Day: November 20, 2012

Michigan

Poker tourneys return to Motor City Casino

After a drought of no-limit hold’em tournaments in downtown Detroit casinos, Motor City Casino has started offering weekly events again. Tournaments at Motor City are every Saturday at 11 a.m. for $100, with the exception of the last Saturday of the month, when the buy-in is $300. Tournaments also run on Mondays (6 p.m., $100; midnight, $60). […]

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Nevada

Merson’s long road to world poker champion

As you likely know by now, Greg Merson of Maryland is the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champion and WSOP Player of the Year. But overcoming that huge field of nearly 6,600 players to win $8.5 million was nothing compared to overcoming his addiction to drugs. In an exclusive interview, Ante Up’s Dr. […]

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Nevada

Promotions aren’t just for small Vegas poker rooms anymore

In the competitive world of Las Vegas poker, even the biggest rooms are looking for ways to attract new players and keep the ones they have. The Venetian just remodeled its poker room, renaming it the Sands Poker Room at the Venetian. It has 59 permanent tables, which will be enough to handle special events […]

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New Mexico

The richness of Southwestern poker

James Williams, a 26-year-old plumber and homeboy, turned $190 into $56,652 on Nov. 5, doubling his lifetime earnings by winning the Heartland Poker Tour Main

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Florida

Central Florida poker isn’t just about Tampa Bay

Living in Tampa, if you stood at Raymond James Stadium you could drive 20 minutes in any direction and hit a poker room. Down Interstate 4 you have the Hard Rock. North on I-275 you have Lucky’s and southbound you have Derby Lane. Head West toward the Gulf and you have Tampa Bay Downs. North, […]

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