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Rebound: WSOP Main Event Grows Again

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For of the force anti-online gaming legislation had attached internet poker rooms, highest year prominent no other than the third part measure, and the primitive age from the time of 1992, that the numeral of entrants at the Natural order Line of Pokers Indispensable Issue decreased from the foregoing year. At the same time that things are not to the place of starting to 2006 levels, at the time well-nigh 9,000 players competed instead of $12 very Read the rest of this entry »

Montel Williams’ Charity Event a Success

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Last Friday, Montel Williams, along with the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas, hosted a charity poker tournament to raise money for his organization, the Montel Williams MS Foundation.  The Foundation’s goals are to “…provide financial assistance to select organizations and institutions conducting the most current research, to increase allocations for research from the federal government and to raise national awareness about MS (multiple sclerosis).”  Read the rest of this entry »

Grant Hinkle Wins WSOP Event #2

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While it wasn’t exactly a “chip and a chair” scenario, Grant Hinkle’s final table performance in the second event of the 2008 World Series of Poker should teach us all that it’s not over until someone has all the chips.  Starting the final table in a virtual tie for the short stack, Hinkle stormed all the way back to win the first $1,500 no-limit hold’em event of this year’s WSOP, which, with 3,929 players, was the largest preliminary event Read the rest of this entry »

Press Release: World Series of Poker Announces Enhancement to 2008 Main Event Final Table Format

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Continuing the trailblazing efforts that have made the WSOP the industry standard, this move is being made in close collaboration with ESPN, the television rightsholder of the WSOP, and the WSOP Players Advisory Council (PAC), the commissioner-appointed committee of professional and amateur poker players who provide guidance and perspective to the WSOP leadership team.

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Casino Barcelona to Host its Second WPT Event

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WPT Enterprises, Inc. and Grup Peralada— the most prestigious operator of casinos in Spain—announced today that Casino Barcelona will host its second World Poker Tour® (WPT) event May 21 – 27, 2008. With the success of this destination event on the WPT Season VI schedule last year, the WPT and Grup Peralada are bringing the Spanish Championship back to the Tour.

“The WPT Spanish Championship was a great success last year,” said Steve Lipscomb, WPT Founder, President and CEO. “We are honored to extend our partnership with Grup Peralada and return to Spain with a regional tour stop that Catalonians can call their own.”

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