WSOP 2012 - World Series of Poker

The 2012 edition of the WSOP is being held at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas between May 27th and July 16th. The series includes a total of 61 events, of which 57 are open events, meaning that anyone with a buy-in can enter.

HighstakesDB will be following the 2012 WSOP closely and will be posting daily results, summaries and any and all news relating to this number 1 event in poker. We will also keep an extra close eye on the high stakes players that have left the online felt in the hunt for some gold bracelets.

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Antonio Esfandiari Wins Big One for One Drop – and $18.3 million!!

Antonio “The Magacian” Esfandiari just performed the biggest and best trick of his career – making dozens of the best poker players in the world disappear leaving just himself and an enormou...

July 04, 2012

One Drop Reaches Final Table - Esfandiari & Trickett Lead - Hellmuth Still in Contention

Day 2 of Event 55, the historic $1 million Big One for One Drop has just finished as we re...

July 03, 2012

Massive cash game running at Aria: "There were pots of $3M regularly"

The big cash games in Las Vegas are really starting to heat up. According to several reports, a $2,000/$4,000 cash game with an $8,000 straddle is running at the Aria Casino.

July 02, 2012

WSOP Daily Round Up - Vanessa Selbst Takes Second Bracelet, Two Other Events Decided & One Drop Day 1

There were no bracelets handed out on Saturday at the WSOP as the $5k NLHE ran over so yes...

July 02, 2012

The Big One for One Drop Looms Large - Some Big Names Make Up The Numbers

With "The Big One" for One Drop just a few hours away, let's take a look at the recent additions to the field of entrants in the now sold out tournament with 48 players having stumped up $1 ...

July 01, 2012

Gus Hansen Wins $1 Million Seat to Play in One Drop Mega Tournament

Yesterday saw 96 entries into the $25.3k One Drop Mega Satellite creating a $2.4 million prize pool. With only one definite seat up for grabs the second placed finisher would have to be put ...

July 01, 2012

WSOP Daily Round Up - Bracelet Joy For Greg Hobson in first "Ante-Only" Event

The first "Ante-Only" WSOP event ended yesterday as Greg Hobson took home the bracelet and the $256.7k prize money in Event 49, $1,500 NLHE Antes Only.

June 30, 2012

WSOP Daily Round Up - Mizrachi Wins 2nd Poker Players Championship Bracelet & $1.45 million

Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi won his second $50k Poker Players Championship in three yea...

June 29, 2012

WSOP 2012: The $1M Big One for One Drop Preview: Part Four

Here is the final part of our preview of the WSOP The Big One for One Drop event. You can find full details of the tournament and an introduction to the preview in the part one preview.

June 29, 2012

WSOP Daily Round Up - Players Championship Reaches Final Table - Mizrachi Looking For Second Win. Joey Weissman Wins A Bracelet.

The much coveted $50k Poker Players Championship has reached the final table and will play...

June 28, 2012

WSOP Daily Round Up - Isildur1 Amazingly Leads $50k Players Championship After One Outer Saves Him in Final Hands

The WSOP delivered another bracelet yesterday as Rocco Palumbo scooped Event 44 ($1K NLHE)...

June 27, 2012

WSOP Daily Round Up - Bracelets for Lu & Ostrander as Glazier & Channing Let Big Leads Slip. Bloch Leads Players Championship.

Jackie Glazier and Neil Channing will have both been in for a sleepless night as they both...

June 26, 2012

WSOP Big One for One Drop: Antonio Esfandiari confirms his participation, will Phil Ivey play?

According to his Twitter, Antonio Esfandiari will be playing the $1 million Big One for On...

June 26, 2012

WSOP 2012: The $1M Big One for One Drop Preview: Part Three

We recently published the first two parts of our four-part series preview of the WSOP The Big One for One Drop event. You can find full details of the tournament and an introduction to the p...

June 26, 2012

WSOP Daily Round Up - Oleksii Kovalchuk Wins WSOP Bracelet and the Players Championship Kicks Off!

Only one bracelet was awarded at the WSOP yesterday as Ukrainian Oleksii Kovalchuk took do...

June 25, 2012

WSOP Daily Round Up - Jan-Peter Jachtmann & Ronnie Bardah Win Bracelets

Two more WSOP champs were crowned last night as Jan-Peter Jachtmann took the $10k PLO title and Ronnie Bardah the $2.5k LHE Six Handed.

June 24, 2012

WSOP Daily Round Up - David Baker and Dung Nguyen Bring Home Bracelets

After play resumed at the heads up stage between Greg Mueller and David Baker yesterday in the $2500 8 Game Mix event it was Canadian Mueller who looked like he was on his way to his third W...

June 23, 2012

WSOP Daily Round Up - Craig McCorkell Takes WSOP Gold as Esfandiari Gets Unlucky

Only one WSOP bracelet was decided yesterday and it was handed to Craig McCorkell in the $3,000 NLHE Shootout, although Antonio Esfandiari will be feeling a little sorry for himself today as...

June 22, 2012

WSOP Daily Round Up - Bracelets for Chris Tryba and Naoya Kihara, Ivey Falls Short Again

All eyes yesterday were once again on Phil Ivey who sat down at his 5th WSOP final table i...

June 21, 2012

WSOP Daily Round Up - Bracelet for Max Steinberg, Ivey Makes Another Final Table

One new WSOP Champ was crowned yesterday as Max Steinberg eclipsed the second place finish he made at a $1500 NLHE Event at 2010's WSOP by capturing the bracelet for Event 33, $1k NLHE, and ...

June 20, 2012

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