2006 August 05 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

It is midway through Day 3, and Daniel Negreanu arrives to his new table with eight racks of chips weighing down his arms. He sits at about 150,000 in chips, good for a medium stack at the table, and immediately his table lets out the groans…

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

Yesterday was the first day that all remaining players in the 37th annual World Series of Poker Main Event played in the same flight and started off with a little over 1100 and ended up with around 600. Today 600 players will take their seats around noon in playing to their number is cut roughly in half. All players at this point are in the money, meaning that they will receive a cash prize for their participation in the Event 39 of the 2006 WSOP…

Rock Paper Scissors is experiencing a comeback of epic proportions in the United States, even earning special reports on ESPN which may very well lead to televised coverage. The game Rock Paper Scissors, which involves two players “throwing” their hands out in forming either a symbol for a pair of scissors, a rock, or a piece of paper, is a classic childhood game and a way that many used to settle civil disputes. Also a favorite of poker professional Phil Gordon, who sponsored a “RowShamBo” tournament at last year’s World Series of Poker, using an alternate name for Rock Paper Scissors…

benefits. Players get more action - and don’t have to tip a dealer, either. PokerTek has collected endorsements from poker stars like Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan, but will have to win over players like Harold Schmidt, a 40-year-old from Fredericksburg, Va., who busted out of this year’s World Series of Poker on the first day of play.

When you wake up in the morning and look at the chip counts from the night before, there’s always the macabre glance you can’t help but make at the very bottom of the list….

The hottest spot to get into in Vegas this week isn’t at Tao, Ghost Bar, Rain, or any of the clubs for that matter. Stretching across the four entrances to the Amazon room are four lines that each go over 100 people deep….