Poker pro Mike Sowers, who has played thousands of tournaments in his lifetime, had one incredibly bizarre hand happen to him about a week ago at the 2013 World Series.. @cardplayer.com

Caesars Interactive Entertainment has bought the rights to the World Series of Poker mobile app, which boasts 6 million downloads, according to a press release. @cardplayer.com

Half of the 62 gold bracelets up for grabs at the 44th Annual World Series of Poker have been claimed and, according to WSOP officials, participation at the mid-way point is at an all time high. @pokernews.com

T.J. Cloutier, winner of six World Series of Poker bracelets, is one of poker’s most accomplished players, but he’s also the butt of jokes about the pitfalls of trying to.. @cardplayer.com

The past couple of years during the WSOP, the high stakes action has dried up a little. It would seem that this year, if anything, we are seeing bigger games than ever during this period. @highstakesdb.com

I swear Tom is really starting to piss me off. He knows full well I have little intention of trying to cover the WSOP this year … but damnit, I came up with that strategy kinda-sorta counting on a lackluster performance by our longtime Team Pokerati ambassador — a near certain result as per the.. @pokerati.com

  Isaac Hagerling received a gift of a three-outer for his 26th birthday at the 2013 WSOP. In the pivotal hand of the final heads up match in Event 27 $3,000 Mixed Max, Hagerling was all in with K T against Max Steinberg‘s A K on a king-high turn. @bluff.com

Many in the poker community consider Tony Cousineau to be the tightest regular on the tournament circuit. Such a reputation is fine by Cousineau. The Florida native has been grinding.. @cardplayer.com

At the age of 21, Jeff Madsen won an improbable two World Series of Poker bracelets and made two other final tables, en route to about $1.5 million in winnings.. @cardplayer.com

WSOP.com has reported that 68-year-old Ken Lind won Event #26, $1000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship Monday morning. In addition to his first WSOP gold bracelet and The Golden Eagle trophy, Lind cashed for $634,809. @pokernews.com

Maybe you’re like me (OK, maybe not) and just getting into the 2013 World Series of Poker. Truth be told I never did much of the heavy lifting back in the day once Kevmath came around (back in like ’08? @pokerati.com

Maria Ho echos the sentiments of Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth on the saturation of NLHE events in the WSOP, disagrees with Scotty Nguyen on the prestige of bracelets, and agrees with most everyone on men in ladies events. @bluff.com

Six of the weeks most exciting videos from the World Series of Poker. @pokernews.com

This year PokerNewsBoy.com will be bringing you all of the important news from the World Series of Poker, but we’ll also be scouring the Internet for some of the little tidbits that fall through the cracks. @pokernewsboy.com

Day 16 of the 2013 WSOP is in the books, and it had a little bit of anything. After starting off the day with one of the strangest situations involving a dealer that you’ll ever see in a poker tournament, Thursday evening saw the first German bracelet winner of 2013 and two intriguing final tables.. @bluff.com

McNeil, who owns and operates Big Wheel Burgers in Victoria, defeated a field of 1,014 to win his first WSOP title. “The whole time I just knew I was going to win,” McNeil told poker media following his victory. @pokerlistings.com

World Series of Poker bracelet winner David Diaz has been banned from all Caesars properties, meaning he won't be able to compete in the WSOP. @pokernews.com

Card Player TV brings you a behind-the-scenes look at the Las Vegas premiere of Bet Raise Fold: The Story of Online Poker, a new documentary that was produced by a number of online poker's biggest names, including Jay Rosenkrantz and Taylor Caby. @cardplayer.com

If you’ve been living under a rock – or traversing the cavernous enclaves known as the World Series of Poker playing arenas – you might have missed some of the poker news that has been going on since the start of the WSOP. @pokernewsdaily.com

Sometimes karma can bite you in the butt. World Series of Poker Executive Director Ty Stewart [recently] experienced that pain. Recently, Stewart made light of early troubles that befell Ultimate Poker, the first legal pay-to-play online gambling website in the U. @pokerati.com

Poker pro Dan Kelly is on pace to break the record for most cashes in a single World Series of Poker. Through Wednesday, the Maryland native had six cashes during.. @cardplayer.com

Few poker players can call themselves Triple Crown winners, but Davidi Kitai was one of two members of that elite group at the final table of the $5,000 Pot Limit Hold’em event. @bluff.com

  Tom Schneider joined an elite group of poker players by winning his third career bracelet on Sunday night. The 2007 WSOP Player of the Year won the $1,500 HORSE event and took home $258,960 along with the hardware. @bluff.com

