July 9, 2006
You had to feel for Phil Hellmuth in the $5 000 No-Limit Hold ‘Em WSOP event number 9 last week. It was an opportunity for the poker star to join the elite group of world class players who have won 10 WSOP bracelets, but it eluded him. Hellmuth fought his way to the final table […]
July 9, 2006
Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. has announced that the third season of the popular World Series of Poker Circuit will include 11 tournament stops that will bring high-stakes poker action and excitement to players at nine Harrah’s-operated casinos around the country. “For the first time, our Circuit events are tied to the World Series of Poker in […]
July 9, 2006
Hollywood Poker.com’s new “Diamonds” women’s celebrity team will not only be enhancing the World Series of Poker events in which it is entered, it will also be raising money for charity. The all-star team of women celebrity players, dubbed the Diamonds, will be donating 25 percent of winnings to their favorite charities. Hollywood Poker’s star […]
July 9, 2006
Whilst skill is paramount for real poker success, luck plays a huge role too. Take Phil Ivey, six time bracelet winner who only months ago was being rightly lauded for a series of brilliant victories in international tournaments, but was this week beaten to the bracelet in a World Series of Poker match. The second […]
July 7, 2006
U.S. advertising and design firm 72andSunny has launched the first international campaign for Gibraltar licensed and Indonesian owned Mansion gambling group. The campaign uses six spots for television and web as well as a print campaign, all introducing the new brand idea: “Welcome to The Game.” The concept behind the brand is to showcase poker’s […]
July 6, 2006
The big money tournaments were coming thick and fast in Vegas this week as the World Series of Poker juggernaut continued to provide great poker and plenty of excitement and rewards for winners. Event 7, the $3000 Limit tournament played on the US 4 July holiday had a smaller starting field than expected at 415 […]
July 6, 2006
Mark Vos, a 22-year old Australian online player who uses the handle PokerBok is fast earning respect as one of the world’s top poker players, and he showed his class this week by becoming one of the youngest World Series of Poker bracelet winners in history. Vos collected his first-ever WSOP bracelet in the $2,000 […]
July 6, 2006
Poker fans with a penchant for fast and professional action will be tuning into the Travel Channel over the next 24 weeks as the Professional Poker Tour gets into its stride. The 24-week series pits a select group of pro poker players against one another in invitational freeroll tournaments with $500 000 pots and big […]
July 6, 2006
Last year’s 888.com UK Poker Open Tournament attracted many players with a $1 million prize pool that included a winner’s purse of $500 000, and that is likely to be exceeded in this year’s event, scheduled for September 25 to October 8. Professional poker players and online qualifiers will participate in the televised event, and […]
July 4, 2006
The Australian media were jubiliantly reporting the latest World Series of Poker truimphs of last year’s multi-million dollar champion Joe Hachem (40) this week, as the 2006 action on the world’s biggest poker event ran the opening competitions in its 45 event schedule. The Melbourne-based poker king is in the money again after winning $345 […]