Poker finalists now wait
Dennis Phillips, a 53-year-old amateur poker player from a St. Louis suburb, surged to chip lead in the World Series of Poker, as the tournament on Tuesday skimmed down to the final nine players. They will meet at the tournament’s final table in November to play for the $9.12 million top prize.
Phillips, […]
Phil Hellmuth has become one of the most recognizable poker players in the world as much for his tirades at the card table as for his considerable skill at the game. So there’s no surprise that the self-described “Poker Brat” instigated the most discussed controversy of the recent World Series of Poker main event when, […]
As a real estate agent, Jon Maren does a lot of driving, and last summer he had a vision. The North Andover resident saw himself in a dark room in a casino sitting on a stage, surrounded by TV cameras, playing with the best poker players in the world - and winning.
Nearing 50, Maren held […]
The long days of summer mean only one thing for gamblers: It’s time for the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
The tournament began May 30 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, where it has been held in the past.
New this year, however, is that officials will suspend play on Monday with nine players […]
LAS VEGAS — An influx of foreign players has helped the World Series of Poker increase its numbers this year even as general visitation and gambling numbers have declined in Las Vegas.
Tournament spokesman Seth Palansky said Wednesday that the series attracted more players from other countries than ever before, giving it a boost despite a […]
The Sunday Million over at PokerStars had 7,131 entrants last night, the most the $200 buy-in version of the tournament has had since late April. The number of entries built a prize pool of $1,426,200 and offered a first-place payday of more than $177,000.
The finalists vying for that huge prize were no motley crew of […]
DRAWING PLAYERS FROM MORE COUNTRIES/TERRITORIES THAN THE 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS, ANNUAL EVENT SETS NEW MILESTONES AS AMATEURS AND PROS DESCEND ON LAS VEGAS FOR POKER’S MOST COVETED PRIZE AND MILLIONS IN PRIZE MONEY MAIN EVENT UNDERWAY AT RIO ALL-SUITE HOTEL AND CASINO
The Main Event of the 2008 World Series of Poker began over the […]
July 8 (Bloomberg) — PartyGaming Plc, owner of the PartyPoker.com Web site, said sales were “slightly” below its forecast in May and June because of competition from rivals that still accept bets from Americans.
PartyGaming dropped as much as 12 percent, the most in 15 months, in London trading. Larger bonuses were needed to draw […]
Hagerstown police have arrested a man in the robbery of an illegal poker game in Hagerstown in which $4,000 was taken from 18 people, including a state trooper.
Michael Joseph Campher, 22, of Hagerstown was being held yesterday on $400,000 bond. He is being charged with first-degree assault, armed robbery and other crimes.
According to charging documents, […]
Poker software called Polaris will play a rematch against human players during the 2008 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Developed by an artificial intelligence group at the University of Alberta in Canada, Polaris will be pitted against several professionals at the Rio Hotel between July 3rd and 6th. ‘It’s possible, given enough computing […]