Victory Poker has just announced that it will offer everyday players a chance to compete for sponsorship that includes becoming an official Team Victory Pro, $100,000 in tournament entries, a sports car, wardrobe, and a furnished Las Vegas-Strip condominium.
Victory Poker Announces Summer Competition and Current Lineup of Sponsored Players
Filed under: Internet Poker | Tags: Antonio Esfandiari, Danny "Chinese Poker Wizard", hold em, Lee Markholt, Team Victory Players. Paul Wasicka, tournament, Tournaments, tourney, Victory Poker
World Team Poker Announces Its Inaugural Event Sweepstakes
Filed under: Poker Tournament, Team Play | Tags: Allen Cunningham, Erik Seidel, Guarantee, hold em, Hold'em, poker, tournament, Tournaments, tourney, World Team Poker
World Team Poker (”WTP”) has announced its “Inaugural Event Sweepstakes” for its Inaugural Event to be held at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 19, 2010.
The one day Inaugural Event will feature 40 of the world’s top poker pros, representing 8 different countries, on 5 man teams. Each of the teams will be captained by superstars of poker in their respective countries, including Phil Hellmuth, Jr. (Team USA), Co-Captains Johnny Chan and David Chiu (Team China), Men “The Master” Nguyen (Team Vietnam), Eli Elezra (Team Israel), Ben Roberts (Team England), Co-Captains Jeff Lisandro and Tony Guoga (Australia), Juliano Maesano (Team Brazil) and George Kapalas (Team Greece). The filmed-for-television-event will be a five table shoot-out format consisting of rounds of Limit Hold’Em, Pot Limit Hold’Em and No Limit Hold’Em.
Tournament of Champions Returns to the 2010 World Series of Poker
Filed under: Poker Tournament, World Series of Poker | Tags: Annie Duke, Champions, Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, tournament, World Series of Poker, WSOP
The World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions has always been an invitation only freeroll poker event. Although the winner of this event does not earn an official WSOP bracelet, a large trophy in the shape of the official World Series of Poker logo is awarded and beating the best-of-the best always garners bragging rights.

Annie Duke - 2004 Champion
The first Tournament of Champions event was a winner take all 10-handed sit-and-go that took place on September 1st, 2004. Invitations were only extended to ten of the most well-known names (of the time) on the poker tournament circuit: Annie Duke, Phil Hellmuth, Howard Lederer, Johnny Chan, Greg Raymer, Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, T. J. Cloutier and David “Chip” Reese. The winner, Annie Duke, took home $2,000,000 in prize money. Read the rest of this entry »
The Bicycle Casino Announces Its American Poker Classic Schedule
Filed under: Bicycle Casino, Charity Events, Guarantee, Poker Tournament | Tags: Guarantee, hold em, Hold'em, tournament, Tournaments, tourney
The Bicycle Casino (aka “The Bike”) is holding the America’s Poker Classic from April 1 to April 18, 2010. The April series consists of 20 events and boasts over $800,000 in guarantees. Key events include opening event on April 1st which is a No-Limit Hold’em $50,000 Guarantee ($100+$20 buy-in), the April 2-4 No-Limit Hold’em $150,000 Guarantee ($200+$25 buy-in), the April 11-13th No-Limit Hold’em $100,000 Guarantee ($200+$25 buy-in), and the April 16-18th APC Championship $250,000 Guarantee ($500+$45 buy-in).
Gagik Zhamkochyan is the Bike’s Winnin’ o’ the Green Champion
Filed under: Bicycle Casino, Guarantee, Poker Tournament | Tags: Guarantee, Hold'em, tournament, Tournaments, tourney
On March 28, 2010, the Bicycle Casino’s (aka “The Bike”) Winnin’ o’ the Green Championship No-Limit Hold’em Quarter-Million Guarantee finals commenced play at 4:00 p.m. Although 595 participants played to be named champion, only sixty went on to the finals for a piece of the $288,575 prize pool. We started the evening with 7 tables, and Chad Viall (488,000), Gioi Luong (475,000), Eskimo Clark (348,000), Ut Nguyen (300,000), and Wadih Kaawar (298,000) were the top five chip-leaders with the average chip-stack at 130,698. Read the rest of this entry »
The Smile Train Charity Event Hosted by Dr. Jerry Buss
Filed under: Bicycle Casino, Charity Events, News, Poker Tournament | Tags: hold em, Hold'em, poker, tournament, tourney
PokerNations & TPT Team-up with Poker Gives for Charity Poker Tournament
Filed under: Charity Events, Internet Poker, News, Poker Tournament | Tags: Full Tilt Poker, Hold'em, poker, PokerNations.com, tournament, Tournaments, TPT
| Date: | April 4th, 2010 |
| Time: | 2:00pm EST (14:00 server time |
| Poker Site: | FullTiltPoker.com |
| Buy-In: | $5+$5
$5 to the prizepool, $5 to the charity |
| Game Type: | No-Limit Texas Hold’Em Double Stack
(3,000 starting chips) |
| Tournament ID: | 137491817 |
| Password: | PokerNations |
PokerNations.com and TwitterPokerTour.com have announced their on-line charity poker tournament benefitting Poker Gives, to help support a number of great charities through the Poker Gives charitable organization, founded by poker industry professionals Mike Sexton, Linda Johnson, Jan Fisher, and Lisa Tenner.
Hustler Casino’s Liz Flynt Spring Poker Classic 2010 Starts March 12st
Filed under: Guarantee, Hustler Casino, News, Poker Tournament | Tags: hold em, Hold'em, Liz Flynt, poker, tournament, Tournaments
Beginning Sunday March 21st and continuing through April 5th 2010, the Hustler Casino will be hosting the Liz Flynt Spring Poker Classic 2010.
This exciting No-Limit Hold’em Series opens with a $40,000 Guarantee Deep-stack and features the signature Liz Flynt $100,000 Guarantee event on Saturday and Sunday, March 27th & 28th (finals on Monday, March 29th). Read the rest of this entry »
The Bicycle Casino to Host Annie Duke Celebrity Poker Tournament on April 3, 2010
Filed under: Charity Events, News, Poker Tournament | Tags: Annie Duke, Charity, hold em, Hold'em, tournament, Tournaments, tourney
The Annie Duke Texas Hold-Em Poker Tournament to Benefit 1736 Family Crisis Center will be held on Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. at the Bicycle Casino Event Center to raise money for domestic violence victims and homeless youth. Festivities will begin at 2:30 p.m. commencing with registration and a Meet & Greet with Annie Duke.

Winnin’ o’ the Green at The Bicycle Casino Kicks-Off March 1st, 2010
Filed under: Bicycle Casino, Poker Tournament | Tags: Hold'em, poker, Tournaments
On March 1, 2010, The Bicycle Casino will host its first tournament series of the year with Winnin’ o’ the Green.