The 2013 WSOP has already awarded over 25% of the bracelets on the line this summer, and several of The Contenders are off to a tremendous start. Two of them even managed to make the same final table. @bluff.com

Anyone who knows me is well aware that I’m a bit of a contrarian and I’m always ready for a brisk debate, and by the end of this column I’m expecting there will be a long line of people ready to debate, berate, or ridicule me. @pokernewsboy.com

This year PokerNewsBoy.com will be bringing you all of the important news from the World Series of Poker, but we’ll also be scouring the Internet for some of the little tidbits that fall through the cracks. @pokernewsboy.com

Jack Effel is the Vice President of International Poker Operations for Caesars Interactive Entertainment and has been the Tournament Director for the World Series of Poker since 2007. @cardplayer.com

The 2013 WSOP got underway today with just one new bracelet event starting off, one final table in the Amazon Room and the Day 2 restarts for the $10,000 Heads-up Championship and the $1,500 HORSE event. @bluff.com

Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond and Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky are two of the greatest online poker players in history, putting in many hands together on the virtual felt over the years. @cardplayer.com

In some ways it was just another tournament of card playing at the summer poker festival at an off-the-Strip casino in the Mojave Desert featuring a buy-in large enough to.. @cardplayer.com

It was a memorable Friday around the Rio as the 2013 World Series of Poker welcomed back into its fold a former champion and crowned another who defeated one of the legendary players of the game to earn his honors. @pokernewsdaily.com

Today on the 3-Bet we bring you the long-awaited trailer to the poker movie Runner Runner, the first installment in a new video series from Jason Somerville plus news of a $914k mega bad beat jackpot won at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. @pokerlistings.com

It was a foregone conclusion that there would be a very long day at the poker tables on Thursday with some 2/3 of the field still in the mix heading into Day 2 of the PokerStars GuanDong Asia Millions tournament taking place in Macau. @pokernewsboy.com

Its been just over a week since the first cards were dealt at the 2013 World Series of Poker, and already this year’s WSOP is making a big impact on.. @cardplayer.com

Throughout the 2013 WSOP, BLUFF’s WSOP Photo Blog brings all the action from the Rio. Whether it’s action on the felt or a sneak peek behind the scenes, BLUFF is bringing it to you in full color. @bluff.com

In Five Thoughts, we break down the first week of the 2013 World Series of Poker. @pokernews.com

Steven Gee is still haunted by the main event final table in October of last year. Entering the final nine fifth in chips, Gee failed horribly at building his stack.. @cardplayer.com

The World Series of Poker isn’t the only tournament attracting poker players and fan’s attention this summer. Across the world in The City of Dreams Entertainment Resort in Macau, China,.. @cardplayer.com

David "Bakes" Baker, Chris Klodnicki and Cliff Josephy headline a talented table of pros in Event #9 of the 2013 World Series of Poker. @pokernews.com

Event 6 - $1,500 "Millionaire Maker" No-Limit Hold'em The day started well for Dan Kelly, who found to bust Joe Kuether in 10th then went on to make a flush with after calling Theron Eichenberger's short stacked shove, to place Kelly dangerously as chip leader with eight l.. @highstakesdb.com

This year PokerNewsBoy.com will be bringing you all of the important news from the World Series of Poker, but we’ll also be scouring the Internet for some of the little tidbits that fall through the cracks. @pokernewsboy.com

We spoke to Charles Sylvestre after he and John Beauprez were officially awarded their WSOP bracelets at ceremony. @bluff.com

The $2,500 Omaha/Stud Eight-Or-Better event at the 2013 World Series of Poker was a star studded affair, featuring deep finishing from former bracelet winners such as Owais Ahmed, George Danzer,.. @cardplayer.com

This year PokerNewsBoy.com will be bringing you all of the important news from the World Series of Poker, but we’ll also be scouring the Internet for some of the little tidbits that fall through the cracks. @pokernewsboy.com

The Millionaire Maker event at the 2013 World Series of Poker has drawn an enormous field and created some logistical challenges. @bluff.com

Trevor Pope won his first bracelet on Saturday evening, but for his dog Revis, this is nothing new. Pope is good friends with Joey Weissman, who won a bracelet last year. @bluff.com

Event #2 features a stacked final table of pros, and Scott Seiver is hoping to win his second WSOP bracelet on Saturday. @pokernews.com

Linda Johnson and Maria Ho discuss the past, present and future of women at the World Series of Poker. @pokernews.com

Today on the 3-Bet we bring you news an alcohol and food truck fueled party just outside the doors of the WSOP, Amnon Filippi getting special permission to travel to Las Vegas plus four new signings from legal US online poker site Ultimate Poker. @pokerlistings.com