LAS VEGAS–The other particularly exciting event this year was the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event — a limit-structured combination of different games … all leading to a super-prestigious No-Limit Hold’em final table. There wasn’t a single table that wasn’t at least half-full of well-known pros.    read more

LAS VEGAS–Here are some pictures of the Queen of Hearts team in action …    read more

LAS VEGAS–Sorry for the lack of updates, Party people … we’ve been hard at work getting a new site off the ground. Check it out at PokerBlog.com. Very exciting stuff, particularly if you are a uber-geeky poker blogger type like me. To be sure, a lot has been going on at the 2006 WSOP — bracelets have been won, Phil Hellmuth lost, and the rest of us have been swarming around all varieties of tables.

One of the more exciting events this year was the Ladies Event. Defending champion Jennifer Tilly has obviously done a lot to improve women’s poker, as this year’s tourney was bigger and better than the one she won last year. (Not to give away the ending, but .she didn’t pull off the “Johnny Chan” and repeat, though she did play well.) In addition to competing, Tilly served as co-captain of the Elle/PartyPoker.net Queen of Hearts Poker Team.

The Queens of Hearts team will aid in the fight against heart disease — the number one killer of women — by donating a percentage of any winnings to the American Heart Association, which will be matched by the team sponsors up to $5,000 each.

The star-studded team got together for a media dinner at Bradley Ogden in Caesar’s Palace the night before the event. Click below to see some pictures.
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It must’ve been a good table … because Party’s poker-room manager Mike O’Malley finished in an admirable 19th place (out of 265) in the $5,000 Omaha hi-lo event. His payout: $7,473. Not a bad two-days work.     read more