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 World Series of Poker: Annual Summaries
For more information on this year's World Series of Poker, please call: 1-877-FOR-WSOP.
(6) 1975 World Series of Poker Champion: Sailor Roberts
(16) 1985 World Series of Poker Champion: Bill Smith
gaming.unlv.edu /WSOP/annuals.html   (450 words)

  
 Celebrity Poker Players - CelebPoker.com - online poker with real celebrities.
Despite those defeats, the father of five remains one of the games biggest crowd pullers and is affectionately known as "The People's Champion!" The 'Whirlwind' became the second player to compile a maximum break in the televised stages of the world championships in 1992, his 147 coming in his first round against Tony Drago.
After a series of stints with a variety of troupes, he then unknowingly followed Diana Rigg's lead and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre.
Subsequently, the series was cancelled before finishing a full season.
www.celebpoker.com /celebrities.asp   (450 words)

  
 1992 World Series of Poker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1992 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.
World Poker Tour (1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5) --- European Poker Tour (1 - 2) --- Late Night Poker (1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6)
World Heads-Up --- National Heads-Up --- World Speed Poker Open --- Ultimate Poker Challenge (1 - 2 - 3) --- VC Cup --- Grand Prix
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Series_of_Poker,_1992   (163 words)

  
 Hoyt Corkins - World Poker Tour Winner Hoyt Corkins - Mr. All In
Hoyt won the 1992 World Series of Poker Pot Limit Omaha event but stopped playing poker for awhile.
He started playing major tournaments again in 2003 and has decided to concentrate on the World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker (at least as far as tournaments are concerned).
Hoyt Corkins keeps sixty head of cattle at home, but that number may grow now that he is back on the poker tournament circuit.
www.poker-babes.com /bio/hoyt-corkins   (514 words)

  
 World Series of Poker – All the latest WSOP Information
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Prior to becoming a poker pro, Eric was a world-class backgammon player; for eight years, he traveled the world to attend the most important matches on that circuit.
Joseph Hachem in the 2005 WSOP, Event 42, Day 7, $10,000 World Championship Event, Final table played at Binions Horseshoe - Jul 15 tournament.
www.pokerlistings.com /world-series-of-poker   (1756 words)

  
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His World Series of Poker accomplishments include first place finishes in The Championship Event in 1989, Limit Holdem in 1992, 1993, and 2003, two No Limit Holdem events in 1993, one in 2001, and one in 2003, and Pot Limit Holdem in 1997.
His performance at the World Series of Poker alone is more than other players could ever dream of.
His final table appearances at the World Poker Tour include finishing 4th at the Lucky Chances event (season one) and third at Foxwoods (season two).
www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=13005110&postID=111712271701541001   (566 words)

  
 Loose Change
Pick A Cardco A new series of poker machines brings card room games such as Seven Card Stud, Hold ‘Em, and Pai Gow to video gaming.
Video Lottery Terminals State-sponsored gambling in the form of video poker, keno, slot and other types of gaming machines, is sweeping the nation.
The Future of Indian Gaming A business that has gone from to zero to billions of dollars in several years cannot be ignored, and the establishment of a National Indian Gaming Commission establishing a firm legal basis for the industry will begin to attract large investors and experienced operators.
www.meadpublishinglasvegas.com /loose_change_c.htm   (566 words)

  
 Celebrity Poker Players - CelebPoker.com - online poker with real celebrities.
Despite those defeats, the father of five remains one of the games biggest crowd pullers and is affectionately known as "The People's Champion!" The 'Whirlwind' became the second player to compile a maximum break in the televised stages of the world championships in 1992, his 147 coming in his first round against Tony Drago.
After a series of stints with a variety of troupes, he then unknowingly followed Diana Rigg's lead and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre.
Subsequently, the series was cancelled before finishing a full season.
www.celebpoker.com /celebrities.asp   (566 words)

  
 My Bio on Thomas Preston
Slim won the 1972 world series of poker and has won 4 world series bracelets.
Slim was inducted into the poker hall of fame in 1992.
Slim’s popularity is mostly credited to his incredible memoirs “Amarillo Slim in a world full of fat people”.
www.internettexasholdem.com /phpbb2/-vp46839.html   (1227 words)

  
 Amarillo Slim
Although he won the 1972 World Series of Poker and was inducted into the game's Hall of Fame in 1992, Amarillo Slim was rarely the best player in a top tournament.
Amarillo Slim, 74, whose real name is Thomas Austin Preston Jr., was indicted Friday on three felony charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child, said Sgt. Randy TenBrink of the Amarillo Police Department.
I mention it because you'll be hearing more of his given name and less of his colorful nickname in the days to come as his creepy courtroom drama plays out in Texas, where he has been indicted on three charges of indecency with a 12-year-old child.
pokerworks.com /article-159.html   (1017 words)

