A professional poker player has spent months in a Las Vegas jail after he was accused of threatening a District Court judge and a World Poker Tour executive.
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Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday along with five other people, including a suspected member of an Israeli organized crime group, on suspicion of hosting illegal high-stakes poker games, federal prosecutors said.
Michael Mizrachi claimed the $10 million first prize by winning the $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em World Championship and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame afterward.
Michael Mizrachi steamrolled the final table Tuesday and holds a massive chip lead with four players remaining in the World Series of Poker Main Event.
Leo Margets of Spain was eliminated from the WSOP Main Event on Tuesday at Horseshoe Las Vegas, while Michael Mizrachi gained a commanding chip lead.
The major operators are changing a policy related to poker players this week.
Michael Mizrachi made the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event for the second time in his career and is second in chips when play resumes Tuesday.
Leo Margets of Spain will be fifth in chips when the World Series of Poker Main Event resumes Tuesday with nine players remaining.
The polarizing poker pro from England was eliminated from the WSOP Main Event on Day 7 and escorted out of the Horseshoe Events Center by security.
Professional poker player Adam Hendrix of Las Vegas had a formidable chip stack on Day 7 of the World Series of Poker Main Event at Horseshoe Las Vegas.
Leo Margets of Spain is the last woman remaining in the WSOP $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em World Championship from the starting field of 9,735 entrants.
Rene-Charles Angelil, the oldest son of singer Celine Dion and music producer Rene Angelil, was still alive Thursday at Day 5 of the WSOP Main Event.
Nine years after his infamous run in the WSOP $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em World Championship, British poker pro William Kassouf is up to his old antics.
Phil Hellmuth was eliminated from the $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em World Championship at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas in brutal fashion.
Registration closed for the $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em World Championship at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas.
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