2006 February 08 Poker News, Events and Happenings
According to statistics more than 50 percent of college males gamble each month. Those numbers are fueling poker parties at homes, dorms and bars across the country.
If those Super Bowl beer ads didn’t quite quench your thirst, Milwaukee’s Best Light is offering poker players more than just the plain old brew. The beer company is giving poker fans the chance to earn a free seat at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event. Best of all, the company’s freeroll Texas Hold ‘em poker tournaments are open to any U.S. resident over 21, even those who don’t drink beer!
GIBRALTAR — River Belle, one of the most recognized and trusted online entertainment brands in the world, announced today that it has partnered …
(PRESS RELEASE) — Eurobet Poker will host its biggest ever online poker tournament on Saturday 11th February, with a guaranteed prize pool of at least $500,000.
It’s a sure bet you’ll see more college students playing poker these days. Find out why in Thursday’s News & Record.
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — Annie Duke has a lot to teach Wall Street traders about how to make big bets under heavy pressure.Duke won the 2004 World Series of Poker by making icy calculations on $100,000-plus bets under the heat of television cameras in a Las Vegas casino. For added pressure, the promoters dumped $2 million on the table when the contest went down to just Duke and Phil Hellmuth.Hellmuth is the “bad boy'’ of pro poker. He chided Duke, the only woman contender, for bluffing him out of
One night I played emcee at A-Rods star-studded charity event in Miami, teasing the likes of Jay-Z, Beyonce and Tom Brady (which I wrote about in my last column). The very next night, I was the emcee at the W Las Vegas Hotel, Casino and Residences poker event at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. In Miami, I drank nothing and didnt play in the tournament, but at Sundance I drank Dom Perignon and joined the 50-player event. After all, first prize at Sundance was a $700,000 Las Vegas
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