  
 IGN: Beating Annie Duke
In her first two World Series of Poker, she finished 13th and 3rd respectively, and has since established herself as one of the premier players in the game.
The sister of Howard Lederer, Duke resisted the professional poker bug for awhile, but finally succumbed to the joy of the game in 1992.
We caught up with her after the game and talked with her about the longest game she's ever played, poker philosophy and what it takes to break into the professional ranks.
sports.ign.com /articles/618/618510p1.html   (266 words)

  
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Graydon Carter has been editor of Vanity Fair since July 1992 and has...
www.brianscalabrine.com /Graydon-Carter/Graydon-Carter.html   (266 words)

  
 Celebrity Poker Players - CelebPoker.com - online poker with real celebrities.
Despite those defeats, the father of five remains one of the games biggest crowd pullers and is affectionately known as "The People's Champion!" The 'Whirlwind' became the second player to compile a maximum break in the televised stages of the world championships in 1992, his 147 coming in his first round against Tony Drago.
CelebPoker.com hosts a range of live tournaments around the UK, and is currently producing a poker series for transmission on Sky.
cd:uk, sm:tv, The Saturday Show, Top of the Pops, Pepsi Chart Show, PopWorld, T4, MTV Europe, MTV UK, BBC Radio1
www.celebpoker.com /celebrities.asp   (266 words)

  
 ESPN.com: SPORTSNATION - Chat-9285(Insider)
At age 23, Scott Fischman became the youngest player ever to win two back-to-back World Series of Poker bracelets.
Born in Langhorne, Pennsylvania and raised for the first half of his life in Somers Point, New Jersey, Scott first discovered poker after he moved to Las Vegas in 1992.
In his first year on the tournament circuit, he was ranked 7th in the world by Card Player Magazine and grossed more than $600,000 for 2004.
proxy.espn.go.com /chat/chatESPN?event_id=9285   (230 words)

  
 World Series of Poker (May 17, 1995)
Hamid Dastmalchi, the 1992 World Champion of Poker, holds three World Series of Poker titles, as well as titles from numerous other major poker competitions.
Still in contention for the championship title, $1 million, and an engraved, 14-karat gold bracelet commemorating the victory are Howard Goldfarb, Dan Harrington, Brent Carter, Chuck Thompson, 1992 World Champion of Poker Hamid Dastmalchi, and Barbara Enright, the only two-time Women's World Poker Champion (1986, '94).
A 39-year-old real-estate investor from San Diego, California, Dastmalchi began playing poker at the age of 12 in his native Iran.
conjelco.com /wsop95/17-May-wsop.html   (230 words)

  
 Hamid Dastmalchi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dastmalchi's biggest win came in the 1992 World Series of Poker main event, where he won $1 million.
As of 2004 he has over $1.6 million in winnings from tournament poker as well as 3 WSOP bracelets.
Dastmalchi was involved in a legal dispute in 1999 with Binion's Horseshoe after the new management would not let him cash in over $800,000 in chips he had won prior to a legal battle in which Becky Binion Behnen replaced Jack Binion as the head of the casino.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hamid_Dastmalchi   (230 words)

  
 Absolute Poker :: CBS Sports NFL Today Commentator and Former NFL Standout Shannon Sharpe Signs with AbsolutePoker to Compete at the World Series of Poker
Sharpe is one of only four tight ends in the NFL annals to post more than one 1,000-yard receiving season (1994, 1,010 yards; 1996, 1,062 yards; 1997, 1,107 yards) and one of four to amass 6,000 receiving yards.
Shannon Sharpe entered the NFL in 1990 as the Denver Broncos seventh-round selection (192nd overall) out of Savannah State.
Sharpe played in 12 post-season contests as a Bronco- all starts - and ranks No. 1 in franchise playoff history in receptions (47) and No. 3 in receiving yards (505).
sev.prnewswire.com /computer-electronics/20050629/NYW05829062005-1.html   (230 words)

  
 Absolute Poker :: CBS Sports NFL Today Commentator and Former NFL Standout Shannon Sharpe Signs with AbsolutePoker to Compete at the World Series of Poker
He is the NFL's all-time leader in receptions (815) and yards (10,060) by a tight end, eclipsing Hall of Famer Ozzie Newsome during the 2001 season.
Sharpe is one of only four tight ends in the NFL annals to post more than one 1,000-yard receiving season (1994, 1,010 yards; 1996, 1,062 yards; 1997, 1,107 yards) and one of four to amass 6,000 receiving yards.
Sharpe was voted to eight Pro Bowls (1992-98, 2001), as well as the NFL's All-Decade team for the 1990s (first team).
sev.prnewswire.com /computer-electronics/20050629/NYW05829062005-1.html   (793 words)

