Beau Rivage hosts the 2010 Southern Poker Championship & WPT. Join 33 events, Vanessa Rousso, and the $10k Main Event in Biloxi, MS.

At the Spring Break Poker Classic 2009, the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino delivered packed cash games, strong fields and a vivid lesson in poker fluctuation.

At the first WPT event of the year in Biloxi, reporters David Sasseman and Anne McDonald experienced packed fields, big prize money and nonstop poker action.

Russ “The Muscle” Salzer wins Event #7 at the 2009 Southern Poker Championship, claiming the Stud High-Low title at Beau Rivage in Biloxi.

Biloxi, MS (January 7, 2009) – University of Texas student Michael Benvenuti won USD 63,898 at the fourth event of the 2009 Southern Poker Championship. Benvenuti is a fifth year college student majoring in neurobiology.

Biloxi, MS (January 4, 2009) – The World Poker Tour (WPT) started this year in Biloxi Mississippi USA and it promises to be an exciting success. Event #1 (of 15 Events) had a turn out of 1005 entries. The alternates were lined up out the door. But poker managers, Ken Lambert, Johnny Grooms, Eric Comer, and Shawn Johnson got it going in grand style.

The Beau Rivage Spring Break Poker Classic 2008 delivered top-level poker, Southern flair and big wins, setting the stage for the Gulf Coast Poker Championship.

It was my Father that first taught me odds. I was 10 years old and the game was gin rummy.