Archive for July 9th, 2007Jul 09 2007 Day 3 of the main event of the World Series of Poker (Las Vegas Sun)BIG NEWS: The field increased to a total of 4,583 players on the third of four starting days at the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker main event Sunday. Organizers said Day 3 had 1,751 entrants, compared to 1,287 on Friday and 1,545 on Saturday. More: continued here Jul 09 2007 World Series of Poker - Crikey gets a seat at the table (Crikey)The richest single event prize-money in world sport goes to the winner of the main event at the World Series of Poker. It’s richer than Wimbledon, richer than any golf tournament, and richer than the world’s richest horse race. More: continued here Jul 09 2007 El Paso poker player gets chance of a lifetime in Vegas (El Paso Times)At least one El Pasoan was in Las Vegas this weekend for the World Series of Poker, sitting among the best players in the world and hoping against hope to have a shot at millions of dollars. More: continued here Jul 09 2007 Playing Poker by Daniel Negreanu : Avoiding these traps can save you money (Arizona Daily Star)Poker is as much about cutting your losses as it is about winning pots. The ability to fold a strong hand in the right situation can save you loads of money, which essentially adds to your bottom line. Money saved is money earned. More: continued here Jul 09 2007 Summer of George at World Series of Poker (USA Today)Jason Alexander, a big winner at the Ante Up for Africa charity poker event, has carried his hot streak into the World Series of Poker’s main event, taking a sizable pot from poker veteran Phil Gordon. Some of the celebrities… More: continued here Jul 09 2007 Celebrities bring their best game to the World Series of Poker (CP via Yahoo! Canada News)LAS VEGAS (AP) - At every World Series of Poker, actors and athletes who are stars in their own right take a shot at the biggest poker prize alongside professional gamblers and average dreamers. More: continued here Jul 09 2007 She’s all into poker (The Star-Ledger)It was just fun and games when Anne Heft’s family started its poker nights. Nothing too serious, just for change, maybe a few bucks. But when interest in poker boomed in 2003, her oldest son suggested they take a new view of the game. More: continued here Jul 09 2007 Pair of MPH grads flush with poker skill (The Post-Standard)Not many parents would be happy to finish putting their son through college only to have him say that he didn’t plan to get a job and planned to play poker full time instead. More: continued here Jul 09 2007 Some celebs losing shirts at World Series of Poker (ESPN)Celebrities suffer some hard knocks during the World Series of Poker. More: continued here Jul 09 2007 Newsmakers: Celebrities play for thrills and more at World Series of Poker (Houston Chronicle)At every World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, actors and athletes who are stars in their own right take a shot at the biggest poker prize alongside professional gamblers and average dreamers. More: continued here Jul 09 2007 Online Poker Room’s Million Dollar EventOnline poker room Titan Poker has announced an upcoming poker event which they claim will be one of the largest for the year. Titan, powered by the Playtech network, will put on a $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Tournament on September 9, with satellites starting now. The qualifiers begin as low as $3.50, and could lead a lucky Titan Poker player to winning the lion’s share of the $1 million prize… More: continued here Jul 09 2007 2007 WSOP - WSOP Pro Busts and Amateur PlaysDuring the first day of the main event at the WSOP there were a couple of stand out moments that got people talking. The first bust out of the day was a confrontation between Aces and Ace King, with the latter catching a flush. More: continued here Jul 09 2007 Online Poker Room Everest Poker Floods WSOPA whopping 39 players were sent from online poker room Everest Poker to compete in the World Series of Poker, but not in the main event. The preliminary Event # 49 was the target, a $1,500 buy in No Limit Holdem game, the last of a series of such games. This side event drew an amazing 3,200 players to compete, building a record breaking prize pool… More: continued here Jul 09 2007 2007 WSOP Diary: Day 37, July 7thMontel Williams may be a world class humanitarian and all around good guy, but perhaps he should stick to consoling people on his show who happen to the mother, grandmother, and aunt of their own newborn baby. He was one of the participants of Day 1B of the World Series of Poker’s Main Event. If his losing ways continue he will soon be joining Isabelle Mercier and Kathy Liebert in the losers lounge. More: continued here Jul 09 2007 2007 WSOP - The Crap Shoot TheoryOnce again the main event of the WSOP is coming a bit under fire for being a “crap shoot”, a reference to the incredible amount of luck needed to win big in a game of craps. There is some irony to the possibility that the main event of the WSOP is a crap shoot, considering it was created to showcase the world’s best poker players. More: continued here Jul 09 2007 Erica Schoenberg: MIT Trained and Math InclinedYou may have spotted her at the World Poker Tour’s Ladies’ Night and noticed her disarming beauty. Another poker hottie - Erica Schoenberg was born March 25, 1978 in Akron, Ohio. MIT trained and heavily math inclined - Schoenberg has demonstrated a natural knack for card playing and poker. More: continued here Jul 09 2007 Attendance at WSOP Still LowCompared to last year, the number of players in the 38th annual World Series of Poker is much lower than anticipated. On the first day of the four day long “Day One” just 1,287 players registered, and on Day 1B there were slightly more at 1,546 entrants. That totals just 2,833 players when Harrah’s Entertainment - the owners of the WSOP - had allowed for 3,000 each day… More: continued here |
