2009 October 22 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Despite players having an unprecedented eight levels to register for the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Festa al Lago, attendance dropped 25% year over year. In 2008, 368 players took to the felt, while this time around, the field numbered 275.
The 2009 PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Warsaw resumed on Thursday for Day 2 of action. Combining the remaining fields from the two starting days meant 148 players began the day. Less than five levels of play later, only 56 were left with…
I know you 20-somethings might not believe this, but even though Texas Hold’em has been around for a long time, it has only recently become the insanely popular poker game that it is today. For ages, Seven Card Stud was the game of choice. Perhaps because of its simplicity, perhaps because it is the game that determines the champion at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), Hold’em has left Stud in the dust. Seven Card Stud is a great game, though, and deserves a second look by those who have ignored it, believing it is a game for old men. In this article, I would like to provide you with a quick, basic introduction to Seven Card Stud.
The introduction of poker-themed game shows is exciting for those of us in the poker industry because it introduces the game to an entirely new audience, and in turn, one hopes, brings a flock of new players to the player pool. Full Tilt’s “Face…
The World Poker Tour (WPT) kicked into action once again on Wednesday with the first five rounds of play in the 2009 Festa al Lago Championship Event, a $15,000 buy-in tournament at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Playing out on the floor of the Kentucky Supreme Court this morning were oral arguments in a case pitting the state’s Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, headed by J. Michael Brown, against the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA), among other parties.
As a rare thunderstorm raged over the Las Vegas valley, Emil Patel licked his lips in anticipation as a delectable “fish” sat down at his heads-up $25/50 no-limit hold’em table. Just as Patel started to hit his stride, winning five buy-ins in half…
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