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......
The poker sight is offering to pay the £10,000 buy-in for the WSOPE Main Event for Phelps, giving him a shot at some more gold to add to his collection. The first-place prize for the event is a guaranteed £1 million, plus the winner will receive the traditional WSOP gold bracelet.
"Phelps will be free to wear his famous LZR swim suit at the table, although organizers fear it may not give him the same competitive edge outside of the pool," Betfair Poker said in a press release.
...The schedule for the first-annual State of Nevada Poker Championships in Reno, Nevada, at the Grand Sierra Resort has recently been announced, and the 32-event series will run Sept. 25-Oct. 5. Three events will run per day during the series at 11 a.m., 3 p.m., and 7 p.m. There will be 11 State......
The following interview took place at the Mantra Resort-Spa-Casino in Punta del Este, Uruguay, which served as the host site of the LAPT Season 1 finale.
Launching the LAPTNolan Dalla: Planning the first season of the LAPT must have been quite a challenge. How were you able to create a brand new poker tour, which appears to have been quite successful, within such a short time frame?
Glenn Cademartori: We knew poker was really starting to take off here in Latin America....