Congratulations to Tim Horan & Angela Connell for taking out the Satellite Poker Main Event this weekend and BOTH winning their way to the Poker News Cup.
The World Series of Poker took a gamble this year when they delayed the final table of their Main Event a couple of months. While the players did not like the layover, the ratings on ESPN were up for the telecast of the finale.
The World Series of Poker for 2008 finally concluded after months of anticipation and it was twenty two year old Peter Eastgate from Denmark who captured the Main Event title.
The World Series of Poker Main Event has lost its most charitable player, Dennis Phillips, and the result is only two players are left to battle for the coveted bracelet and $9 million.
The World Series of Poker Main Event has resumed and Ylon Schwartz has taken quick advantage of the restart. He is currently the chip leader with 40,050,000.
The World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table will resume this Sunday and the players have began reassembling in Las Vegas. The nine participants have been split on whether the layoff has been good for their game, and whether the layoff hurt the gambling momentum they possessed back in July.
Dennis Philips and Ivan Demidov are seperated by only a slim margin in chips and the pair are the gambling favorites to win the Main Event of the World Series of Poker when the tournament resumes this weekend.
Poker is on the downswing in running its course in the United States, and when something goes down and needs a boost, something new comes along. The new craze in gambling could become Team Poker.
John Juanda was in some big company at the final table of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, but in the end he emerged as the champion, adding another bracelet to his already impressive resume.
Two of the biggest names in professional poker are in the final ninety five players left at the World Series of Poiker Europe main Event, not only are Daniel Negreanu and Mike Matusow surviving, but they are near the top in the chip stacks.