2007 WSOP Europe Broadcast Schedule Announced
World Series of Poker Europe title sponsor Betfair has announced its upcoming schedule of 2007 WSOP-E broadcasts, anchored on the United Kingdom’s Sky Sports channel and scheduled to air across much of Europe. Betfair’s sponsorship prominently features spokesperson Annette Obrestad, whose breakthrough triumph in last fall’s WSOP-E Main Event cemented her reputation as one the game’s brightest young players.
Women’s Poker Spotlight: History Made at WPT Bellagio
On Sunday, April 13th, the WPT Bellagio Five Star World Poker Classic made poker history by offering a ladies’ tournament with a record buy-in of $1,500. In the past, the WSOP Ladies Event buy-in of $1,000 was the highest ever offered. 150 players turned out for the tournament, but it was not without its controversy. Six of the 150 players were men, and a boycott of the event was spearheaded by one of our leading women in poker, Susie Isaacs. The controversy was due to a 15% mandatory charitable donation which was not known beforehand to all entrants, though the tournament went on as planned.
World Poker Tour Settles Player Release Lawsuit
WPT Enterprises, Inc., operators of the World Poker Tour, announced today the settlement of a lawsuit brought against it by several big-name poker players. The action, which focused on the player release form used by the World Poker Tour, was originally filed by seven players who announced the suit at a press conference at the Rio in Las Vegas during the 2006 WSOP. The resolution of the suit involves a modificiation of the WPT’s player release, with no money damages involved.
Lee Jones Named New CardRunners Chief Operating Officer
Lee Jones, the Executive Host for the European Poker Tour, has departed that position to become the Chief Operating Officer of CardRunners.com, the prominent poker-video instructional site.
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European Poker Tour Copenhagen Day 2
A lot has happened in the last couple of days in Copenhagen. The sold out event saw the field widdled down to 170 players in the 2 part day 1’s series. The starting field of 460 players had stiff competition from many of the PokerStarts Team of poker pro’s.
How to Play Against Evelyn Ng
You’ve seen her on television in all the major land-based poker tournaments, including World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour events. As beautiful as she is formidable, last month poker pro Evelyn Ng took on the top two players on the Bodog Tournament Leader Board in heads-up matches.
Second Annual Jennifer Harman Nevada SPCA Fundraiser a Huge Success
There are many charity poker tournaments these days, but only a few of them would qualify as events. Friday at the Venetian, about 275 generous poker players saddled up to play some poker and help a great cause at the second annual Jennifer Harman Nevada SPCA Fundraiser.
Webcam Poker
A French-based online poker room, Monbluff.com, has just instituted a new innovation poised to make it even easier for online poker players to read each other’s tells, namely: a live webcam system.
bsolute Poker Introduces Bounty Tournaments
Following on the heels of PokerStars and its successful PokerStars Bounty Tournaments, where players win money for being the one to knock any of a group of select poker celebrities out of the competition, regardless of who wins the overall tournament, Absolute Poker has just started offering a similar type of regular event. Of course, AbsolutePoker puts its own unique spin on it.