PARIS–(MARKET WIRE)–Jun 29, 2006 — As the prestigious World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris came to a close on 16 June, PokerRoom.com’s Jim Davenport successfully finished in 22nd place out of 232 players winning a total of $ 16,500. Held at the famed Aviation Club in Paris, this was Davenport’s first time competing [...]

Mike Sexton, the 2006 WSOP Tournament of Champions winner and World Poker Tour Host, announced that he would be donating $500,000 (half of his $1 million win) to be split evenly between five different charities. Sexton has long been one of the most outspoken pros on the issue of donating money to charity.

Mike Sexton wins one for the old school as he takes the pot and the 2006 WSOP Tournament of Champions title at the ongoing World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournaments running at Harrah’s Rio All-Suite Hotel in Las Vegas. The 2006 WSOP-TOC was an exclusive with only 27 players invited to take part in the tournament. Players consisted of the final table from the 2005 version of the tournament, the 12 WSOP Circuit event winners and six Harrah’s sponsor exemptions.

ATLANTA, June 26 /PRNewswire/ — BLUFF MEDIA, publisher of Bluff Magazine and producer of BLUFF Poker Radio, announced today that veteran announcer Howard David will head the broadcast as lead play-by-play announcer during Bluff’s live coverage of the 2006 World Series of Poker. (www.wsopradio.com)
Bluff Poker Radio’s live broadcast from the 2006 World Series of Poker [...]

BARCELONA, Spain, June 26 /PRNewswire/ — Team Poland won the third annual PokerStars.com World Cup of Poker (www.pokerstars.com). Members of Team Poland defeated Team United States in heads-up play to win the $100,000 top prize.
In a dramatic finish, Jacek Ladny, 40, an online qualifier, called a massive bluff by the USA Team Captain Joe Harwell. [...]

LOS ANGELES, June 26 /PRNewswire/ — Bodog.com, the online gambling and entertainment giant, has signed on as the official sponsor of Baron Davis and Paul Pierce’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" A Magic Night of Poker, Players and Stars Friday July 7th. For this private event, the Avalon and Spider Club in Hollywood will be transformed [...]

After months of waiting and online poker qualifying tournaments, the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) finally kicks off at Harrah’s Rio All-Suite hotel in Las Vegas. This most important poker event will run from June 25 through August 10, 2006.

The Insider’s poker editor, Marc, won a seat at the World Series Of Poker $10,000 main event this weekend. Best of all, he did it via a freeroll tournament on the online poker site, Doylesroom.com.
The event was sponsored by PokerNews.com and three WSOP packages to the Main Event were offered. In an interesting twist one [...]

New York, NY (PRWEB) June 24, 2006 — The second of three freerolls in a series leading up to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) was won by a Danish man who goes by the name "Yogo1." The 24-year-old student played his way to his biggest win to date and walked away with a [...]

LAS VEGAS–Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. announced Friday that ESPN will telecast 32 hours of original programming of the 2006 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light. The ESPN telecasts will be aired every Tuesday at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Eastern Time beginning July 18 and continuing through October 31.