USA Today broke the news that that the World Series of Poker is going to move the final table of this year Main Event to November. For many of us this was a baffling move. On the one hand, it was confusing because this news was floating around on a number of blogs over a month ago and officials from the WSOP kept denying that there was any truth to the rumor. Secondly, it is a bewildering move because on the surface it doesn’t seem to make a whole lot of sense. Reaction by the players has been mixed. Victor Ramdin and Greg Raymer both told us what they thought of the idea.
World Series of Poker Circus keeps traveling across the US, and the 2008 WSOP Circuit event at the Harrah’s Rincon in San Diego, California, has begun at the end of January. San Diego is a great place to visit, but very expensive to live - unless you win this event, and then you should be set.
There was $765,000 in the prize pool, and two men were left fighting for nearly half of it. Josh Arieh, a pro poker player from Atlanta, Georgia, and Andy Philachack, hailing from Garland, Texas, were the last of 160 players who paid $5000 each to play in the 2007-2008 World Series of Poker Circuit event in New Orleans, officially called the Winter Bayou Poker Challenge.
That isn’t too soon to get ready for the premier poker event of the year, and WSOP owners Harah’s have just released the 2008 WSOP schedule. There are a number of interesting facts to point out about this schedule and some of the changes they have made, so read on.