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	World Poker Tour - Brief History of Poker
		Modern poker was born on the Mississippi and carried up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers by steamboat, quickly spreading into the interior by wagon and train, then heading west with the California gold rush.
		In 2003, World Poker Tour revolutionized televised poker and brought Texas Hold’em “the Cadillac of Poker” to the forefront of international excitement.
		World Poker Tour has turned poker into a sporting event that draws the young and old, men and women and people of all nationalities into the game — it has reshaped the face of poker and has raised the competitive bar to a new level.
	dev.infinitydesign.net /dev/wpt/pokercorner/history (593 words)

	World Poker Tour - Investor Relations
		It honors the men and women who have played the game at its highest level; contributed to its evolution and popularity; celebrated poker in film, television and literature; and who are making the game appealing for a new generation of poker fan.
		He burst onto the poker tour last year winning two major WPT tournaments and over $1 million in the WPT's inaugural year.
		The WPT POKER WALK OF FAME is expected to become a significant new tourist destination.
	www.shareholder.com /wpt/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=139316 (705 words)

	SoBe Adrenaline Rush - Poker - Doyle Brunson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		And in the world of poker, the game everybody is talking about, watching on television, reading about and trying to master, the First has always been and continues to be the legendary Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson.
		Considered the patriarch of modern poker and the person most responsible for its rise from smoky backrooms to the pop-culture spotlight, Brunson was the leader of the Texas Rounders, a group of men who, in the words of The History Channel, "cleaned Texas dry" playing high-stakes poker in the 1950s and '60s.
		He made the final table at the first World Poker Tour Championship, won the Legends of Poker Season Three WPT event, and in 2004 he was one of the first three inductees into the Poker Walk of Fame, with Gus Hansen and actor, James Garner.
	www.sobeadrenalinerush.com /poker/brunson.shtml (1140 words)

	World Poker Tour
		The World Poker Tour is a collection of poker tournaments featuring most of the world's professional players.
		The tour had its debut season in the latter part of 2002 and early part of 2003, climaxing with the WPT Championship in April 2003 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada.
		The World Poker Tour is a collection of international Texas hold 'em poker tournaments held internationally and on board cruise ships, but mainly in the United States.
	www.sportsbetting.com /tips/poker/world-poker-tour.html (410 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Poker Works"
		A.D. Livingston recounts an experience with a regular group of poker players in his book, "Poker Strategy." One of the players was an old man who had a habit of leaning back in his chair, looking up at the ceiling, and making an exclamation of some kind whenever he had a good hand.
		The nationally televised World Poker Tour, combined with celebrity poker events, national coverage of the World Series of Poker and a best-selling book about the World Series of Poker by James McManus have added up to a surge in popularity for poker at the pro level.
		When poker was first played on Mississippi riverboats, it was often referred to simply as, "the cheating game." So it should come as no surprise that cheaters have gone to great lengths over the decades to give themselves an upper hand.
	entertainment.howstuffworks.com /poker.htm/printable (5986 words)

	Pro Tour
		Tour de France 1: :''This article is about the cycle race.
		The Tour started in France, but in the first week Be 21: was the first wearer of the mountain jersey this Tour de France.
		Knight's Tour 4: age:Knights tour.pngrightthumb250pxA knight's tour of a chessboard 6: The '''Knight's Tour ''' is a mathematical problem involving a Knight 15: eneral Hamiltonian path problem, the knight's tour problem can be solved in linear time (Conrad 17: The pattern made by a Knight's Tour has often been used as a literary constraint.
	www.lottery-news.net /dust6631-pro_tour.html (353 words)

	World Poker Tour Results Schedules
		First there was the Hollywood Walk of Fame, then the Rock Walk of Fame.
		A holder of nine world championship titles, Brunson, in his 70s, is one of the most respected players in the game.
		It is important that we-as a caretaker of the poker tradition--preserve the history of the game and pay tribute to those who are creating its new history.
	www.pokerpages.com /pokerinfo/tournamentgallery/wpt/walk.htm (691 words)

	Gus Hansen - World Poker Tour Champion Gustav Hansen
		He also won the Pokerstars Caribbean Poker Adventure and The Bad Boys of Poker WPT event in the second season.
		During the World Poker Tour, contestant Andy Bloch said Gus is going to play a lot of hands and play them perfectly.
		In 2004 he was one of the first three inductees into the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame, with Doyle Brunson and James Garner.
	www.poker-babes.com /bio/gus-hansen (569 words)

	Paul's Ichiban Poker Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		Poker's the only game fit for a grown man. Then, your hand is against every man's, and every man's is against yours.
		I've read every poker book ever written, but the only way to get better at the game is to go out and play with people who are really good.
		The real world is much more like a poker game, with multiple players trying to make the best of whatever hand fortune has dealt them.
	www.ichibanpoker.com /ichiban_quotes.htm (1361 words)

