There have been a number of notable performances by regional players this summer and I would like to serve up some recognition. Brett Shaffer of
Cristobal Romano, 58, from Irving, Texas, and well-known player at WinStar World Casino and Choctaw Casino Resort, traveled to Las Vegas for the first time
I recently visited David Stewart, poker room manager of the Isle of Capri in Lake Charles, and he was delighted to share that he has been busy, mainly because the bad-beat jackpot that many of the players around Texas and Louisiana have been trying to hit. It was last advertised at $239,058 and from the […]
Pat Walsh, a pro from St. Charles, Mo., won Event 61 at the World Series of Poker for his first bracelet. Walsh bested a field of 418 players in the $10K pot-limit Omaha event. He reached to the final table as chipleader and held it start to finish. He earned $923,379 for a career high. […]
The World Series is over and everyone has made their way home for the beginning of another fall poker season. This year, notably absent will
The Pacific Northwest claimed three bracelets this summer. Congratulations to Andrew Rennhack of Seattle, who captured Event 26 for $409K, Tommy Hang of Newcastle, Wash.,
Northern Edge Navajo Casino, a six-table poker room, is in a state of transformation, but a little construction doesn’t slow down the games. The three
Will Givens, a Denver native, won Event 45 at this year’s World Series of Poker, besting 1,841 players and earning $306,634 and his first bracelet.
Caesars Palace opened its new poker room in early June, just weeks after the old one was closed to make room for an expansion of
There wasn’t any hardware involved, but still plenty of cash came back to Southern Arizona in the pockets of locals who fared well at the
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