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Pro Poker player Phil Ivey won his seventh career World Series of Poker bracelet this week.
Ivey won the $2,500 buy-in Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better event at the 2009 WSOP in Las Vegas. He won more than $220,000.
It is Ivey’s second WSOP bracelet this year. He also won nearly $100,000 in the $2,500 No-Limit [...]

The Detroit Red Wings can advance to the Stanley Cup Final – and a chance to defend their NHL title – with one more win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
The defending Stanley Cup champions lead the best-of-seven Western Conference final 3-1 and can eliminate the upstart Blackhawks in Game 5 tonight (7:30 pm ET, VERSUS, CBC).
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Talk about must-see TV.
That’s what this coming Sunday’s grand finale of Celebrity Apprentice is shaping up to be, as World Series of Poker champ Annie Duke will go head-to-head against acerbic comedian, and arch-enemy, Joan Rivers.
Duke and Rivers will be assigned a task during the three-hour, live final episode of the popular reality show (8 [...]

Actor Jason Alexander, most famous for his role as George Costanza in the hit sitcom Seinfeld, will host a Texas hold ‘em poker tournament on May 9 at the Hollywood Park Casino.
Joining Alexander is former World Series of Poker main event champion Greg Raymer, as well as fellow poker pros Jamie Gold and Chip Jett, [...]

After the recent announcement that the 2009 NHL Awards will be held in the gambling mecca on June 18, the NHL said this week that it will hold a celebrity/athlete poker tournament as part of the festivities.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the charity poker tournament will be held June 17.
“For years there has been a [...]

Poker fans are wondering when professional player and author Annie Duke, who’s currently one of the stars on Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump, will get a shot at being the project manager on the hit NBC show.
The celebrities currently competing on Celebrity Apprentice are trying to win money for their selected charities. Duke’s chosen charity [...]