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Back in 1992, at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), World Champions Mansour Matloubi and Stu Ungar faced off in a series of $50,000 buy-in heads-up “freeze-outs” (one-on-one matches that ended when one player won $50,000). Mansour told me he was at the top of his game at this point in his poker career, having just won the WSOP in 1990. The game they were playing that day was no-limit Hold ’Em, and the blinds were $200-$400 when the following hand came up.
Thomas Austin Preston, Jr., also known as “Amarillo Slim”, died Sunday, April 29th at the age of 83. Preston was a colorful character who became famous for playing poker and many credit him with the the mainstream success of poker today.
He won the 1972 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1992. He was four times the World Poker champion and arguably did more than any player to popularize the game.
Louisville, KY (Feb. 21, 2012) - If you’ve always wanted to be a poker pro, where someone else pays your entry fees to play in casino poker tournaments, your day has come!
HogWildPokerLeagues.com, the original online poker league community, is launching a new program that rewards multiple players each month for their outstanding play by staking them $500 toward live action tournament play at a casino of their choice.
But that’s only the beginning–HogWildPokerLeagues.com will also grant one player the dream of a lifetime-a $13,000 package to play in the World Series of Poker! And here’s what’s even better…there is no fee to participate and no monthly subscription.
The field for the WSOP Tournament of Champions has been announced and contains 20 of the worlds most prominent poker all stars. With $1 million dollars in prize money up for grabs, the play is sure to of the highest caliber.
Poker’s very first fan-voted Tournament of Champions will feature 20 of the game’s most notable players, as 355,081 votes were cast to determine who will compete for $1 million in prize money in the 2010 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions on Sunday, June 27 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada — World Series Of Poker event planners bring back the special $1000 buy-in events, along with some other small buy-in events ranging from $1500-$5000.
Tournament officials added the event to boost attendance and give low-limit players a chance to compete for a championship bracelet.
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