2006 January 12 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 3
If you thought $10,000 was a bit much to play in a poker game, then get ready for five times as much as the World Series of Poker sets up its $50,000 buy-in event, the first time the WSOP has hosted an event with a bigger buy in than ten grand. Harrahs and the WSOP hope to answer critics with the event who claim that limiting the main event to No Limit Texas Holdem only shows who is master of one poker discipline, not all.
H.O.R.S.E. is an acronym that covers five different poker games, so the winner of this event will show themselves to be a master of much more than just Holdem…
A 22 year old University of Waterloo student will not have to fret about meeting his college tuition anymore, thanks to the end of a week of poker playing that has left him a millionaire. More than 700 players had all hoped it would be them, but the Third Annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, held at the Atlantis Casino Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, ended with Steve Paul-Ambrose the emerging champion.
Tuesday was his day as the business and science student, in his third year at the University of Waterloo, snagged a seat at the World Poker Tours championship event in addition to his $1,363,100 cash prize. Mr…
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