Six days of preliminary events. Thousands of entrants. And many, many blog posts spread all over the internet chronicling from a myriad of viewpoints the highlights (and lowlights) of the players' efforts. Then came the finale, the main event of the World Blogger Championship of Online Poker. A final total of 369 poker-playing scribes made it through … [Read more...]
Something to Write About! Imric_est wins World Blogger Championship of Online Poker
WBCOOP: Main Event live blog
The 2008 PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker live updates are brought to you by bloggers Jen Newell, Change100, Martin Harris, and Brad Willis. Click refresh to see the latest update. Playing in the event and have something to say? Shoot us an e-mail to blog@pokerstars.com. 5:47pm--Up4Poker's stack falls on triple-barrel bluff Up4Poker … [Read more...]
WBCOOP: Lone Rhino horns out field in Event #6
The 2008 PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker now has its final field set. Sunday's WBCOOP Main Event will host 369 of the world's top poker playing bloggers as they fight for a prize package to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, a European Poker Tour Trip, and other big prizes. You can see a full list of Sunday's players HERE. Saturday's … [Read more...]
WBCOOP: DjFog86 mixes up win in Event #5
Could there have been a better-named winner in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker 8-game mixed event? When the players are bouncing from game to game, it's hard to image a mix-master like DjFog86 wasn't destined to win. More than 450 players showed up for Event #5 to compete for a seat in Sunday's WBCOOP final and tons of big … [Read more...]
WBCOOP: 2T!lt4Fold takes Event #4 for Germany
The PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker now has its first 288 qualifiers for Sunday's WBCOOP final, and among them is Germany's 2T!lt4Fold. Thursday's Event #4 was a no-limit hold'em affair that awarded Main Event seats to the top 72 finishers and big-time prizes to the top 45. The top 72 who players who earned seats featured longtime … [Read more...]
WBCOOP: pgchips gets all the chips in Event #3
Bloggers love to gamble. Anybody who doubts that should spend five or ten minutes around them in Las Vegas (or, perhaps worse, when there are some spare limes that can be tossed into a trash can for large amounts of money). Anybody who still doubts it should've watched the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker Event #3. The Pot-Limit … [Read more...]
WBCOOP: No absence of of malice51 in Event #2
One hundred and forty-two people now have their seats for Sunday's PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker Main Event thanks in part to Tuesday's Event #2. The top 72 players in WBCOOP's second event earned their place in the Main Event. Tuesday's no-limit hold'em contest drew 559 of the world's poker playing bloggers. As we've mentioned, … [Read more...]
WBCOOP: snowsharkpe takes down Event #1
They have played countless hands of poker and written countless words about the victories and defeats. Now, they are facing off to determine who is the top blogger of 2008. For the first time ever, the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker is playing out as a series of events. The seven-event series is putting the world's top poker … [Read more...]
WBCOOP 2008: Calling all bloggers
It's that time of year again. The time when all bloggers get to take a break and play some poker. That's because the PokerStars WBCOOP is back. In case you didn't already know, the World Blogger Championship of Online Poker is the tournament series that gives bloggers from all over the world the chance to win big and claim the championship title. This … [Read more...]