2007 June 05 Poker News, Events and Happenings

LAS VEGAS—-Kunihiro Sakamoto bested a field of more than 2,000 players in the inaugural All-Japan Poker Championship presented by SEGA SAMMY Group, an official satellite of the World Series of Poker, and will compete in the 2007 WSOP Main Event in July at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Harrah’s License Company announced today.

Texas hold ‘em games folded; police seize poker tables, chips

Nine men started play started on Monday at the final table of the $1,500 No Limit Hold ‘Em (Event #3) tournament, the last survivors of with a record field for a non-Main Event at the WSOP. An amazing 2,998 runners had vied for the top prize…

The World Series of Poker is well-known as a place for those who love to gamble and that was never more evident than at the start of Event #7, the Pot Limit Omaha (with re-buys) tournament. Featuring a field of 145 of poker’s top players…

The 2007 World Series of Poker continued to build steam with the beginning of the three-day, $1,500 Limit Hold’em Event #6. Featuring a professional-filled event with 910 players, tournament play went late into the night as the field…

Day Two action in the $1,500 Pot Limit Hold ‘Em (Event #4) on Monday brought one form of comfort to the 512 remaining players: each was already in the money and would receive something at end of the day’s play. 780 players initially…

On a busy Monday in the Amazon Room featuring action in five different events, 57 of the 327 players that entered the $2,500 Omaha Hold ‘Em/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo Split event, a new format in this year’s series, returned for Day Two…