2006 December 21 Poker News, Events and Happenings
LAS VEGAS A federal court judge ruled today to keep a freeze on half the World Series of Poker prize won by Jamie Gold.
LONDON—-The biggest event set to be held in Goa over the next year will, officially, be the inaugural Asian Poker Classic from March 1-5, 2007.
By any measure, March of 2006 was a strange month for poker news. Sure, there were the straight-up news stories, such as the kickoff of the National Heads-Up Championship and a triumph by a college student…
When the former chiropractor from Australia won the World Series of Poker last year, he took home $7.5 million as his prize, and now Joe Hachem can claim he has made nearly $10 million playing tournament poker, thanks to a recent win at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Joe took down a field of some of the best players in America both last year and in his most recent victory, bringing him $2.2 million for his first place finish. Joe has seen a lot of success since his 2005 victory, including being immortalized in a number of poker video games.
GOA, India (PRESS RELEASE) — The biggest event set to be held in Goa over the next year will, officially, be the inaugural Asian Poker Classic from March 1-5 2007.
When the World Series of Poker gets underway the summer of 2007, there will be a number of WSOP winners already for the season, albeit in the Circuit events. The latest such champ is Rick Rossetti, who took down the competition at Harrah’s Atlantic City when he won the final event of the Harrah’s WSOP Circuit tour held at that location. The 37-year-old roofing contractor entered heads up play with Alex Gomez, who is 33 and hails from Brooklyn, New York…
Fancy Play Syndrome is a condition that afflicts many poker players today, and it often causes severe damage to the wallet. Symptoms of this horrible disease include checking when you should bet, raising in bizarre situations, calling when you should be raising, and finally, raising when you should be folding.Here’s a little quiz to test whether you suffer from FPS.Do you call in situations where the correct play would be to raise?I’ve often seen players trying to be too cute when pots gets larg
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