A homeless man asks another man for two dollars. The man says "Will you use the money to buy booze?" The homeless man replies "No sir, I don't drink." The man then asks "Will you use the money to gamble?" The homeless man replies "No sir, I don't gamble." So the man says "Do me a favor and come home with me. I want my wife to see what happens to a man who doesn't drink or gamble." Lehavot, who was born and raised in Israel but moved to the US when he was 16, beat a field of 249 players to win the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em world championship. He received $573,456 for the victory. Lehavot had an unusual inroad to the poker world, having worked in the high-tech industry until seven years ago. He decided to take a year off to travel with the intention of returning to work and during that time he came up with an idea for a new way to teach poker strategy on the internet. His interest in playing poker developed alongside his website and before he knew it, poker was providing the bulk of his living. Despite significant live success that includes a $422,000 score at the... Freeroll poker online

A man sits down at a poker game and consistently calls another man's bluff. The other man asks "how could you tell I was lying?" and the man replies "because your chips were moving." Read on for highlights from the four ongoing events at the Rio in Las Vegas. Event 8 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em - Day 2 The first donkament of the summer reached the final 68 players this evening, pared down from the 4,178 that entered this event. Jon “Pearljammer” Turner is leading with a healthy margin and looking to secure his first WSOP bracelet. Turner has made five WSOP final tables in his career with a fifth place being his deepest finish. Joining Turner on the leaderboard are Hunter Frey, Albert Kim, Eric Mizrachi and reigning world champion Jon Duhamel. Tomorrow will see the field pared further down to the final table beginning at Event 9 - $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit) The... holdem poker online

A man joins gambler's anonymous. He's given three-to-one odds he won't make it. When the WSOP rolls around it’s time for poker pros to get down to business. There’s nowhere else in the world that even comes close as far as the amount of money up for grabs and the variety of poker games being spread. That’s putting Canucks fans in a tough spot and forcing them to make a decision between their team and their bottom line. Full Tilt sponsored pro and Vancouver native Greg “FBT” Mueller is feeling the pain of being away from his home town during the NHL finals perhaps more than anyone. “Hockey’s my life outside of poker,” explained Mueller, a professional hockey player turned poker pro who has won two bracelets at the WSOP. “It’s what I do all year long, have fun and go... holdem poker online

A woman walks into living room and sees her brother playing poker with their dog. "Wow!" she exclaimed, "You must have the smartest dog in the world!" and her brother replies "He's not all that smart. I've beaten him 3 out of 5 games so far." Wilder dropped out of college to play poker professionally on the internet, specializing in Limit Hold’em cash games, and saw his ability to earn a living disappear when the U.S. government restricted the access of its citizens to the three biggest online poker sites. Faced with a decision, Wilder decided to try his hand at live poker, starting with the World Series of Poker. With zero results on his poke resume before he won this event he kicked his live tournament career off with a bang, winning $205,065 and a WSOP bracelet. “Black Friday was bad,” Wilder told PokerListings.com in Las Vegas. “There aren’t a lot of career opportunities for a college dropout who hasn’t had a real job... Freeroll poker online

How can you get a "professional" poker player to get off your front doorstep? Pay him for the pizza. The June "Big Draw" promotion at Party will see daily draws with just the one raked hand needed to earn your first ticket. You'll also get tickets for every other point you earn at the Party Poker tables, and every day you earn at least one ticket you'll be in that day’s draw. Over $500,000 in prizes are up for grabs in the daily draws including: 60x Apple iPhone 4 16GB 60x Sony Bravia 46” Widescreen TVs 150x Apple iPad 2 16GB 150x iPod Touch 64GB 210x LG 22” LCD monitor Party Poker hoodies, shirts and caps, cash prizes, free points in the loyalty store and free Big Draw tickets are also available. All tickets you've accumulated in previous draws will be rolled over for each draw as well... Freeroll poker online

