Recently another Mega Bad Beat Jackpot has hit at Seminole Casino Hollywood. This time it was for $208,052. On April 26 Jean Zamor of Fort Lauderdale (in the blue shirt) won $104,264 with a losing hand of four jacks. Guillermo Nunez-Sotomayor of Hollywood held the winning hand, which was a Straight Flush 8-Queen high. He [...]
The International Poker Federation has a real reason to celebrate because today poker was officially accepted as a “mind sport” by the International Mind Sports Association. At the World Mind Sports Games, which will take place in London in 2012, poker will now appear alongside chess and bridge. Anthony Holden, the president of IPF, declared: [...]
Jeremy “thechemist83″ Gaubert won the FTOPS XVI (Full Tilt Online Poker Series) Event 15. A field of 442 players turned out for the $535 Limit HORSE contest. Eventually a three-way deal was struck that saw Gaubert merge victorious for $46,000. In his poker career he has some notable performances. At PokerStars he won the Sunday [...]
In a blog post at Cardrunners.com, part-owner and instructor Cole South revealed that he is leaving the instructional site at the end of April. He wrote: “This decision has more to do with myself than Cardrunners. In the past year I have at the same time been a full time student, a professional poker player, [...]
On June 5, Saturday, at 9 a.m. Pala Casino Spa & Resort, which is located in Pala, California, will start to celebrate the first anniversary of its new Poker Room. The manifestation will include cash drawings, free souvenirs and a complimentary buffet for players. From May 1 to June 3 the players can obtain a [...]
In Day 3 of the European Poker Tour Monte Carlo participated a total of 115 players. During the day top professionals were eliminated including Chris Bjorin, Teddy Sheringham, Matt Kay, Owen Crowe, Kevin MacPhee, Neil Channing, Chris Moneymaker, Davidi Kitai, Mel Judah, Lex Veldhuis and Alexandre Gomes. When play ended 24 competitors remained. Kevin Eyster [...]
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Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., the casino firm which owns Caesars Palace, the Flamingo and Bally’s on the Strip, announced first-quarter losses of $195.6 million. Last year was registered $132.7 million. The company officials stated that this happened because of the economic conditions at its properties, continued debt payments and severe winter weather at its Midwest and [...]
This week the 2010 World Series of Poker Circuit made its penultimate stop at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas with a $5,150 Main Event. The tournament attracted a total of 150 players. When Day 1 came to an end 66 remained. Dan Casetta, a poker player from the Bay Area in northern California, finished the [...]
Recently the Finnish player Patrik Antonius won at Full Tilt a massive amount of money. He played at the $500/$1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha tables against Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies. The match lasted only 30 minutes. Antonius after 88 hands took from his adversary $384,488. In the high stakes battle three pots came in at over $100k, Antonius [...]
