June 23, 2008
Large entry fields, plenty of professionals and big money continued to feature in events 36 and 37 at the 2008 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas over the weekend. In Event 36, the $1 500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em, a starting field of almost 2 500 players generated some big six-figure prizes and deep cashes […]
June 23, 2008
The Poker Players Alliance strongly supported the attack on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act represented by HR5767 this weekend, urging its one million plus members to contact their political representatives and urge them to support the move. Launched by Congressmen Barney Frank and Ron Paul in April this year, HR 5767 is a bi-partisan […]
June 22, 2008
It’s been 5 years since Las Vegas pro Layne Flack achieved WSOP bracelet status in style, winning two bracelets and earning the nickname “Back to Back” in the process. This week he showed 320 entrants in Event 34, the $1 500 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys tourney, that he still has the mojo, adding to […]
June 21, 2008
Events 32 and 33 at the 39th World Series of Poker in Las Vegas concluded as the week came to a close, with Chris “Jesus” Ferguson narrowly missing out on a bracelet, but Jose Luis Velador taking the major cash for the day home. The Californian poker pro Jose Luis Velador truimphed in Event 32 […]
June 20, 2008
“Could Hypnosis Help You Win the World Series of Poker?” is the probably rhetorical question asked by an outfit called Think Like a Poker Pro in a free offer this week. The answer is in the affirmative, the company says, and to celebrate the launch of what it claims is a new poker mind power […]
June 20, 2008
Another top Internet poker player, the 23-year-old Italian ace Dario Minieri, has scored his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet after winning Event 31 – the $2 500 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em competition. Minieri becomes only the second Italian – the first was Max Pescatori – to win one of the coveted WSOP bracelets. 1 […]
June 20, 2008
A slew of big name poker pros and poker playing celebs will be supporting this year’s Ante Up for Africa tournament, which has been scheduled for the afternoon of July 2 at the Rio in Las Vegas, taking advantage of the attention that the World Series of Poker is receiving at that venue. This is […]
June 19, 2008
John ‘The Razor’ Pham was 20 minutes late for his big game this week, but it was definitely a case of ‘better late than never’ as he beat a field of 716 players to win Event 29 in the 2008 World Series of Poker – the $3 000 No-Limit Hold’em event – collecting his first […]
June 19, 2008
The US publisher Cardoza has launched what it is confident will be a best-selling book on poker by Daniel Negreanu titled “Power Hold’em Strategy”, featuring contributions from some of the top international poker aces in the industry. Publisher Avery Cardoza says: “It has always been our philosophy to publish books by the world’s top poker […]
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 […]