Some people have luck that goes from good to bad in an instant. Take this one friend of mine for example. He almost always draws whatever card he needs to win a hand of poker, but almost always loses big at the horse races! I asked him about this and he once replied "Well, they don't let me shuffle the horses." We’ve got the details on those victories plus summaries of each ongoing WSOP event below. Event 4 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em - Final The number of great poker players who have never won a bracelet is large but tonight we crossed Allen Bari’s name off that list. 865 players paid the $5,000 entry fee in this event to build a prize pool in excess of $4 million. Over $2.6 million of that went to the final table finishers, with Allen Bari taking home $874,116. Bari defeated Maria Ho heads-up and outlasted a tough final-table line-up including Ricky Fohrenbach, Jesse Chinni and Farzad Bonyadi to win his first WSOP bracelet. Click here for the whole story. Event 6 - $1,500 Limit Hold’em - Final... holdem poker online

How is a women like a casino? Liquor in the front, poker in the back! Bari dominated the final table of the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em event in Las Vegas over the last two days, entering the final nine among the chip leaders and persevering until just him, the bracelet and $874,116 were left at the table. Bari defeated poker pro and Amazing Race contestant Maria Ho heads-up. Bari has been playing live tournaments since 2004 but, despite more than $1.7 million in earnings, a major title had thus far eluded him. Bari is a realist, and understands that the difference between a bracelet and finishing runner-up is razor-thin. “A bracelet means a lot but I don’t think a bracelet should validate you as a player,” he explained to the media moments after his win. “For... holdem poker online

A brain surgeon receives a phone call from a colleague on a Saturday night. "We need another poker player for tonight" the friend says. "I'll be there right away!" the doctor replies with a sense of urgency. As he puts on his coat and makes his way out the door his wife asks him "Is it serious?" and the doctor replies "Oh, very! There are 3 other doctors already there!" High-stakes online poker pro Thorsten Schafer was included in our German edition, and just one week into the World Series he’s cashed in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em World Championship. The event attracted 249 of the world’s best high-stakes tournament pros and boasted a total prize pool of over $2.3 million. Many players put great importance on getting results early in the World Series of Poker but Schafer disagrees, indicating a confidence in his game that isn’t built on small cashes. “Honestly I don’t care about early results,” he told PokerListings.com moments after busting in 17th place, good for $25,348. “I know there’s a lot of variance in these events and I know that if you play... holdem poker online

How is a women like a casino? Liquor in the front, poker in the back! Eugene Katchalov beat Allessio Isaia to win his first WSOP bracelet while Maria Ho became the first woman to make a final table at the 2011 WSOP. Unfortunately for Ho, Allen Bari was at the same table and when play ended for the night he was the massive chip leader. Here’s a look at what else happened on Day 5 of the WSOP. Event 5 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Final Sometimes the most compelling stories of the WSOP occur in the least publicized tournaments. That was certainly the case at the final table of the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud event, where Eugene Katchalov won his first WSOP bracelet. Katchalov outlasted a field of 357 players and then beat a streaking Allessio Isaia heads-up to claim the... holdem poker online

A homeless man asks another man for two dollars. The man says "Will you use the money to buy booze?" The homeless man replies "No sir, I don't drink." The man then asks "Will you use the money to gamble?" The homeless man replies "No sir, I don't gamble." So the man says "Do me a favor and come home with me. I want my wife to see what happens to a man who doesn't drink or gamble." Katchalov outlasted 355 players and then came back from an almost insurmountable heads-up deficit to beat Italian Alessio Isaia to win his first WSOP title in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud event. “I can’t describe how happy I am to finally get the monkey off my back and finally win a WSOP bracelet,” he said. Katchalov, who resides in Brooklyn, NY, but was born in the Ukraine, already had $6.2 million in lifetime tournament winnings including a win at the WPT Five Diamond in 2007 for $2.4 million and more recently a victory in the 2011 $100k Super High Roller at the PCA for $1.5 million. In addition Katchalov made three final tables at least year’s WSOP but the closest he came to winning a... holdem poker online

