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Rebound: WSOP Main Event Grows Again

admin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:45:59 +0000

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 great number, the tourney has rebounded cursorily from the take out in 2007. This year, 6,844 players crowded the tables at the Rio during the term of the principal four flights of Light of day 1, up within a little 500 from the last time year.

For the reason that of this enlargement, the meed plash has in like manner risen, creating a leading arrange draught of $9,119,517, the forward largest payout in poker record. Not considerably everyone at the last flat elect go along residence millionaires the ninth put finisher command without more succeed $900,670.

The Chief Incident testament passage from one side July 14 and demise stay at what time the ultimate fare of nine players is reached. Those players be inclined official account upon November 9 to practice downward to sum of two units. Those brace bequeath enter the lists heads-up by reason of the cash and the bracelet forward November 10.

2008 Ball Succession of Poker Things Championship No-Limit Texas Hold’em Payout Schedule

1: $9,119,338 2: $5,790,024 3: $4,503,352 4: $3,763,516 5: $3,088,013 6: $2,412,510 7: $1,769,177 8: $1,286,672 9: $900,670 10 12: $591,869 13 15: $463,202 16 18: $334,535 19 27: $257,334 28 36: $193,001 37 45: $154,401 46 54: $135,101 55 63: $115,800 64 72: $96,500 73 81: $77,200 82 90: $64,334 91 99: $51,467 100 162: $41,817 163 225: $38,600 226 288: $35,383 289 351: $32,107 352 414: $28,950 415 477: $27,020 478 540: $25,090 541 603: $23,160 604 666: $21,230

Montel Williams’ Charity Event a Success

admin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:06:18 +0000

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 Foundations 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). Williams himself has multiple sclerosis and went public with his diagnosis back in 1999.

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Grant Hinkle Wins WSOP Event #2

admin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:06:22 +0000

While it wasnt exactly a chip and a chair scenario, Grant Hinkles final table performance in the second event of the 2008 World Series of Poker should teach us all that its 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 holdem event of this years WSOP, which, with 3,929 players, was the largest preliminary event in the history of the Series. For his small buy-in, Hinkle won $831,279.

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

admin — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:05:49 +0000

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.

“It’s an exciting time for the World Series of Poker and ESPN,” said Jamie Horowitz, senior producer, ESPN Content Development. “This adjustment will add a new element to a very successful and popular event. We look forward to documenting all of the exciting stories that make the WSOP Main Event the seminal competition in all of poker.”

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Casino Barcelona to Host its Second WPT Event

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:04:56 +0000

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.”

Grup Peralada, with presence in various leisure time activities and also industrial sectors such as gaming, winegrowing, culture (International Music Festival of Peralada), hotels & wellness, golf, plastics or car industry, has vast experience organizing poker tournaments. With over 120 events every year–including three international tournaments–Grup Peralada, especially Casino Barcelona, is a recognized leader in high level poker events and sets the bar in the Spanish gaming sector.

The May event is expected to draw a field of over 400 players, including the new face of the WPT Poker Made Millionaire™, Poker Pro Antonio “the Magician” Esfandiari, as he represents www.worldpokertour.com at the tables.

The World Poker Tour official site, www.worldpokertour.com, is now running weekly online satellites to give players the chance to earn their €5000 main event buy in and €300 entry fee events for as little as €6. Casino Barcelona will also hold Super Satellite No Limit Hold’em (buy-in 200€+20€), with unlimited re-buys and add-on, starting from 3 p.m. on May 21 and May 22. The main event begins at Casino Barcelona on May 24 concluding with the non-televised final table on May 27.

The WPT Spanish Championship event in October, 2007, saw 226 players from around the globe put up €7,500 to compete, including pros like Gus Hansen, Erik Seidel, Isabelle Mercier, Juha Helppi, Christer Johansson, and many others. First place went to Austrian Markus Lehmann, who won €537,000 and the WPT Spanish Championship title.

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