SearchArchives for: June 2007WSOP Birthplace to Change Hands Again29th June 2007 As the 38th WSOP battles onward, the place where it all started has been sold once again. On June 27th, MTR Gaming Group announced that they had signed a definitive agreement to sell Binions Gambling Hall and Hotel...This article is courtesy of Poker Ne… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em European Union Strikes at France and Sweden over Online-Gambling Access29th June 2007 The European Union has issued a reasoned decision against France and Sweden for those countries insistence on maintaining state-run gambling operations that discriminate against privately-owned, Internet-based companies based in other...This article is c… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Over $40,000 in PokerNews Cup Australia Freerolls This Week!29th June 2007 PokerNews follows up last weeks flood of $5000 PokerNews Cup Freerolls by offering players nine more chances to play in the 2007 PokerNews Cup Australia over the next seven days.This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.comWSOPoker Day 19, 20, &… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #39, $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. â” Final Table Set; Filippi Holds Lead28th June 2007 The $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tourney at the WSOP, Event #39, ended the days play the same way it started â” with Amnon Filippi in the lead. In the middle were bustouts, suckouts, bad beats and bad singing as the 21 remaining poker luminaries...This article is… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em PokerStars Asia-Pacific Poker Tour Announced28th June 2007 Today PokerStars announced the launch of the Asia-Pacific Poker Tour. Beginning in late August, the APPT will tour the Asia-Pacific region with stops in the Phillippines, South Korea and Australia announced with more planned to come...This article is cou… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em 2007 WSOP Overview, June 27th â” H.O.R.S.E. Final Eight Set; Bennett, Dumanski Claim Bracelets28th June 2007 Two more winners bracelets were awarded on Wednesday at the WSOP, even as the attention-grabbing $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tourney played down to its final table. Ernest Bennett and Lukasz Dumanski were the days champions, while Amnon Filippi...This article is… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #41, $1,000 Seniors NLHE â” Bennett Takes Bracelet and Title28th June 2007 Ernest Bennett claimed the bracelet and first place prize of $348,423 after defeating seven finalists and negotiating a heads-up chop in the finals of Event #41, $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold Em. Bennett started the day as chip leader...This article is c… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Calling All Poker Players in Las Vegas: Audition for a Shot at Reality TVs Largest Prize Ever28th June 2007 Calling All Poker Players in Las Vegas: Audition for a Shot at Reality TVs Largest Prize Ever
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LAS VEGAS - As tho… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #42, $1,500 PLO H/L â” Lukasz Dumanski Claims Omaha Bracelet28th June 2007 Event #42, $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha high/Low Split, brought eight hours of final-table play on an impromptu third day of the largest live PLO tournament in history. Lukasz Dumanski emerged victorious to claim his first WSOP bracelet, $227,454...This artic… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Update, Event 43 â“ Chipleader Rounds Feeling Peachy as Ahmad, Pechie Chase28th June 2007 Wednesday saw the decisive narrowing of the field in the $2,000 Limit Holdem Event #43 as players returned for the 2:00 P.M. (PST) start. With 61 players returning for the Day Two action and only 45 making the money...This article is courtesy of Poker N… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event 44 â“ Rodman, Luske Looking Down at Tough Field28th June 2007 While plenty of poker action took place at the Rio on Wednesday, after several mixed game tournaments, the World Series of Poker got back to single game action with the start of the $2,000 buy-in Omaha Hi-Lo...This article is courtesy of Poker News | pok… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Canada, Australia, Macau Join WTO Compensation Claim Group28th June 2007 And then there were seven. Canada, Australia and Macau have joined the list of countries who have joined Antigua & Barbuda in its World Trade Organization battle against the United States. Along with India, Costa Rica and the European Union...This arti… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Harvard Study Finds Fears About Online Gambling Unsupported28th June 2007 In what is thought to be the first comprehensive, empirical study of online-gambling behaviors, Harvard Medical Schools Division of Addictions characterizes a majority of online gamblers behavior as moderate, concluding that...This article is courtesy of… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em PokerNews Launches