Casino and Poker News
The 2008 World Series of Poker started Friday May 3oth in Las Vegas, the 39th annual tournament that brings poker players from around the world together to see who is the best, and who can walk away with the most cash. Last year the winner was Jerry Yang, a California psychologist and father of six who won millions in the main event. Friday’s first event was a $10k “championship” event, Pot Limit Holdem, which will likely run for three days.
The renowned World Poker Tour Foxwood Poker Classic wrapped up in the early hours of April 9, 2008 .
It took him until almost 5 a.m. (and close to 12 hours of play on the final table) but Eric Seidel emerged as the winner and took home his first-ever WPT title and $992,890 in prize money.
Here are the final 6 payouts
1.Erik Seidel - $992,890
2.Robert Richardson - $558,792
3.Andrew Barta - $281,011
4.Frank Cieri - $200,261
5.Adam Katz - $151,811
6.Ted Forrest - $103,360
The WPT World Championship Final is coming up at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas April 19 -26,2008.
American Jason Mercier, 21, a PokerStars qualifier from Fort Lauderdale ,Florida, has won €869,000 and the EPT San Remo title. Jason turned his back on a career in teaching after discovering online poker and developing that into a lucrative source of income. The EPT San Remo was just his second major live poker tournament.
A total of 701 players entered the sell-out event creating a record Italian prize pool of €3,195,860.
The event was held in the beautiful Casino Sanremo in San Remo, a popular resort in Liguria on Italy’s north west coast.
The final event of the European Poker Tour, the Monte Carlo Grand Final, takes place April 12-17, 2008 at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort in Monaco.
The World Poker Challenge in Reno wrapped up late Friday March 28th with Lee Markholt coming out on top of the $7,500 buy-in championship event. The World Poker Tour victory was the first tournament win for Markholt since April 2005 when he won the Professional Poker Tour event at the Five Star Poker Classic.
The win was worth $493,815. The runner-up, Bryan Devonshire, earned $271,625 for finishing in second place.
The next WPT event, the Foxwoods Poker Classic is scheduled for April 4-9 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
There’s a new Poker Champ in the Nguyen household.
Van “The Blaster” Nguyen took down the WPT Celebrity Invitational on Monday, March 3rd, 2008., continuing her husband’s (Men “The Master” Nguyen) tradition of dominance at the L.A. Poker Classic.
With her husband watching from the stands, Nguyen defeated a final table that included Poker Hall-of-Famer Billy Baxter as well as heads-up opponent Ethan Ruby to become the first woman in WPT history to capture a title in an open tournament.
“The Blaster” received $100,000 in prize money as well as the opportunity to show off her skills at the WPT World Championship at Bellagio in April.
The event drew 445 players, and is one of the more exclusive World Poker Tour events on the circuit. The final table was taped and should be televised on GSN within the next few months.
Michael Schulze, a 40-year-old stock trader from Schleswig in Germany, has won 2,154,000 PLN (€609,782) and the EPT Polish Open title, beating 358 other players.
The second place winner was Portuguese pro Ricardo Sousa, for a grand sum of 1,220,600 PLN A total of 359 players entered the four-day, 20,000 Polish Zloty event.
The Polish Open, a four-day Texas Hold’em No Limit tournament was held at Casinos Poland in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Warsaw from March 11-15, 2008.
The next EPT event is in San Remo, Italy April 1-5, 2008
PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, has announced the launch of Latin America’s first major poker tour, the LAPT. The tour is set to bring world-class poker action to some of the most beautiful destinations in the world.
Following in the footsteps of the hugely successful European Poker Tour and Asia Pacific Poker Tour, the LAPT promises to bring together some of the biggest names in the game, playing for massive prize pools in the region’s most vibrant destinations. Season 1 of the tour is scheduled to make stops in Brazil, Costa Rica and Uruguay.
The Latin American Poker Tour kicks off in the beautiful beach city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from May 3-5, 2008. This three-day, $2,500 tournament will be the largest poker tournament ever held in Brazil, with players competing for a total prize pool of over $600,000. Among the players will be Team PokerStars Pros and international poker stars Andre Akkari from Brazil and Humberto Brenes from Costa Rica.
Qualify for the LAPT at PokerStars now
PokerStars will be running satellites for LAPT Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) from March 10, 2008, with buy-ins starting from just $2.20. This means everyone has a chance to take part in the exciting action.
To enter an LAPT satellite: open the PokerStars lobby, click ‘Events’, and then ‘LAPT’.
Microgaming’s Mega Moolah progressive jackpot has just kept growing and growing! It’s now OVER $5,000,000!
Mega Moolah is Microgaming’s first four tiered progressive and offers players a massive four tiered jackpot to aim at. Mega Moolah isn’t the only Microgaming jackpot waiting to be hit! Roulette Royale is at nearly $800,000 and King Cashalot is over $500,000.
These jackpots are waiting to be won at any online casino using Microgaming software including: Crazy Vegas Casino, 7 Sultans Casino, All Slots Casino, Music Hall Casino, and Wild Jack Casino.
Phil Ivey won the Final Table of the LA Poker Classic at the Commerce Casino on Thursday February 28, 2008.
Ivey finally broke through and won his first World Poker Tour title, besting Quinn Do in heads-up action and taking down the $1.6 million dollar first place prize. He was also awarded the $25,000 entry into the WPT Championship later this year.
This was Ivey’s eighth trip to a World Poker Tour final table, and his first victory. .
Phil Ivey is part of Team Full Tilt at Full Tilt Poker
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The list of players who were invited to compete in the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship has been released. The event takes place at Caesars Palace from Feb. 29-March 2.
Each player, except two players who will qualifiy through NHUPC promotions, will buy in for $20,000 and will play for the grand prize of $500,000. One player will qualify via an online qualifer on FullTiltPoker and another will qualify on PokerStars
The following 60 players, in alphabetical order by last name, were invited to compete:
1. Alexander, Jason
2. Antonius, Patrik
3. Bellande, Jean-Robert
4. Benyamine, David
5. Brown, Chad
6. Brunson, Doyle
7. Brunson, Todd
8. Chan, Johnny
9. Cheadle, Don
10. Clements, Scott
11. Cloutier, T.J.
12. Cunningham, Allen
13. Deeb, Freddy
14. Duke, Annie
15. Dwan, Tom
16. Edler, Bill
17. Elezra, Eli
18. Elizabeth, Shannon
19. Esfandiari, Antonio
20. Farha, Sam
21. Ferguson, Chris
22. Fischman, Scott
23. Forrest, Ted
24. Garrett, Brad
25. Gold, Jamie
26. Gowen, Clonie
27. Greenstein, Barry
28. Grizzle, Sam
29. Hachem, Joe
30. Hansen, Gus
31. Harman, Jennifer
32. Hellmuth, Phil
33. Hershiser, Orel
34. Ivey, Phil
35. Juanda, John
36. Kaplan, Gabe
37. Laak, Phil
38. Lederer, Howard
39. Lindgren, Erick
40. Little, Jonathan
41. Matusow, Mike
42. Mizrachi, Michael
43. Negreanu, Daniel
44. Nguyen, Scotty
45. Pham, David
46. Raymer, Greg
47. Rousso, Vanessa
48. Schneider, Tom
49. Schreiber, Daniel
50. Seed, Huck
51. Seidel, Erik
52. Singer, David
53. Smith, Gavin
54. Tilly, Jennifer
55. Townsend, Brian
56. Tran, J.C.
57. Tran, Kenny
58. Wasicka, Paul
59. Williams, David
60. Yang, Jerry
