http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?fid4ct=9013 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:33:00 EST Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:18:00 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss RapidFeeds v0.1 -- http://www.rapidfeeds.com The 2008 World Series of Poker started Friday May 3oth in Las Vegas, the 39th annual tournament that brings poker players from around the world together to see who is the best, and who can walk away with the most cash. Last year the winner was Jerry Yang, a California psychologist and father of six who won millions in the main event. Friday's first event was a $10k "championship" event, Pot Limit Holdem, which will likely run for three days. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1174618 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=1174618 Sat, 31 May 2008 11:58:00 EST The renowned World Poker Tour Foxwood Poker Classic wrapped up in the early hours of April 9, 2008 . It took him until almost 5 a.m. (and close to 12 hours of play on the final table) but Eric Seidel emerged as the winner and took home his first-ever WPT title and $992,890 in prize money. Here are the final 6 payouts 1.Erik Seidel - $992,890 2.Robert Richardson - $558,792 3.Andrew Barta - $281,011 4.Frank Cieri - $200,261 5.Adam Katz - $151,811 6.Ted Forrest - $103,360 The WPT World Championship Final is coming up at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas April 19 -26,2008. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=595262 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=595262 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:45:00 EST American Jason Mercier, 21, a PokerStars qualifier from Fort Lauderdale ,Florida, has won €869,000 and the EPT San Remo title. Jason turned his back on a career in teaching after discovering online poker and developing that into a lucrative source of income. The EPT San Remo was just his second major live poker tournament. A total of 701 players entered the sell-out event creating a record Italian prize pool of €3,195,860. The event was held in the beautiful Casino Sanremo in San Remo, a popular resort in Liguria on Italy's north west coast. The final event of the European Poker Tour, the Monte Carlo Grand Final, takes place April 12-17, 2008 at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort in Monaco. http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=594810 http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=594810 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:38:00 EST The World Poker Challenge in Reno wrapped up late Friday March 28th with Lee Markholt coming out on top of the $7,500 buy-in championship event. The World Poker Tour victory was the first tournament win for Markholt since April 2005 when he won the Professional Poker Tour event at the Five Star Poker Classic. The win was worth $493,815. The runner-up, Bryan Devonshire, earned $271,625 for finishing in second place. 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