Posts Tagged ‘WSOP’
Posted by Nicolae on July 3rd, 2008 under Poker, Texas hold 'em, games
Tags: Casinos, Celebrity Poker Showdown, community card poker games, hold'em, no-limit betting, omaha hold 'em, origins, poker variants, popular culture, spectator sport, texas hold 'em, World Poker Tour, World Series of Poker, WSOP •
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Texas hold ‘em (also hold’em, holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. It is also the most popular poker variant played in most casinos in the United States. Its no-limit betting form is used in the main event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), as seen on [...]
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 June 12th, 2008 under Poker, Poker Guide
Tags: Amarillo Slim, American Civil War, books, Casinos, Chris Moneymaker, community card poker, David Sklansky, Doyle Brunson, draw poker, five-card, games, Greg Raymer, History, Johnny Moss, Jonathan H. Green, lowball, Mike Caro, Mississippi, New Orleans, pochen, Poker, poque, split-pot poker, straight, strategy, stud poker, The Theory of Poker, tournament, variant, wild card, World Poker Tour, World Series of Poker, WSOP •
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The history of poker is a matter of some debate. The name of the game likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen (’to knock’), but it is not clear whether the origins of poker itself lie with the games bearing those names. It closely resembles the Persian [...]
Posted by Nicolae on December 28th, 2007 under Atlantic City, Business, Casinos, Gambling industry, Las Vegas, United States
Tags: acquisition, Apollo Management, Bally's, Business, Caesars, Casino & Hotel Resort chain, Casinos, corporation, gaming, Golf clubs, golf courses, Grand Casino, Harrah's Entertainment, Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corporation, hotels, Las Vegas, Nevada, Reno, Texas Pacific Group, World Series of Poker, WSOP •
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Harrah’s Casino & Hotel Resort chain, which also run the World Series of Poker, will have new owners, two private equity firms named Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group, shelling out a whopping $17.7 billion for the acquisition, being complete in early 2008.
“The WSOP will remain a key brand in the [...]
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