Archive for July, 2007

California Hosts State Poker Championship

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

The 2007 California State Championship at Commerce Casino, the world’s largest poker room, begins Tuesday Sept. 4 featuring No Limit and Limit Hold’em poker tournaments.
The 19 events, with buy-ins ranging from $220 to $2,580 for the main event, will draw leading local players and national poker stars. The Cal State Championship is a feather in [...]

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Poker Stars World Cup of Poker 2007

Friday, July 27th, 2007

2007 World Cup of Poker presented by PokerStars
Represent your country in the 2007 PokerStars World Cup of Poker is an international team-based competition in which national teams of poker players battle it out for the title of World Cup Champions. The PokerStars World Cup of Poker is FREE TO ENTER, so [...]

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Danish Court Rules Poker Tournaments Legal

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

A Danish court, in the suburb of Lyngby, has ruled that Poker is not merely a game of chance but also requires skill and is therefore legitimate competition.
The ruling acquitted the president of the Danish Poker Association, Frederik Hostrup, of charges of arranging illegal gambling events. Hostrup had been sued by hotel and restaurant trade [...]

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Jerry Yang Wins 2007 WSOP Main Event!

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Jerry Yang, 39-year-old psychologist from California, has emerged as the last man standing in the 2007 WSOP $10,000 Main Event beating the 6,358 players who started playing since July 6.
Yang qualified for the Main Event in a live $225 satellite at the Pechanga $1,000,000 freeroll and played under Team Full Tilt Poker. It took over [...]

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2007 WSOP Main Events Odds From Bodog

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

Bodog online poker giant has released their odds for the final table of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event.
The final table of poker’s richest tournament, the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, gets underway in Las Vegas on Tuesday, July 17, at noon PST, and the Bodog.com Sportsbook is letting you in [...]

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Aruba Classic 2007 Poker Tournament

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
The Aruba Classic 2007 poker tournament is the hottest poker event of 2007

Ultimate Bet Poker Lobby Ultimate Bet Poker Table

It’s the 6th anniversary of the UltimateBet Aruba Classic, and how do we celebrate? The only way we know how and that is to offer up bigger prize packages and more ways to enter. 2007 will be our biggest year ever, with an estimated prize pool of at least $2,500,000!

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World Series of Poker (WSOP) attendance still low for 2007

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Compared to last year, the number of players in the 38th annual World Series of Poker is much lower than anticipated. Less than the 3,000 people tournament officials had allowed for, but still more than entered the main event altogether in any pre-Moneymaker year.

On the first day of the four day long 2007 World Series of Poker “Day One” just 1,287 players registered, and on Day 1B there were slightly more at 1,546 entrants. That totals just 2,833 players when Harrah’s Entertainment - the owners of the WSOP - had allowed for 3,000 each day [...]

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2007 WSOP Main Event Attracts 12,000 Players

Monday, July 9th, 2007

After 54 events and millions aof money prizes won, the 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event starts at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas on July 6. With some 12,000 players flocking from around the world to claim their stake at that prestigious WSOP gold bracelet and multi-million first prize!
The first four days [...]

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