Slovenian Web Site28th June 2007 We are delighted to announce the launch of our brand new Slovenian language web site. Slovenian PokerNews is just the latest on our growing list of international pages, as we continue to roll out web sites for poker fans around the world....This article… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em 2007 World Series of Poker: Event 45 - $5,000 No-Limit Holdem 6-Handed - Day 128th June 2007 Live Coverage of Day 1 of the 2007 World Series of Poker $5,000 No-Limit Holdem 6-Handed EventRead more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsWPT Championships Day 1a: The Phil Hellmuth and Jamie Gold Show | Here And Now: Another Countr… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #40 â“ Goldberg Strikes World Series Gold28th June 2007 Day Three of the $1,500 Mixed Holdem Event #40 brought plenty of excitement for the returning nine players as play continued on. Despite being a mixed game of both No Limit Holdem and Limit Holdem...This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.com… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #39, $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. â” Elezra Falls, Filippi Surges to Front28th June 2007 Day Three of Event $59, $50,000 H.O.R.S.E., began with 52 of 148 players still alive, with a tight leader board featuring 52 players and plenty of big names at the top. John Hanson started the day on top, but players such as Toto Leonidas...This article… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em 2007 WSOP Overview, June 26th â” Gold for Goldberg, Filippi Leads H.O.R.S.E.27th June 2007 A busy Tuesday of action at the World Series of Poker brought play in five events, including Day Three of the prestigious $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tourney, Event #39. 52 of the original 148 players were alive when play began, with the 21 eventual...This artic… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #42, $1,500 PLO H/L â” David Bach, Chad Brown Atop Final Table27th June 2007 98 players returned for Day Two of Event #42, $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha, at the Rio on Tuesday, and the size of the field required on-the-fly adjustments to the tournament schedule, adding a third day to this, the largest live PLO tournament...This article… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #41, $1,000 Seniors NLHE â” Bennett, Lewis, Smith Lead Way as Final ...27th June 2007 Tuesdays action in Event #41, $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold Em, began fast â” nearly half of the field of 121 were eliminated in the first two hours of play â” but ended on a more restrained note. Ernest Bennett will lead the final table...This article i… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Casino Chip and Gaming Tokens Collectors Club 15th Annual Convention set for August in Las Vegas27th June 2007 The Casino Chip and Gaming Tokens Collectors Club, Inc. (CCGTCC) is holding its 15th Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada starting on August 8, 2007 and ending on August 11, 2007 at the Riviera Hotel & Casino. The CCGTCC is the largest club in the worl… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Pattern Play in Shorthanded Holdem27th June 2007 Next time youre in a bar, heres a bet you can always win: Simply ask your victim to name the source of the quote, "Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." Nine times out of ten hell say Shakespeare, because most people think th… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Making the Correct Call at the 2006 WSOP Could You?27th June 2007 My gaming background spans over 40 years and ranges from shill to an owner; yet it was exciting and rewarding to work as a Supervisor at the 2006 World Series of Poker. Experiencing the WSOP as an employee was shocking and overwhelming. It was the larges… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Poker is a wonderful game...27th June 2007 I have enjoyed playing the game now for over seventy years. I will be 80 this September 30th -- and I wish to invite all of you folks to come to my Birthday Poker Party which will be held at the Venetian in Las Vegas on September 28-29th and 30th of 2007… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em 2007 World Series of Poker: Event 43 - $2,000 Limit Holdem - Day 227th June 2007 Day 2 of the $2,000 Limit Holdem event gets under way today... Read more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsPokerProForAYear Update - Ilja Smid Interview | Triple Draw, Five Card Draw Come to PokerStars | Bad Guys Rob Charity Tourney more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Where in the World is Vinnie Vinh?27th June 2007 My cell phone rang at around three oclock in the morning about a week before the 2007 World Series of Poker began. It was Vinnie Vinh. By his tone, and an uncomfortable silence, I knew this wasnt a social call....This article is courtesy of Poker News |… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event # 40 â“ Craig Wants to Write His Own Ending26th June 2007 Monday is considered a tough