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One on one with WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack: Part one

Jeffrey Pollack, the commissioner of the World Series of Poker, has been a busy man over the last two years. Since taking on the role, Pollack has built major corporate relationships with Milwaukee's Best Light and Corum. He has been the catalyst for change in the WSOP, and while some of those changes have been met with initial disapproval from some players, the majority of them have been embraced. Certainly no one can make the argument that the WSOP is suffering...read more

U.S. faces seven compensation claims in WTO online gambling case

Casino City has confirmed that seven compensation claims have been filed against the U.S. in its ongoing WTO case with Antigua and Barbuda. An official familiar with the case said compensation claims by Antigua and Barbuda, the EU, India, Costa Rica, Canada, Macau and Australia were made last week in response to America's decision to exclude online gambling from its General Agreement of Trade in Services (GATS) schedule. Japan has also lodged a letter of interest in the case, but has not asked for compensation, the official said. "It's rather premature to say how things will proceed from here," the source added. Antigua and Barbuda are seeking $3.44 billion in compensation...read more

World Series of Poker 2007: Your ad here

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- If poker player Robert Williamson has the look of a NASCAR driver, then the World Series of Poker tournament room inside the Rio's convention center resembles the Daytona Motor Speedway. Williamson, who has career winnings of more than $1 million in the World Series of Poker, has sold space on his clothing to sponsors during this year's tournament...read more

Marketplace: Casino hiring scramble starts

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The Palazzo is getting a jump on its competition in what some gaming analysts believe could be an all-out battle for casino employees. An employment center for the $1.8 billion resort opens this morning as Las Vegas Sands Corp...read more

Alaskan wins first bracelet, Elezra leading H.O.R.S.E

Alaskan wins Event # 37 Greg Hopkins erased 13-years of tournament poker futility by taking home his first gold bracelet Sunday in the $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em event. Hopkins, a 41-year old professional from Anchorage, Alaska, claims to have entered hundreds of poker tournaments with minimal success...read more

$50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament notes

Prior to the start of the tournament, John D'Agostino and Jen Harman posed for a picture, prompting D'Agostino to say "That's the first time I've ever been in a picture and been taller than the other person."The tournament venue is set up perfectly for spectators...read more

H.O.R.S.E. tournament starts late, but with plenty of fanfare

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The World Series of Poker $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament got underway this afternoon, and 148 players entered with hopes to take down the most prestigious tournament in poker. Oh yeah, and then there's the $2.3 million first place prize. The field is so stacked that the atmosphere before the tournament was more like a high school reunion than a poker tournament...read more

WSOP roundup: Internet pros take down tournaments

Ryan Young, an Internet poker player from California who has been waiting tables to make ends meet, may have gotten a bankroll boost big enough last night to play full time. Young won 2007 World Series of Poker Event #35, a $1,500 No Limit Hold'em tournament, to claim the $615,955 first place prize. Young has been playing Internet poker for about four years...read more

Amazon Room remarkably still before WSOP H.O.R.S.E. stampede

Walking into the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino yesterday, you would never have known that the fifth-largest poker tournament in history was underway. With the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament set to begin today at noon, many of the top pros were sitting out of the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event that started yesterday, and even those who were playing seemed somewhat uninterested...read more

Cloutier falls short of goal, but still charms the crowd

T.J. Cloutier fell just shy of reclaiming sole possession of the World Series of Poker record for final table appearances on Saturday night, finishing 11th in the $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em event. Cloutier, who has made 39 WSOP final tables, led Phil Hellmuth by two entering this year's Series, but Hellmuth tied him less than a week ago. Most of the spectators on the rail were unaware of Cloutier's pursuit of history...read more