2009 July 05 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2
Recently, World Poker Tour (WPT) officials released the Season 8 schedule. The action kicks off on July 13th with the Bellagio Cup V. In addition, a brand new tournament debuts at the Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Poker News Daily sat down with WPT President, Founder, and CEO Steve Lipscomb to learn more.
On Sunday, the third of four starting days in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event will kick off with Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) issuing the traditional “Shuffle up and deal” command. In addition, “Emperor” Phil Hellmuth will make his entrance.
Legendary poker pro Doyle Brunson was eliminated Saturday to highlight day two of the first round of the main event at the 40th World Series of Poker at the Rio.
6,000 or so people have congregated at the Rio hotel in Las Vegas for this year’s World Series of Poker to fight for $50 million or so that will be split among the last 10% of players left standing. Among them are a number of tech startup entrepreneurs. We’re tracking four of them, plus any others that pop up. This is David Sacks’ third WSOP. Sacks, a former PayPal exec and the CEO of Geni / …
The field was smaller for Day 1b of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event, likely due…
The Annual Officer Larry Cox Memorial Poker Run will take place on Saturday.
Continued heavy live cash-game action at the Bellagio and the five-day long $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event at the World Series of Poker resulted…
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