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Max Pescatori, whose nickname is the "Italian Pirate," just added another World Series of poker bracelet to his loot. Pescatori bested a field of 457 players in Event #24, $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha and navigated his way...

Southern Arizona has poker rooms in operation that the state says are illegal but their owner, a retried judge, says are not. Harold Lee of Tombstone is not only continuing to operate the poker rooms in defiance of the State's wishes but plans on opening another poker parlor in Phoenix as well as in Tucson. Lee's argument for the legality of his operation is the distinction between poker and other forms of gambling: he says poker is based on skill while the others are primarily based on luck...

Here comes yet another World Championship event at the 39th annual World Series of poker. The naming of these events is curious: it is understandable from a marketing perspective - they are, after all, taking place in the World Series of poker, so a World Championship isn't much of a labeling stretch. However it does smack a bit of irrelevance. While many of the World Championship events are $10,000 events, some are not (such as the $1,000 World Championship Ladies Event), so buy in can't be the reason for setting these events aside. Either way players who specialize in Limit Holdem will be looking to this event for a big payoff.

Daniel Negreanu, the poker player from Canada they call the 'Poker Kid', has recently won his fourth World Series of poker bracelet. The $2,000 Fixed Limit Holdem Event, Event 20, was filled with 479 players seeking a big pay off with a prize pool of over $800,000. Kid poker held his own to the final table, where he beat out the last few to pick up over $200,000 and a coveted gold WSOP bracelet...

Atlantic City, often called the Las Vegas of the East Coast, has been waiting to launch poker with no poker dealers, possible thanks to the special tables provided by PokerTek, Inc. The Trump Plaza Casino has been granted approval by the State of New Jersey Casino Control Commission to offer these tables, called PokerPros, in a field test. The poker room with the dozen tables at Trump Plaza Casino is now open, making it the first automated poker room in NJ...

The tropical décor of the original Seminole casino in Hollywood seems sedate next to the frenzy of the new Seminole Hard Rock across the street. But that's okay. This place provides a nice counterbalance with its extremely flashy...

We near the final stages of our Last Man Standing challenge. Players can buy from level 1 - 9 to take part in this challenging heads-up battle. They need to outsmart their opponent to climb to the next level until only one player remains. Victorious players could walk away with a $14,000 package to the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas!Go get it... (http://www.casinomeister.com/affCAFF/acRedirect.php?f=110000011&i=220000546&s=/affCAFF/acRSSOutput.php&c=&p=110000022)

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As the cream of European soccer gathers in Austria and Switzerland to compete in the 2008 European Championships, this June had promised to be quite dull for fans of teams who have not qualified.But poker at bet365 is making June more fun with our very own international tournament: the 2008 poker Championships. Lets discover the number 1 poker playing nation!bet365 will be giving away more than $50,000, with the chance to receive DOUBLE prize money if the players country tops the table.The 2008 poker Championships comprises three pulsating Races. Players from all countries are registered automatically to compete for the individual prizes in all three Races. However, if you are to gain access to the maximum rewards, you must contribute to your countrys success. Guide your country to a top two finish in the Group Qualifying stage; then battle it out with the other qualifiers in the Super League. Players from the top four countries in the final table will earn a Prize Money Mu

1,344 players took part in the $2,000 NLHE event at the World Series of poker creating a prize pool of $2,446,080. While it was a final table full of obscure amateurs and lesser known professionals, it turned out to be one of the more exciting final tables that the 2008 WSOP has seen. The seating assignments and chip counts when play began were as follows: read more in pokerworks.com