A man walks into a poker room and notices two men and a dog playing poker. The dog was playing exceptionally well and the man comments "Wow, that's one smart dog!". "Not too smart." one of the men at the table replies. "Every time he gets a good hand, he wags his tail." Despite the fact the 22-year-old Rochdale-native has already made huge scores at the WPT and EPT, the WSOP victory was the sweetest for Cody. “This tops it all,” he said. “Even though the EPT was my first big win having all the lads here to support me was awesome.” Cody had to beat seven of the toughest heads-up players in the world including Gus Hansen, Brandon Adams and Frank Kassela to claim the first open WSOP-bracelet of the summer. It was just Cody's second WSOP event. It all came down to Cody versus the uber-talented Yevgeniy Timoshenko in the final heads-up match. Timoshenko has over $3 million in live tournament earnings. Cody did indeed have a massive contingent of supporters... holdem poker online

A brain surgeon receives a phone call from a colleague on a Saturday night. "We need another poker player for tonight" the friend says. "I'll be there right away!" the doctor replies with a sense of urgency. As he puts on his coat and makes his way out the door his wife asks him "Is it serious?" and the doctor replies "Oh, very! There are 3 other doctors already there!" With six events on the go there was more than enough action to go around but it was tough to ignore Jake Cody on his journey to become just the third Triple Crown winner in poker history. It might have been the 40-odd British fans that were as loud as any crowd we’ve ever seen at the WSOP but Cody backed them up with exceptional play beating Gus Hansen and finally Yevgeniy Timoshenko to claim this year's $25k heads-up title. Here’s a look at all the action on Day 4 of the 2011 WSOP: Event 2: $25,000 Heads-Up Championship Final Outside of the Casino Employee’s event, the $25,000 Heads-Up Championship was the first tournament of the 2011 WSOP and what a tournament it turned out to be. A... Freeroll poker online

A man joins gambler's anonymous. He's given three-to-one odds he won't make it. In his statement Ivey took Tiltware LLC, Full Tilt Poker's software company, to task for its inactivity and indecision in returning player funds post-Black Friday. Ivey went so far as to say he’s skipping the entire 2011 WSOP because U.S. players have not received their money yet. Canadian Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu was impressed by the way Ivey played his hand. “I admire that he’s willing to give up something like the WSOP, that I know is so important to him, for what he thinks is principally right,” said Negreanu. Even two-time WSOP bracelet winner and current Full Tilt pro Eric Froehlich had to give Ivey his due. “He’s making a stand for his own personal reasons and the... holdem poker online

A weekly Friday night poker game was going strong well into the midnight hour when one of the players from the game returned from a bathroom break with a shocked look to him. "David!" he said with urgency, "Come quick! Your wife is in the bathroom making love to your brother!". "Ok guys" David replied, "this is absolutely the last hand!" WSOP In List: May 31 – June 6, 2011 Million-Dollar Buy-In Tournaments: IN Yesterday in Las Vegas Guy Laliberte busted out some big news: At the 2012 WSOP there will be a $1 million buy-in tournament. That in itself would be more than enough to earn the event a spot on our “In” list, but the fact that 11.1% of every buy-in is going to charity just makes it better. Daniel Negreanu, Patrik Antonius, Gus Hansen, Andy Beal and Tom Dwan have all committed to playing. The event will benefit ONE DROP, an organization that fights poverty around the world by providing access to clean drinking water. Lawyers: IN It’s a golden age for lawyers in the poker world! Lawyers are in this week because they... Freeroll poker online

A woman walks into living room and sees her brother playing poker with their dog. "Wow!" she exclaimed, "You must have the smartest dog in the world!" and her brother replies "He's not all that smart. I've beaten him 3 out of 5 games so far." The special event took place all day at the Amazon Room’s new TV final table with ESPN crews on hand for filming. Chan first took on Hellmuth in a rematch of their 1989 WSOP Main Event heads-up match, where Chan was denied his third consecutive Main Event title. The Orient Express showed no signs of age as he battered Hellmuth early and never really let up. At one point Hellmuth managed to battle his way back to even but then Chan hit a seven-outer to cripple Hellmuth. In the end Chan would not be denied his revenge and got it all-in with pocket eights against Hellmuth’s K-T. The board ran out bricks and gave Chan the game-deciding checkmark. If only Chan had won that match 22 years ago,... holdem poker online

