Poker Notes
The World Series of Poker television series on ESPN will begin Aug. 23 and run weekly through Nov. 15. The first 14 telecasts will offer reports on tournaments played June 5-6, 10-12, 14-15, 16-22, 24-25, 26-28 and 29-30 in the Rio Casino-Hotel Resort in Las Vegas. The final 12 shows, starting Oct. 11, will report on what happened in the $10,000 buy-in WSOP championship tournament, which runs July 7-15.
Thanks to Nevada state law, which permits private poker tournaments, the small intimate poker party has caught on as the next big thing in Vegas for businesspeople, investors and even some celebrities. Private poker tournaments are permitted, so long as the casino does not take a commission on bets wagered, this incidentally being the way that casinos profit from their public poker rooms.
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Playing in one of the largest online celebrity poker tournaments ever, with 33 confirmed celebrity players, Bob Goen went all in to take the top celebrity prize in Hollywood Poker's World Series of Poker (WSOP) Celebrity Shootout Tournament. Goen received a World Series of Poker package valued at over $15,000. The event held on June 18, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. PDT was accessible for the public to play with their favorite stars or watch as spectators.
Organizers of the World Series of Poker predicted the total prize pool at this year’s tournament will reach us$ 100 million, more than doubling the record the event set just a year ago. With a total of 45 events, the 36th annual World Series of Poker is the longest, largest and most prestigious event of its kind.
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