day for the majority of working-world, as the start of the work week can be down-right annoying, but for the players returning for Day Two of the Event #40, $1,500 Mixed Hold Em, Monday brought....This article is courtesy of… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #42, $1,500 PLO H/L â” Dario Alioto, Billy Stern on Top26th June 2007 Event #42, $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha High/Low Split, began a bit later than its scheduled 5pm start time, due to the huge attendance in the earlier $1,000 Seniors event. Once play got underway, however, the furious action inside the Poker...This article is… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event # 38 â“ Cheung Victorious; Schoenberg Finishes Third26th June 2007 The World Series of Poker continued Monday afternoon with the conclusion of the Event #38, the $1,500 No Limit Holdem tournament. Narrowed from a capacity field of 2,778 players, the final nine players returned...This article is courtesy of Poker News |… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #39, $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. â” Hanson, Leonidas, Elezra, Cunningham at Top26th June 2007 As Day Two of the $50,000 World Championship HORSE tournament drew to a close, more than half the field had been sent home, but Eli Elezra remained one of the top chip stacks. While T.J. Cloutier, Doyle Brunson, Chris Ferguson, Mike Sexton...This article… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #41, $1,000 Seniors NLHE â” Terry Fuiescher Tops Pack; Preston 7th26th June 2007 Terry Fueischer is the chip leader after one day of action in Event #41, $1000 Seniors No Limit Hold Em. He leads a field of notable players including former Main Event Champions Amarillo Slim Preston (1972), Tom McEvoy (1983) and Brad...This article is… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em 2007 WSOP Overview, June 25th â” H.O.R.S.E. Herd Thinned, Cheung Captures Gold26th June 2007 Mondays play at the World Series of Poker saw Day Two action in the prestigious Event #39, $50,000 H.O.R.S.E., trim more than half the field away from the pack. 127 of the original 148 players were alive at days start, with 52 surviving...This article i… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Poker Room Review: The Silver Fox, Everett, MA26th June 2007 The first time I played at this Boston-area poker public poker room, I had just returned from a trip to Las Vegas. My mind was still shaking from the overload of beautifully appointed, meticulously managed poker rooms such as the Venetian...This article… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em PokerNews Cup Australia Satellite Series Starts at Titan Poker26th June 2007 Want to head Down Under? Titan Poker has daily satellites to the upcoming PokerNews Cup starting from just $3+$0.30! 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Whats the word on the street? | WSOP Updates â“ Event #37,… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #40 â“ Lisandro off his H.O.R.S.E., Among Leaders25th June 2007 While the World Series of Pokers "Big Game" got underway with the start of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E tournament, 620 players took to the felt to test their skills in a different kind of mixed game tournament....This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokern… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event # 38: Schoenberg Marquee Name at Final Table25th June 2007 Day Two of the 1,500 No Limit Holdem - Event #38 got underway Sunday afternoon at 2:00PM (PST) and the tournament continued to follow Day Ones break-neck pace throughout the day With 171 players returning...This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokern… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #39, $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. â” Eli Elezra Jumps to Early Lead25th June 2007 Event #39 of the 2007 WSOP, $50,000 H.O.R.S.E., may be the most anticipated tournament at the World Series, with the high buy-in and mixed-game format guaranteeing a field chock-full of pokers biggest names. Scheduled to run...This article is courtesy o… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #37, $2,000 PLHE â” Greg Hopkins Claims Pot-Limit Title25th June 2007 Greg Hopkins survived a slow race to win Event #37, $2,000 Pot Limit Hold Em on Sunday. Winning his first WSOP bracelet, Hopkins cashed $269,707. He was in second place going into the final table, which began with Yuval Bronshtein...This article is cou… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Red River Round-up Poker Tournament at Winstar - Where the West is Won25th June 2007 The annual "Red River Round-up" Poker Tournament, at the Chickasaw Nations WINSTAR Casino, in Thackerville, OK, on the border with Texas, is a special title. It means riding into the heart and legend of the American West, where poker has been played sinc… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Green Joker Poker Festival25th June 2007 While most of the events I attend are in the UK, I do travel to some events outside of my home country. Next month I will be visiting Slovenia before heading stateside for the WSOP, but just last week I paid a visit to Ireland for the Green Joker Poker f… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Winning Hands25th June 2007 Ive been playing a lot of online poker these days and have come across a couple of interesting hands on PokerStars and Full Tilt.
