2006 August 08 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

The big names are in short demand at the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event as only two former WSOP gold bracelet winners remain in the final grouping of 27.Allen Cunningham, one of only four players to win four gold bracelets before the age of 30, currently resides in 13th place and has a respectable $2.65 million chips.His stack is one million below the average and well behind the chip leader Jamie Gold ($13 million), but his experience and solid play may just land him at the final t

The excitement is beginning to build as the field narrows its way down from the 8,773 that started. With the multiple day ones, and day twos, it feels like weeks since this field began to play…

Knowin when to hold em ? With the World Series of Poker going on in Las Vegas, pro Kenna James gives us the top five ways to tell a player is bluffing:

From 8,773 players to the final 27, Scottsdale’s Kevin O’Donnell has one more round to see if he makes the final table at the World Series of Poker’s main event.

A University of Florida senior won his way into the World Series of Poker and survived the elimination of more than 5,000 participants, only to bust out on Saturday, his second day of playing.

They are called the “second chance” of events at the World Series of Poker, the handful of low buy-in Texas Holdem events that take place during the final days of the Main Event. The first, Event 40, had 1100 players all paid $1,000 to play. The second, Event 41, had 1007 players showed up and paid $1,500 to play…

Washington State legislators will explain it to you: they did not create a new law that made online poker playing illegal, they simply clarified an old law which means that online poker playing has been illegal all along. This is cold comfort to those players who are in fear of legal repercussions from following their pastime, and in some cases, their source of income. While they may be afraid of potential legal persecution, they aren’t afraid enough: many online poker players in Washington state continue to play their games although they will take enough care not to reveal their identities to reporters and others…