Archive for December 9th, 2007Dec 09 2007 Today Phil Hellmuth Talks PokerThe man known as the “Poker Brat” also had another nickname when he first started out in the world of pro poker - the Madison Kid. Phil Hellmuth is his name, and tournament Texas Holdem is his game. He holds 11 World Series of Poker bracelets, more than anyone else, and in his home town of Madison, Wisconsin as part of an online poker room’s sponsorship of the Mad City Men’s Expo, there is a two-day event… More: continued here Dec 09 2007 UK Poker League Goes OnlineIn the United Kingdom a popular show is the BBC program Dragons’ Den, were investors hear pitches on new businesses and offer or decline financial investments. Only one applicant was ever offered more than what he was requesting, and that was Steve Bellis, the Managing Director of The Nuts Poker League. Now Bellis is once more going before a tough audience, and this one is a bit bigger, as he takes his pub-poker league online… More: continued here Dec 09 2007 World Tavern Poker OpenRepresentatives from about half of the states in the US showed up at Binion’s Gambling Hall in Las Vegas to compete in the World Tavern Poker Open. More than 600 players crowded the halls for this event, the 5th annual WTPO, making it the largest event the organization has ever put on. The WTP is a bar poker league which hosts the Open twice a year, and this event was joined by World Series of Poker former champion Greg “Fossilman” Raymer… More: continued here |
