Scotty Nguyen won the 2008 HORSE WSOP event in a drunken state, Doyle Brunson states that Nguyen is a “good friend” and there was no excuse for his behaviour except to say that the event winner had way too much to drink.

Although Scotty Nguyen was drunk, his victory in the 2008 HORSE WSOP won him $1,989,120 which was also his first win since 2001 when he received two bracelets. Doyle Brunson stated that the tournament director should have dealt with the situation with Scotty Nguyen’s behaviour much earlier.

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One of the most popular variations of poker is Texas Hold’em and a great game to learn which is currently in full bloom due to all the television exposure received by No-Limit Tournaments like the WSOP, luckily it is rather the easy to learn the basics yet difficult to truly master the finer intricacies of the game.

The basics of Texas Hold’em are as follows, a minimum of 2 up to a maximum of 10 players can play on one table at a time in Texas Hold’em Poker, each player seated at the table is dealt two cards face down, these two cards are what is known as the players ‘hole cards’ and only the player can see and use these cards throughout the entirety of the poker hand.

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In what appears as a highly controversial sponsorship move pro poker player Tiffany Michelle the last woman standing in the WSOP 2008 main event has betrayed her event sponsor PokerNews and joined forces with UltimateBet. PokerNews had sponsored Tiffany Michelle’s entries into several events at this year’s World Series yet Tiffany was seen sporting attire from Ultimate Bet’s wardrobe on ESPN’s featured table. She had reportedly signed a sponsorship deal contract with UltimateBet.

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The second annual European Series 2008 begins this September if you play in FullTilt Poker European Series Qualifiers that take place every Sunday at 16:30 Eastern Time (21:30 GMT) you might get the opportunity to win a Main Event prize package to the value of $25,000 and you could also find yourself in London along with some of the greatest poker pros the world has to offer.

So download FullTilt poker and get a huge bonus of a 100% match of your deposit up to $600 when signing up and making a deposit use WAP as your FullTilt poker bonus code.

The World Series of Poker Europe* returns to London starting from September 19th, FullTilt Poker are inviting you to be a part of all the action.
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FullTilt Poker’s 2008 Series is currently under way and you can still qualify for the main event. Full Tilt poker offer Weekly Cash Qualifiers which will run all the way up to Sunday June 22nd. Satellites for all the events will start from as low as $2+$.25 or just 50 Full Tilt Points. Get your seat at Full Tilt Poker to be eligible for the $10 Million Main Event Mania.

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