The public celebration of life for the poker player and broadcaster will be held on the World Poker Tour’s social media channels.
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The logger from Maryland won his seat into the 2009 Main Event in a satellite tournament. He went on to take second for more than $5.1 million.
The poker room inside Encore will reopen Sept. 30 at noon, the company said Friday.
The rooms have installed plexiglass dividers to allow eight-handed games. Caesars Palace has also resumed hosting games 24 hours a day.
The Poker Hall of Fame member and longtime World Poker Tour commentator died Sunday at his Las Vegas home at age 72. The cause was cancer.
Mike Sexton, a member of the Poker Hall of Fame and the longtime color commentator for the World Poker Tour, died Sunday of cancer.
Stoyan Madanzhiev prevailed in a field of 5,802 with a total prize pool of more than $27 million, a record for an online tournament.
An Arizona woman has been arrested on suspicion of stealing approximately $1 million in cash, gambling chips and jewelry from an international poker champion and his father.
Games will be played eight-handed with plexiglass dividers. The room will be open five days a week, Thursday through Monday.
The bad beat jackpot paid out when a player lost with a straight flush to a higher straight flush. The loser of the hand received $166,000.
The DeepStack Showdown will be held Sept. 7 to 27, featuring more than $400,000 in prize pool guarantees. Buy-ins range from $125 to $400.
The rooms installed plexiglass dividers that allow for eight-handed play, joining four other poker rooms in the Las Vegas area.
The World Series of Poker is contacting winners through Skype and filming videos to congratulate them on their recent bracelet victories.
Rod Pardey Sr. won World Series of Poker events in 1991 and 1994 in his specialty, seven-card stud. He died Saturday in Reno.
Nahrain Tamero, a stay-at-home mom from California, was the only woman to win one of the 31 bracelet events held on WSOP.com in July.
