2006 August 07 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Former Hollywood talent agent Jamie Gold kept his lead Monday at the World Series of Poker, wiping out two players in the space of an hour and amassing a chip stack almost twice the size of his nearest competitor’s.

Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) — The winner of this year’s World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas will walk away with $12 million, almost 10 times what Tiger Woods earned for winning the British Open in July. The participants, 8,773 professional and amateur gamblers, each paid $10,000 for a shot at the windfall.

Former Hollywood talent agent Jamie Gold kept his lead Monday at the World Series of Poker, wiping out two players in the space of an hour and amassing a chip stack almost twice the size of his nearest competitor’s. Gold, a 36-year-old Malibu, Calif., resident, nearly doubled his stack to 14 million in chips after about four hours of play.

It took the federal government two tries to get a conviction against a man who paid to have his own video poker machines burned. Whether there will be a third trial is now up to a judge, following a hearing on the matter yesterday.

MUSCATINE, Iowa Brian Curry headed to the bank Monday afternoon after returning from Las Vegas. The Muscatine native brought home $26,389 after placing 497th in the World Series of Poker last week.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Former Hollywood talent agent Jamie Gold continued to mow down opponents Monday at the World Series of Poker, wiping out two players in the space of an hour and amassing a chip stack almost twice the size of his nearest competitor’s.

In 2005, when the poker boom fueled the first truly massive fields in World Series of Poker history, many players started claiming that the fields were just getting too big…