Archive for 2009-07-09

July 9, 2009

WPTE Complies With Requirements, Avoids Nasdaq Delisting

It took nearly a year, but WPT Enterprises finally regained compliance with Nasdaq listing price requirements. After quite a long time of attempting to regain the public’s confidence in the company, compliance has been achieved and the company is now again considered to be in good standing with Nasdaq.When the WPTE was originally notified of its non-compliance on August 14, 2008, Nasdaq’s staff determination letter stated that the minimum stock listing price for WPT Enterprises had been below the $1. Read more

July 9, 2009

Records Set at 2009 WSOP

Every year of the World Series of Poker, there seem to be more records broken and history made. Without breaking the record for the most entrants to the Main Event, there are numerous other opportunities to make poker history at the WSOP. And the 2009 WSOP did just that.After the numbers for the Main Event had been calculated and finalized, it was determined that the 57 events, including said Main Event, drew a total of 60,875 players, which set a new record. Those entrants created a cumulative prize pool for all events of $174,011,894. Read more

July 9, 2009

Main Event, Day 2B – Dropping Like Flies

“I'm all in,” the young kid with spiked hair, designer sunglasses and a black Ed Hardy shirt said, pushing his stack into the middle of the table. The crazy looking older dude to his left peeked at his cards. “How much is it,” he asked. The dealer carefully counted out the kid's stack and told him that it was 45,200. “I call,” said the crazy looking man. It's folded to the small blind, a thirty something gentleman who looks like he would be more comfortable on a farm or oil rig than at a poker table. Read more

July 9, 2009

Where Are They Now – Tony G

There aren’t too many people in the world, let alone the poker world, who are known primarily by their nickname. If I titled this story “Where Are They Now – Antanas Guoga” it might have taken you a little bit to realize just who I was talking about. Since we started with “Tony G” you know exactly who I’m talking about. The sometimes brash, but always generous Tony G has been on the tournament circuit since 2002. He has played tournament poker seemingly non-stop; hopping from continent to continent on his way to another big score. Read more

July 9, 2009

Main Event Day 2B: Eastgate Still in Contention for a Repeat Title

It was a massive undertaking. The field for the day consisted of the combined finishers from Days 1C and 1D, the two largest of the starting days, and there were 2,924 players to fit into the Rio at the beginning of the day on Wednesday. In order to keep play nine-handed as all other days had been required, it was going to put Harrah’s over its capacity for tables. That presented some issues for the tournament staff before the action even got underway.What Harrah’s did was utilize every bit of space possible. Read more

July 9, 2009

What I Learned in Las Vegas

I first went to Las Vegas when I was 19 years old and while I was able to see things, I wasn’t able to fully experience them due to being underage. Fast forward seven years later (and I do mean fast forward) and I was able to fully experience the desert at its finest. Even if you’ve never been to Las Vegas you have probably seen enough television or read enough about it to get a good idea of what it’s all about. My point of this writing is hopefully to share some things with you that you could only experience by actually being in “Sin City. Read more

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