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The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King

by Michael Craig

An unusual title to be sure so an explanation is in order. The Professor is Howard Lederer; the Banker is Texan Andy Beal and the Suicide King is the King of Hearts (for if you look at this card, he appears to be holding a broad sword behind his head -- or at it). This is a book about poker and people, what makes the players tick, what draws them to the cutting edge of the game, who the best are, how and why they play and why they chose the life they live. It is packed with history, biographical and background material on some of the biggest names ever to play the game, taking you from poker's early days in Las Vegas to modern times and the red-hot action nationally, internationally.

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World Series of Poker Official SiteThe World Series of Poker has been the premier poker tournament in the world ever since it was launched by Benny Binion at the Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas in 1970. Harrah's bought the rights to the tournament in 2004 and has moved the action to the Rio. The official site shows the circuit schedule leading up to the big event held in the summer. There is also a registration section and a WSOP store.

Poker's All-Stars Compete for Over $7 Million in Prize Money at HORSE Championship

Monday, June 25, 2007

Las Vegas, NV -- The World Series of Poker presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light dealt in the biggest names in the game today, as a record 148 players each anted up a $50,000 entry fee to compete

for one of the most coveted titles in poker.

The “H.O.R.S.E. World Poker Championship” is the ultimate test of all-around skill. It requires the participants to play a rotation of five popular forms of poker – including Hold’em, Omaha High-Low, Razz, Seven-Card Stud, and Stud Eight-or-Better. The winner of this event is generally regarded among peers as the most skilled poker player in the world.

The competition attracted a virtual “Who’s Who” of the poker world. Participants range from former world champions to relative newcomers to the excitement of tournament poker – some who won their way into this event through a much less-costly means called a “satellite” tournament. The competition attracted dozens of former WSOP gold bracelet winners and several former world champions including – Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth, Jr., Jim Bechtel, Scotty “the Prince” Nguyen, and Chris “Jesus” Ferguson.

Play will continue over the next five days. The final table will be dealt on Thursday, June 28th. The entire event is being filmed by ESPN, which will make the competition into a five-part series, to be shown later in the year on television.

Last year’s winner was Chip Reese. Fittingly even before he won, Reese had long been regarded as poker’s best all-around player for nearly three decades. Winning the inaugural H.O.R.S.E. World Poker Championship validated the claim. Reese collected $1,784,640 for first place and his third WSOP gold bracelet.

This year, each of the top 16 finishers will receive prize money. They will divide up a prize pool totaling $7,104,000. First place will pay $2,276,832.

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