PokerPro Tables Go Live at Four Winds Casino Resort
Four Winds Casino Resort, in New Buffalo, Michigan, opened the world's largest automated poker room today, running exclusively on PokerTek poker tables.
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Harrah's Expands WSOP Circuit to Twelve Stops
Harrah's will launch the fourth season of its popular World Series of Poker Circuit with an expanded schedule of 12 tournament stops that will bring high-stakes poker action and excitement to players at nine Harrah's casinos around the country.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Phil Hellmuth Commits to Ultimate Bet's Aruba Satellite
As if guaranteeing $425,000 worth of Aruba prize packages isn't enough of an attraction, UltimateBet today announced that 11-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth will be playing in Sunday, August 5th's 50-seat Aruba Satellite.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Commerce Casino's California State Poker Championship Slated for September
Maybe it's something in California's water or perhaps its just the great calibre of poker played in the state, but the two most recent World Series of Poker Champions were from California... Temecula's Dr. Jerry Yang in 2007 and Los Angeles' Jamie Gold in 2006. So there could be no better place to see if you have what it takes to be a champion than Commerce Casino's California State Championship this September.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
PartyPoker Women's World Open to Begin Taping
PartyPoker has announced the inaugural PartyPoker Women's World Open in London in August. The 36 runner field features the strongest line-up ever assembled for a women's poker tournament in Europe.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Psychologist Tops Field of 6,358 to Capture $8.25 Million at 2007 WSOP
Jerry Yang became poker's newest champion this morning by besting a field of 6,358 players from around the globe to win the $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Championship at the 38th Annual World Series of Poker presented by Milwaukee's Best Light.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
2007 World Series Of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Won by Poker Rookie Jerry Yang
Jerry Yang, who won his way into the main event from a $225 satellite tournament at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, is a child psychologist who only began playing poker two years ago.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Final Table Set At WSOP 2007 Main Event
The world will be watching live as the final nine players in the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event compete Tuesday for the game's most prestigious title and more than $22 million in prize money. Here are the biographies of the poker players who are in contention.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Day 4 Results at WSOP 2007 Main Event
Friday the 13th (Day Four) began with 337 players and played down to the final 99. Play lasted approximately 12 hours, as play adjourned at midnight.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
High Stakes Poker IV Features Richest Cash Game in History
GSN's HIGH STAKES POKER (HSP) continues to be the richest cash game in history on television and the last seven episodes in season IV have up to and over $5 million on the table. HSP IV premieres on Monday, August 27 at 9 PM ET/8 CT from South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Caesars Palace to Host Launch Party of World Series of Poker Europe
Pure Nightclub at Caesars Palace is set to host the Official Launch Party of the World Series of Poker Europe presented by Betfair.com on Monday, July 16th at 9 p.m.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
2007 World Series of Poker Main Event Day 3 Results
Day Three of the World Series of Poker saw play endeing at 12:30 am. The 806 players who started Day Three played down to the final 337 over the course of about 12 hours. Day Four will play 4.5 levels and will end at approximately midnight.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Hachem, Gold, Brunson and Hellmuth out of Main Event at WSOP 2007
As the World Series of Poker's main event moved into the elimination rounds Tuesday at the Rio, many of the game's more recognizable names had already been eliminated.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Hellmuth Crashes UB Race Car in Las Vegas
Even though the racecar was totaled, witnesses report that Hellmuth was conscious as he left the vehicle unscathed but visibly shaken. According to one onlooker, Hellmuth quipped, 'Well, you can't win every race.'
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Hendon Mob Member Vaswani Wins 'Shootout' at 2007 WSOP
The winner of the $1,500 buy-in Limit Hold'em Shootout championship was Ram Vaswani, from London. Vaswani now has bragging rights as the first Hendon 'mobster' to get a WSOP win.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Dao Bac Becomes First Vietnamese Player to Win Gold Bracelet at 2007 WSOP
Bac is the first Vietnamese poker player to win a gold bracelet at this year's World Series. Vietnamese-born poker players have enjoyed perhaps the highest per capita WSOP wins and earnings of any nationality. However, this year has been a relative drought for the nation that produced the likes of Men Nguyen, David Pham, Tony Ma, and others.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
2007 World Series of Poker Draws More Than 54,000 Entrants
Despite the restrictions to online poker, the health of the game is strong as the 2007 World Series of Poker has attracted 54,288 total registrants, the most in World Series of Poker history.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Ante Up for Africa Raises Nearly $400,000
An astonishing thing happened at precisely 10:40 pm on July 5th, 2007 in Las Vegas. On the tournament floor at the World Series of Poker, with thousands of spectators and a global media watching, two poker players agreed to split first prize in one of the most illustrious poker tournaments ever held. The occasion was unprecedented.
Monday, July 09, 2007
Still Time to Register for Main Event at the WSOP 2007
A total of 1,287 players kicked off the first day's play. Thousands more already have paid the $10,000 buy-in for the No-Limit Texas Hold'em Championship, commonly referred to as the Main Event. Registration remains open until July 9 at 2 p.m.
Monday, July 09, 2007
World Series of Poker Europe Pre-Registration Opens; Hellmuth All-in
Pre-registrations has officially opened for the World Series of Poker Europe. According to reports, all-time WSOP bracelet leader Phil Hellmuth Jr. has made an official commitment to play.
Monday, July 09, 2007
Robert Mizrachi Wins the $10,000 Buy-In Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship
The winner of the $10,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship is Robert Mizrachi, from Las Vegas. His younger brother Michael 'the Grinder' Mizrachi is also a formidable poker player.
Friday, July 06, 2007
Harrah's and Betfair Partnership Breaks New Ground
Harrah's has executed a non-binding letter of intent to form an alliance with Betfair.com that will designate Betfair.com as the Presenting Sponsor of the World Series of Poker Europe through 2011.
Friday, July 06, 2007
National Poker League Announced
America's first national poker league will be launched this fall. Now, people at the neighborhood level will be able to play poker in small buy-in tournaments for a chance to compete on television for life-altering prize money.
Friday, July 06, 2007
World Series of Poker Inducts Barbara Enright, Phil Hellmuth Jr. Into Poker Hall Of Fame
The World Series of Poker bestowed the game's ultimate honor today on two of poker's premier players, inducting Barbara Enright and Phil Hellmuth Jr. into the Poker Hall of Fame.
Friday, July 06, 2007
WPT Launches New Online Poker Site - WorldPokerTour.com
WPT Enterprises has announced the official launch of its new online real money and 'play for fun' gaming site, WorldPokerTour.com. The company invites players from around the globe to register and receive the $1500 'You Play, We Pay' bonus program.
Friday, July 06, 2007