7c-7h $10-$20 Limit: The player under the gun (UTG) raised and I called with 7c-7h. The button and both blinds also called.… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Terry Chiaradio - Womans World: Shes the Poker Boss at Foxwoods25th June 2007 Terry Chiaradio is excited. Shes telling me about the Mega Stack Challenge that she and her team recently implemented at Foxwoods. We held our first event last month," she said. "Its a $3,000 buy-in tournament, but we have satellites and a qualifier to m… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Beau Rivage Rises From Hurricane Katrinas Destruction25th June 2007 Sometimes catastrophe presents a hidden opportunity, though its often difficult to realize at the time. From the devastation of Katrina, Biloxi, Mississippis Beau Rivage Resort and Casino-Biloxis largest employer with a staff of 3,800-reopened bigger and… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Things You Hate To Hear At The Poker Table25th June 2007 Some things are annoying at the poker table, like chip stacking, too much talking, and not paying attention come to mind. Whether online or live, there are certain comments that grate the very nerves I try to keep under control.
The first statement that… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Stories: Is the World Series of Poker Really a Crapshoot?25th June 2007 We have all heard it millions of times before, and it is argued fiercely by some. Is the World Series of Poker nothing more than a crapshoot? Sure, there are a few big-name pros that have already won enough money to cement themselves...This article is… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em 2007 World Series of Poker: Event 38 - $1,500 No-Limit Holdem - Final25th June 2007 Final of the 2007 World Series of Poker $1,500 No Limit Holdem EventRead more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsSuited Connectors Strategy in No Limit HoldEm | Hands Youre Bound to Go Broke On | 2007 WSOP Schedule Released more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Stories: $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Event to Kick Off; Whos Worth Watching?25th June 2007 With the return of the prestigious $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event on Sunday, theres a buzz in the poker world. The event brings out the cream of the crop and many argue that it should replace the Main Event as the preeminent championship event...This article… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em 2007 WSOP Overview, June 23rd â” Young, Guth, Claim Titles; H.O.R.S.E. Championship on Deck24th June 2007 Saturdays action at the World Series of Poker saw two bracelets awarded, one in the culmination of an aggressively played event and the other a lengthy wrap-up to a three-day endurance test. Ryan Young and John Guth were the triumphant...This article is… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #35, $1,500 NLHE â” Young Vanquishes Dirksen in Heads-Up Duel24th June 2007 Ryan Young took the top prize in Saturdays final of Event #35, $1500 No Limit Hold Em, claiming his first WSOP bracelet, $615,955, and a Corum watch. Young went into Saturdays final table as chip leader and maintained his lead...This article is courtesy… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #36, $5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo â” Guth Outlasts Stevanovski for Title24th June 2007 After three days of chops, splits and pushes, John Sir Scoopalot Guth scooped his fair share of pots en route to his first World Series of Poker cash, his first WSOP final table, and his first WSOP bracelet in Event #36, $5,000 Omaha...This article is co… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #38, $1,500 NLHE â” Banducci Tops Massive First-Day Field24th June 2007 An enormous field of 2,780 runners took to the felt for Saturdays $1,500 No Limit Holdem Event #38, every one eyeing World Series of Poker immortality. With the event officially sold out and all available tables filled...This article is courtesy of Poker… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #37, $2,000 PLHE â” Yuval Bronshtein Heads Pot-Limit Final Table24th June 2007 45 players returned to action on Saturday in Event #37, $2,000 Pot Limit Hold Em made a somewhat anonymous entry to the tournament floor, buried by the sea of entrants in the days no-limit holdem tourney. The 45 were the survivors...This article is cour… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #35, $1,500 NLHE â” Young Vanquishes Dirksen Heads-Up Duel24th June 2007 Ryan Young took the top prize in Saturdays final of Event #35, $1500 No Limit Hold Em, claiming his first WSOP bracelet, $615,955, and a Corum watch. Young went into Saturdays final table as chip leader and maintained