Archive for July 8th, 2007Jul 08 2007 Police seize illegal video poker machines (The Times and Democrat)ELLOREE - Six illegal video poker machines were seized by the Elloree Police Department on June 28, according to Police Chief J.P. Avinger. A routine check of Ray’s This and That by police uncovered the gambling operation, the police chief said. More: continued here Jul 08 2007 Poker Players Raking It In! (Online Casino Reports)There have been many new faces at the 2007 WSOP, and a heap of new talent. This year’s tournament has seen some of the most thrilling poker games been played out, and some of the youngest competitors going the distance to take home the gold. More: continued here Jul 08 2007 Day 2 of the main event of the World Series of Poker (Las Vegas Sun)BIG NEWS: The field increased to a total of 2,832 players on the second of four starting days at the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker main event Saturday. Organizers said Day 2 had 1,545 entrants, compared to 1,287 on Friday, and Sunday’s pool looked to be even bigger. More: continued here Jul 08 2007 ‘Poker god’ Plays in Vegas (New Jersey Herald)Around here, Rick Zorn is called the “poker god,” and is considered by many to be one of the best Texas Hold ‘Em players in the county. He’s so respected that a handful of Zorn’s friends contributed to the $10,000 needed for a seat at the World Series of Poker this week in Las Vegas. More: continued here Jul 08 2007 Naples twins playing in World Series of Poker (Bonita Daily News)Naples twins David and Evan Obrentz will debut at the World Series of Poker’s Main Event in Las Vegas on Sunday. The twins earned $10,000 spots by winning back-to-back weeks on the Milwaukee’s Best Light’s Texas Hold’em Challenge last October. More: continued here Jul 08 2007 He gives helpful hand to in-home poker players (The Plain Dealer)John Coleman, 44, of Cleveland, knows a good smoke and a fine poker hand. His official full-time job is as manager of the downtown Cleveland location for Cousin’s Cigar. More: continued here Jul 08 2007 Millionaire winners play it tight at World Series of Poker (The State Journal-Register)LAS VEGAS - A million dollars just isn’t what it used to be. Among an unofficial second-day field of 1,545 players at the World Series of Poker’s main event Saturday were a handful who became millionaires by making it to the final table last year. More: continued here Jul 08 2007 Poker kings still working stiffs (Austin American-Statesman)LAS VEGAS — A million dollars just isn’t what it used to be. Among an unofficial second-day field of 1,546 players at the World Series of Poker’s main event Saturday were a handful who became millionaires by making it to last year’s final table. More: continued here Jul 08 2007 Sweden plans tax crackdown on poker sites (UPI)Sweden plans a special tax collection effort aimed at operators of poker Web sites serving as entryways to sites for on-line gambling. More: continued here Jul 08 2007 Poker Law Draws SuitLast year Washington State passed a law that made online poker gambling a Class C felony, putting it on the same level as a sex offender charge. Renton, WA attorney Lee Rousso Friday filed suit against the State alleging that the bill, SB 6613, is an unconstitutional law. Rousso says that the law was an attempt to protect the State’s brick and mortar casinos… More: continued here Jul 08 2007 Phil Hellmuth and the Poker Hall of FameWhile there is not an actual hall for the Poker Hall of Fame, there are still nominees, and Phil Hellmuth is the most recent of such to be inducted. The Poker Brat, who made history this year with his 11th World Series of Poker bracelet, joins Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, TJ Cloutier and Stu Ungar in the hall, along with fellow new inductee Barbara Enright. Hellmuth, whose career tournament cashes approach $8 million, was inducted on July 5th… More: continued here Jul 08 2007 Florida Poker Room ConfusionWhen the legislation in Florida changed to allow high stakes poker in Florida casinos, poker players flocked to be on hand for the higher limits. Five short days later, casinos were being shut down as authorities claimed they were misinterpreting the new laws. The casinos read the law as saying that players couldn’t be made to pay more than $100 (a $150 minimum buy in would be illegal)… More: continued here Jul 08 2007 2007 WSOP Diary: Day 36, July 6thAs the first day of World Series of Poker Main Event wound to a close, writers from all over the sport were sprinting to their computers and trying to come up with clever quips to describe the participation of “Everyone Loves Raymond” stars Ray Romano and Brad Garrett. More: continued here Jul 08 2007 2007 WSOP - The Golden PathIt’s still day one of the main event at the World Series of Poker, although it’s the second day one. Day 1B to be exact, and a whole new batch of fresh faced poker players will take their seats at the Rio to chase the dream. Speaking of dreams, it was Jamie Gold’s time to start living his in last year’s competition. More: continued here Jul 08 2007 2007 WSOP Event 52 - No Limit Holdem w/Rebuys $1,000Winner - Michael GravesPrize - $742,121At the start of heads up play Theo Tran had a stack of chips that was a little better than half the size of the one that was in front of Michael Graves. But early play favored Tran who started cutting into the lead that Graves had. More: continued here Jul 08 2007 2007 WSOP Event 53 - Limit Holdem Shootout $1,500Winner - Ram VaswaniPrize - $217,438Wrestlers are awarded points when an opponent has applied some sort of death grip, and they manage to turn the situation around on them. Ram Vaswani probably can’t fill out a pair of collegiate wrestling tights in quite the same manner as Kurt Angle or Brock Lesner, but he did manage to pull a reverse out of his backside and score a victory. More: continued here Jul 08 2007 2007 WSOP Event 54 - World Championship No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/Rebuys $5,000Winner - Erik SeidelPrize - $538,835Despite winning money in seven tournaments, and making a number of final tables, Chad Brown has yet to win a bracelet. There is a point where one gets tired of the tacky bridesmaid dress, and simply longs to take the walk down the aisle wearing white. This was his chance. More: continued here Jul 08 2007 WSOP Poker Boom FizzlesWhen Harrah’s Entertainment added two days to the 2007 WSOP main event calendar the thought was that player participation was going up from last year, but with the first day come and gone, it looks like participation is down. With the capacity to handle 3,000 players for each of the four Day One days, Day 1A saw only 1,301 players. It would mean only 5,200 main event players, a huge drop from last year’s 8,773… More: continued here Jul 08 2007 Spiderman Actor Respected WSOP ThreatTobey Maguire like a lot of Hollywood actors and actresses loves a good game of poker. He has played in the World Series of Poker main event and will likely do so again this year, but is he a credible threat? Many think so, despite lacking some of the poker success of other Hollywooders like Jennifer Tilly. The real threat is Maguire’s cash game, especially the one he runs at his Hollywood mansion, where he is reported to have won around $10 million playing his peers… More: continued here Jul 08 2007 Silly Hijinks at the WSOPLast year two poker pros got some attention by making a prop bet that resulted in the loser dressing in superhero costumes during the opening days of the WSOP main event. This year both players, Joe Sebok and Gavin Smith, re-upped the bet, but added in last year’s super star Jeff Madsen as a player. Madsen is the loser, showing up on day one of the main event dressed as a court jester… More: continued here |
