Online Horse Betting and TNT's poker series

TSN isn't bluffing with poker series
By ROB BRODIE -- Ottawa Sun

The poker craze, it seems, isn't dying down anytime soon. If anything, it continues to mushroom. Witness the creation of the Degree Poker Championship, the first all-Canadian version of the popular Texas Hold 'em duel. It's a project that's been in the works for a year at TSN, with the first of four shows airing last night.

It's an all-Canadian affair featuring "everyday" people, said Adam Ashton, TSN's VP of marketing. "The thing we asked ourselves was 'How do you create an authentic Canadian poker tournament championship to find our next undiscovered star?' " he said. TSN conducted an on-line registration for the free poker tournament in the spring and received more than 20,000 responses. Out of that group, 2,000 were randomly selected to compete, equally split into regional poker tourneys at casinos in Niagara Falls and Richmond, B.C.

Forty-five players -- five tables of nine -- made the finals, which were taped at Niagara Fallsview Online Casino Resort in June. The first of four parts of the TV presentation aired last night, with the others tonight, Sept. 23 and Sept. 24. The latter episode includes the $100,000 final and a bonus $1 million final hand poker showdown. Ashton said TSN hopes to draw about 170,000 viewers each night. The entire series has been shot in high-definition format.

So what's the appeal of it to viewers? Ashton believes a lot of it has to do with the way TV presents it. "People at home know what's going on," he said. "To see that unfold is the real drama ... it's a bit of an emotional rollercoaster."

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Poker's Popularity and Online Horse Betting

By Luis Gomez of the Union-Bulletin (Sept 6th, 2005)
In the Old West you might have been shot at a poker game. Fast-forward a couple of hundred years and today you might get a shot at winning millions in a matter of seconds. Or at least that's how TV makes it look, some folks would say. In fact, some of those same folks would tell you that Texas Hold 'em is not about odds or luck. It's about skill.

It's not a new game but poker, particularly Texas Hold 'em, has become a cultural phenomenon over the last few years, spawning countless online poker rooms, books, game kits, magazines and poker tournaments. Younger players are turning up at casino tables, waiting to make that big break. The 1998 movie 'Rounders,' a dramatic tale of two, slick, fast-winning poker players, inspired David Abajian to join the booming number of young faces at the Goldstrike online casino, on Ash Street in Walla Walla. 'It's a good mind game,' said the 18-year-old. ''I use my mind more playing poker than in anything else.' Texas Hold 'em is a beastly breed of nerd and slick: a combination of mathematical probability and hustling.

The beauty of the game: Anybody can beat anyone at any time,' said casino dealer and tournament champion Ted Newman. The 30-year-old local man competed at a Goldstrike Casino tournament and won a spot in a Reno, Nev., tournament last year. His strategy is to play passive-aggressive and set the other players in a trap, he said. He was no match for professionals like Men the Master' Nguyen or Dan Harrington, he conceded. All these young people, they see it on TV and say, Oh yeah I can go play and win,' but they don't,' said Ruben Ornelas, 38.

The boldest example to come out of a free poker tournament in Las Vegas is the story of Chris Moneymaker - his real name - who started out playing Internet poker rooms.
A $40 game won him a spot at the 2003 World Series of Poker. Within three days, Moneymaker talked out a millionaire. The way I see it...it's people that don't have a good job can make a lot of money in a matter of days,' said Abajian. But it's a huge risk. About $115 out of his hard-earned money goes into playing poker every week, he said. In reality, that's a minimum amount.
Goldstrike dealer Alfredo Garcia says the amounts of money per game depend on what the limit is. Some games may range between $300 and $2,500. At a small-scale tournament, a minimum of five players at a table can start with a small bet of $5 and raise it,' or double, that amount each time a community card is drawn. By the time the fifth card, dubbed the river,' is dealt and when most players fold out of the game, a mountain of chips accumulates to big money,' Garcia said.

Players get really excited to know they have a chance at winning a big pot and just knowing you have the best hand...it's an adrenaline rush,' he said. Ornelas, who has been playing for 20 years, says there is a thin line between a good player and a bad player. Good poker players know when to hold 'em' and when to fold 'em.' Bad players run on luck. The luck runs for so long and then you run out of luck,' he said.

But players like Abajian are far from discouraged. I think if you're good enough to play, it's worth (taking the risk),' said Abajian, who considers himself a good player. You also have to know when to quit.

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Online Horse Betting and Jennifer Tilly

September 5, 2005
Jennifer Tilly has won her second major poker tournament, and confidence in her playing poker ability.
"I felt like I was suffering from the 'impostor syndrome,' " said Tilly, who jumped from the table after her win. "I had these niggling self-doubts. But now I know I can really play. These women were extremely tough poker pros with blood lust at the poker table."

Tilly's victory at the World Poker Tour Ladies Night III at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles on Thursday makes her the first poker woman to win that title and the World Series' Ladies World Poker Championship.

The win guaranteed her a spot in the $25,000 buy-in WPS Championship in April.
The actress, an Oscar nominee for her role in the 1994 film "Bullets Over Broadway," has been playing the game for a year. She said she learned pointers from her boyfriend, poker player Phil "Unabomber" Laak.

