GAMING EVENTS

MAJOR POKER TOURNAMENTS

The Challenge Heard Round the World
In the summer of 1949, famed gambler Nicholas 'Nick the Greek' Dandolos approached gambling icon, Benny Binion, wishing to somehow challenge the reputed best poker player, the legendary Johnny Moss, in a high-stakes poker marathon.

Binion agreed to set up a match between Dandolos and Moss with the one stipulation that the event be held in public. Five months later, with breaks only for sleep, Moss won “the biggest game in town” and an estimated $2 million purse.

21 years later, in 1970, Binion decided to recreate the event — dubbed the “World Series Of Poker” — to determine who would be worthy of the title of “World Champion.” Again, Johnny Moss won.

From 1970 to 1982, the tournament had grown to 52 entries. In 2003 there were 839 entries for the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em event. In 2004 the previous year's record was smashed when 2,576 poker fanatics entered the Championship event. The prize money increased from $7,769,000 a decade ago to more than $49 million in 2004

It’s now the biggest, most famous poker event on the planet.

With ESPN's unprecedented coverage of WSOP Events the last few years, Poker in both the Casino's nationwide and the on-line sites has grown to unprescedented numbers.

World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker is the Grandaddy of all tournaments. It started in late May and the Main Event, the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship, will begin in early July 2008 at The Rio, in Las Vegas.

World Series of Poker Circuit
After obtaining the rights to the World Series of Poker as part of the Binion's purchase in 2004, the WSOP Circuit is a series of tournaments around the country. Like its namesake, the WSOPC consists of Limit Hold'em, No Limit Hold'em, 7-Stud and Omaha events, with a major No Limit tournament capping each circuit stop.

World Poker Tour
Now in its fourth season, the World Poker Tour started in 2003 and airs weekly on The Travel Channel. Along with ESPN's coverage of the World Series of Poker, the WPT is a driving force behind the tremendous increase in popularity of poker in recent years. Hosted by Poker Author Mike Sexton and Hollywood Home Game Expert Vince van Patten, the WPT brings the excitment of world-wide tournament poker action to nationwide television audiences. Season Six of the the WPT will air on The Game Show Network.

Amatuer Poker League
The Amatuer Poker League hosts FREE Texas Holdem Tournaments at your favorite locations throughout the country. Registration is easy, you may sign up and participate in any of our tournaments and test your poker skills against many others. Founded in Wichita, Kansas in 2003, The APL™ has grown to hundreds of tournament events per week with player participation ranging from 30 to 500 players in a single tournament session and thousands of new members signing up weekly.

MAJOR SPADES TOURNAMENTS

The Spades Connection
Play at the finest live Spades event in America with The Spades Connection. Join hundreds of the best Spades players from around the world. They take great pride in putting on the best live events possible. It is their continued goal for you and your friends to join with others who have found their reputation to be that of "The Premier Event for all Live spades players".

Grand Prix Tournaments
Grand Prix Tournaments is home to The World Series of Spades, as well as the World Series of Euchre and the World Series of Hearts. This tournament brings together top card players of all disciplines.