his lead...This article is courtesy… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Stories: When to Take Your Shot24th June 2007 Part of the appeal of the World Series of Poker is that it allows players who have a smaller bankroll to explode onto the poker scene with a huge score. Many people see the WSOP as their opportunity to take a shot at the tournament...This article is cou… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em 2007 World Series of Poker: Event 38 - $1,500 No-Limit Holdem - Day 224th June 2007 Day 2 of the $1,500 No Limit Holdem event gets under way today at 2 p.m.!Read more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsHere and Now: "WSOP Europe" | Inside the Poker Tour â“ 67 â“ From the LA Poker Classic | Offical Chip counts at the… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #34, $3,000 LHE â” Alexander Borteh Wins Limit Title23rd June 2007 The last nine players from a starting field of 296 assembled on Friday for the final table of Event #34, $3,000 Limit Hold Em, chasing WSOP gold and a first-place cash of $225,483. The action was fast, as two players were eliminated...This article is co… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #35, $1,500 NLHE â” Young, Dirksen, Esposito Head Final Table23rd June 2007 Event #35, $1,500 No Limit Hold Em, saw 147 players return from an original 2,541 for Fridays action. The 147 were trimmed to a final table of nine in a relatively short session, finishing up after only 11 hours of play. Dustin Dirksen...This article is… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #37, $2,000 PLHE â” Henson, Ferro, Ride High on Day One23rd June 2007 Fridays first day of play in Event #37, $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold Em, saw the 599 starters quickly trimmed to 45 survivors, who will return on Saturday for Day Two. The money bubble burst at 54, so the returnees are guaranteed to cash...This article is cour… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #36, $5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo â” Massimo Reynaud Leads After Marathon Day Two23rd June 2007 147 players returned for Day Two of Event #36, $5,000 Omaha High/Low Split, the field loaded with big names. Kirill Gerasimov opened the day with the lead, with Mike The Mouth Matusow, Annie Duke, Gavin Smith, Todd Brunson, Huck Seed...This article is co… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #32, $2,000 7CS â” Lisandro Tops Frangos for 7-Stud Title22nd June 2007 Event #32, $2,000 Seven Card Stud Event, returned on Thursday for an unexpected third day of play. With ESPN cameras at the final table, the last eight players began action at 1pm. Jeffrey Lisandro and Daniel Negreanu held down the...This article is co… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #36, $5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo â” Kirill Gerasimov Heads Omaha Pack22nd June 2007 Event #36, $5,000 Omaha High/Low Split Event #36, began Thursday afternoon with a smaller field heavy on high-stakes players and Omaha specialists. Although small in comparison to the No Limit tournaments, there were plenty of...This article is courtesy… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #31, $5,000 Heads-Up NLHE â” Dan rekrul Schreiber Storms to Victory22nd June 2007 Dan rekrul Schreiber took home his first WSOP bracelet and $425,594 after defeating Mark Muchnik 2-0 in a best of three series for the title in Event #31, Heads Up No Limit Hold Em. Schreiber and Muchnik advanced to the championship...This article is co… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Daniel Schreiber wins largest heads-up holdem event in history22nd June 2007 The winner of the $5,000 buy-in World Heads-Up Poker Championship was Daniel Schreiber, a 21-year-old student from Seoul, South Korea.
The final match pitted Schreiber against Las Vegas poker pro Mark Muchnik. In the best two-out-of three series, Schre… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Online Players Breaking Through at the WSOP - Thayer Rasmussen22nd June 2007 Thayer Rasmussen is not a name that most people in the poker are very familiar with, although that may not be true for long. Rasmussen is among a growing cadre of young talented online poker players making a name for themselves...This article is courtes… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em 2007 World Series of Poker: Event 34 - $3,000 Limit Holdem - Final22nd June 2007 Live Coverage of the Final Table of the $3,000 Limit HoldemRead more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsFTOPS Here I Come | Roy Winston finished 23rd at the LA Poker Classic | WPT Championships Day 1a: The Phil Hellmuth and Jamie Gol… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #31, $5,000 Heads-Up NLHE â” Leonidas, Shorr, Selbst Highlight Final Eight21st June 2007 Eight players will make a run for the bracelet and $425,594 first-place money in Event #31, $5,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold Em. Three rounds of action on Wednesday reduced the field from 64 to eight. The final eight, along with todays early...This