2006 August 02 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

Cream rises to the top and some talented women have risen up to start Day Two Flight B today. When it comes to women and the WSOP Championship event….

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chris “Jesus” Ferguson put his tournament on the line twice Tuesday, both times catching miracle cards at the World Series of Poker and turning a below-average stack into more than enough chips to remain a contender in the main event.In a feisty exchange, the poker pro raised and re-raised his way into a massive pot holding pocket kings, with the board showing a harmless-looking queen, five and four.Opponent Robert Ozeran, a 21-year-old student from the University of Southern Ca

LAS VEGAS — Sam Farha called to ask if we could do our interview a little later than planned.Was Houston’s most famous, winningest, certainly most televised (that’s him with a cigarette dangling from his lip and jewelry poking out his unbuttoned shirt) poker player stewing because he was knocked out in the first round of the 2006 World Series of Poker?”I will tell you why. I’m in the middle of a very big poker game here in my room,” he said.That’s how you get to Carnegie Hall, and the final tabl

LAS VEGAS (AP) - It costs $10,000 to enter the main event at the World Series of Poker, which is more than Mike Kurtyak or any of his poker buddies can afford on their own.

LAS VEGAS—-Aug. 2, 2006–Nevada Cancer Institute has been named the official community-relations partner of the World Series of Poker, Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. announced today.

Belle Rock Entertainment has sent four of its poker players to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas for their chance to win $10,000,000 prize pool and be crowned one of the world’s greatest No-Limit Texas Hold’em champions. The players are being flown in from around the world in time for the main event, which began on July 28, 2006. The sponsorship package includes round-trip airfare, hotel

A number of big names continued to grind away as Day Two of the WSOP Main Event worked through the post-dinner session. Phil Ivey, with a little over $16,000 in chips as the day began…