	World Poker Tour Walk of Fame - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The World Poker Tour Walk of Fame is designed to honor those poker players who have played the game well at the highest levels as well as those who have promoted the spread of it through film, television, and literature.
		In February 2004, The World Poker Tour Walk of Fame inducted its first members at the Commerce Casino in a ceremony before top pros and celebrities in town for the World Poker Tour Invitational Poker Tournament.
		The next group of honorees will be inducted in February 2006 when The World Poker Tour Walk of Fame is embedded in its permanent location in the casino’s forecourt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Poker_Tour_Walk_of_Fame (179 words)

	Gus Hansen \| Professional Poker Player Profile
		Gustav "Gus" Hansen's poker career has been impressive: he has won three World Poker Tour tournaments, plus one invitational, one-table event.
		Gus Hansen was one of the first inductees to the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame in 2004, along with Doyle Brunson and James Garner.
		But the most important aspect of Hansen's personality as a poker player is his being a probability expert.
	www.poker-player-profiles.com /gus-hansen (414 words)

	Poker Players
		Prior to 2004, her main claim to poker fame was her 10th place finish in the 2000 World Series of Poker main event (one position short of the final table) while eight months pregnant with her third child.
		Phil Laak is a professional poker player known widely as the "Unabomber" because of the hooded sweatshirt (given to him by another poker legend, Gus Hansen) and sunglasses that he wears at the table.
		During some of the early WSOP events an unpopular woman poker player got an early chip lead and declared that she was going to be the winner in front of the media.
	www.imperialpoker.com /poker/poker-players/index.php (9275 words)

	Gus Hansen Poker
		Gus Hansen is already a legend in the world of poker tournaments.
		Gus is a master of No-Limit holdem and his poker play is a bit erratic at times and people are known and he has been known to play cards that most people wouldn’t touch with a barge pole.
		While Gus doesn’t play in a lot of the circuit tournaments he is still regarded as one of the best players around and was recently inducted into the World Poker tour Walk of Fame with Doyle Brunson and James Garner.
	www.pokernex.com /Gus_Hansen.htm (394 words)

	Poker World Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		The World Poker Tour Walk of Fame is designed to honor those poker players who have played the poker game well at the highest levels as well as those who have promoted the spread of it through film, television, and literature.
		He was one of the first inductees to the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame in 2004, along with Doyle Brunson and James Garner.
		In 2004, Garner became one of the first three honorees in the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame for this portrayal.
	www.imperialpoker.com /poker/poker-world-hall-of-fame/index.php (1051 words)

	National Heads-Up Poker Championship
		He is known as one of the more disruptive players at the poker table because of his aggressive style and trash-talking.
		In 2004, Hansen was one of the first three inductees into the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame, along with Doyle Brunson and actor James Garner.
		Harrington is also a noted author, having published two volumes of his top-selling poker strategy series, "Harrington on Hold'Em." Harrington is a member of the old guard of poker, as he used to frequent the Mayfair Club in NYC in the 1980s with Howard Lederer and Erik Seidel.
	www.nbcheadsup.com /bios4.html (935 words)

	A-Channel \| TV SHOWS \| Professional Poker Tour
		The PPT is the first Professional League of its kind and the toughest, most competitive field in the history of poker.
		The PPT Members are all highly qualified professionals and many are famous World Champions and living legends of the sport.
		The PPT Members are truly the All Stars of televised poker with 53 World Champions, Poker Hall of Fame members, WPT Champions, WSOP Walk of Fame honorees, WPT Champions and the European Top Ten all clashing, gnashing and clawing their way to the top with nothing between them but the chips and the felt.
	www.achannel.ca /ottawa/tvshows_ProfessionalPokerTour.aspx (156 words)

	World Poker Tour - Poker Walk of Fame
		Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson A holder of nine world championship titles, Brunson, in his 70s, is one of the most respected players in the game.
		He authored Super/System: How I Made Over $1,000,000 Playing Poker, a book that serves as the bible for aspiring pros and amateurs alike.
		The induction ceremony was staged on the doorstep of Commerce Casino, a prestigious gaming establishment and full-service entertainment/hotel complex. Commerce Casino is the world's largest poker room, with more than 200 poker tables spreading all variations of poker at all limits. It has a rich history of poker in Southern California dating back to 1983.
	www.worldpokertour.com /players/?x=walkoffame (171 words)

	Big Daddy Poker, Poker Supplies and the Ultimate Guide to Poker in Las Vegas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		Before turning to playing poker professionally in 1997, Gus Hansen was a world class backgammon player and a youth tennis champion.
		As a poker player, he is known for playing a non-standard game involving taking huge risks.
		World Poker Tour tournaments, plus he has won the Poker Superstars Invitational tournament, a one-table event featuring some of the most well-known players today.
	www.bigdaddypoker.com /poker-player-profiles/gus-hansen.php (258 words)

