According to numerous reports, an online gambling affiliate convention poker tournament has been shut down by Barcelona police. Police raided the Hotel Princesa in Barcelona Spain this weekend where the Casino Affiliate Programs (CAP) poker tournament was taking place. All gambling equipment was confiscated. Gambling911 was also being told that the organizers were detained.

The Asian Poker Tour Macau will begin today with the first card of the main event following yesterday’s welcome reception and satellite tournaments. The event will run from August 27 to 31 and is being held at the StarWorld casino. The latest development sees a surprise visit by the legendary Jack Binion, host of the first World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe in 1970.

The first time it was held here in 2006, the Asian Poker Tour (APT) drew 313 participants who slugged it out over a USD 1.5-million (SGD 2.06 million) prize pool. When it returns this year, organisers are expecting a bigger turnout and promising a larger pot. Mr Christopher Parker, chief executive officer and co-founder of the APT, said 600 to 800 participants are expected to hit the tables when the Singapore leg commences in late-November or early-December.

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Las Vegas - As the field of 2,378 players at Day 2B of the World Series of Poker Main Event dwindled to 855 Wednesday, players like Raja Kattamuri, Alexander Kostristyn and Victor Ramdin climbed their way up the leaderboard. But by the sheer force of their personalities, two players with fewer chips stole the show with a drama of their own. Phil Hellmuth, playing Phil Hellmuth, was the lead character.

There may have been 1,251 players coming into Day 2a of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event on Tuesday, but only 466 came out of it by the time the last hand was dealt for the day. By the end of the day, all eyes were on Brian Schaedlich, from Cleveland, Ohio, who was sitting with one of the most impressive chip leads for a player at the end of a Day 2 that the WSOP has seen in years.

Er ist einer der besten Pokerspieler weltweit und holte sich bei der WSOP 2008 beim Event #4, dem USD 5.000 Mixed Holdem Turnier, das erste Bracelet. Als Draufgabe wurde Erick Lindgren, Mitglied im Team der Full Tilt Poker Pros, die Auszeichnung „WSOP Player of the Year" verliehen. Fünfmal war er bei der diesjährigen WSOP in den Geldrängen – davon zweimal am Finaltisch.

The 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event Day 2a got off to a running start today with players wasting no time making moves to try to build on their chip stacks. Just an hour in, more than 100 players were already eliminated, and the poker room was a chorus of all-ins as short-stacked players tried their best to double up quickly and get back in the mix. Among the dearly departed from the Main Event today are Bill Edler, Svetlana Gromenkova, Jimmy Fricke, Anna Wroblewski...

The final Day 1 of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event concluded on Sunday, which means tournament officials were finally able to release the tally of players for this year's [[USD]] 10,000 No-Limit Hold'em World Championship. Day 1d turned out to be the biggest Day 1 of the Main Event this year, drawing in 2,461 players. That brings the total number of players in the 2008 Main Event to 6,844.

Stefan Mattsson came out firing during Day 1 of the World Series of Poker's Main Event on Friday. In fact, the 28-year-old Swede was so aggressive that one of his tablemates -- three-time WSOP bracelet winner Barry Greenstein -- made it a point to ask who he was and where he came from about 40 minutes after the cards went in the air. "He was calling me the table captain," Mattsson recalls with a wide smile.

Over 50 poker players will go down in history as bracelet winners at the 2008 WSOP. No matter what happens to them in life, the fact that they won a bracelet is a major accomplishment. In fact, winning a WSOP event might be one of the many achievements listed on their obituaries when they eventually pass away. Everyone praises the winners, while the folks who came in second are an afterthought.

Actor Ray Romano is playing in the Main Event for the second straight year. The "Everybody Loves Raymond" star is also a fixture at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am on the PGA Tour and when we asked which he was better at, golf or poker, he was brutally honest. "I suck at both," said Romano as he walked out of the Amazon Ballroom to take the last 20-minute break of the night.