Lee Watkinson Seat 1 Chips: 397,000 (5th at final table) Lifetime Winnings: $3,462,025 2008 POY Points: 0 Prior WPT Experience: 11 cashes - 2nd Place at 2004 Legends of Poker - 2nd Place at 2004 Mirage Poker Showdown Poker Accomplishments: Eleven WSOP cashes, including five final tables, and one…
While the 27 remaining players had all guaranteed themselves a profitable tournament, all had their eyes set on bigger things. For some, it was the hope that they could squeeze themselves up a few more spots and for some, it was the goal of making it to the television final table. But for the 15…
Jacksonville Greyhound Racing (JGR), which operates a poker room at one of its three facilities in North Florida, has hired 100 dealers to staff a new poker room that will open at its Orange Park Kennel Club. When the room opens around April 1, it will be the second room owned and operated by…
In this "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene - on The Strip and around the city. The Third-Annual No-limit Texas Hold'em Celebrity Poker Tournament to benefit Opportunity Village is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. in the Caesars Palace poker…
213 players joined the field at the Casino Hohensyburg in Dortmund, Germany for Day 1b of the PokerStars.net EPT German Open, bringing the total field to 411 players. Among the stars taking to the felt were EPT Prague champion Arnaud Mattern…
On January 28th, the sale of Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. to private equity firms Apollo Management, L.P. and TPG Capital, L.P was completed. The sale closes the public ownership chapter of the largest casino operation in the world…
UK fans of televised poker have a treat in store tonight when new episodes of "PartyPoker Poker Den: The Big Game II" begin to air. The popular show is the UK’s rough equivalent to "Late Night Poker," which is more familiar to North..
Students enrolled at Indiana University are returning to classes after a long and much-needed winter break. Many students eagerly anticipate their return to campus, if only, perhaps, for their favorite poker games. With so many poker…
Day 3 of the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Classic was a great example of the drastic way that the speed of play can change in the course of a poker tournament. Ninety-nine players began the day and things started slowly amongst a groggy field that was still shaking off the cobwebs from…
Last week, Harvard law professor and founder of the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS) Charles Nesson made an appearance on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report. He faced off with Stephen Colbert about the strategic benefits of playing poker and described the recent laws affecting…
