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2007 WSOP Tournament Schedule

The 2007 wsop tournament is about to begin and we have the entire schedule for you.

Harrah's Entertainment Announces 2007 Schedule For World Series Of Poker®
Presented by Milwaukee's Best Light

June 1 to July 17 Event Offers New Variety Of Games, Buy-Ins



January 9, 2007





LAS VEGAS – January 9, 2007 – Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET) said today the 2007 World Series of Poker
Presented by Milwaukee's Best Light will offer the most diverse event schedule in the tournament's illustrious history.



The 38th edition of the world's most prestigious poker tournament, set for June 1 through July 17, 2007, at the Rio® All-
Suite Hotel & Casino – and televised exclusively by ESPN – features 55 bracelet events with buy-ins up to $50,000. Among
the additions to the schedule are $2,500 HORSE event and $5,000 Mixed Hold'Em Events and a $5,000 Heads-up No-Limit
Hold'Em World Championship.  



"The 2007 schedule offers something for everyone," said Jeffrey Pollack, commissioner of the World Series of Poker. "As
part of our commitment to innovate for the benefit of all players, we've added nine bracelet events and created more
opportunities for both amateurs and professionals to win poker's most coveted prize."



The 55-event 2007 WSOP schedule compares with 46 events in 2006, when more than 42,000 entrants from 56 countries
generated a total prize pool exceeding $171 million – the largest purse in competitive sports. The 2006 World Series of
Poker Main Event – the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'Em World Championship – attracted a field of 8,773 players. More
than 870 players won money in the 2006 WSOP Main Event, including reigning world champion Jamie Gold, who captured
the top prize of $12 million.



In addition to an expanded schedule, the 2007 World Series of Poker will offer players more space, with up to 300 tables
available for tournament and live-game play. The additional tables will enable tournament officials to reduce the start days
for the WSOP Main Event to three. As in 2006, World Series of Poker officials will allow players entering the WSOP Main
Event to choose their start dates as long as seats are available on the selected dates.     



For the third straight year, the Rio Hotel & Casino will host the annual Gaming Life Expo July 5-8. A free consumer show
featuring exhibitors from around the globe, the 2007 World Series of Poker Gaming Life Expo will showcase a broad array
of gaming and poker products, memorabilia, books and clothing. In 2006, more than 100,000 people visited the Expo.





Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is the world's largest provider of branded casino entertainment through its operating
subsidiaries.  Since its beginning in Reno, Nevada 68 years ago, Harrah's has grown through development of new
properties, expansions and acquisitions.  Harrah's Entertainment is focused on building loyalty and value with its customers
through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and
technology leadership.



More information about the World Series of Poker or Harrah's is available at the Web sites www.worldseriesofpoker.com or
www.harrahs.com. To learn more about the 2007 Gaming Life Expo, please visit www.harrahs.com/gaminglifeexpo.

Howard Lederer

Lesson: 55

Bad Position, Decent Cards

April 3, 2006



In the middle and later stages of tournaments, there are often times when
you're forced to make a pretty big commitment on a relatively weak
holding. These are uncomfortable spots because you never want to risk a
large percentage of your chips with a mediocre hand. Things get even
more difficult when you're playing from the blinds and out of position.

For example, say you're playing late in a tournament. The blinds are $500
and $1,000, and there's a $100 ante. You're in the small blind with
$18,000. It's folded around to the button, an aggressive player who raises
frequently in late position. He has $30,000 in his stack and he raises to
$3,500. You look at your cards and see Ad-9s.

Read the entire poker strategy tip at Poker Player Press at Poker Pro Strategy Tips.

The 2006 World Series of Poker is off to a tremendous start. There was a record turnout for many of the events this year. The 2006 World Series of Poker opened with a bang.  The world’s largest and most prestigious poker spectacle began with the first open event on the schedule – the $1,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em competition.  A record 2,776 players entered the event, making it one of the largest poker tournaments ever in history.  Only the 2005 WSOP main event attracted more participants (5,619).  The total prize pool amounts to $3,789,240.

     The tournament was a complete sell-out.  Every poker seat in the
Amazon Ballroom at the Rio Convention Center (2,288 seats) was filled.  In
fact, WSOP tournament officials pulled-off what can only be described as a
miracle.

Read the complete Poker News Article

Get all of the latest WSOP 2006 Tournament Results. Official World Series of Poker Tournament Results and Reports to all of the 2006 WSOP Main Events. Keep up to date on the WSOP Tournament Results, updated daily.

Play it Again, Sam



Sammy Farha Wins $398,560 in Omaha High-Low Championship



Debonair high-stakes poker pro busts Phil Ivey in heads-up play and
captures second gold bracelet

Official 2006 WSOP Tournament Report



Las Vegas, NV – There is no one in the poker world quite like Sammy Farha.  
Dashing and debonair, Farha is part James Bond, part Humphrey Bogart, part
Hugh Hefner -- all wrapped up into a five-foot-nine dynamo of a man with an
unrelenting passion for fast living and high-stakes gambling.

Farha burst upon the poker scene a decade ago when he won a gold
bracelet in the pot-limit Omaha championship at the 1996 World Series of
Poker.  But it wasn’t until his alluring television appearance on ESPN in the
2003 main event that “Sammy Farha” became a household name.  If the
World Series was all about style, then Farha would have been its champion
long ago.  Farha blitzed through 837 players that fateful year.  All that stood
in the way of Farha and a $2.5 million cash prize was a previously-unknown
accountant from Tennessee named Chris Moneymaker.  

What happened at that final table three long years ago is no longer a
mystery.  Moneymaker won.  But in many ways, Farha won too.  Like it or not,
Sammy Farha was a bona fide poker celebrity.

Read the complete WSOP Tournament Report