WPT to honor past champs, hand out bracelets

April 9th, 2008
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World Poker Tour champions will now get a bracelet — just like World Series of Poker event winners do — at an event honoring all its past champions later this month.

The “Ceremony of Champions” will be held at Bellagio’s “O” Theatre on April 21, where all 96 winners from the first six seasons of the televised poker tour will be recognized and given a titanium and diamond bracelet designed by Tiffany & Co.

According to cardplayer.com:

“There are so many incredible stories to celebrate from the six World Poker Tour seasons, and we are thrilled to pay tribute to each of our WPT champions,” said WPT Founder, President, and CEO Steve Lipscomb in a press release. “The championship bracelet has become synonymous with poker as a symbol of achievement and respect, and we are honored to continue the tradition that Benny Binion began over 30 years ago.”

Whole thing here.

The event will take place during WPT’s season championship.

The move to hold a big party and give out a lot of hardware is a bit at odds with this story — WPT claimed a $10M loss in 2007.


Article Credit: Dustin

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Archive pick: Value betting the river, no limit hold em cash -

Game type: 1/2 No Limit Cash Game
Your image: Fairly Aggressive
Opponent's image: Solid, a little tricky
Your hand: As Qh

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The setup: You're fairly new to this table and you picked up a pot quick when you flopped a set and won a decent multi-way pot. You've been fairly active since, seeing a lot of flops cheap and playing for the win on the flop or turn in a couple of spots.

This hand you're dealt AQo UTG and you decide to limp. The button limps and both blinds play. You flop top pair:

Qd 7h 6d

The SB leads out for $6. The BB folds. You make it $24 and the button folds. The SB calls. The turn gives you two pair with the Ac. The SB checks and you pop $40 into $54. The SB flat calls.

The turn comes the 10c. The SB checks again. There's $134 in the middle. Do you value bet here and if so, for how much?


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