All Highs, No Lows: Higote Wins the November Turbo Takedown
November 30, 2008
5,000 Frequent Player Points can buy you many things in our VIP store, such as SilverStars are able to get a $50 VIP Reward Bonus for those FPPs. But, wouldn’t you rather have $100,000? Most people would. The $1,000,000 Turbo…
The Babe Approves, Yankees31 Wins Sunday Warm-Up
November 30, 2008
The Sunday Warm-up keeps getting bigger and bigger as we welcomed 4,066 to this $750,000 guarantee prize pool tournament tonight. With a player funded $813,200.00, the champion will be walking away with six figures again tonight as 585 players took…
No Swiping Today, GB2005 Defeats young_jedi76 for Battle of Planets Title
November 30, 2008
PokerXFactr was cruising along towards today’s Battle of the Planets $50,000 Triple Shootout final table as he was the first to get the second leg of the shootout heads-up. But, GB2005 had other ideas as flipped a 3:1 deficit into…
World Cup of Poker: U.S. & Canada Among National Team Finals Completed
November 30, 2008
It has been a busy few days for those competing in the national team finals today. Though it may have started with a freeroll and a good time, those who persevered and made it through to today’s tournaments worked hard…
World Cup of Poker: Early Results Include 34 Nations, 68 Qualifiers With Playoff Seats
November 30, 2008
Time zones are a funny thing. Maybe not exactly funny, but they make for an interesting tabulation of the national team finals. As we await the start of the United States and Canada national qualifiers, we can report that 34…
World Cup of Poker: National finals tomorrow
November 29, 2008
We are less than 48 hours from determining what the full slate of national World Cup of Poker V teams will look like. Sunday, November 20, marks the last chance for people around the world to secure their spot on…
Sahara poker employee tournament
November 28, 2008
Poker employees unite!
Sahara is holding poker tournaments exclusively for the other side of the poker community — journalists, authors, dealers… if you’ve been paid for contributing to poker, you’re eligible.
Tournaments are all no-limit and are capped at 110 players with 20 alternates. They begin Dec. 1, with sit-n-go satellites the day before.
The winner of the main event on Dec. 4 receives an engraved trophy.
Tourney schedule:
Nov. 30 beginning at 1 p.m.: single table satellites, winner receives $20 and entry to Main Event.
Dec. 1: 9:30 a.m., $100+20; 1:30 p.m., $100+20
Dec. 2: 9:30 a.m., $200+30; 1:30 p.m., $200+30
Dec. 3: 1:30 p.m., $300+40
Dec. 4: 1:30 p.m., $500+50
For more information, call poker manager Gary DeWitt at (702) 481-4814 or email gdewitt@saharalv.com.