2006 January 13 Poker News, Events and Happenings

PHOTO: Bob Pearson, Escanaba, and Island Resort and Casino employee Laurie Adams pose with the $25,000 Pearson won at the local casino, qualifying him for last year’s World Poker Tour Championship.

In a sense poker is exactly as flat as those Mercator projections of earth, with route lines connecting hub cities, printed near the back of airline magazines.

POST FALLS, Idaho A game of Texas Hold ‘Em became a game of Idaho fold ‘em when police broke up a poker tournament with 70 players in Post Falls. No arrests were made Wednesday, but police took license plate numbers and said Jack’s Sports Grill might lose its liquor license.

AUSTRALIA As reported by the Australian: “Joe Hachem is a marked man. “Since the 39-year-old former chiropractor won the main event at the World Series of Poker last July, everyone wants to take him down.

COLORADO As reported by the Colorado Gazette: “Charges against the last three card players cited in a 2005 Palmer Lake gambling raid were dropped Thursday, closing a case that focused statewide attention on the legality of poker games in bars and restaurants.

LAS VEGAS — Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET) today announced that Jeffrey Pollack, vice president of sports and entertainment marketing …

Hot on the heels of sending Stuart Rutter to the exclusive Monte Carlo Millions, the UK’s favourite Poker Room, 32Red ( Nachrichten ) Poker has this week crowned its Poker Master for 2005.