	Poker Top10: Top World Poker Tour Players. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		Crowned the “World Poker Tour Player of the Year” in 2004, Erick owned the tour, winning two WPT events and finishing on a final table in Paris.
		Not only is Barry one of our top World Poker tour millionaires, but he has given all of his poker winnings away to charitable causes.
		The World Poker Tour Championship event he did win was probably the most exciting ever.
	www.pokertop10.com /world_poker_tour_players.html (1600 words)

	Poker.Net - $1.4 M Won At Poker
		It was the last day of the World Poker Tour L.A. Classic tournament, held in February in the Southern California town of Commerce.
		Over the past year, he'd starred in a TV commercial for the WPT in which he'd fixed the camera with his most piercing Svengali gaze and made a deck of cards seem to fly through the air.
		Now, though, Esfandiari had to show the world he was more than a one-trick wonder.
	www.poker.net /headlines/news/archive/abrashiranian.htm (368 words)

	Online Poker at Full Tilt Poker - Our Team: Gus Hansen
		When the World Poker Tour kicked off in 2002, Gus had developed a loose, aggressive style that immediately paid off, both in terms of money and recognition.
		When not playing tournament poker, Gus is a regular participant in the "Big Game" at the Bellagio battling it out in as many as 13 different poker games with players such as Phil Ivey, Chip Reese, Doyle Brunson, Barry Greenstein, and David Benyamine.
		If Gus isn't playing poker, there is a good chance you can find him on the golf course, the tennis court, the squash court or playing soccer with his friends, as he finds that playing sports and working out help him maintain the physical stamina he believes is needed to be a successful poker player.
	www.fulltiltpoker.com /gusHansen.php (715 words)

	Card Player Magazine - World Poker Tour Unveils WPT Poker Walk of Fame at Commerce Casino by World Poker Tour
		It honors the men and women who have played the game at its highest level; contributed to its evolution and popularity; celebrated poker in film, television, and literature; and are making the game appealing for a new generation of poker fan.
		Commerce Casino is the world's largest poker room, with more than 200 poker tables spreading all variations of poker at all limits.
		It is important that we - as caretakers of the poker tradition - preserve the history of the game and pay tribute to those who are creating its new history.
	cardplayer.com /magazine/article/13881 (1108 words)

	Gus Hansen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		In 2004, Gus was one of the first inductees to the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame, along with Doyle Brunson and James Garner.
		With a reputation as a player to be feared, Gus has made four World Poker Tour final tables and won three of them, netting close to $1.5 million in the process.
		The Kings of Poker and Queens of Poker are in high demand.
	www.pokerroyalty.com /gus-hansen.php (786 words)

	Michael Pollock's Gaming Observer: Making the News
		In 2005 poker provided 1.3% of Atlantic City’s $5 billion in casino revenue, up from 0.8% of the $4.8 billion the town’s gambling halls pulled in during 2003.
		The poker numbers are small because the players battle each other, not the casino, which takes a small percentage of each pot, up to 4%.
		The World Series of Poker helped popularize the game by using technology developed by Steve Lipscomb, CEO of Los Angeles-based World Poker Tour Enterprises.
	www.gamingobserver.com /Business_New_Jersey.htm (980 words)

	Walk of Fame - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hollywood Walk of Fame, a sidewalk in Hollywood, California embedded with stars featuring the names of celebrities
		Canada's Walk of Fame, a series of stars on sidewalks in Toronto, Ontario
		British Walk of Fame, an attraction on Piccadilly Circus in London
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walk_of_Fame (112 words)

	All About The World Poker Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a collection of poker tournaments featuring most of the world's professional players.
		First exemplified by the long-running World Series of Poker main event, a poker tournament gives each player an equal amount of chips to start, with colors representing different values.
		Fans of the show find it interesting due to technical innovations such as the ability to see the players hole cards through a small camera in front of them on the poker table (an innovation first seen on the UK programme Late Night Poker).
	www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0505/entertainment/world_poker.html (430 words)

	HOME OF POKER - Home of poker play poker online ultimate online poker reviews resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		Before turning to playing poker professionally in 1997, he was a world class backgammon player and a youth tennis champion.
		In 2004, he was inducted into the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame, along with Doyle Brunson and James Garner.
		He is currently featured in the Professional Poker Tour and the second season of High Stakes Poker, where he won the biggest pot in the show's history ($575,700) when his 5?
	www.home-of-poker.com /gushanson.htm (752 words)

	World Poker Tour
		It is perhaps not surprisingly, therefore, that the key sponsors of the tour are casinos and online poker sites.
		Much like the longtime World Series of Poker, a poker tournament gives each player an equal amount of money to start off with in chips, with different colors representing different values.
		The drawing power of the WPT, like any poker tournament, is that anyone who can pay the "buy-in" (an entry fee usually worth a few thousand dollars) or win a "satellite" tournament is able to compete against the top professional players, such as Phil Hellmuth or Doyle Brunson.
	www.racebook.com /tips/poker/world-poker-tour.html (418 words)

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