Some history of the WSOP

From Johnny Moss to Jamie Gold, with Doyle Brunson and Dan Harrington in between, University of Nevada, Las Vegas has a website on the History of the World Series of Poker. Photographs, interviews, essays.

Some Readings

The Hand I Played: A Poker Memoir (The Gambling Studies Series), by David Spanier. Excerpt

The Biggest Game in Town, by A. Alvarez. Excerpt

The Man with the $100,000 Breasts: And Other Gambling Stories by Michael Konick. Excerpt

The poker kings of Las Vegas by Raymond Smith.

Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King, The: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time, by Michael Craig.

The life and times of a gentleman gambler: "Oklahoma Johnny" Hale on poker & Las Vegas excerpt

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Press Releases

Here's a recent press release from Harrah's.

AOL GAMES TO AWARD NINE SEATS
TO WORLD SERIES OF POKER® CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LAS VEGAS

AOL IS THE WEB’S SOLE DESTINATION TO OFFICIALLY WIN FREE ENTRY


Dulles, VA- April, 16, 2007 – AOL Games (http://games.aol.com) will award the top nine AOL poker players with coveted $10,000 seats to this summer’s World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Beginning April 16, players can compete in nine No-Limit Texas Hold’Em tournaments on AOL’s World Series of Poker hub (http://wsop.aol.com <;http://wsop.aol.com/> ).

“AOL is offering amateur poker players the opportunity of a lifetime,” said Jeffrey Pollack, Commissioner of the World Series of Poker. “If you want to win a seat to our Main Event, AOL is the only officially sanctioned place to play for a chance to win free seats on the Internet.”

The tournament will unfold over the course of nine weeks. Each week, players will participate in free daily qualifying tournaments to earn their way to a Sunday winner-take-all tournament awarding a free $10,000 entry and travel accommodations to the 2007 World Series of Poker No-Limit Texas Hold’em Championship slated to begin July 6, 2007 at the Rio® All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

“Online poker play’s popularity has exploded in recent years,” said Ralph Rivera, Vice President and General Manager, AOL Games. “Our agreement with Harrah’s will provide nine novice poker players with the opportunity of a lifetime to join Poker professionals to possibly win the grand prize purse worth millions.”

In addition to the AOL Games® channel’s exclusive library of free World Series of Poker games including variations of Texas Hold’em, Omaha and Stud poker, the site (http://wsop.aol.com <;http://wsop.aol.com/> ) also offers poker tips and videos featuring professional poker players.

About AOL
AOL is a global Web services company that operates some of the most popular Web destinations, offers a comprehensive suite of free software and services, runs the country's largest Internet access business, and provides a full set of advertising solutions. A majority-owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., AOL LLC is based in Dulles, Virginia. AOL and its subsidiaries also have operations in Europe, Canada and

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WSOP circuit in New Orleans

New Orleans doesn't have much since Katrina, but they have Harrah's.

They're having a World Series Circuit event May 11-21, with buyins from $200 (ladies event) to $5,000 (main event). Winner gets an entry to the WSOP main event in Las Vegas.

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