entertainment - "poker"

On March 29, 2008, two 18-year old poker players left the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida with pockets full of nearly $25,000 they had won in a poker tournament. Little did they know what they were in for - a robbery that would make the rounds of news for months. read more in pokerworks.com

There has always been an ongoing debate whether or not that the 2008 World Series of poker will be either. A) The Year of the Pro; B) The Year of the Internet Player; C) The Year of the Amateur; D) None of the Above...

Thirteen was the luckiest number for some, but for most of the poker players who made their way into the Amazon Room at the Rio for the World Series of poker, it continued it's unlucky ways. Lot's going on, here are the recaps for the day's action. read more in pokerworks.com

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Big names and bigger stories were Sunday's highlights from the WSOP. Established pros Barry Greenstein and Kenny Tran claimed the day' bracelets, while Phil Hellmuth extended his own WSOP final-table and cashes records in a third...

A big complaint among a lot of casual fans of the WSOP is that a large number of the people winning bracelets are about as high profile as the losers who show up on the American Idol blooper reel. While many poker fans love watching new stars arise during the WSOP, you do have that class of people who are like the hockey fans still crying in their beer because Cindy Crosby didn't lift the Stanley Cup this year. In short, they aren't entertained unless a celebrity player is in the mix. While we have had some star powered final tables, those who get most of their poker from their television sets should have been in ecstasy during Event #20.

Chip leaders have been an endangered species this year at the World Series of poker. Most of them start off the final table at the top of the food chain and end the tournament as an obscure footnote to somebody else's amazing comeback. While the bars at the Rio have been filled with formerly potent chip leaders who seemed to need some poker Cialis to make it all the way to the climax, Vanessa Selbst doesn't seem to have had that problem. She finished each day of the tourney with the chip lead, including the only day that really matters - the last one.

Today is Day 18 of the 39th annual World Series of poker, and the pros continue their domination of winning bracelets this year. Our predictions are more or less coming true as well, and we have a good one for you today. Today the $2,500 short handed event takes place and we are going out on a limb to predict an amateur will take this one. It is Event 31, $2,500 No Limit Holdem Six Handed, a short handed event, which typically draws smaller crowds than the full handed. This is a curious phenomenon, considering that most players would tell you that short handed games open up their gap, letting them play more hands.

It may not seem like it at first, but the World Series of Golf has a lot more in common with poker than the name and the fact that a large percentage of the players are poker pros. The series started last year as a result of the passion many poker pros have for the game of golf. With the WSOG amateur players have a chance to play side by side with some of the greats of the game, much like in the World Series of poker, currently playing in Las Vegas...

As in poker, sometimes movie music albums can be different than what they appear to be. Such is the case with the Lucky You soundtrack, which actually has little of the music from the movie on the CD. The artists, Christopher Young and Curtis Hanson, have collaborated on other poker themed movies before, such as Shade and the infamous Rounders...