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Online Horse Betting - Nobles Million Dollar giveaway

Dallas, TX -- (ArriveNet - Aug 31, 2005)
-- Noble Poker (Online Poker) recently announced that they will continue to give away $1 million dollars to anyone who can win 7 consecutive sit no go poker tournaments. This bonus million is on top of the normal prize pools. Noble Pokers says they have seen so much praise from the million dollar giveaway that they will continue to promote the million dollar giveaway.

Noble Poker is now run by the owners of Empire Poker but the software and the promotions will remain the same. Noble Poker’s old owners have sold Noble to Empire and now the old owners have created Titan Poker (http://www.titanpokerroom.com/) which will launch on September 1, 2005.

Titan Poker Room hopes to gain a part of the market created by the World Series of Poker. Many poker affiliates say that the WSOP brings in many new players to the online poker world.To view Noble Poker and the million dollar giveaway visit http://www.noblemillion.com/ To view Titan Poker after Sept 1, 2005 visit http://www.titanpokerroom.com/

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Online Horse bet - Poker Quest of Champions

30 August 2005
This Labor Day weekend, the top poker players will be doing more than just barbecuing a steak or two; they'll most likely be heading down to the Palms Casino Resort to vie for a spot at POKER: Quest of Champions. The one hundred players featured at the September 4th event will be divided into ten shoot-out tables of ten.

The winner of each table will then advance to the Quest of Champions final event, slated for the week of New Year's. The winner of the final event will take home the largest single prize in the history of tournament poker- $15 million dollars. With its record-breaking top prize, Quest of Champions is attracting some of pro poker's biggest names, including Ted Forrest, Kathy Leibert, Layne Flack, Barry Greenstein, Men The Master Nguyen, Freddy Deeb, Thor Hansen, Joe Awada, Antonio Esfandiari, and Rene Angeli.

The event has also attracted the attention of celebrity online poker players such as James Woods, Michael Vartan, and Mimi Rogers. POKER: Quest of Champions kicks off September 4, 2005 at 1 pm.

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2005 World Series of Poker Tournament

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 2005
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET) said today the World Series of Poker 2005 Tournament of Champions (TOC), a $2 million, free-roll tournament, featuring a select group of poker's biggest names, will be held November 6-8 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
The final nine players from the World Series of Poker's 2005 main event are eligible to join more than 100 top players who qualified for the TOC at five World Series of Poker Circuit events earlier this year. The event will be taped for telecast by ESPN.

Among those eligible to participate in the TOC are top-ranked professional players, such as: Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Antonio Esfandiari, Jennifer Harman, T.J. Cloutier, Chris Ferguson, Robert Williamson, Russ Hamilton, Yosh Nakano, Michael Mizrachi, Tony Le, Eric Cloutier, and Mimi Tran.

Other qualifiers include reigning WSOP 2005 Champion Joseph Hachem, who won $7.5 million at this year's main event, and fellow final-table millionaires Steve Dannenman, Derek Barch, Aaron Kanter, Andrew Black, Scott Lazar, Daniel Bergsdorf, Brad Kondracki, and Mike Matusow.
The TOC is a free-roll event - players aren't required to put up any of their own money to enter - that will award $2 million in prize money. First prize will be $1 million, second $325,000, third $250,000, fourth $150,000, fifth $100,000, sixth $75,000, seventh $50,000, and eighth and ninth $25,000.

"This Tournament of Champions is just one way of saying 'thank you' to the skilled and talented players who have helped make the World Series of Poker the richest sporting event on the planet," said Jeffrey Pollack, vice president of sports and entertainment marketing for Harrah's. "We're especially proud to host it at Caesars Palace, the premier luxury brand in the Harrah's portfolio."

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., is the world's largest provider of branded online casino entertainment. Since its beginning in Reno, Nevada 67 years ago, Harrah's has grown through development of new properties, expansions and acquisitions.

On June 13, 2005, Harrah's Entertainment acquired Caesars Entertainment, Inc., and now owns or manages through various subsidiaries more than 40 casinos in three countries, primarily under the Harrah's, Caesars and Horseshoe online poker brand names. With nearly 4 million square feet of casino space, more than 40,000 hotel rooms and nearly 100,000 employees, the Harrah's portfolio is the most diverse in the gaming industry. Harrah's Entertainment is focused on building loyalty and value with its customers through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and technology leadership.

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Online Horse Betting - Harrah's buys Casino 6

Harrah's buys casino No. 6 on Strip:- LAS VEGAS
August 24, 2005 2:11:55 AM IST

Harrah's Entertainment has paid $370 million to buy Las Vegas' Imperial Palace, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Tuesday.

The deal gives the gambling giant six major resorts in the center of the city's coveted Strip.
The 2,640-room Imperial Palace sits on 18.5 acres between Harrah's Las Vegas and the Flamingo on the east side of the Strip and across the street from Caesars Palace
Analysts said the acquisition gives Harrah's numerous development options, a likely one of which is demolishing the aging Imperial Palace to build a new facility.

The only property missing from Harrah's center Strip portfolio is the Barbary Coast, which is owned by Boyd Gaming Corp.

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