2005 October 27 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Connecticut’s Foxwoods Resort Casino announced this week that it will expand its poker room from 76 tables to an astounding 114, pegging spring …
The World Series of Poker circuit event is into its first week at Caesars in Elizabeth, Indiana, culminating November 2 with the final table of …
Harrah’s has announced the schedule for the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP), to once again be played at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in …
Tournament poker in the Coachella Valley came of age this weekend with the inaugural Dick Van Patten Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. It was an absolutely fantastic event! We had thrilling poker, wonderful celebrities, superb parties and an inspirational cause.
Doyle Brunson had been a professional poker legend for decades when today’s young stars of the game were still learning how to play Old Maid and Go Fish. At age 71, poker’s one and only “Texas Dolly” is an international celebrity who consistently has defeated all comers for more than half a century and has a trophy chest with 10 World Series of Poker championship bracelets to prove it. The Thrifty Gambler caught up with Brunson recently for a chat about the explosion in the popularity of poker and …
A LANDMARK ruling on whether poker is a game of skill or merely luck will decide the future of the growing number of gaming clubs across the country. If poker is deemed to be one of skill, as are chess and bridge, it can remain available to players in members clubs. But if it is seen as one of chance, as are roulette and blackjack, it will legally be played only in licensed casinos. A year-long investigation into Gutshot, a prominent London club, by the Gambling Commission and the Metropolitan …
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