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PokerNews Named Title Sponsor of The Sports Legends Challenge
Two worlds will collide in the Bahamas in September. For four days, twenty-five of the greatest sports legends of our time along side twenty-five of the world’s top poker professionals will take over the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in the Bahamas... BALLY’S RACE & SPORTS BOOK BACK IN ACTION The full-service book will resume operations on Aug. 26 with an exciting lineup of activities GULF COAST POKER CHAMPIONSHIP AND BIG SLICK POKER BOOT CAMP POKER STARS VANESSA ROUSSO AND CHAD BROWN HOST GULF COAST POKER CHAMPIONSHIP AND BIG SLICK POKER BOOT CAMP ** $5,000 Buy-In Main Event Brings Top Players to Biloxi for Labor Day Weekend 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table is Now Set! The 2009 WSOP Main Event continued with the play and conclusion of Day 8. The day played all the way down from 27 initial survivors to the final nine players, which has become popularly known as the “November Nine." World Series of Poker Continues – Down to 27 Players in the Main Event On the Eighth Day – Darvin Moon Retains His Chip LeadSeven-Time Gold Bracelet Winner Phil Ivey (Las Vegas, NV) Currently in Fourth Place WSOP Main Event Continues - Darvin Moon is the New Chip Leader Going into Day Seven Players who survived Day 6 will return to continue their quest for the 2009 world poker championship gold bracelet and $8.5 million in prize money on July 14th, starting at noon. Seven-Time Gold Bracelet Winner Phil Ivey (Las Vegas, NV) Currently in Third Place WSOP Main Even Day 5 Tom Schneider, Phil Ivey, Fabrice Soulier, Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier, Blair Hinkle, Jeff Shulman, Antonio Esfandiari, Dennis Phillips, Peter Eastgate, Joe Sebok, Blair Rodman, David Benyamine, J.C. Tran, Kenny Tran, Prahlad Friedman, Chris Bjorin, and Joe Hachem Still Alive! WSOP In The Money Finishers on Day 4 Payouts for places 408-648 of the World Series of Poker Main Event. Up to date chip counts will be sent out around 10 PM PT. Play began today with 789 players. Play concluded at the end of level 17 with 407 players returning on Sunday, July 12 at 12 noon to continue their quest for the poker world championship. Play on Sunday is expected to go through level 21 or 22. WSOP Main Event Continues on Day 4 The 2009 WSOP Main Event continued with the play and conclusion of Day 4. The day was most notable for reaching the threshold at which participants break into the money. After nine days and more than 30 hours of tournament play, all in-the-money finishers were guaranteed at least $21,365 in prize money. 2009-2010 WSOP CIRCUIT SCHEDULE 11 Stops Scheduled Including New Addition Harrah’s St. Louis 2009 WSOP Main Event Continues - Day 3 France’s Bertrand Grospellier (a.k.a. “Elky”) is the Current Chip Leader Club Fortune Casino to give away more than $250,000 in cash and prizes Club Fortune Casino is rewarding players more than ever with its new Win a House on the House promotion. During the 14-week promotion, Players Club members have a chance to win $150,000 towards the purchase of a new home or their current mortgage... THE PUBLIC HAS SPOKEN AND CHOSEN THEIR CANDIDATES FOR THE 2009 CLASS OF THE POKER HALL OF FAME PRESENTING THE PUBLIC’S TOP TEN NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2009 CLASS Stayin' Alive at the WSOP! Some of your favorite actors athletes and musicians are stayin’ alive at this years main event – and some well – have fallen by the way side... WSOP Main Event - Day 2B Day 2-B started with a field of 2,922 players and ended with 1,436 survivors. This means only 49 percent of starters survived past the second day. WSOP Main Event End of Day 2-A The 2009 WSOP Main Event continued with the first of two flights of the second round, which are jointly designated as “Day Two.” Day One was played over the initial four days of the tournament, which began on July 3rd. Day 2-A and 2-B (Day Two) are played July 7-8. Eastside Cannery Casino & Hotel Announces $60,000 Loco Loot Primary Jackpot Winner On Friday, July 3, Las Vegas local Jose R. Galvan, hit the Loco Loot Primary Jackpot at Eastside Cannery Casino & Hotel, earning him $60,110.62. WSOP Main Event 1-D! The Main Event continued with the opening festivities for Day 1-D. WSOP President and Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack welcomed journeymen ESPN poker commentators Lon Mceachern and Norman Chad onto the stage, who performed a short routine... WSOP Main event top prize set at over $8.5 million The prize pool is now set - and the top 9 nine places will becoming millionaires - before Uncle Sam gets his cut of course - and those finishing 63rd or better will be earning at least six figures! WSOP Main Event 1-C! 1989 world champion and 11-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth made another grand entrance into the Main Event. Last year, Hellmuth came adorned as WW2 General George S. Patton. He rolled into the Rio parking lot atop an army tank. This year, the media-shy “Poker Brat” was carted into the Rio while sprawled out across a special platform carried by several centurions.
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