2006 July 29 Poker News, Events and Happenings

DAY: 2 (Officially known as Day 1B) BIG NEWS: Phil Hellmuth Jr., who owns a record 10 World Series bracelets and is widely considered the best poker player in the world, was eliminated after about six hours of action. His pocket sevens lost to an ace-queen. STUDS OF THE DAY: Poker pros Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Phil Ivey and Howard Lederer had all more than doubled their chip stacks and were almost

‘Live at the Bike,’ the Internet’s exclusive, live streamed cash poker game to date, has teamed up with host company and new gaming site, Adult Poker Party.net at the World Series of Poker Lifestyle Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Walking through the massive Amazon room, I see an interesting new phenomenon. It seems that many have picked up on the trend started by Bernard Lee at last year’s WSOP….

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Phil Hellmuth made his traditional grand entrance into the main event - late, of course, and with lots of fanfare. Not long after sitting down, the 10-time winner at the World Series of Poker was already gone.

Not long after sitting down, 10-time winner Phil Hellmuth was gone from the World Series of Poker. “Horrendous, horrendous luck,” Hellmuth said Saturday after stunningly being knocked out of the world’s richest tournament in only six hours. “I’m still half in shock.”

It is a little into the second hour of play in Day 1A, and Amir Vahedi has just arrived at his new table, hands cupped in front of him. The ESPN cameras are inches away from Vahedi’s face…

The World Series of Poker main event kicked off last night. About 1/4th of it, anyway. 2,138 players began play, and they played until they were down to 800. Some factoids from Day 1A (days 1B,…