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HEADLINE: Venetian Poker Room Concludes $500,000
Freeroll
Body:
The New Face of Poker Continues to Host Popular Player
Promotions
The results are in, and the Venetian in Las Vegas has concluded
its second major poker promotion in three months, proving once
again it really is the “New Face of Poker.”
The Last Chance In poker
tournament held on July 24 was the first event of its kind
hosted by the relatively new Las Vegas Strip poker room. Hundreds
of players gathered during the peak of the World Series of Poker
to compete in a super satellite awarding seats into the $10,000
WSOP championship.
Jennifer Tilly, Phil “UnaBomber” Laak, Antonio “The
Magician” Esfandiari, actress Shannon Elizabeth, Full Tilt’s
Clonie Gowen, 2006 WSOP pot-limit Omaha
bracelet winner Lee Watkinson, and a host of other poker celebrities
were sighted at the event. And though poker players might enjoy
rubbing elbows with celebrities, the Venetian had no problem drawing
over 200 hopeful participants on its own.
After nearly seven hours of play, the following five players
qualified for a $10,000 seat into this year’s WSOP championship
event, which commenced on July 28. Seen here with Poker
Room Director Kathy Raymond and Tournament Director Tim Mix
are: Amir Mohamed, Jason Eaks, Norman Taitano, Michael Atkinson,
Mikkel Madsen
$500,000 Freeroll Poker Tournament
Another popular Venetian poker room promotion wrapped up this
week with the highly anticipated $500,000 Freeroll
Poker Tournament. Poker players needed only to use their Venetian
Club Cards to “clock in and cash out” over the past
few months, accumulating 50 hours of rated play per month, or
200 rated hours by July 31, to qualify for a prize pool of over
a half million in cold hard cash.
The $500,000 Freeroll
Poker Tournament was held August 11–13 and boasted nearly
400 players. On day 1, half the field played down to 100 players,
and on day 2 they did the same. The top 200 players were in the
money and went on to compete for the top prize of $150,000.
JP Withrow had a monster chip lead to take home first place.
Here are the final-table finishers:
1. JP Withrow
2. Ken Selby
3. Sam Chung
4. Michael Chaplan
5. Pablo Carabello
6. Steven Pohl
7. Robert Delcher
8. Robert Moyers
9. Justin Hall
10. David Zanella
During August, the Venetian poker room is continuing its promotions
with the $25,000 Bad Beat Jackpot, which has yet to be awarded.
Double player points will continue throughout August, and in
September the Venetian will be offering its poker players triple
player points.
At nearly 11,000 square feet, The Venetian poker room is the
largest in square footage on the Strip. This luxurious poker room
is exquisitely decorated with rich leathers, cherrywood and custom
cabinetry, and offers state-of-the-art technology in a smoke-free
environment.
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