2006 August 07 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 4
Three years ago the Main Event at 34th annual World Series of Poker was a record breaker, with over 850 players putting down $10,000 to take a shot at the most coveted title in poker. About 30 years before that, in 1970, 38 players made the entire field of the Main Event. This year the growth has been explosive and exponential with more than 8,700 players taking a shot at the poker big-time…
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A woman hasn’t ever won the World Series of Poker’s Main Event, although some have come close. The one woman many expect will take it all some day is Annie Duke, a professional poker player who is ranked among the top in the world. Although this won’t happen this year as Annie got busted out of the event.
Sporting a record-breaking guaranteed prize pool of $5 million, the Ongame Network Poker Classic has its sights set on becoming the biggest ever online poker tournament. The winner will be taking home a least $1 million of that prize pool, but in order to give potential players ample time to make it to the virtual table, the event has been rescheduled for November. The event will start on November 4th and will continue until only 45 players remain…
I watch with horror at the alarming new trend to make poker and gambling the coolest, hippest thing to do by the media and greedy, profit-making businesses.
Washington outlawed online gambling, but that hasn’t stopped people with dreams of one day qualifying for the World Series of Poker.
With the Elimination of Per Erik Loeff in 118th place, the last member of Team PokerNews has been eliminated from competition at the World Series of Poker….
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