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LAS VEGAS — Top prize at the 2007 World Series of Poker will be $8.25 million based on the 6,358 players who have entered the no-limit Texas Hold ‘em main event over the tournament’s four starting days.

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Poker is one sport where strategy, technique and an ability to bluff can outweigh a lack of experience.

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Top prize at the 2007 World Series of Poker will be about $8.23 million based on the 6,358 players who have entered the no-limit Texas Hold ‘em main event over the tournament’s four starting days, organizers said Monday.

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July 9: They’re a crew of veteran professional poker players, well-known at Bay Area casinos and respected by their peers. They scratch and claw in their chosen profession, and all of them crave the spotlight and financial boon that would come with a victory in the main event of the World Series of Poker.

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The World Series of Poker’s 14-year record run in the main event is over.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) – The big story at this year’s World Series of Poker is the effect anti-Internet gambling legislation has had on the field. Organizers said an unofficial total of 4,583 players had entered over the first three days at the $10,000 buy-in main event.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Top prize at the 2007 World Series of Poker will be US$8.25 million based on the 6,358 players who have entered the no-limit Texas Hold ‘em main event over the tournament’s four starting days.

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The World Series of Poker’s 14-year record run in the main event ended Monday, but the world’s largest poker tournament also got a little bigger this year. The final group of 1,789 players set this year’s main event at 6,358 players, nearly a 28% drop from last year’s record of 8,773. It’s also the first decrease in the main event field since 1992.

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World Series of Poker top prize set at $8.23 million At Las Vegas, top prize at the 2007 World Series of Poker will be about $8.23 million based on the 6,358 players who have entered the no-limit Texas Hold ‘em main event over the tournament’s four starting days, organizers said Monday. The total is short of last year’s record 8,773 participants and $12 million top prize. But it comes nine months …

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According to a local paper poker sites and their affiliates will be the target of tax evasion charges by Skatteverket in Sweden. A two step process is being implemented, first to tax the owners of such sites and then to prosecute them for tax evasion, according to reports. The national project leader for the tax board Internt Unit, Dag Hardyson, pointed out that they are not targeting the poker playing individual, but rather the companies that make money by referring players to online poker sites, and the sites themselves…

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One has to wonder if Dick Van Patten was playing badly because he was nervous or because he was a bad player. His son Vince was in the game along with Dick at the Father and Son Event during season five of the WPT, but had yet to play a hand as he watched his dad call off their chip stack.

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Poker super star Phil Hellmuth was driving a race car with his own image on its back from a promotional event when he crashed into a concrete pole in the parking lot of the Rio Hotel and Casino, where he was slated to appear a few hours later in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker. Online video shows the car smashing into the pole and then Hellmuth walking around, seemingly unhurt. The car’s front end was badly smashed…

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Usually if you are a guy who is spending a weekend in Vegas and your activities for the evening include an attractive woman, three Queens, and eliminations, chances are your night has gone in a very weird direction. However if you are Frank Schram this situation simply means you have used a three-of-a-kind to eliminate Vanessa Rousso from the World Series of Poker Main Event.

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In tournaments, you’ll be facing a much greater range of players than you might normally be used to. Depending on the size of the tournament, you may be facing players from around the state, country, or world. They will come from different schools of thought and exhibit different styles of play and table etiquette. What this means is that you have to be able to adjust your tactics from table to table.

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Money management is very important when you start playing Holdem for serious money. You want to make sure you always have a nice bankroll to back yourself up with, and you never, ever want to deplete that bankroll. After all, you can’t win if you’re broke.

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For the first time in years the World Series of Poker main event has not increased in attendance over the year before, now that the final numbers are in. With attendance hovering around 1,500 each of the four Day One days, estimates are in at around 6,000 for the event, compared to a capacity of 12,000 that Harrah’s was prepared for, and the actual numbers of 8,773 from last year. With the WSOP not accepting online registration from poker rooms that allow US players, many of the players that won WSOP packages this year were pocketing the money, which is one reason attendance has fallen.Related Articles:WSOP numbers up from last yearFifth biggest WSOP prize paid…

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