2005 November 14 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

This week, Mecklenburg County law enforcement officers will destroy a stash of about 200 video poker machines they seized from convenience stores and illegal gambling dens.

(1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) On a busy night at the New York Players Club in upper Manhattan, vice squad officers wearing bulletproof vests and raid jackets dealt the underground poker scene a losing hand. The team entered unannounced at 11 p.m., detaining dealers, snatching up piles of cash and sending dozens of card players home with empty pockets. Downtown, another popular card club, Playstation, also was shuttered. In all, police arrested 39 employees and confiscated $100,000. The raids on May 26 …

I’m sick of watching everyone else win game after game on ESPN, FSN and the Travel Channel! Am I jealous of them? No, most of the guys deserve to win their events. All-time poker greats Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan, for example, each won their 10th bracelet at the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP), shown on ESPN. Of course, I’m not crazy about the fact that Chan, Brunson and I were once all tied on No. 9 and vying to be first to cross the double-digit mark. No, I’m just irked that I haven’t won a …

Poker tournaments at Miami’s Calder Race Course and other Florida pari-mutuels were shut down last week after a legal struggle over state rules that limited bets and entry fees.

Tom Sartori was the classic struggling musician, complete with a creaky old van that carried his amps from his hometown of Buffalo, N.Y., to gigs in East Coast college towns. Then, a year and a half ago, the singer-songwriter with black spiky hair learned to play poker.

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