2006 August 04 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (PRESS RELEASE) — The stars of a sexy new poker movie sponsored by Aces.com partied with poker stars Howard Lederer, Phil Gordon, Lisa Mueller and others last weekend at Lederer’s private WSOP bash.

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. But will players in Las Vegas poker rooms be willing to give up a felt table for a computer

Players that make it to the final table in the World Series of Poker likely have their eyes on the prize. Their mind is focused on getting as far as they can up the pay scale, hopefully finishing out on top, grabbing a coveted bracelet and a huge cash prize. While it wasn’t more than a murmur in the beginning of this season’s tournament, a ground swelling of complaint has begun over the fact that all the money put into events by players is reportedly not staying in the events - instead the organizers and owners of the World Series of Poker, Harrah’s Entertainment, is said to be taking from 6% to 9% of the prize pool and distributing it among the casino workers for the events…

For those who can’t wait for ESPN to begin broadcasting footage from the 37th annual World Series of Poker, which is still going on in the Rio All-Suite Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, they may be able to see video content which appears exclusively on VCAST from Verizon Wireless. On their sports channel two World Series of Poker videos are being broadcast daily, which will include action from the tournament floor, interviews with poker professionals, and updates on chip leaders. The content is being provided as a courtesy by Card Player Magazine and AOL and published by Glu Mobile through its new, worldwide alliance with Harrah’s Entertainment….

Last summer, Ben Foster quit his $110,000-a-year job as a senior product manager at eBay to play online poker full-time. In the months leading up to his decision, the 28-year-old with a degree in statistics had been tracking his winnings on a detailed spreadsheet. After checking and rechecking the numbers, he came to the conclusion that he could earn more money playing poker than working at eBay. Plus, his wife was pregnant with their second child, and he was needed around the house. Foster deci

AFTER FIGHTING hard here in Las Vegas for more than a month, and making it into the money in six tournaments, with three final tables, I won my coveted bracelet No. 10! The money wasn’t bad, either - $630,000 for first place. But honestly, I would have paid at least that much (assuming that I had it!) to win another World Series of Poker bracelet and tie Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson for the all-time lead. Fortunately, I won the money, along with the bracelet.Winning WSOP bracelets and other his

MUSCATINE, Iowa By Wednesday afternoon, Brian Curry, was sitting behind $44,100 in chips at the World Series of Poker, Rio Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, Nev.