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LAS VEGAS, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The World Series Of Poker Presented by Milwaukee's Best Light was voted the 11th most admired sports league in North America in a...

The World Series Of Poker Presented by Milwaukee's Best Light was voted the 11th most admired sports league in North America in a poll of 12,000 sports fans conducted by the market research firm Turnkey Sports & Entertainment.

The High-Heels Poker Tour will strut on into Bonita Springs at noon on Saturday, Dec. 1.

There were many firsts at the Harvey's Lake Tahoe World Series of Poker championship, which concluded on Nov. 18. First and foremost, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, one of the world's most electrifying poker personalities and accomplished tournament players became the first person ever to win three WSOP Circuit championship events.

Chris "Jesus" Ferguson -- the picture explains the nickname -- became the first person to win three World Series of Poker circuit main events with his victory over the weekend at Lake Tahoe. The 2000 World Series of Poker champion...

STATELINE - With the final table down to two players, world-famous pro Chris "Jesus" Ferguson edged South Shore local Dustin Fox in the World Series of Poker Lake Tahoe Circuit Event's $5,000 buy-in main event on tonight at Harveys.

Professional poker player Annie Duke is widely respected across the industry. That's what winning a World Series of Poker bracelet do. Duke is also related to another poker star, Howard Lederer, her older brother.

H ard poker rule: Against reckless players, build big pots with big hands. That's the way Blair Rodman did it at the final table of a $2,000-buy-in no-limit hold 'em event at the 2007 World Series of Poker at Las Vegas' Rio Hotel. With blinds at $30,000-$60,000 plus a $5,000 ante, play was three-handed with stacks about $2.8 million apiece. "Amato Galasso was a fairly conservative player, ...

A Pittsburgh man who went into a casino with $500 walked out with more than $65,000 in less than 24 hours, which isn’t bad for his first time playing big-time poker.

Jerry Yang , a Hmong Laotian native, is the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champion. Yang, born in 1968, fled with his family from Laos to neighboring Thailand in the 70s and spent four years in a refugee camp where he lost a brother and sister.

Hard poker rule: Against reckless players, build big pots with big hands. That's the way Blair Rodman did it at the final table of a $2,000-buy-in no-limit hold 'em event at the 2007 World Series of Poker at Las Vegas' Rio Hotel.

Hard poker rule: Against reckless players, build big pots with big hands. That's how Blair Rodman did it at the final table of a $2,000-buy-in, no-limit hold 'em event at the 2007 World Series of Poker, at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas. With blinds at $30,000-

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Casino giant Harrah's Entertainment says it is looking at taking its World Series of Poker brand into the realm of Internet poker in the U.K. and continental Europe.

Todd Williamson, a University of California, Davis graduate student, won the fifth event of the World Series of Poker Lake Tahoe Circuit Event on Tuesday at Harveys Resort and Casino in Stateline.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 15, 2007 -- The TASER Foundation for Fallen Officers in association with the Palms Resort and Casino in Las Vegas announce the Third Annual Charity Poker Tournament hosted by 11-time World Series of Poker winner Phil Hellmuth on December 1, 2007.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- Casino giant Harrah's Entertainment Inc.'s chief executive said Wednesday he's looking at taking the World Series of Poker brand into the realm of Internet poker in the U.K. and continental Europe.

Associated Press - November 14, 2007 9:04 PM ET LAS VEGAS (AP) - Casino giant Harrah's Entertainment says it is looking at taking its World Series of Poker brand into the realm of Internet...

Associated Press - November 14, 2007 8:54 PM ET LAS VEGAS (AP) - Casino giant Harrah's Entertainment says it is looking at taking its World Series of Poker brand into the realm of Internet...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Casino giant Harrah's Entertainment says it is looking at taking its World Series of Poker brand into the realm of Internet poker in the U.K. and continental Europe.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Casino giant Harrah's Entertainment says it is looking at taking its World Series of Poker brand into the realm of Internet poker in the U.K. and continental Europe.