The stars of the poker universe were shining brightly at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau, China as the second event of the 2008 Asian Poker Tour kicked off. With poker legends Jack Binion and Doyle Brunson announcing......
The tournament is limited to 108 seats which will be filled by eight celebrities, 65 professional poker players and 35 online qualifiers at 888's Pacific Poker online poker site. Those players will have a shot at a piece of a $648,000 prize pool, with $250,000 of that going to the winner.
Formerly known as the U.K. Open, the 888 Poker Open will take place Oct. 27-Nov.7 at the Maidstone television studios. The event will be filmed to be broadcast on SkySports between January and June...
However, as the final three tables whittled their way down to the final six who will return today for the televised final table, pro and pro fell by the wayside leaving Amit Makhija as the chip leader and John Phan as the most recognizable name at the table.
When play gets underway today at 4 p.m., the players heading back into action will be:
Amit Makhija, $3.225 million John Phan, $2.415 million Zach Clark, $2.025 million Kyle Wilson, $1.425 million Paul Smith, $1.130 million...Jesse Jones is so passionate about legitimizing poker as a worldwide sport that he is spending a good portion if his retirement focusing his energies on the World Poker Association, a non-profit organization he founded to protect the rights of poker-playing professionals and semi-pros who go to......