On July 8 the Presque Isle Downs & Casino, which is located in Erie, Pennsylvania, could start offering blackjack, roulette and other table games. An eight-hour test is scheduled on July 6. If the casino passes the test the 48 table games would go into full operation on July 8. The Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh [...]
Phil Hellmuth without a doubt is one of the best poker players in the world. In his career he played in a huge number of tournaments and obtained an impressive number of wins. He has a total of 11 WSOP bracelets and more than 9 million in live tournament winnings. Although there is not much [...]
The $10,000 2-7 lowball no limit championship (Event 19) at the World Series of Poker managed to attract 101 players. Last year the event drew 96 competitors. This year’s field created a prize pool of $949,400. There will be 14 places paid and the winner of the tournament will get $294,321. Day 1 of Event [...]
The Latin American Poker Tour $2,700 no-limit hold’em main event in Lima, Peru, was won by Jose Barbero. He captured the title and the top prize of $250,000. His win established a new record: he became the first player in the history of the LAPT to hold two tournament titles. The first one was obtained [...]
On Wednesday at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas Carter Phillips won Event 16 ($1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed) at his first ever World Series of Poker. For the great performance the 21-year-old took home a WSOP bracelet and the first place prize worth $482,774. Now because of the fantastic win that Phillips registered, he accumulated [...]
For the World Championship event of World Team Poker the tentative dates have been revealed. The massive tournament will likely take place from October 11th to 17th in Las Vegas. The World Team Poker officials are still in negotiations with the Golden Nugget. Last month the venue hosted the series’ first tournament. In the World [...]
On Monday night at 2:05am ET on NBC was transmitted the first episode of “Poker After Dark: The Cash Game”. The show ended with two titans of the game, Doyle Brunson and Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth, dominating the action. Brunson managed the finish the episode up $135,000. At the Cash Game table five players bought [...]
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Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City plans a $14 million expansion project that would add 100 rooms and a fitness center to its hotel. On Wednesday the Las Vegas-based company Ameristar Casinos Inc. stated that the Kansas City project should conclude in the fourth quarter of 2011. At this moment the hotel has a total of [...]
The 2010 Canadian Open Poker Championship will be hosted at the 3 major casinos in Calgary, Alberta. The series will run from August 19th to 29th. There are a total of 13 events and the highlight will be the $5,000 heads up main event. This tournament last year attracted some of the world’s best poker [...]
