Archive for the ‘Tournaments’ Category
Posted by Nicolae on July 7th, 2008 under Poker, Poker tournaments Guide, Tournaments
Tags: 2008 WPT Championship, David Chiu, deal, GSN, links, Motto, NBC, Player of the Year, poker tournaments, Record winnings, Settlement, Sherman Act lawsuit, Steven Lipscomb, texas hold 'em, Travel Channel, World Poker Tour, WPT Championships, WPT Enterprises, WPT Ladies, WPTE •
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World Poker Tour
Sport
Texas Hold ‘em
Founded
2002
Commissioner
Steven Lipscomb
Motto
“May all your cards be live, and your pots be monsters” (Unofficial)
No. of teams
No officially recognized teams
Country(ies)
United States (Founded)
Most recent
champion(s)
David Chiu, 2008 WPT Championship
TV partner(s)
Travel Channel, NBC, GSN
Official website
www.WorldPokerTour.com
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the world’s professional players. It was [...]
Posted by Nicolae on July 4th, 2008 under Gamblers, Tournaments, games
Tags: Argentina, David Ben-Zion, David Nahmad, Dennis Carlston, Frank Frigo, Hal Heinrich, Ion Ressu, Jerry Grandell, Jon Kristian Røyset, Jorge Pan, Jörgen Granstedt, Katie Scalamandre, Mads Andersen, Michael Meyburg, Peter Hallberg, Peter Jes Thomsen, Philip Vischjager, World Backgammon Champions •
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* 1967—Tim Holland, United States
* 1968—Tim Holland, United States
* 1969— no championships held
* 1970— no championships held
* 1971—Tim Holland, United States
* 1972—Oswald Jacoby, United States
* 1973—Carol Crawford, United States (first female champion)
* 1974—Claude Beer, United States
* 1975—Billy Eisenberg, United States
* 1976—Baron Vernon Ball, United States
* 1977—Ken Goodman, United States
* 1978—Paul “X-22″ Magriel, United States
* [...]
Posted by Nicolae on June 30th, 2008 under Poker, Poker tournaments Guide, Sport, Tournaments
Tags: buy-in, event, Main Event, Poker, satellite tournaments, series, sporting tour, tennis, Tournaments, winners, World Series of Poker •
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A satellite tournament is either a minor tournament or event on a competitive sporting tour or one of a group of such tournaments that form a series played in the same country or region. The term is most commonly used in reference to minor professional or competitive junior tennis.In professional tennis, [...]
Posted by Nicolae on June 15th, 2008 under Poker, Tournaments
Tags: bracelets, Card Player Magazin, championship, Daniel Negreanu, Favorite Poker Player, hints, how to play, Kid Poker, Limit Hold'em, Player of the Year, poker video game, Stacked with Daniel Negreanu, tips, titles, Tournaments, winners, winnings, World Poker Tour, World Series of Poker, WSOP •
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Now 4 years ago designed the Player of the Year, Daniel Negreanu win the first place in the $2,000 Limit Hold’em game, $204,874.
Daniel Negreanu (’Kid Poker’) (born July 26, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional poker player with four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour [...]
Posted by Nicolae on May 8th, 2008 under Online Gambling, Poker, Tournaments
Tags: 1st of June, 23rd of May, bracelet, buy-in, ECOOP II, European championship, freeroll, leaderboard, online poker, online tournaments, poker players, prizes, qualifying satellites, Titan Poker, winners •
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This championship starts in May and it is managed by Titan Poker, a thrilling online tournament series where skilled poker players compete for a share of millions of dollars over an action-packed ten days.
The first ECOOP was in December 2007, when they gave away $2,500,000.
The ECOOP II will run from the 23rd of [...]
Posted by Nicolae on January 28th, 2008 under Online Gambling, Poker, Tournaments
Tags: Advertising, applications, cash, Casinos, chips, community card games, competitions, Facebook, free, hold'em, jackpots, leaderboard, money, multi-table, online poker, players, points, poker card rooms, poker game, premium services, prizes, referrals, rewards, ring games, sit-n-go, sponsors, statistical analysis tools, subscription, Texas Hold’em poker, Tournaments, training, Ujogo, wager •
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Ujogo is an application on Facebook for Texas Hold’em poker where no money is wagered and everyone starts with 1000 points. There are prizes and rewards and feature multi-table tournaments, and the possibility to play ring games and sit-n-go’s, as well as special jackpots and monthly leaderboard competitions.
There is [...]
Posted by Nicolae on January 23rd, 2008 under Poker, Tournaments
Tags: buy-in, Events, Multi-Table Satellites, online poker, payouts, Playtech, poker card rooms, prize, Sit'N'Go, Titan Poker, Tournaments •
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Titan Poker will host a $2,000,000 guaranteed in prizes tournament on March 2 at 20:00 that will see more than ten million dollars in total tournament payouts each month.
Anyone can buy-in directly for $1,500 + $80, or win his seat at the Main Event by participating in Titan Poker’s Sit’N’Go and [...]
