Archive for July 15th, 2007Jul 15 2007 Online Poker Site Slam Dunks Competition With Inaugural Heads-Up Tournament (PRWeb)Major online poker site UltimateBet announces launch of 64-player heads-up poker tournament and intention to expand unique one-on-one tournament format. (PRWeb Jul 15, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/Q291cC1Db3VwLVN1bW0tUGlnZy1UaGlyLVplcm8= More: continued here Jul 15 2007 Richest Cash Game in History on High Stakes Poker IV (Broadcast Newsroom)BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire/ — 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. More: continued here Jul 15 2007 Richest Cash Game in History on High Stakes Poker IV (SYS-CON Media)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. This season features 17 episodes up from 13 episodes in season III. More: continued here Jul 15 2007 Poker: Norwegian takes lead at World Series (Honolulu Advertiser)LAS VEGAS — A Norwegian who turned 21 three weeks ago was battling for the chip lead today, as fewer than 90 players remained in the World Series of Poker’s $10,000 buy-in main event. More: continued here Jul 15 2007 Art Master takes Belmont’s Poker (Fox Sports)Art Master rallied under jockey Garrett Gomez to win the $112,600 Poker Handicap on the turf Saturday at Belmont Park. The 6-year-old beat longshot Woodlander by 1 1/4 lengths with Host, the 5-2 favorite, third. After racing sixth in the early going, Art Master swung wide for the stretch run and got up for his fifth win in 10 career starts. “I cranked him up turning for home, and he went right on … More: continued here Jul 15 2007 21-year-old Norwegian takes lead at World Series of Poker (Las Vegas Sun)LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Norwegian who turned 21 three weeks ago was battling for the chip lead Saturday, as 60 players remained in the World Series of Poker’s $10,000 buy-in main event. More: continued here Jul 15 2007 Khan still hot at poker’s Main Event (Poughkeepsie Journal)LAS VEGAS - The crazy train that is the World Series of Poker’s Main Event is careening toward its vaunted final table - and Poughkeepsie’s Hevad “Rain” Khan is one of those acting as conductor. More: continued here Jul 15 2007 WORLD SERIES OF POKER: Bloomfield Twp. man wins $58K at main event (Detroit Free Press)LAS VEGAS — Bloomfield Township resident Alan Keating made it in the money at the World Series of Poker main event. Keating finished 102nd out of 6,358 players and took home $58,570. His buy-in was $10,000. More: continued here Jul 15 2007 Women Prove Their Mettle at Everest Poker Japan Cup QualifiersOnline poker room Everest Poker announced recently that two of the winners of their Japan Cup Qualifier events were women, an occurrence that property manager Jonathan May called statistically “remarkable.” At the June 23 Japan Cup live qualifier at Bar Jack in Tokyo the winner was Everest Poker player Marisuke, and the June 30th qualifier in Osaka was won by player Akemin. May pointed out that they were aware that Japanese women were becoming more involved with the game, but found the appearance of two winners impressive. The Everest Poker Japan Cup will be played out in August.Related Articles:VC Poker offers WSOPE seatsBig Plans from Everest Poker qualifiers for Japan Cup… More: continued here Jul 15 2007 Las Vegas Pro Am Poker TourneyWhile the World Series of Poker is the captain of the poker ship in Las Vegas this week and next, there are other poker events going on in Sin City, including The Small Town Poker Tour Pro Am Championship Series. The event took place on Friday, July 13, at the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa. As do all Small Town Poker Tour events, the Pro Am had a benefiting charity, the Las Vegas children’s charity, Corps of Compassion, which provides meals to at-risk children in the Las Vegas area… More: continued here Jul 15 2007 Bankroll and Establishing Your Limit as a BeginnerWhen you are new to poker there can be plenty of reasons to have apprehension about how you will manage your finances to support your enjoyment of the sport. A basic lesson on taking control of your finances is in order especially if you have intentions of playing for big money. More: continued here Jul 15 2007 Brandi Hawbaker: Drama QueenYes, the ever-welcoming world of poker has extended its collective arms to embrace one more pretty, young, spotlight grabbing female. Spotted recently acting just less than pretty at the WSOP - Hawbaker probably will not be accused of being shy or uninhibited anytime soon. More: continued here Jul 15 2007 2007 WSOP - The SharkToday, July 14th, is Day 5 of the 38th annual World Series of Poker’s Main Event, Event #55, the “Dream Machine.” It is now time to talk about Humberto Brenes. Brenes is a 55 year old businessman from Costa Rica, but most poker fans don’t care about that. They care whether or not Brenes is at a table they are watching, and they care a lot. More: continued here Jul 15 2007 2007 WSOP Diary: Day 43, July 13thOver all it was an interesting day - one where big name celebrities were booted from the tournament while guys with names like “Thor” struggled against players who looked like they would have struggled against William Hung in an arm wrestling match. More: continued here Jul 15 2007 PPA Bit at WSOPThe World Series of Poker is always a spectacle and with crowds in the thousands it is a great place to have your message heard, especially if your target audience is poker players. Such was the case for the Poker Players Alliance, which showed up in force during this year’s run at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Former New York Senator and current PPA Chairman Alfonse D’Amato was on hand, as was PPA President Michael Bolcerek… More: continued here |
