2006 August 05 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 4

At 5:29 on Friday, August 4th, the World Series of Poker reached the final 873 players who will end up getting paid to play in the Main Event this year…..

Announcing the second quarter results this week, World Poker Tour CEO Steve Lipscomb said that the company was pleased with the results, which show a 67 percent increase in revenues over the same period last year.

Reports last month that Representative Jon Porter of Nevada intends to visit the Isle of Man soon were confirmed by the politician this week, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.