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Don't have a bankroll to play tournaments yet? Want to build your bankroll for free? Then face off against fellow beginners in Paradise poker's weekly beginner Freerolls. Every Monday night Paradise poker hosts a ?250 FPP Freeroll exclusively for players who signed up in the previous 28 days. read more in pokerworks.com

Sometimes it is all about the bracelet. That sounds silly: everyone who sits down to play a World Series of poker event desperately wants that piece of jewelry, but most of them are not crying in their beer when they are given thousands, hundreds of thousands, and sometimes millions of dollars with their wrist bling. The majority of players would probably be upset if they were handed their bracelet, given a firm handshake, and sent off without getting a check to go with it. Eric Brooks is the exception to this particular rule.

While the news is out that the Games and Sports Network, better known as GSN, had decided not to renew the contract with the World poker Tour for another season, they still are showing the current season and back episodes. This Father's Day GSN will feature a special marathon of poker, including the Fathers and Sons special episode of the WPT, featuring teams like Barry Greenstein with son Joe Sebok, and Doyle and Todd Brunson. Even WPT announcer Vince Van Patten will get to play with his dad Dick Van Patten.Related Articles:WPT Spanish victoryWorld poker Tour says goodbye to Layla...

The poker industry has created many small businesses like the one that recently announced via press release poker tables available for sale that differ from the norm. The standard poker top for a poker table is green felt, but the two sets offered by Buy poker Tables Online use khaki colors. The company sells octagonal complete poker tables that have flip up extensions to allow up to eight players...

Five months in jail is the sentence for Michael Waguespack the owner of Funtime Amusements, a Cumberland County business, who was sentenced thanks to his role in what the US Attorney's office in Raleigh calls an illegal poker operation. Waguespack will follow up that five months in jail with another five months of house arrest. The company sold video poker machines that paid out prizes of $10 per hand...

The 2008 World Series of poker feted its latest pair of bracelet winners on Thursday on another busy day in the Amazon Room. Action in six different events again occurred. The bracelets were noteworthy, too, going to Kid poker...

The World Series of poker has safely passed 25% of its days for this year and the tournaments are still going strong, with plenty of newly minted champions and experienced poker pros making their presence known. Today, on Day 15, we will talk about a prediction for the Main Event. Not who will win, place, or show, but rather who is going to be involved in some craziness, and what kind of craziness there will be.

The 14th day of the 2008 World Series of poker was another fun-filled one. It all began with a $2,000 buy-in NLHE event and continued with Day 2 of the $5K NLHE event, Day 2 of the $3K H.O.R.S.E., a late-starting PLHE/Omaha mixture, and final tables of Omaha and LHE events. Whew! read more in pokerworks.com

Titan poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, is making dreams come true by offering their players a chance to share the excitement of participating in the World Series of poker in Las Vegas. Some very lucky Titan poker players will be winging their way to the World Series of poker, to take their seat and hopefully take home the bracelet. read more in pokerworks.com

Pot Limit Omaha is a crazy game. A game of draws and re-draws. A game of holding your breath and hoping your hand holds up against your opponent's 20 outs. It was no surprise then that the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha final table at the World Series of poker was full of action, suck outs, and bad beats. Nine players started play at 2 p.m. local time and it would only take six hours to determine the winner. The final table participants and their starting chip counts were as follows: read more in pokerworks.com