In a radical move, the World Series of Poker* has confirmed that the final table of the 2008 Main Event will take place some four months after the rest of the tournament, which kicks off on July 3 in Las Vegas.
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No-one could have thought that Gus Hansen was not going to win his fourth World Poker Tour title at the Five-Star World Poker Classic at Bellagio, Las Vegas, last weekend! But amazingly the ‘Great Dane’ was somehow unable to convert a five to one chip lead heads up and had to settle for second place, with David Chiu completing an amazing comeback to scoop the $3.39 million first prize and claim his first WPT title.
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The World Poker Tour Enterprises Inc. (WPTE) have finally settled the lawsuit brought against it by a group of five top poker professionals - Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, Andrew Bloch, Annie Duke and Phil Gordon.
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Macau has made a move to rein in the casino juggernaut that has seen the Chinese enclave overtake Las Vegas as the gambling capital of the world by stopping the issue of new casino concessions and freezing land allocations for the building of even more casinos.
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Famous and attractive celebrities are no strangers to the poker tables with the likes of Shannon Elizabeth and Jennifer Tilly forging flourishing poker careers. Now it seems there is a female celebrity from this side of the pond coming through.
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Great Britain, anchored by a man in form Neil Channing, have triumphed in the 2008 Poker Nations Cup and regained the trophy they had won two years ago.
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Former chat show king Montel Williams has been announced on Team USA for the upcoming Poker Nations Cup, the third running of the annual event which takes place from in Cardiff.
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Online qualifier Andreas Jorbeck did what most of us could only dream of when he defeated a table of tournament professional poker players to win his first live event - PartyPoker Late Night Poker 2008.
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Not exactly armed with the ‘nom de guerre’ to strike fear into his opponents, Neil ‘Bad Beat’ Channing destroyed the final table of the Irish Open to land the biggest win of his career and prove he has the tools to beat the best.
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Just when we didn’t need another TV reality show, the Americans have produced a programme called The Best Damn Poker Show which has received mixed reviews.
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