Gold hits $12M jackpot by winning poker's top prize
LAS VEGAS Seventy-five minutes before Sin City struck midnight Friday, casino executives escorted by pistol-packing guards carried 14 briefcases from a vault at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino and deposited the contents on a large, reinforced poker table next to the final table of the $10,000 buy-in, no-limit Texas Hold'em main event at the 37th annual World Series of Poker.As the last five players of an original 8,773 who started play July 28 looked on, more than a half ton of $100 bills
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WSoP main event has started Professional-Poker 07/30/06 02:05 The $10 000 buy-in No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em main event in this year's 37th World Series of Poker started Friday afternoon in Vegas at the Amazon Convention Center at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino with a giant prize pool reported to be in excess of $72 million.
Montclair woman's $101,285 paycheck PokerGazette 07/10/06 13:41 Vanessa Selbst almost made history at the World Series of Poker. Instead, she had to settle for a very nice paycheck.Selbst, a 21-year-old from Montclair, finished seventh in a field of 1,919 players last week in the $2,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.Selbst, who was third in chips when play began at the final table, quickly moved into second after eliminating former World Champ Carlos Mortenson.Her attempt to become only the 10th woman to win a WSOP
WSOP Daily Summary for Sunday, July 9th PokerNews 07/11/06 02:55 There is no day of rest at the World Series of Poker (until the Main Event), and Sunday saw two more events starting -- Event #15 ($1,000 Ladies-Only No-Limit Hold'em).... Links from Daily Poker News: Daily Poker News Better Rake back Deals So you want to earn more money with better rake-back then you should visit our rake-back site. |
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