LAS VEGAS A weary group of card sharks, exhausted by a no-limit Texas Hold 'em session that ended nearly 18 hours after its first hand, scored nearly $812,000 each at the World Series of Poker on Sunday and a ticket for a November finale worth $8.94 million to the winner. "My brain is barely functioning it's hard for me to even form sentences right now," said Joseph Cheong, 24, of La Mirada, Calif., after the eighth card session that morphed from a chaotic free-for-all to a 10-man game of chicken.

November, poker players on Twitter returned to their normal routines. Much of their attention was focused on Annie Duke as she testified in front of a Congressional committee regarding online gaming regulation. "I hope I did a good job for poker players today," Duke Tweeted following her testimony in front of the committee.

PINPOINTING a precise moment when the world changes is never easy, even in retrospect. Yet it is possible to say with relative confidence that the world of gambling was changed dramatically by events around a green felt table at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas on May 23rd 2003, the final day of that year's World Series of Poker (WSOP).

Coquettish Belinda plays at ombre with two male admirers. You can follow the game card by card until the last trick, on which it all turns. "An Ace of Hearts steps forth: The King unseen / Lurk'd in her Hand, and mourn'd his captive Queen. / He springs to Vengeance with an eager pace, / And falls like Thunder on the prostrate Ace".

The 39-year-old Bridgeville resident, mother of three and former pharmacy technician was among 302 people to attend graduation ceremonies last week at the Meadows Racetrack & Casino. For Engel and her fellow dealer trainees, earning a table games dealer certificate was a culmination of two months of intensive training, dealing thousands of hands of cards and moving hundreds of piles of chips.

Do you want to win money playing poker, but don't want to invest the time or effort needed to become an experienced pro? A New York City magic shop has something for you--DVDs that teach you how to cheat at cards! Tannen's magic shop (www.tannens.com), which claims to be the largest magic shop in the world, carries a wide variety of magic supplies, including close-up magic tricks, stage illusions, magic memorabilia, books and DVDs.

The house show was held in the Dispatch Ice Haus, a smaller hockey arena that is connected right next to Nationwide Arena...where at the same time there is a TNA house show, there was some sort of Glen Beck political rally at Nationwide Arena. So among with all the stereotypical "people of walmart" wrestling fans, there were plenty of people outside of the arena promoting political causes ranging from fighting healthcare reform to men preaching that "gays will burn in hell." Talk about an interesting sight to see as you walk around outside the arena.

WSOP updates, including Sammy Farha's win and Tony G leaving Las Vegas. It's all in today's PTP Hit and Run. Here's your recap of yesterday's events at the WSOP, with a third bracelet going to Sammy Farha. And here are the stories to watch, including the end of voting for the Tournament of Champions.

A new business set-up by three Tatts Group staff is offering pubs and clubs a machine that would potentially sidestep Victoria's ban on ATMs in gaming venues to be enforced by 2012. The business, called Progressive Venue Services (PVS) offers full gaming machine management and according to the website, "has been established to provide a seamless transition into the new Victorian gaming model." The three men behind PVS are Richard Whitehouse, Anthony Bahen and Clayton Wheeler, who recently left Tatts.

Right, provided the blackjack player is skilled at counting cards and the video poker player uses expert strategy and sticks to certain games. In a way. It's more that a skilled enough player in blackjack and a skilled enough player with a good enough pay table in video poker shifts the odds of the game in their favor.

He is hoping to repeat his historical success at premiere mixed games events, yet he is also hoping to redeem himself. Scotty Nguyen, of course, is that man. Nguyen went from being one of poker's most popular players to an unlikely villain in the minds of many viewers after he ordered one cocktail too many at the 2008 Players Championship at the World Series .

Playing in SCOOP Event No. 31, the $2,100 "high" buy-in version of the no-limit hold'em, 1 rebuy, 1 add-on tourney, he took second place for $198K. The only player he didn't beat? Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul, who has more than $2 million in online cashes in his career at PokerStars. Squee451 set up his deep run at the final table, with a big hand nine-handed.

Player of the Year points and caught the attention of many people in poker as a rising star, you could tell that he was not satisfied. He wanted to keep improving - he wanted more. Early in 2010, he has found continued success. He already has made nine final tables and booked four tournament victories in four months.

Once again, yesterday's Florida Million Poker Tournament 'Day One' event was a huge success at The Big Easy Poker Room located in Mardi Gras Casino. "The tremendous response over these past three weeks undoubtedly warrants a fourth 'Day One' event," said Wil Herrera Director of Poker Operations at Mardi Gras Casino's Big Easy Poker Room.

