Poker News May 1st, 2008
Full Tilt Poker Signs Sponsorship Agreement with World Series of Golf
Much has been made about how the top poker players love to get out onto the golf course to gamble some more. It seems logical then that Full Tilt Poker have announced they have signed as the title sponsor of the Las-Vegas based World Series of Golf.
Hansen misses out on World Poker Tour win
Gus Hansen’s aggressive style usually leads to him experiencing extreme highs and lows during a poker tournament. But things got out of control, even for Hansen, at the recent World Poker Tour Championship at Bellagio in Las Vegas.
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World Series of Poker stretches out Main Event
You’ve just made the final table in July in the Main Event at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. You’re one of nine players with a shot at millions. You’re hot.
Now you have to wait until Nov. 9 for the next hand to be dealt.
No problem, says two-time Main Event champion Johnny Chan, who welcomes the WSOP’s move to delay the final table to facilitate a Nov. 11 ESPN telecast within hours of the tournament’s finish.
World Series Proves Poker Tourneys are Games Of Skill
The final table of the World Series of Poker’s main event shows, once again, that poker tournaments are games of skill.
Courts have developed tests over the last couple of hundred years to determine whether a particular game is predominantly chance or skill. If courts and prosecutors were honest in applying these tests, at least No Limit Texas Hold’em tournaments would have to be considered skill contests and not gambling.
888.com Sends 10-Finalists to the 888.com World Poker Crown $3m Guaranteed Final Table
The 888.com World Poker Crown launched yesterday with 2,214 players all vying for the largest ever guaranteed prize pool of $3,000,000 with $1,000,000 for first place.
Bodog Poker Giving Free WSOP Seat to Card Player Readers
Bodog Poker and Card Player have teamed up once again to offer Card Player readers an amazing exclusive — this time, Bodog is giving away a free $12,000 prize package for the World Series of Poker main event.
Poker: Sport or not a sport?
Professional poker must be considered a sport becasue there are millions of players all over the world playing various forms. Professional players actually earn a living by playing poker, much like other athletes.
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