Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 14, 2005 -- Poker pros Steve Brecher and John Juanda each made a final table appearance at last week's United States Poker Championship at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.Brecher's third-place finish marks the fourth final-table appearance of his career, and his best overall showing in a major poker tournament. His performance earned him a total of $218,250, bringing his total poker winnings for the 2005 season to nearly $280,000. Prior to his United States Poker Championship performance, Brecher's best result came in the 2004 Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic/WPT Championship tournament where he finished sixth and earned $232,862.John Juanda's fifth-place finish at the United States Poker Championship marks his third final-table appearance of the 2005 season, and his second final table in the past two months. Juanda's $98,213 payday brings his yearly poker winnings to more than $586,000."Over the last two years, there are few poker players who have finished in the money at Championship events more than Steve Brecher," said fellow poker pro Howard Lederer. "One of those players is John Juanda, who might just have the best overall poker record in tournament play over the past five years."
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Poker Conference Held in Costa RicaOctober 12, 2005 NEW YORK - (PRESS RELEASE) - A poker industry Conference and Exposition will be held the weekend of December 3-4, 2005 in Costa Rica at the Barcelo San Jose Palacio Hotel. The Poker Expo is an event that will cover the poker business, focusing on management, marketing and technology. Poker room and online poker executives will be in attendance. This poker event will also have a poker tournament in the evening for industry executives and professional poker players. The poker tournament will be held at the Herradura Casino, a licensed casino operating in San Jose, Costa Rica. The poker tournament will represent the best of poker strategies, poker tactics and playing skills by poker executives and some of the most seasoned poker players that exist today. Prepare for this expo with Costa Rica Poker Party! |
TV Poker a winner thanks to Mini-camOctober 11, 2005 ATLANTA - Years ago, ESPN tried showing the World Series of Poker, and someone said that poker was as exciting as watching bears hibernate. Now, it's World Series of Poker time again, but now it's glitz city, baaaaay-bee: hyped-up announcers, high drama, wacko nicknames, huge prizes, everything but cheerleaders. And you won't have to wait long for them, probably. The difference, introduced a mere two years ago, was the little hidden camera at each player's seat that shows the hidden "hole" cards, the ones the other poker players can't see. Originally called a "lipstick camera" because of its size and shape, ESPN now calls theirs the "Milwaukee's Best Light (Beer) Pocket Cam." Same device, mucho more macho name. And any outcry that they're over-commercializing poker has been drowned out by the coast-to-coast ka-chinging of the poker craze. Poker is now the third-most-popular sport on cable TV, after football and cars driving in a circle real fast. It airs on at least six different cable channels with a dizzying variety of shows. Internet poker sites have ballooned to way over $1 billion a year (despite that pesky illegality), and you can't drive down a major road anywhere without seeing some bar advertising Texas Hold 'Em Night. All because of that little lipstick cam, which lets the home audience see what the others can't, and figure out who's bluffing and who has a real hand. With all the televised poker, now poker is the main event. The TV ratings of the 2005 World Series of Poker which air thru November prove it, even though the event took place in July and the the winner is widely known. |
Reno Poker News - Bravo Launches Online Poker TourneyOctober 10, 2005 (BravoTV.com) - BravoTV.com will launch the "Celebrity Poker Showdown Online Tournament" where consumers can play to win a trip to Las Vegas and the chance to appear on Bravo's "Celebrity Poker Showdown."Qualifying rounds of Texas Hold 'Em will be played online daily, potentially advancing hundreds of winners to the final round. On Sunday, November 20, those lucky winners from the qualifying poker rounds will compete in the grand finale game online at BravoTV.com. The last five eligible poker players remaining at the virtual table will win a trip to Las Vegas to battle it out face-to-face and one of them may get the chance to sit at the poker table with celebrities for the taping of the hit series 'Celebrity Poker Showdown'.On Thursday, September 22, Bravo launched its first online poker games on www.bravotv.com. The poker games are currently up and running on the site allowing visitors to compete for fun in live matches of Texas Hold 'Em at Bravo's virtual table. Those wanting to get a feel for the site before joining the poker tournament can play these games 24-hours-a-day.Lauren Zalaznick, President of Bravo said: The 'Celebrity Poker Showdown Online Tournament provides a fun and engaging way for Bravo to develop a deeper connection with its poker viewers through a show and game that they already love. |
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