A homeless man asks another man for two dollars. The man says "Will you use the money to buy booze?" The homeless man replies "No sir, I don't drink." The man then asks "Will you use the money to gamble?" The homeless man replies "No sir, I don't gamble." So the man says "Do me a favor and come home with me. I want my wife to see what happens to a man who doesn't drink or gamble." Upstart English tournament crusher Jake Cody and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Eric Froehlich round out the impressive final four that will play down to a winner tomorrow in the $25,000 Heads-Up Championship.  Hansen, easily the most recognizable face in the final four, has had an exceptional run in this year’s event beating Jason Mercier, Greg Brooks, Daniel Alaei, Tom Dwan and, most recently, Matt Marafioti. Indeed Hansen has a world of momentum heading into the final four considering he won the last heads-up title that was held at the WSOPE in London.  The Danish pro is also having one of his best online years ever with nearly $4 million in profit. Hansen will not have an easy ride... holdem poker online

Some people have luck that goes from good to bad in an instant. Take this one friend of mine for example. He almost always draws whatever card he needs to win a hand of poker, but almost always loses big at the horse races! I asked him about this and he once replied "Well, they don't let me shuffle the horses." The tournament, which was announced late Thursday, will be called the Big One and have a charity component that benefits ONE DROP, an organization that fights poverty around the world by supporting access to water. Guy Laliberte, the Chair of ONE DROP and founder of Cirque Du Soleil, is one of the 15 participants that have agreed to play the event. “We are proud to align the planet’s premiere poker event with the foundation created by one of our generations most creative entrepreneurs, Guy Laliberte, to help make the world a healthier place,” said Gary Loveman, Caesars Entertainment’s CEO. The winner of the Big One could potentially win millions and if the event attracts more than 21... holdem poker online

A brain surgeon receives a phone call from a colleague on a Saturday night. "We need another poker player for tonight" the friend says. "I'll be there right away!" the doctor replies with a sense of urgency. As he puts on his coat and makes his way out the door his wife asks him "Is it serious?" and the doctor replies "Oh, very! There are 3 other doctors already there!" Chan vs. Hellmuth is the first match of three special events organized by the WSOP that will pit classic rivals against each other in hotly contested rematches. Hellmuth of course defeated Chan heads-up at the 1989 Main Event, denying Chan his record-setting third consecutive title. Considering the size of current of current Main Event fields, it's a feat that will likely never be accomplished. Meanwhile Hellmuth rocketed to stardom after the event and became one of the most recognizable poker players in the world with numerous TV appearances and endorsement deals. Later in the day Chris Moneymaker will once again take on Sammy Farha in a rematch of the 2003 heads-up match at the WSOP... holdem poker online

A man calls his wife at work and tells her "honey... I have some bad news. We just won the 3 million dollar state lottery." and the wife replies "Bad news? How is that bad news! We can finally live out our dreams!" to which the man responds "The payout is 3 dollars a year for a million years." Hansen, who won the WSOPE Heads-Up title in London last year, beat four of the best heads-up players in the world to secure a spot in this year’s $25k Heads-Up Championship’s final eight. The WSOP could not have scripted Hansen’s final match on Day 2 of the event any better as he faced online wizard Tom “durrrr” Dwan.  The match lasted nearly four hours before Hansen was finally able to fight back from a steep deficit and dispatch Dwan, much to the delight of a huge crowd of railbirds. “When push comes to shove it was a very tough match and I had the luck in the end,” he said. It hasn’t been an easy path for Hansen as he’s already had to beat Jason Mercier, LAPC winner Greg Brooks, Daniel... holdem poker online

How is a women like a casino? Liquor in the front, poker in the back! A statement was released to media outlets through Full Tilt Poker PR Rep Michele Clayborne. What follows is the entirety of the email: Subject: TILTWARE’S RESPONSE TO THE PHIL IVEY LAWSUIT “Contrary to his sanctimonious public statements, Phil Ivey’s meritless lawsuit is about helping just one player – himself. In an effort to further enrich himself at the expense of others, Mr. Ivey appears to have timed his lawsuit to thwart pending deals with several parties that would put money back in players’ pockets. In fact, Mr. Ivey has been invited -- and has declined -- to take actions that could assist the company in these efforts, including paying back a large sum of money he owes the site.... Freeroll poker online

