WPT 5 Diamond Poker Championship Grinds Down
The final table is nearly set at the World Poker Tour 5 Diamond Doyle Brunson World Poker Classic Championship, but players like Gus Hansen and Huck Seed could not hold on. Other big pros, however, did manage to make it to the final 18, such as David “Devilfish” Ulliott, Erick Lindgren and favorite Daniel Negreanu. The Canadian poker pro started the day with a chip lead in the two million range, well ahead of the rest of the pack…
WSOP Atlantic City Circuit Championship
Despite cold and rainy weather the poker players came out of the woodwork to take part in the World Series of Poker Atlantic City Circuit Championship. Last year there were 237 players, so this year’s turn out of 244 was an upswing, with a total prize pool of $1,195,600. Last year’s champion Rick Rossetti rubbed shoulders with the likes of TV talk show host Montel Williams, while players with less well known names did their best to outshine them with their poker skills…
APPT Victor Takes $1 Million
The Sydney event on the Asian Pacific Poker Tour has come and gone, and one physical education teacher is now a million dollars richer. Penrith’s Grant Levy paid a $6,000 buy in to play in the event and turned it into a $1 million first prize. For three days Levy fight it out in order to beat 561 other players…
2008 Aruba Poker Classic to Boast $1 Million Top Prize
Many poker rooms and poker events will announce a guaranteed prize pool, sometimes as much as a million dollars. This money is split among the winners according to the payout schedule, but rarely is a million dollars paid out to a single player. That, however, is to be the case at the 2008 Aruba Poker Classic…