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World Poker Tour (WPT) is a weekly televised series of about 13 poker tournaments worldwide. Started in 2003 and airs on the Travel Channel, the TV program features real casino events and has helped poker and poker players to gain a wider audience. Many Online poker sites today offer guaranteed seats to the WPT events. Play poker online now and get the chance to play at the WPT!

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Saturday, October 14, 2006

Anti-Online Gambling Bill Now A Law

Bush signs Anti Online Gambling Bill US President George Bush on Friday has signed the Port Security Bill, which includes the controversial Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, into law. promting online gambling companies to suspend its US operations as announced earlier.

Several online gaming companies, including Sportingbet and 888 Holdings, have said that they will suspend they’re US operations once the bill is signed into law.

True enough, on the same day the bill was signed, Sportingbet (which owns Paradise Poker) sold its U.S. sports betting, casino business and poker operations to Antigua-based Jazette Enterprises Ltd. for $1.

FireOne Group, the owner of FirePay online payment system, has announced it will suspend its US operations. That means US players can no longer use their service to send or receive monies from online gambling merchants.

Although another online payment company, Neteller, is firm on its decision to stay with the US market.

However, it is expected that in the next few days more online gmabling companies will announce their pullout from doing business with US players.

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Sunday, September 24, 2006

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The $100 Weekly Poker Freeroll began on August 30, then played every Wednesday in the six-week Freeroll event sponsored by PokerLessons. The sixth freeroll will be played this wednesday (Sept. 27), 11pm EST. Over 400 players have registered in the last five-week run.

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Thursday, September 07, 2006

Borgata Poker Open 2006 Is On!

ATLANTIC CITY– The Borgata Poker Open, Atlantic City’s largest poker tournament, began September 5 in grand style with a full house of more than 1,100 eager players. Creating an electric atmosphere, professionals and amateurs alike arrived today at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa to vie for their piece of poker history.

The buzz that was ignited this summer with the opening of Borgata’s 85-table poker room — the largest in Atlantic City — erupted today. The excitement spread as the players learned of the timeless prize for all Main Event winners — a Rolex watch from Bernie Robbins Fine Jewelry to accompany their cash prizes.

“With the incredible structure and top-notch service, I didn’t think this tournament could get any better, but the inclusion of a Rolex for the winner makes these events a must-play,” said tournament participant, Matthew Stout of Ewing, NJ.

With the cards hitting the tables today, the action continues to intensify as the buy-ins escalate and more players take their shot at hundreds of thousands of dollars and poker stardom. “Borgata is humbled by the overwhelming response from our players,” stated Stan Strickland, director of poker operations at Borgata.

“The Borgata Poker Open continues to demonstrate our commitment to our players and to the game.”

The 2006 Borgata Poker Open blog features a daily video segment with interviews from top professional players, as well as notable amateurs from this year’s tournament. The blog will allow poker fans to keep up with tournament updates and get a ‘behind-the-scenes’ view of the exciting poker lifestyle during the tournament at Borgata. “Our relationship with City Atlantic enables us to provide up-to-the-minute status of all events,” stated Ray Stefanelli, director of poker marketing at Borgata. The blog can be viewed at www.borgata.com.

Players can still register for the remaining Borgata Poker Open events. Seats can be reserved online at borgata.com. Online registration closes 48 hours before each event after which time on-site registration is still available.

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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Paradise Poker Million Dollar Freeroll 3 Winner

Paradise Poker has created another millionaire after their third Million Dollar Freeroll concluded on Saturday, August 19. Jason Benanzer, a 28 year-old builder who is an Oklahoma native but now resides in Greenville, Ohio, boarded a plane courtesy of Paradise Poker last Wednesday for a face-to-face final showdown with nine other online qualifiers in beautiful Costa Rica.

With only one year of poker experience under his belt, Benanzer entered the Million Dollar Freeroll final table with only one per cent of all chips in play, but aggressive play led him to be crowned online poker’s newest millionaire.

In the final hand of play, Benanzer turned over A10 with his opponent showing Q9. The players stood and shook hands while the flop came 6h Kh 3h. Neither player held a heart. The turn revealed a 4c and the river a 5h.

The Ace high held up and Benanzer won the pot and the $1,000,000 prize. Benanzer’s wife raced over to give him a big hug with their newborn Blake in her arms.

“Jason played some fantastic poker today and we are thrilled to crown him as our third $1,000,000 champion.” said Scott Butler, Vice President of Marketing for Paradise Poker. “The Paradise Poker Million Dollar Freeroll was the first free poker tournament to offer a $1,000,000 prize and we’ll continue to offer our customers the best tournaments in the industry.”

Paradise Poker’s fourth Million Dollar Freeroll has already begun with heats being played daily and the final table set to be played in a secret destination on January 20, 2007.

