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Peter Eastgate’s WSOP 2008 bracelet reached over $50K on eBay

November 22, 2010 By Bulff Room

Peter Eastgate and his WSOP 2008 bracelet

Recently the 2008 WSOP Main Event champion Peter Eastgate announced that he will sell his WSOP bracelet and will donate the funds to UNICEF, hoping to help a good cause.

Later on, Tony G shocked the poker community with his intention to buy the bracelet and turn it into a dog collar for his German shepherd. Many found this to be a disrespectful act, others laughed hard at Tony G’s weird sense of humor, and some even saw in this a certain strategy; fact is, we are all curious to see whether Tony G’s dog Zasko will be wearing the bracelet on his collar.

Currently the highest bid is $56,800.00 but there are still over two days left until the end of the auction and the price is expected to rise even more. Is Tony G the highest bidder? We’ll have to wait and see.

If you want to bid yourself, you can still do it on eBay.

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Poker Pros to help preventing child trafficking

October 29, 2010 By Bulff Room

It is a common generalization that poker players have an ego. But what people often fail to notice is that poker players also have big hearts.

On November 3, 2010, the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California, will host a charity poker event to support the Child Rescue association and raise funds to combat child trafficking. Amongst the notable names who will play for this cause are Annie Duke, Howard Lederer and Mike Sexton. Quite a few Hollywood celebrities have confirmed their presence to the poker gala as well.

The buy-in for the poker tournament is $200 + $40. The guests will also have a chance to participate in a live and silent auction. The prizes for those who reach the final table of the tournament will feature a hand crafted guitar signed by national music artists Nick Hexum of 311, Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional, Third Eye Blind, and Neon Trees, a trip to Costa Rica for two, and entries to the Bicycle Casino’s November main event.

Learn more about the Child Rescue Poker Charity Event

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EPT turns Vienna into the European poker capital

October 29, 2010 By Bulff Room

This week the Austrian capital Vienna hosts the next stop of the European Poker Tour. With a huge prize pool and many notable names in the game, the week will be full of action.

Vienna – a city of culture, history and music, is this week transformed into the European capital of poker: the European Poker Tour is now enjoying the hospitality of the Austrian capital. The amazing Kursalon Palace in Vienna’s city park is hosting this exclusive stop of the EPT, featuring a five-day €5,300 Main Event, as well as parallel tournaments for those in need of even more action.

The Main Event is at it’s peak. Day 2 faced an intense play with only 80 players remaining of the total field of 578 and Daniel Negreanu holding the biggest chip stack. Due to the big interest in the event, the guaranteed prize pool of €500,000 has increased to the impressive €2,935,000 so there’s a lot at hand. Will Negreanu hold his position and take home the €700,000 prize for the first place? Only time will tell. The tournament will be running by 31 October so stay tuned for more reports!

The Kursalon Palace in Vienna

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High Stakes Poker returning on screen

October 28, 2010 By Bulff Room

Rumour has it, the Game Show Network (GSN) has ordered yet another season of High Stakes Poker – one of the most popular poker shows on TV. Season 7 will return with Gabe Kaplan as the show’s host and we expect to see Kara Scott on screen as well.

The new season of the show will be filmed between November 18th and November 20th this year and the participants are yet to be confirmed. The airing dates are also not announced yet so we’ll be keeping our ears to the ground for more details.

High Stakes Poker is a a cash game poker television show broadcast by the GSN TV network in the USA. The show features some of the biggest names in poker, who play No Limit Texas Hold’em games with a minimum buy-in of $200,000.

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