With a total of 89 playing tables, the NAPT pulled in such legendary poker pros as Joe Cada, Daniel, Negreanu, Joe Hachem, Chris Moneymaker, and Scotty Nguyen. PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas. The tournament resulted with 19 year-old Harrison Gimbel walking away with $2.2 million. (A pretty damn good day not at the office for a teenager.) As I learned, NAPT was a good healthy mix of the old poker playing guard and the new Internet whiz-kid generation.

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WSOP) Player's Championship . The two poker superstars were seated at the same table during Day 2 of the event when the topic of the $50,000 Player's Championship at this year's WSOP came up. The event, which will replace the $50,000 HORSE event that was introduced in 2006, will feature the same games as HORSE plus No Limit Hold'em, Pot Limit Hold'em, and 2-7 Triple Draw.

Challenge recorded so far went down this weekend with Tom "durrrr" Dwan extending his lead over Patrik Antonius by $22k.Dwan spent Friday night, all of Saturday and a chunk of Sunday grinding both No-Limit Hold'em and Pot-Limit Omaha on Full Tilt. By the end of the weeked he had logged 4,411 hands, including the 79-hand Challenge session Saturday.

Titled 'Elite Strategy,' these articles feature the wisdom of some of poker's top players and they provide viewers with a look at what goes on inside the head of the game's elite when they are looking to build their stack. The Player: David PetersAt 22, David Peters has become a well-respected player for his live and online play with 35 live cashes.

New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees congratulates the Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Tony Romo in giving the Saints their first defeat at the Louisiana Superdome in the regular season. The Saints will hope that a repeat of the defeat would be avoided against the Arizona Cardinals. The Cowboys will travel to Minnesota, while the Colts host the Ravens.

Now, let's take a look at the top five events that have shaped the game as we know it during the past ten years. 5. Taking America's Game to the WorldAs the middle of the decade approached, poker, and more particularly tournament poker, was still primarily an American pastime.

So here's my story, I am a huge fan of Breaking Bad, so much so that a friend and I had some shirts custom made, this is due to the fact that we can't buy any (Get with the program AMC, there's money to be made in merch). We both wore our shirts to a Poker tournament last Wednesday and I ended up winning 1st place.

Carli continued to prove himself the most prolific player in World Series of Poker Circuit history this week, booking a record 40th cash with a second place finish at an Atlantic City prelim event.The Alliance, Ohio resident finished second to New Jersey's Shawn Sniffin in the $500 +60 No-Limit Hold'em tournament at Harrah's Atlantic City Sunday that drew 621 players.

SAN FRANCISCO - Three Card Poker is one of many new table games players are flocking to - it's easy to learn, there's fast action and there's better control of betting, with possible smaller losses and maybe bigger bets with a potential for a bigger win. The three-card betting game likely traces its origins back 300 years to England.

ESPN got its wish when the World Series of Poker Main Event final table unfolded in dramatic fashion. But in a bit of twisted irony, the excessive amount of extraordinary hands that played out during what was the longest final table in WSOP history made Jamie Horowitz and his crew's job that much more difficult.

The third slot game was Monkeys to Mars. Along with these online casino games Cryptologic released a pack of four table games. Two of these were new games. These are Triple Action Hold'em and Aces and Faces video poker. The two other games were upgraded versions of its existing popular games Let it Ride and Three Card Poker.

Father Andrew Trapp, parochial vicar at St. Michael Church in Garden City, S.C., won $100,000 on "Pokerstars Million Dollar Challenge," a new poker-themed game show that debuted on the Fox television network Oct. 11 - CNS photo/Catholic Miscellany Father Andrew Trapp, parochial vicar at St.

Nearly a month since the start of training camp -- and three games into the NBA exhibition season, which continues Thursday night against Portland -- second-round draft choice Goran Suton remains a mystery. At least to the untrained eye. Utah coach Jerry Sloan has been watching the wide-body center out of Michigan State, however, and he sees a young player who possesses an ability that the Jazz have been lacking in recent seasons.

Darvin Moon, one of nine finalists in the World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas, is a professional logger by day and an amateur poker player by night. Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed.

There's a belief among NFL men that wide receivers are, with a few exceptions, interchangeable. Larry Fitzgerald is one such exception, Randy Moss another, Andre Johnson of the Texans a third. But that's about it. From there on, not much separation - to invoke a receiver's word - is seen between, say, the league's fourth-best receiver and the 44th-best.