2008 November 08 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The final players at the World Series of Poker resumed play Sunday at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to determine the champion at this years no-limit Texas Hold em main event.

Dennis Phillips in the main event of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. (Isaac Brekken/AP) It is a long way from a dairy farm in western Illinois and a commercial truck lot on Broadway in St. Louis to the glitter of Las Vegas and the World Series of Poker.

Last year, Jon Van Fleet netted about $500,000 playing online poker.

FTOPS Event #4 was a $300+22 affair allowing for one rebuy and one add-on. The tournament attracted 815 entrants with 558 rebuys and 538 add-ons. When all was said and done, the prize pool fell just a bit short of its $600,000…

Nine players will compete for $9 million in the final table of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on Sunday.

MERRILL Merrill business owners are hosting a big game of poker today.

Scott Montgomery, the 26-year-old Perth, Ontario native, may not have been a household name before his WSOP Main Event appearance, but this isn’t his first time at center stage. Montgomery had a memorable TV final-table appearance…