Announced by WSOP.com, the 48th running of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) officially opened its doors Tuesday, May 30th, 2017 at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. “The something-for-everyone schedule includes gold bracelets, satellites, cash games and deep stack tournaments running for 49 consecutive days with the Main Event reaching its final nine players on July 17th, 2017. Nearly 500 poker tables were set up across more than 100,000 square-feet of ballroom space to accommodate the players from around the world who attended poker’s annual pilgrimage.” Read More
Tom Heine, CEO of Aljex Software fought his way up to the top tier of players last Saturday, and was featured on national TV, proudly wearing his Aljex baseball cap and shirt. After holding the chip leader position, Tom finally placed out in the top 800 players out of thousands of Poker gurus from around the globe. It was great to see him representing team Aljex! Christian Pham bagged the chip lead, but Ben Lamb is looking to make a second event. Final table to be live on ESPN & ESPN2.
