2007 June 18 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Sunday was Father’s Day, but whether that was responsible for the slow arrivals to the noon kickoff of Event #28, $3,000 No Limit Hold ‘Em is anyone’s guess. The tables eventually filled, however, with 827 entrants and a prize pool…

Ben Ponzio won $599,467, a Corum watch, and his first WSOP bracelet Sunday in Event 25, $2,000 No Limit Hold ‘Em. A king-high hand gave him the win over David Hewitt, who took second place and $374,216. The final table of nine…

28-year-old New Yorker Ralph Schwartz overcame a tough field, a delayed start and a grueling Day Two to take down the $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. event (Event #26) and his first bracelet. Starting Day Three with the chip lead, Schwartz fended…

Here’s another quick roundup of the biggest news items from the WSOP. If you can’t take in all the news, this overview gives you the highlights…

From an original field of 2,315 entrants, 135 returned Sunday to vie for the final nine seats, all already guaranteed to cash. The eliminations went quickly; five players went out in the first eight minutes of play, which set the pace…

Operators of a televised poker venue dealt downtown Las Vegas a bad hand this week when they revealed plans to pull their stake out of the near-empty Neonopolis mall.

Event #29, $1,500 Razz, saw a field of 341 players trying to make the ‘worst’ hands as measured against the standards of other poker variants, dealt seven-card-stud style. It was the game’s debut at this year’s WSOP, excepting as segments…