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Hollywood Takes on Poker
Published: 2005-04-06
 April 06, 2005 09:01 AM US Eastern Timezone
Hollywood Takes on Poker: A-Listers Affleck, Maguire Set Sights on Final Table
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2005--Pokertropolis (www.pokertropolis.com), has posted the opening odds for players to win the 37th World Series of Poker (WSOP) finals held at Binion's Horseshoe Casino, July 7-15, and Hollywood A-Lister Ben Affleck is the current favorite to win at 450-1.
Affleck's celebrity poker nemesis, Tobey Maguire, trails him at 500-1. James Woods is at 700-1, just behind Greg "Fossilman" Raymer, last year's winner, at 600-1. Other notables include: Matthew Perry, Don Cheadle, Shannon Elizabeth, Dennis Rodman, David Schwimmer, Danny Masterson, Chris Masterson, Mena Suvari and Charlie Sheen all at 1,000-1.
Interestingly, the giants of the screen are well ahead of the giants of poker: Paul "Eskimo" Clark is 800-1, Kathy Liebert and Phil Helmuth, Jr., are 900-1, while Annie Duke and Chris Moneymaker have mountains to climb at 1000-1. David Anthony Williams -- who came second at last year's tournament -- is 1200-1. If there's any consolation, it's that they don't bring up the rear: Larry Flynt will have to hustle all the way through to beat 2000-1 odds.
Pokertropolis was the first online poker site to post odds on celebrities in the WSOP finals in 2004.
Players betting at Pokertropolis can wager on celebs for their own advantage, at the same time as they're shaping the day-to-day celebrity and pro player odds. Wagering is limited to Pokertropolis members, who may register for free. Bets of $10-$50 may be placed through Pokertropolis' secure payment site, with a variety of choices for payment. Pokertropolis, which caters to new and established players, presents users with a slick interface that provides the look and feel of a brick-and-mortar casino from the convenience of one's own computer. The site has offered online poker for a few years now, with innovations such as low industry rakes and $0.99 tournaments with $200 guaranteed prize pools. It even has a private rooms feature allowing players to hold closed-session, exclusive games with friends.
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Philippines to Hold Poker Championship
Published: 2005-04-11
 Philippines to Hold Poker Championship
11 April 2005
PHILIPPINES – As reported by the Manila Times: "The Poker Club of the Philippines and the Philippine Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) will hold the country's first Poker King Challenge, a series of non-wager poker tournaments to be held starting on April 16 leading to the grand finals in December.
"As host and participating sponsor, Pagcor will ensure proper decorum and the high standards of card play for all the tournaments.
"…Pagcor will also provide the venues where the leg tournaments will be held. The gaming corporation will likewise make available properly trained card dealer personnel and gaming paraphernalia such as playing cards, card shufflers, chips and players' tables on the tournament dates.
"The 2005 Poker King Challenge will test the skills of poker game enthusiasts in their ability to best calculate probabilities while discerning opponents' reactions…"
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