Coverage of the World Series of Poker on ESPN goes fully Hi-Def beginning Tuesday, July 10

Las Vegas (Business Wire) - The World Series of Poker has added a fourth start day for the WSOP Main Event, which begins July 6, WSOP officials said today. The Main Event - a USD 10,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'Em World Championship - traditionally draws the largest fields in poker. Last year, 8,773 players competed for the USD 12 million top prize and coveted WSOP gold bracelet.

Las Vegas - Stars Gina Gershon, Shannon Elizabeth, Willie Garson and Brad Garrett and top poker professional Jennifer Harman have joined the growing list of celebrities who plan to play in the Ante Up For Africa charity tournament July 5 at the 38th annual World Series of Poker.

Corum, WNBA Los Angeles Sparks, "The New You" Sweeten the Pot

Michael Keiner, der seit Jahren exklusiv für die ISA-CASINOS seine Poker Reportagen bei uns online stellt, schaffte es in einem spannenden Finale beim $ 1,500 Seven Card Stud Event, den Weltmeistertitel zu holen. Sein Preisgeld betrug 146.987 Dollar. Michael Keiner geht als Chipleader an den Finaltisch und hielt seine Vorsprung bis ins Heads Up. In einem mehr als spannenden Heads Up Finale gegen Nesbitt Coburn (2. Platz und 80.876 Dollar Preisgeld.), schaffte Michael wovon er mehr als 10 Jahre geträumt hatte.

Wieder melde ich mich von der WSOP aus Las Vegas mit der Fortsetzung meiner Performance im $ 1.500 Omaha Hi/Lo Event. Nachdem ich den ersten Tag ziemlich gut und deutlich über Chipdurchschnitt überstanden hatte, war der Finaltisch logischerweise mein nächstes Ziel. Zu Beginn von Tag 2 bei noch etwa 150 verbliebenen Teilnehmern war ich noch voller Zuversicht, mein ehrgeiziges Ziel auch tatsächlich realisieren zu können. Als wir mit 65 Spielern vor der Bubblephase standen, kam es prompt zum nächsten organisatorischen Fehlschlag durch die Turnierleitung.

Las Vegas - Kunihiro Sakamoto bested a field of more than 2,000 players in the inaugural All-Japan Poker Championship presented by SEGA SAMMY Group, an official satellite of the World Series of Poker, and will compete in the 2007 WSOP Main Event in July at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Harrah's License Company announced today.

Las Vegas - Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. announced today that www.worldseriesofpoker.com, the official web site of the World Series of Poker and the only source on the internet for complete and official WSOP news, is now enhanced with new features for 2007.

Las Vegas - Luxury Swiss watchmaker CORUM introduced the most elegant and expensive bracelets in World Series of Poker history at the opening of the 38th edition of poker's longest-running, richest and most prestigious event. The spectacular 2007 WSOP bracelets by CORUM, which is the Official Timepiece of the World Series of Poker, come in four models ranging in weight from 84 to 136 grams of 18-carat gold and bedecked with diamonds and precious gems.

When you're the only son of a father who is perhaps the most famous poker player in the world, most people assume you were born with aces in your hands and playing five-card draw before you could spell Little League. But when Todd Brunson was a kid, he had a problematical time following in his father's footsteps. He never saw his dad, Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson, ply his trade at his night job.

Las Vegas - In 2003, Tennessee accountant Chris (no nickname needed) Moneymaker won the Main Event at the World Series of Poker after earning his $ 10,000 seat in an online tournament. Poker's biggest, richest showdown has been dealing out wild-card winners ever since. Last summer, former Hollywood agent Jamie Gold won the Main Event in his first try.

Las Vegas - It began in 1970, when a handful of road gamblers gathered together to play a little poker and renew old acquaintances. Over the years, the competition and social aspects have grown ever stronger, as the World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee's Best Light has evolved into an annual quest for fame and fortune for tens of thousands of poker enthusiasts from more than 50 countries.