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Monday, August 14, 2006

Jamie Gold Is 2006 WSOP Champion

Jamie Gold of BODOG POKER is the 2006 World Series of Poker champion winning the $12 million prize money and the diamond studded gold bracelet, final table was palyed August 10, 2006 at Harrah’s Rio All-Suite Casino.

Gold, who battled eight days and 8,773 entrants of the $10,000 No Limit Texas Holdem Main Event, was chipleader since the beginning of the Final Table and his big chip count did held off til the end.

This guy is a former reality show producer and Hollywood talent agent. He started playing poker last year many times finishing in the money.

He once said he’s terrified of winning the WSOP not because he’s afraid of the millions of dollars he’d take home, but because he fears the fame that a victory will bring.

“I don’t want it,'’ Gold said. “I’ve seen what it’s done to other people. I’ve worked with actors from James Gandolfini to Felicity Huffman to Lucy Liu,” he said.

But there’s no escaping fame now after he’s declared the 2006 WSOP Champion.

You can catch TV airing of this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event at ESPN starting August 22.

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Tuesday, August 01, 2006

2006 WSOP Champ To Receive $12 Million

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 1, 2006–The winner of the $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold’em World Championship at the 37th annual World Series of Poker presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light will take home a record $12 million, the largest single-event prize in live poker history.

The final payout schedule for the championship, commonly known at the World Series of Poker Main Event, awards each of the top 12 finishers at least $1 million. The total net prize pool for the Main Event swelled to more than $82.5 million, bringing the total net prize pool for all 2006 WSOP events to more than $154 million.

“This World Series of Poker stands out as the best in the tournament’s illustrious 37-year history,” said WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack. “Never before have so many people from around the world competed for so much prize money and the honor of winning the most coveted prize in all of poker — the World Series of Poker champion’s bracelet.”

A total of 8,773 people entered the 2006 WSOP Main Event, which began July 28 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. The previous participation record for a live poker event — 5,619 players — was set at the 2005 Main Event.

The 37th annual World Series of Poker also shattered all prize money records for live poker events. The prize pool of $82.5 million eclipsed the roughly $53 million record set at last year’s Main Event. The more than $154 million total net prize pool for all 2006 events is up from more than $103 million in 2005.

For the first time in live poker history the $1 million prize threshold will extend beyond the final table. In addition to the $12 million top prize, the following amounts will be awarded to the top finishers at this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event:

2nd place: $6.1 million 3rd place: $4.1 million 4th place: $3.6 million 5th place: $3.2 million 6th place: $2.8 million 7th place: $2.3 million 8th place: $1.9 million 9th place: $1.5 million 10th place: $1.1 million 11th place: $1.1 million 12th place: $1.1 million 13th place: $907,128 14th place: $907,128 15th place: $907,128

Play at the final table of the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event will begin Aug. 10 with nine participants.

The top 873 players in the 2006 Main Event will win money, with the 873rd finisher getting $14,597.

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Friday, July 28, 2006

Phil Hellmuth Wins 10th WSOP Bracelet

phil-hellmuth-poker-winner LOS ANGELES, July 26, 2006–Four weeks into the World Series of Poker and with the Main Event around the corner, at 1:00 am at the Rio Pavilion in Las Vegas, Phil Hellmuth Jr. re-wrote the WSOP record books one more time winning his tenth gold bracelet in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Rebuy tournament.

In front of a growing crowd of anxious fans, standing room only, Hellmuth faced off with Juha Helppi to reclaim his place as number one.

Crowned the “poker brat,” Hellmuth now joins the ranks of Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan, the only other pros to have won 10 World Championships of Poker, and the most all-time wins. Hellmuth won $631,863, his share of a $2,340,238 prize pool

Hellmuth has been a force on the poker scene since 1989 when he became the youngest World Series of Poker champion at the age of 24, taking home his first gold bracelet and an astounding $775,000. His stated career goal is to become the best poker player of all time.

Now with ten WSOP victories (two of them in 2003), four Hall of Fame titles, and more than fifty tournament titles, Hellmuth is well on his way to cementing his poker legacy. Winning three WSOP titles and a second place finish in 1993 is considered the best feat in the history of poker.

In the World Poker Tour tournaments Hellmuth has amassed top-ten finishes and in 2005, Hellmuth took first place ($500,000) at the Golden Nugget’s NBC National Heads-Up Poker tournament against 64 of the world’s best poker players. He has won dozens of major tournaments internationally, including wins at the World’s Biggest Seven-card Stud Tournament in Vienna at Casinos Austria, the Poker EM “European Champion,” (2000), and Late Night Poker III Champion in Great Britain (2000). Added to his list of titles is also the 1995 Hall of Fame Championship Event.

In addition to today’s triumph, on June 30th Hellmuth reached another key record in WSOP history when he became the first player ever to cash-in 50 times, getting 67th place in a field of 2,776 players at the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event. Hellmuth is now able to claim that he is the first player to ever reach that mark, which again puts him into the annals of World Series history.

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