2006 December 14 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Online poker is illegal, but this Olympia construction worker won big before the law went into effect. Here’s his rags-to-riches story.
The 2006 World Poker Challenge was set, and 28 players were going to get paid out of the 251 players who had put up $5,000, spreading the $1,217,350 prize pool among the just over ten percent for this no limit tournament. The final table was filled with pros and newcomers: Mike Thurman, Joe Tehan, Steve Sung, Erik Cajelais, Tex Barch, Shannon Shorr, Francois Safieddine, Erik Seidel, Zachary Cherry and Justin Bonomo. In the end, it was Erik Cajelais who won the bracelet and $405,230 as well as a $25,000 seat in the World Poker Tour Championship.
Online gaming company PartyGaming Plc. said its revenue from poker is recovering after being severely affected by the ban on online gambling in the U.S. and the company ceasing its U.S.-targeted operations.
Poker revenues at PartyGaming are recovering after being hit by the US ban on internet gambling.
Acting Gov. Timothy P. Villagomez yesterday vetoed a bill to raise taxes on poker winnings over a technicality. Villagomez disapproved House Bill 15-85 due to a concern that the word operator was not clearly defined.
Plenty of history and prestige was at stake at the World Poker Tour’s no-limit hold ‘em championship at the Bellagio in December 2004, not to mention a first-place prize of $1.8 million dollars. On the third day of the five-day marathon tournament, the following hand came up between Player X (an amateur) and me.Everyone had been randomly reshuffled to new tables at the $15,000 buy-in event, with 45 players remaining (out of 400 entrants). With the blinds (required bets) at $3,000-$6,000 and a $5
Professional poker champion Chris “Jesus” Ferguson is among the world-class card players invited to Council Bluffs for the state’s first-ever World Series of Poker qualifying tournament at Harrah’s Horseshoe Casino.Organizers say a prize pool of more than $1 million will be on the table Jan. 29 through Feb. 7. The winner gets a ring, and a seat at a “big table” in Las Vegas for the 2007 World Series of Poker, which will draw upwards of 10,000 players and a pot worth more than $12 million.Card sh
RSS feed
