Grant Hinkle penned his name into the AGEN138 history books by winning Event #2, the largest WSOP preliminary event in history. The field began with 3,929 starters, all vying for the win, the bracelet and $831,662 in first-place.
Tuesday’s action at the World Series of Poker was highlighted by the awarding of the Series’ second bracelet, to Grant Hinkle in Event #2, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em.
Grant Hinkle won his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet in Event No.2 last night. The $1,500 no-limit hold’em tounrnament that he won was the fourth largest tournament of all time, and it gave him a nice payday worth $831,279.
Omaha Hi/Lo made its 2008 World Series of Poker debut with Event #6, $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo. 833 players plunked down their buy-ins and took their shots in the first non-hold’em event at the 2008 WSOP.
Cake Poker recently debuted a “Rewards Statement,” which is a personalized e-mail newsletter to its customers that keeps them up to date on their progress in Cake’s innovative loyalty program.
Getting to the top of the mixed event will be tough. First, players need to have enough bank to bang in the $10k test of all-skills poker.
Second, they need to be confident they can beat top pro players in eight different variations of the game, including Triple-Draw 2-7 Lowball, Limit Hold’em, Omaha Eight-or-Better, Razz, Seven Card Stud, Stud Eight-or-Better, No-Limit Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha.
Third, they need the facility to seamlessly bounce between strategies.
Andrade, from Maia, Portugal, has been playing poker for about a year and a half. He said he plays almost every day for about three or four hours a day.
At 23 years old, Andrade has the time to hit the online poker tables while he continues his education as a full-time student, and he chooses to spend much of that time at Ladbrokes Poker.
He visits the poker site almost every day.
“It’s a great online poker room, although there aren’t many players on STT, or at least.
Antigua lawyer No settlement likely by deadline
According to a Canadian Press story, Mark Mendel, Antigua and Barbuda’s legal counsel in the WTO dispute, said he didn’t think the two countries would be able to come to an agreement by the June 6 deadline they had set.
The two countries had resumed negotiations after Antigua and Barbuda had asked the WTO to provide arbitration when they originally couldn’t come to a settlement agreement in regards to the United States choosing to withdraw online gambling from its WTO.
Event #5, the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em w/ Rebuys, promised to be a wild and woolly event where in the early stages “out” wouldn’t be “out” for long – at least not as long as one’s bankroll and desire to play held up.
The 1970 World Series of Poker was hosted at Binion’s Horseshoe Casino, and it was quite different from the WSOP we know today. Benny Binion invited the very best poker players to come to Las Vegas and determine the world champion through open competition.
The 1970 World Series of Poker was hosted at Binion’s Horseshoe Casino, and it was quite different from the WSOP we know today. Benny Binion invited the very best poker players to come to Las Vegas and determine the world champion through open competition.
