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Ryan McLane Gaming Guru - Page 6  WSOP adjusts registration process on the fly7 July 2007
Players waited in three-hour-registration lines the day before the World Series of Poker Main Event began as throngs tried to secure seats the moment they arrived at the Rio Thursday afternoon.
At the same time players were looking to register for the Main Event, others were also trying to enter Annie Duke's Ante Up For Africa charity event and the nightly Main Event Mega-Satellite tournament. ... (read more)
WSOP Main Event Day 1A entrants down6 July 2007
A little more than 1200 players participated in the first day of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, a near 40 percent drop off from the same day last year.
WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack said the decrease could be the result of several different factors, including a simple plateau in the poker boom. ... (read more)
WSOP - Deeb wins H.O.R.S.E., Jamie Gold cashes29 June 2007
Deeb takes down H.O.R.S.E. World Championship
The most coveted prize among professional poker players now belongs to Freddy Deeb.
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here to read Aaron Todd's report from the scene.
Known for his bright red shirts and his high-stakes cash game play, Deeb outlasted arguably the toughest field in poker early Friday morning to win the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. ... (read more)
Running the World Series of Poker28 June 2007
It's not easy running the World Series of Poker.
Complaints about the official playing cards began pouring in just one hour after the 2007 Series began. WSOP officials had contingency plans in place for a variety of possible first day disasters, but not the card design.
Still, players couldn't tell the difference between sixes and nines from certain seats. ... (read more)
WSOP: Cheung wins first bracelet, unknown leading H.O.R.S.E event26 June 2007
Cheung collects first WSOP bracelet
Robert Cheung earned $673,628 for winning Event #38, a $1,500 No Limit Hold'em tournament that drew the sixth-largest field in poker history (2,778).
The 46-year old business man from Vancouver, B.C. started taking poker seriously about two years ago, after learning to play the game with his friends. ... (read more)
ESPN broadcasting WSOP Main Event final table live26 June 2007
Live coverage of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event final table will be available through ESPN pay-per-view and will feature interactive services such as viewer call-ins and text-message polls.
This is the second year ESPN is providing live coverage. The broadcast begins July 17 at 3 p.m. ... (read more)
Alaskan wins first bracelet, Elezra leading H.O.R.S.E25 June 2007
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)
WSOP update: Lisandro wins first bracelet22 June 2007
The Iceman Cometh
Jeffrey "Iceman" Lisandro won his first bracelet Thursday in the $2,000 Seven-Card Stud Event (#32).
The 41-year old Italian poker pro and highly-regarded cash-game specialist collected $118,426.
Lisandro won the WSOP circuit event in Lake Tahoe last year and has five WSOP final tables on the books since 2004, including a second place finish this year. ... (read more)
Crafting WSOP gold21 June 2007
Comfort was the idea.
When Corum, the official designer of this year's 55 World Series of Poker gold bracelets, took one look at the massive bracelets of old, they decided to create something players could actually wear in public.
"The old bracelets are great because they mean something, but they ... (read more)
Hellmuth one spot away from all-time final table record19 June 2007
Phil Hellmuth is one spot away from tying TJ Cloutier for the most World Series of Poker final table appearances (39) ever, sitting as a short stack with 10 players remaining in Event #28 ($3,000 No Limit Hold'em).
WSOP Hold'em final tables traditionally seat nine, meaning Hellmuth will need to survive ... (read more)
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