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October 20th, 2007
ESPN looks to cash in on televised poker's appeal with inaugural High Stakes Golf Tour stop in Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - What's been discretely occurring beyond the public eye in Las Vegas for decades is about to be revealed to the masses: bad golfers with big egos and a high bank roll putting up millions against each other on the golf course. Read More...

By Brandon Tucker, Staff Writer, Golf Publisher Syndications


September 3, 2007 - www.PokerNews.com
Sexton's Corner – Vol87 – Dewey Tomko, Part 2

It only seems appropriate the first golfer to tee off on ESPN's spectacular High Stakes Entertainment golf show and lead the way was gambling legend Dewey Tomko. With a huge crowd and all the TV cameras rolling, Dewey coolly teed it up and hit a long perfect drive right down the middle of the first fairway. Pressure??? What's that to Dewey??? This was like another day at the office to him and his famous partner Doyle Brunson. Read More...

by Tom Sexton Read More @ PokerNews.com


August 27, 2007 - www.PokerNews.com
Sexton's Corner – Vol 7 – Dewey Tomko, Part 1

A movie should be made about the golf, poker, and gambling exploits of Dewey Tomko. He has had an amazing life so far, and is still going stronger than ever! Let's go back in time between 1970 and 1975. After graduating from Salem College in Salem, West Virginia, Dewey taught kindergarten for those six years at Hanes Elementary School in Hanes, Florida. During this period, he began to play in bigger and bigger poker games at night, finding himself winning $5,000 to $10,000 on many occasions. This was amazing to him, as his top annual pay teaching in 1975 was $6,700!! It got to be tough, as much as Dewey loved...

by Tom Sexton Read More @ PokerNews.com


August 20, 2007 - www.PokerNews.com
Sexton's Corner – Vol 6 – High Stakes Golf and Janet Jones-Gretzky

Doyle Brunson, Janet Jones Gretsky, & Dewey Tomko at the High Stakes Entertainment Golf TourYou will be wowed when you get to see the High Stakes Entertainment Golf Tour premiere on ESPN October 21st. The inaugural event to be showcased is The Doyle Brunson & Dewey Tomko Invitational. Two Sundays in a row, with a two-hour format each, promises to be mesmerizing to the average viewer. When most of us bet a $20 Nassau bet on the links, these high-stakes poker players will be playing $1,000,000 per hole! There are nine players on three teams playing...

by Tom Sexton Read More @ PokerNews.com


August 23, 2007 - www.CardPlayer.com
Brunson and Tomko Golf Invitational Video on CPTV

Watch Interviews With High-Stakes Poker Players Before the Events Begin and Millions of Dollars Are Gambled

CardPlayer.comCardPlayer.com To hang on the golf course with some of the high-stakes poker pros like Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Erick Lindgren, and Doyle Brunson, it takes a high level of skill, a large bankroll, and a willingness to gamble. The Doyle Brunson and Dewey Tomko Golf Invitational showcased this, and the Card Player TV crew was there to catch up with the players before the action started.

To view the video, click here.

by by Kristy Arnett Read More @ CardPlayer.com


August 16, 2007 -
Round One of The Doyle Brunson & Dewey Tomko Invitational a Success.

"Let's tee it up and get it on!" were the words High Stakes Golf Tour field announcer Mike Sexton chose to usher in the first annual Doyle Brunson & Dewey Tomko Invitational.

by Garry Gates Read More


August 15, 2007 - www.PokerNews.com
Doyle Brunson & Dewey Tomko Hold High Stakes Golf Launch Party at Venetian Last Night

$1,305,000 was the amount 2007 Masters Champion Zach Johnson took home for winning golf's most prestigious tournament this past April, and he had to fend off Tiger Woods to do it. Today, nine of the world's highest stakes gamblers are putting up $1 million dollars of their own money to compete in Round 1 of The Doyle Brunson and Dewey Tomko Invitational; a nine hole, three-man team scramble in which they'll be playing for a million dollars per hole. Sorry, Tiger – you're not invited.

by Garry Gates Read More @ PokerNews.com

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