articl… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #30, $2,500 NLHE Six-Handed â” Corkins Goes Wire-to-Wire for Win21st June 2007 Hoyt The Alabama Cowboy Corkins snapped a 15-year dry spell on Wednesday by taking down the first-place cash of $515,065 and the highly coveted bracelet in Event #30, $2,500 No Limit Hold Em Six-Handed. Corkins, who held...This article is courtesy of Po… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #34, $3,000 LHE â” Mueller, Tran Pursue Borteh in Limit Chase21st June 2007 Alexander Borteh leads the pack in Event #34, $3000 Limit Hold Em after one day of play, followed closely by Greg FBT Mueller and J.C. Tran. The 5pm-starting event began play in the Poker Pavilion, as the Amazon Room was occupied...This article is court… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em 2007 WSOP Overview, June 20th â” Corkins in a Runaway, Heads-Up Final Eight Set21st June 2007 A special treat for the busy reader â” a brief overview of the latest happenings from the WSOP. Savor the details when you can, but get the top-line news right here...This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.comJennifer Harman SPCA Poker Tourn… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #33, $1,500 PLO â” Glantz, Balandin, Binger Early Leaders21st June 2007 293 of the biggest names in poker gathered yesterday to vie for the bracelet in Event #33, Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys. With a relatively small $1,500 buy-in, the event still attracted a stellar field including Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem...This article is c… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #32, $2,000 7CS â” Lisandro, Negreanu Highlight Final Table21st June 2007 Day Two of the $2,000 Seven Card Stud Event #32 provided plenty of excitement as the field continued to chase toward a World Series of Poker bracelet and the first-place cash of $118,426. Having started Tuesday afternoon with 213...This article is courte… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Inside The Tour â“ 75 â“ Same Game â“ Very Different Forms21st June 2007 Let me address an issue that seems to confuse people no matter how many times it is spoken about (this is a response to an email query). Every limit and every form of holdem is entirely different....This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.comM… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em The Art of Folding21st June 2007 When a player stayed to river in a Texas holdem game and won, I asked him, "Was that skill or just stubbornness?" He said, "A little of both." He was a friend, so I had the license to be a little flippant with him. Hed do the same with me. So, I said, "W… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em CONCEPTS21st June 2007 You cant play as many winning hands against sophisticated players as you can against weak players. Therefore, you shouldnt be attempting to play less-than-stellar hands against these knowledgeable opponents. Unlike their weak counterparts, the skilled pl… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP GOLD BRACELET WINNER EVENT # 28 - KATJA THATER21st June 2007 The Razz World Championship was won by Katja Thater, from Hamburg, Germany. She is a 40-year-old professional poker player who in recent years has become one of the top poker players in Europe. This was Thaters first win ever at the World Series of Pok… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Beat the Pros21st June 2007 At the end of March I was invited to play in a no-limit Texas holdem tournament sponsored by Poker Player Newspaper. It was held at the Gold Coast and called "Beat the Pros." The pros consisted of columnists and others associated with the print industry.… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Stud at the Rock21st June 2007 Rockingham Park (known familiarly as "The Rock") in Salem, New Hampshire is now home to a huge poker room. I visited the Rock, and noticed, in addition to a lot of tournament and live holdem action, a most unusually structured low stakes stud game.
Here… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Antigua Seeks $3.44 Billion Annual Compensation from U.S. in WTO Gambling Dispute21st June 2007 The island nation of Antigua & Barbuda today pressed its favorable decision in a recent World Trade Organization with the United States over online gambling by making a request for trade sanctions amounting to $3.44 billion annually...This article is cou… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOPoker Day 19, 20, & 21 - Event #34, $3k LHE - End of Day One21st June 2007 Another Day Two...Read more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsOnline Poker Weekend: RikkiTikki Denies Legato Third Stars Sunday Million Win | Online Poker Weekend: Swedens ZIGENAAREN Surges to Stars Win | Major Event Dates more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #28, $3,000 NLHE â” Shankar Pillai Tops Shak; Hellmuth Ties Cloutier Mark20th June 2007 Shankar Pillai took the bracelet for Event 28, $3,000 No Limit Hold Em, as well as $527,829 and a Corum watch for his first-place finish. Pillai