Month: April 2013

Nevada

Mega hits at Planet Hollywood for $672K

Caesars Entertainment’s Mega Beat Progressive Jackpot hit for the first time March 9 at Planet Hollywood. The jackpot started Jan. 10 with an initial pool of $200K, and had grown to $672,420 when the unlikely hand was dealt just before 7 p.m. In a $1-$2 no-limit hold’em game, Alex Adams saw his quad queens lose […]

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Nevada

Three poker tour stops in March made Reno hot spot

Three large tours made March stops in our big little city and proved again Reno poker is a major poker competitor.  The first series, the World Poker Challenge, kicked off at the Grand Sierra Resort on Feb. 28, offering 22 events across 11 days. Event 1, a $200 no-limit hold’em $50K guarantee, attracted 289 players. […]

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New York

Saul stands above the rest in Foxwoods’ WSOPC main event

Two major poker tours came to New England the first week in April, and the results were staggering: 4,200 players sharing in more than $2.5 million in combined prize money during the inaugural World Series of Poker Circuit at Foxwoods and the return of the DeepStacks Tour to Mohegan Sun for the Patriot Poker Classic. […]

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Mississippi

BBQ/Music festival complements Delta Gold poker series

Though the Mississippi “poker season” is slowing down in anticipation of the 44th annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the best has been saved for last. From May 3-13, join me at the north end of the state, in Tunica, Miss., for the Gold Strike Delta Gold Classic. There isn’t a better time […]

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