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Star-Studded Lineup For Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Poker Event June 8 At WSOPTue, May 20th, 2008 @ 12:00am With the number of females playing poker increasingly on the rise, it is no wonder that the anticipation for this year's World Series of Poker female-only event, the $1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em World Championship, is greater than ever before. The event last year had a record 1,286 entrants, more than 10 times the 112 entrants just five years ago. A star-studded lineup of celebrities and poker professionals have committed to play in this year's event, slated as a 3-day tournament beginning at 12 noon on Sunday, June 8, 2008 at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Among the scheduled participants and current members of the Queen of Hearts team for 2008 are: Poker Professionals
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With an estimated $1 million plus in the prize pool and a coveted gold bracelet up for grabs, the level of competition is expected to be the toughest yet. "This event has grown remarkably over the last five years and is now one of the most anticipated events of the 55-event World Series of Poker," said Jeffrey Pollack, World Series of Poker commissioner. "With leadership from the Queens of Heart for the third year in a row, we're confident the atmosphere and play will be fun and exciting." All celebrity players and poker professionals making a donation to the Nevada Cancer Institute, the official charity of the World Series of Poker, join the Queens of Heart Team, a special group of women participating in this event who formed to help raise awareness and funds for good causes. Lisa Tenner, the renowned marketing and branding guru is the founder and co-captain of the Queens of Heart team, now entering its third year tied to the World Series of Poker, and through her efforts more than $10,000 has already been provided to Nevada Cancer Institute from this year's team members. Celebrity author Jackie Collins will not play in the tournament, but serve as the honorary captain and be on hand to officially start the event. The 39th annual World Series of Poker will take place from May 30th to July 14th at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The Main Event will begin on July 3rd, with the Final Table being determined on July 14th. The nine players who advance to the Final Table will return to the Rio on November 9th to play down to just two players. The final two, will go head-to-head late in the evening on November 10th to determine the champion and winner of poker's ultimate prize.
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Stars Flock to Play Poker to Help Dafur FundRaising Celebrities and poker pros alike turned out this past Wednesday to donate to Darfur charities, and to show their fellow players who the real card sharks were.
World Series of Poker Main Event- July 3 Review, Preview of July 4 (Day 35) The Main Event of the World Series of Poker is off to an explosive start! Day 1B is sure to be even more packed and star-studded than Day 1A. By the end of the day, the 1,297 entrants had been whittled to 657 surviors. They will join those lucky enough to make it through Day 1B on Tuesday July 8th for Day 2A. Poker pros like Brandon Adams, Mark Vos, and Hasan Habib climbed the leader board on Day 1A. Which famous faces will join them from Day 1B? Be sure to stay right here at PokerPages.com as we bring you all of the live wire-to-wire action from the 2008 WSOP Main Event!
David Daneshgar Wins His First World Series of Poker Bracelet in Final $1,500 NLHE Tournament of 2008 Accomplished poker player David Daneshgar took first place in the last of seven $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em tournaments at the 2008 WSOP. The day before the Main Event, Daneshgar beat Scott Sitron heads up to win the bracelet and $625,443. The tournament was the last of the Series to conclude at the ESPN final table, and it was an appropriately difficult group of nine who made it that far from an initial field of 2,693.
World Series of Poker July 2 Review, Preview of Thursday July 3 (Day 34) The last two events before the Main Event of the World Series of Poker begins were played out overnight Wednesday July 2: in Event 52, David Daneshgar won the last $1,500 NLHE tournament, his first WSOP gold bracelet, and $625,443 in prize money which is his eighth time to cash at the WSOP, all since 2005. In Event 53: Limit Hold'em Shootout $1,500, after play continued well into this morning, Matt Graham finally prevailed over Jean-Robert Bellande, winning $278,180 in prize money for his first place finish.
James "POKERPRO33" Campbell is Newest Star Poker Player at UltimateBet UltimateBet just announced that James "POKERPRO33" Campbell will join Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy on its month-old Star Players team, where he will play online poker under the name POKERPRO33 and will be featured in a variety of future promotions on the site.
Poker Legend Hellmuth Comes up Short in bid for 12th Bracelet Not one, but three poker tables were up and running to start Day Three of Event 51, $1,500 HORSE. Day Two ended in the early morning hours with 20 players remaining, rather than the target of eight. After another full day at the tables, WSOP newbie James Schaaf was the last player standing.
Irish Poker Pro Marty Smyth is World Champion of Pot Limit Omaha A total of 381 players entered the $10K World Championship of Pot Limit Omaha. Tuesday afternoon, the nine still holding on to chips showed up at the Rio to play for more than $850,000 and a gold bracelet. After more than 11 hours on the final table felt, Marty Smyth was able to grab his first bracelet in a heads-up match that nearly required hearing protection.
World Series of Poker Tuesday Review, Preview of Wednesday July 2 (Day 34) At the World Series of Poker Tuesday, Marty Smyth was crowned the new world champion in Event 50: $10,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha, which set the largest Pot-Limit Omaha tournament prize pool in poker history at $3,581,400. Smyth, the 2007 PaddyPower Irish Open winner, can add the title WSOP winner to his resume and $859,549 USD to his bankroll; and Phil Hellmuth lost a chance for bracelet #12 when James Schaaf captured his first bracelet and the $256,412 first-place prize in Event 51: FINAL: H.O.R.S.E $1,500.
World Series of Poker Europe Announces 2008 Schedule + ESPN Broadcast The schedule for the second annual World Series of Poker Europe presented by Betfair.com (WSOPE) for 2008 was just announced by Harrah's Entertainment, and will feature four bracelet tournaments, including a new addition, the GBP 1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event that will open the tournament. Also, for the first time (and subject to the execution of a definitive agreement) ESPN, the exclusive World Series of Poker telecaster, is scheduled to air eight original hours of coverage of the World Series of Poker Europe in the United States and distribute the tournament globally.
Renowned Cricketer Shane Warne to Teach Poker Players How to Bowl a Flipper Today Fellow World Series of Poker participants, the Las Vegas cricket team, and and area poker players will face the world renowned cricketer 'Spin King' Shane Warne, as he bowls a few overs in the Las Vegas desert, 10.00am PDT today (Wednesday July 2) at Sunset Park. |
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