stared the day mid-field but progressively built his stack, becoming a frontrunner 60...This article is cour… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em The $350,000 PokerNews Cup Australia Freeroll Bonanza Starts - Over 70 Packages!20th June 2007 The PokerNews Cup Australia will take place in October 2007 and players have over seventy chances to compete for free through our fantastic $5000 PokerNews Cup Freerolls which start this week!This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.com2007 WSO… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #31, $5,000 Heads-UP NLHE â” Round of 64 Set20th June 2007 After a two-hour delay amid some confusion in bracketing players and assigning them to seats, Event #31, $5,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold Em, got underway on Tuesday. 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Thater was one of the few players at this final...This article is cou… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates: BIG Final Table Day Today - Negreanu vs. Lindgren; Raymer, Brenes Also Star14th June 2007 Days like today are the reason the WSOP is the premier event in poker. We have three final tables today, all of which have their own great storylines, and big name players. Follow along with us todayThis article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.co… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #17, Ladies $1,000 NLHE â” WSOP Acadamy Grad Boyer Captures Title13th June 2007 Nine women came to the Amazon Room at 3pm on Tuesday for the final table of Event #17, $1,000 Ladies World Championship No Limit Hold Em. 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The first two...This article is… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Stories: Who Will Catch Phil First, Doyle or Johnny?13th June 2007 The biggest story of the 2007 World Series of Poker is obviously Phil Hellmuths record-setting 11th bracelet win. Showing almost no concern for the money he won in the process, Hellmuth beamed as he was presented his bracelet by Harrahs...This article is… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #18, $5,000 LHE â” Saro Getzoyan Wins Limit Championship13th June 2007 Day Three of the $5,000 Limit Holdem (Event #18) tournament saw Saro Getzoyan crowned as new champion. Besting the remaining eight players and taking home the gold WSOP bracelet and the $333,379 first-place prize was Saro Getzoyan...This article is court… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #20, $2,000 7CS Hi-Lo â” Graboski Leads, Raymer Makes Final Table13th June 2007 Day Two of the $2,000 Seven Card Stud High-Low Split (Event #20) saw the day begin with several prominent names high on the board, including Greg Raymer, Jeff Madsen and Perry Friedman, all pursuing Day One chip leader Steve Weiss. Unlike...This article… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Poker Room Review: French Lick Resort Casino, French Lick, IN13th June 2007 French Lick is best known for one thing, and one thing only: being the hometown of Hall of Fame basketball player Larry Bird. I suspect, however, that it will soon be known for two things: Larry Bird and the French Lick Resort Casino...This article is c… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em 2007 World Series of Poker: Event 20 - $2,000 7-Stud Hi-Lo - Final13th June 2007 Event 20: $2,000 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo 340 entries 1st pays: $176,358 Read more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsWPT @ Borgata Winter Poker Classic - Day 4 | EPT 2006 chip counts update day 2 | The Poker Shrink, Vol 25 - P… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Announces New Milwaukees Best Light Player of the Year Award13th June 2007 Milwaukees Best Light, title sponsor of the World Series of Poker®, will be adding its name to a reformatted WSOP Player of the Year award beginning with this years results. In addition, the POY winner will receive a nice package...This article is court… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Updates â“ Event #16 â” Richburg Tops Brown in $2,500 H.O.R.S.E. Finale12th June 2007 Mondays Day Two of Event #16, $2,500 H.O.R.S.E., event began with potentially a long night ahead of the players. With 20 runners coming to the felt, the plan was to play the table out to the bracelet...This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP GOLD BRACELET WINNER EVENT #15 - PHIL HELLMUTH, JR. BIO12th June 2007 The winner of the 1,500 buy-in No-Limit Holdem event was Phil Hellmuth, Jr. The poker superstar from Palo Alto, CA won his record 11th gold bracelet at the World Series of Poker. He is now the all-time leader in wins, one ahead of Doyle Brunson and Jo… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Phil Hellmuth, Jr. Makes Poker History! Poker Superstar First Player to Reach 11-Gold Bracelet Mile12th June 2007 Las Vegas, NV (June 11, 2007) - Poker superstar Phil Hellmuth, Jr. made history today becoming the first player ever to win 11 gold bracelets at the World Series of Poker. 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