H.O.R.S.E. Kicks Off at World Series Of Poker Tournament.

The World Series of Poker’s World Championship H.O.R.S.E. event was late getting started at the Rio in Las Vegas, but it wasn’t because of the size of the field. Only 148 players & women poker pros set out to claim the H.O.R.S.E. title, but they each has to put up $50,000 in order to do so. The majority of the players are well known poker pros, such as Doyle Brunson, Greg Raymer and defending champion Chip Reese, who was slated to give the call to "shuffle up and deal" to get the event underway. The 15 minute delay in the start time did not seem to dampen anyone’s spirits. Download poker wallpapers.

Blind Man to Compete at WSOP

Sight isn’t a prerequisite to playing winning poker blog, as long as you have someone on hand to tell you what’s going on, and that will be the case for a Bakersfeild man who will be playing in Las Vegas at the World Series of Poker. Jason Holbrook, who started playing online poker & live poker at the age of five, lost his sight in an auto accident in May of 1991, right before his 21st birthday, but that hasn’t slowed down his game. Holbrook won a seat to the WSOP in a satellite at Golden West Casino on Monday, and will play the main event, where he feels his blindness will give him an edge. Play route 66 poker.

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