http://casinosunlimited.net/blog Casino and Poker News Sat, 31 May 2008 16:00:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://casinosunlimited.net/blog/2008/05/31/wsop-2008-starts/ 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 ... http://casinosunlimited.net/blog/2008/04/13/eric-seidel-wins-at-foxwoods/ 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 ... http://casinosunlimited.net/blog/2008/04/12/poker-stars-announces-ept-san-remo-champion/ 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 ... http://casinosunlimited.net/blog/2008/03/31/lee-markholt-captures-world-poker-tour-title-in-reno/    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 ... http://casinosunlimited.net/blog/2008/03/18/van-nguyen-becomes-first-ever-woman-to-win-a-wpt-event/    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 ... http://casinosunlimited.net/blog/2008/03/16/michael-schulze-wins-ept-polish-open/ 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 ... http://casinosunlimited.net/blog/2008/03/14/poker-stars-launches-pacific-american-poker-tour/ 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 ... http://casinosunlimited.net/blog/2008/03/08/mega-moolah-progressive-jackpot-over-5000000/ 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 ... http://casinosunlimited.net/blog/2008/03/01/phil-ivey-wins-the-2008-wpt-la-poker-classic/ 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 ... http://casinosunlimited.net/blog/2008/02/28/nbc-list-for-national-heads-up-poker-championship/