The Grand tournament takes place at the end of each month and uses a three-day flight structure. Players have the option to play on either Day 1 or Day 2 in order to get into the third day of play.
The buy-in is $1,000+$40, and players will start with a $10,000 chip stack. During the tournament, blinds will go up every 30 minutes.
Players who don't have the bankroll for a direct buy-in can choose from several methods of winning their way in. There are seven daily qualifiers...
Anyone who has ever traveled to Central or South America realizes the enormous potential of one of the world's fastest-emerging markets.
This region could, and many insist will, produce millions of additional poker fanatics. If a viable poker boom occurred in America and Europe, it can certainly occur in Latin America, where competitive passions and a deep-rooted love for games (think soccer) are perhaps unequalled anywhere else.
Fertile ground for poker
Indeed,...
He cursed. He berated. He gloated. He scolded, steamed, and insulted. He drank beer after beer after beer and shouted when they weren't coming fast enough, and Scotty Nguyen did all of this on the way to winning what many poker players consider the most prestigious tournament of the year.......
Bernard Lee broke onto the poker scene in 2005 when he finished in 13th place in the World Series of Poker main event. Determined to show that that performance was not a fluke, he went on to improve his game with analytical play, and he now has more than $1.3 million in career winnings. Lee has......