June 18, 2008
Internet poker player Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond is richer by $817 781 this week as a result of his victory over a stellar final table in Event 28 of the 39th World Series of Poker – the $5 000 Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys competition. Galfond had to fight his way through an entry field of 152 […]
June 17, 2008
Kenny Tran’s tough, grinding style of play brought him rich rewards over the weekend as he won his first World Series of Poker bracelet – and a useful $539 056 winner’s check – in Event 25, the $10 000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em World Championship To get there, Tran had to work his way through a […]
June 16, 2008
The giant online poker group Poker Stars.com continued to make good on its promises to make thousands of World Series of Poker Main Event seats available to players this weekend with the launch of online qualifier tourneys that will provide two hundred $12 500 WSOP Main Event seat packages to skilled and fortunate visitors to […]
June 16, 2008
Industry observers were scratching their heads this week over a new turn of events at the US-based World Poker Association, where a new eight man board of directors was elected only two weeks back with ex-CEO Wendeen Eolis taking over the chair. The new board was short-lived it appears from the latest news, with Eolis […]
June 16, 2008
Scott Seiver ran away with Event 21 – the $5 000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tourney, holding an impressive lead for most of the action as he closed in on the first prize of $755 856 this week. He accounted for most of the final table eliminations before entering the heads up with Dave Seidman and […]
June 15, 2008
Poker ace and celebrity Phil Hellmuth turned his hand to journalism this week, expanding the media coverage on the 39th World Series of Poker now in its second action-packed week in Las Vegas by writing for the mass circulation newspaper USA Today. Hellmuth identified 4 trends in his entertaining column: * Almost every record for […]
June 15, 2008
Events 19 and 20 of the 39th World Series of Poker have been decided, with convincing wins and the coveted bracelets going to Vanessa Selbst and Daniel Negreanu respectively. For Negreanu aka Kid Poker winning the $2 000 Limit Hold’em event gave him his fourth career WSOP bracelet and the first-place prize money of $204 […]
June 15, 2008
The irrepressible retired judge Harold Lee continues to defy the authorities in Arizona with his private poker room concept, and now plans to open further operations in Phoenix, according to The Arizona Republic newspaper. Lee argues that poker is a contest of skill, and club members who play for money are not in violation of […]
June 15, 2008
Providing an entertaining and informative diversion next month at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the latest artificial intelligence endowed poker programs will be pitted against top human professionals. Scheduled for July 3 – 6 the second Man vs. Machine Poker Championship will be presented at the 2008 Gaming Life Expo at the […]
June 13, 2008
A trimmer, fitter and generally better Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow has broken a personal World Series of Poker bracelet drought by winning Event 18 – the $5 000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/ rebuys – at the Rio in Las Vegas this week. Playing in a final table glittering with poker star power, forty […]