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21-year-old poker pro wins WSOP bracelet, $485,791
1 July 2010
Shawn Busse won the fifth $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em championship at the World Series of Poker on Wednesday night. A 21-year-old poker pro from Massapequa, N.Y., Busse had gone 0-for-15 in WSOP events this year before winning the gold bracelet and the $485,791 first-place prize.
Black Gaming reorganization plan approved30 June 2010
A U.S Bankruptcy Court judge approved Black Gaming's reorganization plan, which sets the stage for the casino operator to emerge from bankruptcy.
Norwegian pro wins WSOP mixed event, $260,49729 June 2010
Sigurd Eskeland won the $2,500 Mixed Games championship at the World Series of Poker on Tuesday morning, claiming a WSOP gold bracelet and $260,497 in prize money.
Down-on-his-luck N.C. pro wins WSOP title, $327,04028 June 2010
Chris Bell won the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low Split championship on Monday morning to take home a WSOP gold bracelet and $327,040 in first-place prize money, and it couldn't have come at a better time.
Top-10 things to watch for at the WSOP Main Event28 June 2010
The World Series of Poker's Main Event starts on Monday, July 5. Casino City's Vin Narayanan provides his top-10 list of things to watch for at poker's biggest event of the year.
Northern California online poker pro wins WSOP title, $721,37328 June 2010
Twenty-four-year-old online poker pro Jesse Rockowitz from Petaluma, Calif., obliterated a field of 3,097 players to capture the sixth $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em title (Event #45) at the World Series of Poker for a $721,373 payday.
Matt Matros wins bracelets, writes books, loves wife28 June 2010
Last year, eight days after his own wedding, Matt Matros was in Las Vegas trying to win a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet, and his wife was back home in New York. What a honeymoon.
Gavin Smith wins first WSOP bracelet, $268,23827 June 2010
The “Best Poker Players Never to Win a World Series of Poker Gold Bracelet” list got one player shorter over the weekend, as Gavin Smith won the $2,500 Mixed Hold’em championship (Event #44) to earn $268,238 and his first WSOP bracelet on Saturday night.
Montana poker pro wins WSOP H.O.R.S.E. title, $611,66626 June 2010
Ian Gordon won the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship (Event #43) at the World Series of Poker. Gordon, a 24-year-old poker pro, earned a well-deserved, and some might say surprising breakthrough victory, collecting $611,666 in prize money.
Hamrick wins WSOP Hold'em bracelet, $604,22226 June 2010
Dean Hamrick is primarily known as the player finished one position away from being knighted as an inaugural "November Nine" finalist in 2008, but now, he can lay claim to poker's most coveted prize a World Series of Poker bracelet.
Fifth Brit wins WSOP title, $245,87125 June 2010
Steve Jelinek of Birmingham, England, became the fifth English player to win a World Series of Poker bracelet this summer, topping a field of 847 players in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low Split event to claim the $245,871 first-place prize.
IGT CEO named to board at Yahoo25 June 2010
Patti Hart, who has been CEO of International Game Technology since 2009, was elected to the board of directors of Internet company Yahoo.
Kassela first double-bracelet winner of WSOP25 June 2010
Frank Kassela captured the $2,500 Seven-Card Razz event just two weeks after winning the Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split championship.
Kassela wins second WSOP title of the summer, $214,08424 June 2010
Despite finishing Day 1 in last place among those still in the hunt for the $2,500 Razz championship at the World Series of Poker, Frank Kassela posted an unbelievable comeback to win his second gold bracelet of the summer.
21-year-old wins WSOP gold bracelet, $382,72524 June 2010
Steven Kelly won the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (Event #39) at the World Series of Poker on Thursday morning to claim his first WSOP gold bracelet and $382,725.
November Niner earns first WSOP title, $481,76024 June 2010
Scott Montgomery, who finished fifth in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event, won the fourth $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em championship at the WSOP on Wednesday night to win $481,760.
Montgomery wins first WSOP bracelet24 June 2010
Scott Montgomery, a member of the 2008 November Nine, won a $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event, earning $481,760.
Oil spill will hurt Gulf casinos23 June 2010
A gaming analyst said he's concerned about casino operations in Louisiana and Mississippi in the wake of nearly two-month-old BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Kwaysser second Hungarian to win WSOP title, $617,21423 June 2010
Valdemar “Luigi” Kwaysser won the $10,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold’em World Championship at the World Series of Poker on Wednesday morning. It was the first WSOP bracelet for the resident of Budapest, Hungary, worth $617,214.
Moody's upgrades gaming industry outlook22 June 2010
Moody’s Investors Service said the overall credit conditions for the casino market will neither erode nor improve materially during over the year.
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