million he received for winning the 2000 Main Event ranks as his biggest single payday, his 51 total cashes in the WSOP ranks fifth all-time (behind Phil Hellmuth, Men Nguyen, TJ Cloutier and Berry Johnston.) That’s a huge accomplishment for someone who has only been buying into the WSOP since 1995. In spite of his penchant for dispatching his opponents, he is widely regarded as one of the nicest guys in poker away from the table.

To see the rest of the top 10, read part 2 of The Ten Greatest Players in the History of the World Series of Poker.



Christina