PokerShare.com and Mikey the chimp have not given up on their mission to earn Mikey his retirement money from poker tournament winnings. Despite Jeffrey Pollock, Vice President of Harrah’s Entertainment’s statement to the press Thursday, July 27, 2006 saying Mikey would not be allowed into the World Series of Poker, PokerShare.com will search hard to […]
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Heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis was spotted at the tables of the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker. Reports are that the former champ had fun but he failed to make it past day one of the WSOP main event. This years WSOP has drawn almost 9,000 players and Lewis was considered a long shot […]
Only 45 players remain in the 2006 WSOP Main Event as participants continue to fall out of the march towards the $12 million first-place prize. Malibu, Calif., native Jamie Gold currently resides in first place with $7,330,000 chips. Gold has never cashed in a World Series of Poker event, although he has made some appearances […]
Industry leading game development company Electracade, celebrate their 2nd year of business and 1st complete trading year with some unique numbers: # 1 Performing version of Roulette # 1 Complete year of trading # 2 Years from business start up date # 3 The average quantity of new products created every month # 5 Electracades […]
The stars of a sexy new poker movie sponsored by Aces.com partied with poker stars Howard Lederer, Phil Gordon, Lisa Mueller and others last weekend at Lederer’s private WSOP bash. The highlight of the evening was, without a doubt, the karaoke contest that Gordon was particularly determined to win. When Gordon began to peel off […]
The 2006 World Series of Poker’s Main Event is underway this week in Las Vegas, and ABA Entertainment, LLC is capturing the behind-the-scenes footage for an upcoming documentary, “House of Cards” – revealing the roller-coaster-real-life-grind of the professional poker player. Marc Goodwin, the face of USAPoker, is one of seven widely recognized players being followed […]
Electronic Game Card, Inc. (OTCBB: EGMI), the creator of the Electronic GameCard, has provided a six month update of its business activity, including milestones achieved subsequent to the update issued January 31, 2006. Electronic Game Card (“EGMI”) has entered a highly productive period, which was highlighted by its joint venture partner, Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: […]
Halfway through last Sunday’s Party Poker Million Guaranteed tournament I had visions of forever putting down the pen to live a life of luxury and leisure. The phone call to my boss Larry would have gone something like this.”Hello Larry, yeah this is Ryan.” “Good morning Mr. Best Poker Reporter ever.” (That’s my official title […]
Results at The Venetian hit a road bump during the spring, but Las Vegas Sands Corp. had China to fall back on. Booming revenue at the company’s casino in Macau helped rescue the second-quarter earnings for Las Vegas Sands Corp. “One quarter or one month does not concern us,” Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson […]
After four days of intense play, the first round of the world’s most prestigious poker tournament is complete with 3,200 players still vying to become the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion. The story so far from the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Vegas is the strong play of defending champions Joe […]
Sully Erna, lead singer of Godsmack, shares a laugh after doubling his winnings by going all-in during the opening round of the World Series of Poker’s main event Friday at the Rio. So much for predictions. Harrah’s Entertainment executives thought the championship event of the 2006 World Series of Poker would top out around 8,000 […]
As reported by the Minneapolis Business Journal: “Seven of the most famous poker players in the country, including Phil Gordon and Howard Lederer, will file a lawsuit against WPT Enterprises in Los Angeles federal court today, alleging the parent company of the World Poker Tour violated antitrust laws, the poker players’ attorney said. “The lawsuit […]
John L. Parker’s cult classic Once a Runner has captivated high school distance runners for decades. The fictional book follows the journey of Quenton Cassidy, one of the nation’s top milers.Filled with excellent characters and memorable passages, my high school teammates passed the book around so many times that the cover was missing and the […]
On Wednesday, August 2, Caesars Palace will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a toga party at the legendary resort’s outdoor Roman Plaza amphitheater. This historical event will be hosted by actress Jenny McCarthy and feature a live performance by Otis Day and the Knights, the band that rocked “Shout” during the toga party scene in […]