2007 July 04 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 3
With only five point-earning events left undecided in this year’s WSOP, the Player of the Year race is coming to a close. The players’ advisory board and the WSOP came up with an interesting format this year, minimizing the importance…
THREE of the top poker players in Claremorris are this week packing their bags and gathering their dollars and passports, as they prepare to jet off to Los Vegas on Thursday (July 5) to take part in the World Series of Poker.
Betfair.com has reached an agreement with Harrah’s Licence Company LLC to become the ‘Presenting Sponsor’ of World Series of Poker® Europe. The five-year deal, which begins with this September’s WSOP-Europe event and runs through 2011…
Absolute Poker today announced that the prize pool of its new Bad Beat Jackpot game has grown to over $250,000 - a new record for the one-week old Texas Hold’em addition. (PRWeb Jul 4, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/RmFsdS1GYWx1LUNvdXAtUGlnZy1UaGlyLVplcm8=
Poker pro fans should get their autograph books and digital cameras at the ready if they plan on attending the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino’s Gaming Life Expo. For the first time the World Poker Tour will host a booth at what has nearly always been a WSOP dominated event, and poker pros will be on hand to meet and greet the fans. Clonie Gowen, Tom McEvoy, Vanessa Rousso & Chad Brown, Layla Kayleigh, Antonio Esfandiari, Jennifer Tilly & Phil Laak, Mike Sexton, Gavin Smith and Kathy Liebert are among those who will be on hand during the four day expo.
The online poker room Betfair.com has become the sponsor of the new World Series of Poker franchise, the WSOP Europe. The WSOPE will begin in September in London in casinos owned by London Clubs International (which is in turn owned by WSOP owner Harrah’s) and Betfair is the presenting sponsor. Betfair and Harrah’s inked a deal that will have Beftair in this position through 2011; Betfair will be responsible for promoting the WSOP during the course of the year, each year…
The town’s commercial poker rooms shouldn’t feel threatened, but Clyde Ernaga is thinking about going up against them in his own small way. Already, his dining room is the preferred gambling spot for a handful of his neighbors, friends and co-workers.
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