A man sits down at a poker game and consistently calls another man's bluff. The other man asks "how could you tell I was lying?" and the man replies "because your chips were moving." The third event of the 2011 WSOP, the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo drew 925 players, which made it the biggest Omaha Hi-Lo tournament ever played.  The only Omaha Hi-Lo event that even comes close is last year’s WSOP Omaha Hi-Lo event that attracted 818 players.  This year’s field of 925 players combined to create a prizepool worth $1.2 million. First place will walk away with $262k. The $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo event has grown exponentially over the last few years and if you look back to 2007, there were only 690 players. Despite the relatively low buy in there were plenty of big name poker pros looking to score an early bracelet including Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Jeffrey Lisandro, Max... holdem poker online

A man calls his wife at work and tells her "honey... I have some bad news. We just won the 3 million dollar state lottery." and the wife replies "Bad news? How is that bad news! We can finally live out our dreams!" to which the man responds "The payout is 3 dollars a year for a million years." The Heads-Up Championship, which was the first open-event of the 2011 WSOP, drew 128 players to create a prizepool of $3.04 million with $851k dedicated to first place. It’s the most cash ever generated by a heads-up tournament. Technically the event had half as many players as last year’s heads-up championship but because the buy-in was increased from $10k to $25k it was a much larger prizepool.  It was anyone’s guess who would show up for the event, thanks to online poker’s Black Friday in April, but the majority of the big names were there with Daniel Negreanu, Erik Seidel, Tom Dwan, Erick Lindgren, Vanessa Rousso and Patrik Antonius all patched up in either PokerStars or Full Tilt... holdem poker online

A weekly Friday night poker game was going strong well into the midnight hour when one of the players from the game returned from a bathroom break with a shocked look to him. "David!" he said with urgency, "Come quick! Your wife is in the bathroom making love to your brother!". "Ok guys" David replied, "this is absolutely the last hand!" Ivey issued the statement via his Facebook fan page and argued that because Full Tilt had not paid their U.S. players back he did not feel right playing at the WSOP when other players couldn’t. It’s the first time that Ivey has spoken publically about Full Tilt since online poker’s Black Friday and the site was forced to leave the U.S. market. Although many poker players first assumed the statement was a hoax, it was later confirmed through Ivey’s manager. Ivey did not play the $25,000 Heads-Up Championship event that started earlier today. What follows is the statement in its entirety. Note: the statement first appeared in six separate updates. For many years, I have been proud to call... Freeroll poker online

A man sits down at a poker game and consistently calls another man's bluff. The other man asks "how could you tell I was lying?" and the man replies "because your chips were moving." This year we’ve drawn on our vast network of international poker writers to give us a few inside picks from countries around the world. Today: France! Surprises are always a great part of the WSOP story, like Vanessa Hellebuyck winning an unexpected bracelet for France at the 2010 WSOP. But it’s equally fun to try and predict who the main stories will be. It's still virtually impossible to predict, but if the cards fall right you can reasonably assume some players will be at the the top more often than others. So who then stands the best chance to bring a sixth bracelet back to France at the 2011 WSOP? No introduction necessary.   Bertrand « ElkY » Grospellier (30 years old) No need... holdem poker online

A man joins gambler's anonymous. He's given three-to-one odds he won't make it. Inspired by Tom “durrrr” Dwan’s meteoric rise to high-stakes prominence, Macedo started with a €30 deposit on BetFair and was playing as high as $300/$600 in just a few short years. And while most of the poker world is gearing up for the World Series of Poker, starting today in Las Vegas, Macedo is still years away from making his WSOP debut. That hasn’t stopped Macedo from dreaming of WSOP glory, however. He aspires to become the first Portuguese player to win a World Series bracelet. PokerListings.com caught Girah to get an update on what’s happening in his world. PokerListings.com: It’s clear you can make a lot of money playing cash games but a lot of poker pros seek fame, and even... rake in holdem online