June 6, 2007
Canadian media reports this week told of three Winnipeg clubs busted for illegally profiting from Texas Hold’em poker games by taking a rake, or cut of the money. The Barca Club, the Bari Club and Shooter’s Billiards were raided by police, along with a Tuxedo suburban home belonging to one of the club’s owners. Six […]
June 5, 2007
Ciarin O’Leary blended the luck of the Irish with the skill of a patient and skilled player to prevail in event 3 at the World Series of Poker at the Rio in Las Vegas – the $1 500 No Limit Hold ‘Em. Hot favourite Alex Jacob, a young 2006 U.S. Poker Championship winner, was eliminated […]
June 5, 2007
Eric Narciso, a 24 year old Vegas dealer at Orleans Casino is the latest champion in a World Series of Poker Casino Employees competition that attracted 1 038 entries. Narciso, who also seeks fame as a rap singer using the handle QuietLike and has made a record album of his verses, took down the main […]
June 5, 2007
The popularity of the big regular Sunday online poker tournaments was undiminished by the high profile poker activity at the World Series of Poker in Vegas this weekend, with good turnouts reported by the main online poker sites. Top site Poker Stars.com’s Sunday Million pulled in another solid response, with 7 060 entrants building a […]
June 4, 2007
Competing for attention with the World Series of Poker events taking place at the Rio this weekend was Saturday evening’s final table in the World Poker Tour Mandalay Bay Poker Championship, which saw Shawn Buchanan whup Jared Hamby in a tight heads up that delivered a $768 775 blockbuster of a winner’s check to Buchanon […]
June 4, 2007
World Series of Poker action continued to dominate the weekend, with many poker pros signing up for different events, in many cases going from an elimination in one event such as the $5 000 Mixed Hold ‘Em to the $1 500 buy-in No Limit Hold ‘Em, which attracted a record field of 2 998 players […]
June 4, 2007
The World Series of Poker seems to be a magnet for record breakers, and this year’s spectacular, which kicked off at the Rio in Las Vegas on 1 June, is proving no exception. Steve Billirakis (21 and ten days) has busted the latest record, becoming the youngest player ever to win one of the coveted […]
June 3, 2007
The world’s biggest ISP will be funding the $10 000 buy-ins of 12 competitors in the World Series of Poker main event on July 6 this year, positioning them for a run at the likely $15 million winner’s prize. Nicole Opas, programming director for the ISP’s AOL Games says that nine of the sponsorships have […]
June 3, 2007
Who are the ten top players in WSOP rankings? To give an indication to readers, we have studied a range of criteria and where leading international players fit in each. Starting with World Series of Poker numbers, we look at those players who have achieved the Most WSOP Final Tables: T. J. Cloutier – 39 […]
June 3, 2007
Poker fever will rule for the 47 days of World Series of Poker that started at the beginning of this (June) month and will culminate next in the Main Event, where a buy-in of $10 000 gives entrants a chance to compete against thousands, including the world’s best, to win huge amounts of hard cash […]