Binion’s Horseshoe, also known as the Horseshoe Casino or simply The Horseshoe, was a hotel and casino located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada on what is now the Fremont Street Experience.

As Jack Binion began hosting the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe. Eventually, the WSOP became the largest set of poker tournaments in the world. In 1988, the Horseshoe expanded by acquiring The Mint, a high-rise hotel on the west side of the casino. The expansion of the casino from this purchase provided room for Binion’s first poker room.

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Poker player Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo is no stranger to controversy. After building a fierce reputation as an online poker player and winning hundreds of thousands of dollars, he found himself being caught and publicly humiliated for “cheating” by using multiple accounts in major online poker tournaments. Around $100,000 were confiscated from his account and he was banned from playing on two of the largest poker sites on the Internet—Party Poker and Poker Stars. Justin Bonomo made several attempts at a public apology but was shunned by several stalwarts of the online poker community.

A few years later, Justin Bonomo has not only rebounded but has flourished having made a successful transition from online poker to live poker tournament play. At the age of 19, Justin Bonomo became the youngest-ever player to make a European televised poker table in 2005. Today, at the age of 22, Justin Bonomo has made over a million dollars in live tournaments. He cashed three times at last year’s World Series of Poker and almost won in the World Series of Poker Circuit Caesars Las Vegas Main Event. He also final-tabled four of eight tournaments at the 2006 World Poker Tour Five Diamonds WPT Classic and bubbled out of the televised final table in the main event making over $260,000.

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One thing is for certain. When the 3-day, World Series of Poker female-only event starts on June 8 at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, there will be more than a fair share of men watching the tables. After all, with a star-studded line-up, who would even think of averting their eyes?

So who has confirmed their participation at the prestigious $1000 buy-in event? Mimi Rogers should come as no surprise but other celebrities include Joely Fisher, Teri Hatcher, Cheryl Hines, and Mindy McCready. Of course, these celebrities may find that they have signed up for more than they have bargained for. Defending champion Sally Ann Boyer will be joined by other poker professionals Shawnee Barton, two-time winner Barbara Enright, Pamela Brunson, two-time winner Susie Isaacs, 2006 champion Mary Jones and Linda Johnson.

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As competition between online poker rooms thicken, the quest to provide World Series of Poker main event qualifiers with the most unique experience has pushed the creativity of online poker sites to the next level. Aside from the $10,000 buy-in and travel expenses, what else would a WSOP Main Event contender need to gain an advantage over the thousands of participants with eyes on the same prize?

DoylesRoom has the answer: A breakfast strategy session with someone who has won two World Series of Poker main events consecutively. Hot tips from the living legend himself and other Team Brunson poker pros may just give an eager qualifier the edge to become a WSOP main event winner himself.

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With thousands of online poker players seeking a seat to the 2008 World Series of Poker main event, Pacific Poker has come up with a package that is sure to draw in a throng of eager poker players. For a mere $500 + $25 buy-in, serious poker contenders can try to outskill and outplay their opponents to get into the biggest and most prestigious poker game of the year. What’s even better? It’s a weekly tournament held every Saturday at 16:00 PPT so if you don’t win this week, you can always try again.

What happens when you win the qualifier? Of course, you get the $10,000 buy-in to the World Series of Poker main event and the chance to win millions. Aside from that, you get $2,500 as a Travel Prize, $2,000 in spending money, 10 days accommodation in The Palazzo Tower of the Venetian Hotell and just because poker players are now treated like rock stars, you also get invited to a welcome party. Pretty sweet deal for such a small price.

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Top poker site Full Tilt poker is taking World Series of Poker qualifiers to the next level by offering an astonishing $10,000,000 to the 2008 WSOP Main Event Champion if they won their Main Event seat through Full Tilt Poker satellites and qualifiers. Dubbed the $10 Million Main Event Mania, this monstrous poker promotion has been running for the fourth year in a row.

The odds of this happening may be far-fetched but it is by no means impossible. Full Tilt has pledged to award at least fifteen $12K Main Event prize packages each week from March to June 22nd, 2008. The $12,000 entry includes buy-in to the World Series of Poker Main Event and an extra $2,000 so the winner can travel in style.

Full Tilt is hosting a series of WOSP qualifier tournaments including the 150 Seat Main Event Guarantee, Race to the Main Event Giveaway, $200 Tuesday Main Event Guarantee, $300 Wednesday Main Event Guarantee, $1000 Thursday Main Event Guarantee and the $500 Sunday Main Event Guarantee. With the sheer number of qualifiers available, it would be almost impossible for an avid poker fan to not find a game he or she can fit into.

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Who’d have thought they’d figure out a way to make the World Series of Poker Main Event even more exciting? The World Series of Poker has announced a change that will make poker players wet their lips with anticipation. The last nine players of the $10,000 buy-in main event at the WSOP will face off on November 9-10 instead of July 16 as originally scheduled. This change is expected to bring poker closer to home for poker aficionados all over the world.

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“Our intent is to provide an even bigger stage for our players,” said WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack. “Now fans and viewers will ask ‘who will win’ our coveted championship bracelet instead of ‘who won.’ The excitement and interest surrounding our final nine players will be unprecedented.”

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Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, is offering an exciting prize package to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas this July. The Executive Package is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for any poker player. It includes a $10,000 buy-in to the Main Event as well as registration fees and a 14-night accommodation (July 3rd - July 17th) for two in a luxury suite along with money for flights and spending.

For the ultimate World Series of Poker experience, Titan Poker will also include executive perks such as two tickets to the “Blue Man Group” show in the Blue Man Group theatre at the Venetian Resort, dinner for two at the exclusive “SW Steakhouse” at the Wynn Hotel, and limousine pick-up to and from the Las Vegas airport.

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Titan Poker, funded skilled poker duo Bruno Peyrou and Marise Massabo, from Marseille, France, to fly to Madrid for the Eurocity Poker Open Madrid this May. This is the third time that the couple has flown to a major live poker tournament thanks to their shared passion for Titan Poker’s online tournaments.

The French couple’s world poker tour began last May when Marise won a seat worth $14,000 to Pokerface 2007 in Las Vegas — and brought her husband along for moral support. A few months later, it was his turn to win them a vacation, with an $8,000 seat to the World Poker Showdown (WPS) Costa Rica in January 2008. This month, Bruno won them yet another exciting poker trip, with a $3,000 ticket to Titan Poker’s sponsored ECPT Madrid Open 2008.

The couple flew to Madrid for this elite tournament, which was staged from the 9th to the 12th of May at the Casino Gran Madrid.

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An online poker player from Alaska has defied the odds by hitting two Bad Beat Jackpots at UltimateBet within a span of less than three months.

“Bad Beat Jackpot continues to excite members of the online poker community by showing them that anything is possible at our Texas Hold’em tables,” stated UltimateBet spokesperson George MacLean.

On Tuesday, May 6th at 3:03am ET, an online poker player with the moniker dhc2lovr popped UltimateBet’s Bad Beat Jackpot by losing with four tens to four queens in a hand of Texas Hold’em. The jackpot had climbed to an impressive $448,920.71. For his win, dhc2lovr secured $145,899.23 and 117 other UltimateBet players shared an additional $145,899.23, including the winner of the hand who walked away with $72,949.61.

It wasn’t the first time that dhc2lovr had found success playing Bad Beat Jackpot. On March 25th at 2:48am ET, dhc2lovr popped his first Bad Beat Jackpot to the tune of $171,498.31.

Online Poker Player Wins Two UltimateBet Bad Beat Jackpots