2006 August 04 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

For the first time at this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event, all of the players were sitting in the same room at the commencement of play on Friday. 1,159 survivors from the first four Day Ones and the two Day Twos came together in the Amazon Ro

LAS VEGAS — In golf, it’s called making the cut. In poker, it’s called being in the money _ and at the World Series of Poker, it means the difference between a player winning back some of a $10,000 buy-in, or going home with nothing.

Two Manitobans continued to chase the new American dream - winning big in poker - in Las Vegas on Friday.

No chips to stack, cards to flip, or dealer to tip. Could this be the future of casino poker? A North Carolina company hopes to hit the jackpot with a version of the game that gets rid of all three, and PokerTek’s fully electronic tables have already won converts in cruise ships and on Indian reservations.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - In golf, it’s called making the cut. In poker, it’s called being in the money - and at the World Series of Poker, it means the difference between a player winning back some of a $10,000 US buy-in, or going home with nothing.

The biggest competition in gambling history is underway in Las Vegas. $82 million in prize money is on the line in the main event at the World Series of Poker.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (PRESS RELEASE) PokerShare.com and Mikey the chimp have not given up on their mission to earn Mikey his retirement money from poker tournament winnings.