2005 December 24 Poker News, Events and Happenings

A pair of 8s was worth $1 million to a Pearl Harbor man who emerged from a field of nearly 5,000 players to win a free online poker tournament Read more »

Before you decide to enter the big-time arena of million-dollar poker tournaments, you might want to practice your craft at home with friends first. All you really need Read more »

Benny Binion, the man who created the World Series of Poker 35 years ago, was born Lester Ben Binion in Pilot Grove, Tex., in 1904. He spent his youth punching cattle Read more »

According to the executive director of the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey, the phenomenal popularity of poker and its effects on college age youth is ‘epidemic Read more »

For the past few Christmas time seasons the sale of everything poker saw a fantastic growth, and retailers savvy enough to get in on the market made a killing Read more »

The struggle between law makers and law enforcement officials on one side, and everyone who is trying to profit from illegal poker on the other side, continues to grow Read more »

You’ve heard of fantasy football and fantasy basketball, so why not fantasy poker? ESPN and Bluff Magazine have joined forces to supply poker fans with a fantasy league Read more »