Sunday, July 09, 2006
WSOP Off With a Bang
The 2006 World Series of Poker Opens with a Bang
The 2006 World Series of Poker opened with a bang. The world’s largest and most prestigious poker spectacle began with the first open event on the schedule – the $1,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em competition. A record 2,776 players entered the event, making it one of the largest poker tournaments ever in history. Only the 2005 WSOP main event attracted more participants (5,619). The total prize pool amounts to $3,789,240.
Read the complete WSOP News Article
The 2006 World Series of Poker opened with a bang. The world’s largest and most prestigious poker spectacle began with the first open event on the schedule – the $1,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em competition. A record 2,776 players entered the event, making it one of the largest poker tournaments ever in history. Only the 2005 WSOP main event attracted more participants (5,619). The total prize pool amounts to $3,789,240.
Read the complete WSOP News Article
Pure Gold, Phil Hellmuth
First Player in History to Reach “Fifty” Cashes at World Series of Poker
Phil Hellmuth, Jr. is the greatest poker player in the world. And if you don’t believe it, just ask him. Hellmuth reached a new milestone today when he became the first player in WSOP history to reach “50” in-the-money finishes. Hellmuth eclipsed two longtime rivals – Berry Johnston and Men “the Master” Nguyen. Read the complete article.
Phil Hellmuth, Jr. is the greatest poker player in the world. And if you don’t believe it, just ask him. Hellmuth reached a new milestone today when he became the first player in WSOP history to reach “50” in-the-money finishes. Hellmuth eclipsed two longtime rivals – Berry Johnston and Men “the Master” Nguyen. Read the complete article.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Free Poker Tournament
PokerPlayerPress.com has teamed up with Poker.com to offer you freeroll tournaments to play in for real prizes. Our next tournament will take place on Sunday, July 23rd, 2006 at 8:00 PM EST and the winner will receive entry into Poker.com's $10,000 Weekly Guaranteed Tournament, a value of $55. There will be a limited number of invitations, so the player field will be small, increasing your chances of winning.This freeroll tournament is available exclusively to members of our new poker forum. Sign up as a forum member and PokerPlayerPress.com will send you an invitation which will contain the password for this private tournament.