  
 Annie Duke - Poker Player Profiles - Blind Bet Poker
Annie’s commitment to poker has paid big dividends for her; she has won major tournaments and even took the title (and $2 million pot) away from the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, knocking out 8 of the top players in the world along the way.
A couple of trips to Las Vegas was all it would take for the competitive Duke to get hooked on the game, and in 1992 she left her studies to take up the game.
As a student, Annie frequently visited her brother’s poker games, but oddly never joined in.
www.blindbetpoker.com /profiles/annie-duke.html   (474 words)

  
 Sports Fresh:Category Top/Sports/Flying Discs
The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is the sanctioning body for an annual series of overall flying disc sports competions.
GUTs: acronym for Grand Unified Theories Guts (book) is a management book by Robert A. Lutz, former CEO of Chrysler Guts is a short story by Chuck Palahniuk that appears in his book Haunted " Guts" is also the name of a poker variant.
GUTS was a 30-minute sports game show which aired on Nickelodeon from 1992 to 1995.
www.sports-fresh.net /Category462.html   (632 words)

  
 OMAHA HOLD'EM POKER by Ciaffone, Bob
Originally written in 1992, this book was revised and updated to reflect the changes in the game since Ciaffone won a World Series of Poker championship playing Omaha.
One of the most complete books on Omaha high available.
Though he has included some information on Omaha high-low (16 pages), the main focus here is Omaha high only.
www.gamblersbook.com /weblink.cby/detail/525401.html   (101 words)

  
 World Series of Poker (May 16, 1995)
Among those still in contention for the title are former World Champions Berry Johnston (1986) and Hamid Dastmalchi (1992), as well as Barbara Enright, the only two-time Women's World Poker Champion (1986, '94).
Two of the 27 semi-finalists -- chip leader Dan Harrington and former World Champion Berry Johnston -- already have won a title in this year's World Series, and 11 of the semi-finalists have cashed in at least one event.
The number of women entering the championship competition represented 4 percent of the field, and the number of former World Champions participating represented 5 percent of the field.
fossilman.conjelco.com /wsop95/16-May-wsop.html   (101 words)

  
 Legends of Poker: T. J. Cloutier Poker News
Cloutier won the $10,000 final of the Diamond Jim Brady Tournament (held at the Bicycle Club in Los Angeles) three straight years, pocketing the first prize money in 1990, 1991 and 1992.
A knee injury ended his professional career, and a series of unfulfilling jobs were in his future.
Cloutier laughed, and swore he was back to the same weight he had always been, even while playing for the Montreal Allouettes and Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
www.pokernews.com /news/2005/08/legends-poker-tj-cloutier.htm   (1052 words)

  
 iranian.com: Manesh, Iranians in World Series of Poker 2005
Mansour Matloubi was the first to win in 1990, and Hamid Dastmalchi won in 1992.
By the way, if Bonyadi or Sheikhan had won the world championship, it would not have been a first for an Iranian.
Three volume box set of the Persian Book of Kings
www.iranian.com /Features/2005/July/Poker/index.html   (1052 words)

  
 World Series of Poker (Event 9, April 29-30, 1997)
Truby, 46, the owner of a property management business, collected $93,860 which was also his biggest win.
Eskimo Clark, the 1992 Seven Card Stud champion, took seventh place, his 11th time in the money.
Chris has already won an entry into the final event, and will get a chance to improve on today's finish.
fossilman.conjelco.com /wsop97/event9.html   (1052 words)

  
 R.B (Rae) Fleming - writer, researcher, editor, lecturer, historian
Drummond, Ian, with Peter George, Kris Inwood, Peter W Sinclair and Tom Traves, Progress without Planning: The Economic History of Ontario from Confederation to the Second World War (Toronto Buffalo London: University of Toronto Press and the OntarioStudies Series for the Government of Ontario), 1987.
Patey, Francis, The Jolly Poker (St John’s: Harry Cuff Publications), 1992.
Addison, Ottelyn with Elizabeth Harwood and Thoreau Macdonald Tom Thomson, The Algonquin Years (Toronto Winnipeg Vancouver: The Ryerson Press), 1969.
www.rbfleming.net /bibliog.htm   (1052 words)

  
 World series of poker satellite tournaments hidden facts
The Taskforce acknowledges that the results are only broadly indicative of the situation in venues at the time of the inspections, but they point to the failure of world series of poker satellite tournaments industry self-regulation which has existed in Victoria since the introduction of Pokies in 1992.
The world series of poker satellite tournaments Taskforce is calling for members of the public to undertake further inspections, to see if venues are improving in their care to patrons.
Only one in three world series of poker satellite tournaments venues displayed signage or brochures warning about the severe negative consequences that may result from gambling, despite the industry stating that their venues are asked to display such brochures;
www.e-world-poker-tour.com /world-series-of-poker-satellite-tournaments   (662 words)

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