Poker Dispatches: India, Belize, New Zealand, Anhedonia
While the major players (the US, the UK, err, sometimes France) always get their column inches, there’s a growing list of places around the world where poker is gaining a foothold but not yet getting fair dues in coverage. Poker Dispatches is a new semi-regular PokerListings.com feature that will bring some of those lesser-known poker outposts to light
Three Bracelets and a Record Field at WSOP Day 18
We’ve got the info on that, as well as highlights from the other three ongoing events at the Rio in Las Vegas. Event 25 – $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low – Winner WPT announcer and poker ambassador Mike Sexton came painfully close to winning his second bracelet today, finishing second to Chris Viox in the $1,500 Stud Hi-Low event
Elie Payan Says Two Bracelets for France Just the Beginning
“Two bracelets is great but France can do better,” Payans told PokerListings.com in Las Vegas. “This will be a big year for French players at the WSOP,” he continued. Payan is from Orleans, a city 130 kilometres southwest of Paris, and despite being described as an amateur on official WSOP reports, he told us he has earned his living playing poker full time for the last three years.
POKER PROductions to Present New-Look WSOP
This year that entire experience will be captured and produced by POKER PROductions. For years, the WSOP was produced for ESPN by the New York based production company, 441 Productions
Freitez Dominates in EPT Grand Final Victory
The 46-year-old transport business owner and pro poker player took a sizeable lead into the final table and never really looked back on the way to winning €1.5 million. “When we were down to four players, I felt I was going to win,” said Freitez. “I brought out the animal in me, and just went for it
WPT Hosting $100k Super High Roller
The tournament will run May 18-19 with a $100,000 buy-in, the largest in WPT History, and will be filmed for broadcast on FSN.
Shane Warne: Trading the Cricket Pitch for the Poker Felt
But Shane Warne, known worldwide as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game, has only made Day 2 once in six tries at the Aussie Millions main event. “This is my sixth Aussie Millions and the first few there was (some pressure on me),” he told PokerListings as he took to the felt on the third starting day of the 2011 Aussie Millions at Crown Casino in Melbourne Tuesday. “I didn’t really know what I was doing either, although it’s probably worse now that I have a bit more of an understanding of what I should be doing