Archive for May, 2007

Odds on 2007 WSOP Champion

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Just one day to go until much awaited the 2007 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas begins, and the bookmakers have the odds out. Bodog Poker offers the following WSOP odds and props:
Which one of these players win their 11th bracelet first at the 2007 World Series?
Doyle Brunson - 8/1
Johnny Chan - [...]

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Venetian Resort Casino Hosts CEO Poker 2007

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

(PRWEB) — CEO Poker, an Executive Games company, has announced The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas will host a 2007 CEO Poker Tournament July 2 - 10, 2007. Executives from all over the world will battle over the green felt for an exclusive Tiffany Championship bracelet, cash prizes, trophies and bragging rights. Buy-ins will range [...]

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New Poker Room Opens in Florida

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

A brand new poker room recently opened in Florida on the second floor of The Isle Casino at Pompano Park, taking advantage of recent rulings that have upped the betting limits on poker.
Following a non-smoking poker room launch at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, the poker room at The Isle Casino replaces the former [...]

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Poker Stars Ten Billionth Poker Hand won by a Girl

Friday, May 25th, 2007

The 19-year-old woman is a university student from Canada who is waiting tables for the summer. At the time she won the $100,000, she had $12 in her Poker Stars account. She started playing poker in high school about four years ago and fell in love with the game. So, naturally, [...]

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Daniel Negreanu says play more tournament poker hands

Friday, May 25th, 2007

A bit of poker tip from Daniel Negreanu, top poker player for many people. Daniel says play more tournament poker hands.
Most No Limit Texas Hold’em poker tournaments have a small blind and big blind as well as an ante. When the blinds reach 400-800, an additional 100 ante is contributed by each player. This forces [...]

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Layla Kayleigh is New World Poker Tour Hostess

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Layla Kayleigh will take over Sabina Gadecki as TV hostess of the World Poker Tour for Season 6, which airs for the first time on GSN this year.
Kayleigh was a correspondent for Fox Sport’s “Best Damn Sports Show Period” and The Vegas Insider, and she is well known to gamers for co-hosting G4’s Attack of [...]

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Poker Stars presents the Big Ten Billion

Sunday, May 13th, 2007

The Big 10 Billion
It wasn’t long ago that we dealt our 5 Billionth hand here at PokerStars. In fact, less than a year has passed. For us (and for online poker) this was a pretty amazing feat. However, in true PokerStars fashion of pushing boundaries, we are already set to deal our [...]

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World Poker Tour Season 6 Tournament Schedule

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

LOS ANGELES– WPT Enterprises, Inc. today announced its official tournament schedule for Season VI of its highly popular TV show, the World Poker Tour (WPT). The schedule includes 19 regular-season WPT tour stops and the annual ladies-only event, Ladies Night V. Several “WPT specials”–or themed invitation events–will be announced at a later date.

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WSOP 2007 Announces New Payout Schedules

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

LAS VEGAS–Most players who finish in the money in 2007 World Series of Poker events will receive a higher percentage of the prize pools than last year, WSOP officials said on Tuesday. “We are increasing the return to players who, after hours or days of grueling competition, are able to reach the money,” said Howard Greenbaum, regional vice president of specialty gaming for Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.

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