Martin Staszko is the favorite to win at 14/5
Nevada Gaming Control Board approved changes to sports book betting earlier this year with the addition of action on non-sports events. Although odds have been posted in the past on non-sporting events the bookmakers could not accept wagers and did it for fun only. The first non-sporting event that will post odds and actually accept wagers is the final table of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main event to be played in November.
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Phil Hellmuth faces John Juanda for event win and bracelet #12
Update: Phil hellmuth was denied his 12th gold bracelet after John Juanda charged from behind to overtake and defeat Hellmuth.
All that stands between Phil Hellmuth and his 12th WSOP gold bracelet is fellow poker pro John Juanda. The two players outlasted a field of 126 in event #16, $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship.
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Phi Ivey during happier times at the 2010 WSOP
It's hard to imagine poker pro Phil Ivey without the FullTilt logos. It's even harder to imagine the World Series of Poker without a Phil Ivey; but, that's the way it going to be for the 2011 WSOP.
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Jack Effel, Shuffle Up and Deal!
After a seating glitch had more than one player assigned to the same seat, the 2011 edition of the World Series of Poker began it's 51 day summer run at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in las Vegas at half past noon today. With those immortal words, "Shuffle Up and Deal!," WSOP tournament director, Jack Effel, put the cards in the air for the most famous poker games of all times.
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Welcome to the 2011 World Series of Poker click for gallery image
Only two days remain before the famous "Shuffle Up and Deal" command will announce to the thousands of poker players at the hundreds of poker tables in the gargantuan poker room of the 2011 World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas the start of the 2011 WSOP.
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Ten handed final table of the 2010 WSOP Main Event click for gallery image
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Play at Caesars Palace for a 2011 WSOP seat at the Rio
Caesars Palace is once again hosting the Opportunity Village 6th Annual Celebrity Poker Tournament at 1:00 PM on Saturday, April 9, 2011. This is your opportunity to take a seat with celebrities, poker pros and casual players, all vying for a first place prize of a $10,000 2011 WSOP Main Event seat (prize courtesy of Caesars Palace Poker Room) at the Rio Resort Las Vegas.
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Caesars Palace Poker Room adjacent to the Sports Book and PURE Nightclub
What better way to enjoy all the craziness that is March Madness than a trip to Las Vegas to bet basketball and play tournamnent poker. This is an opportunity to play with the big kids for big money in one of the worlds most luxurious poker rooms located within the Roman Realm. Enjoy all the amenities of Caesars Palace 14,000 square foot poker room with a separate 6,000 square foot tournament room featuring 33 dedicated tables.
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Erik Seidel, 2011 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Champion click for gallery image
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2010 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship ready to shuffle up and deal
Caesars Palace will once again play host to the 7th Annual NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. The invite only field of 64 players will get together tonight on the red carpet for the draw party at the PURE Nightclub located next to the Caesars Palace Poker Room. The resulting 32 pairings will return on Friday for the first round of single elimination play in thed $25,000 buy-in .
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