2006 January 14 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

The Oak Harbor music and cheerleading boosters will host a Charity Poker Festival today and Sunday at the American Legion Hall Post 114, 221 Park St., Oak Harbor. Doors will open at 11 a.m. today and noon Sunday.

Some of the game’s biggest players are stepping up to bat with Harrah’s Entertainment, in hopes of improving the quality of play, tournament structure, and the future of the World Series of Poker.

University of Massachusetts student Bryan W. has collected winnings of over $105,000 online playing poker. After being referred by a friend to CelebPoker.com the university hustler has consistently come up aces online and continues to cash out monthly. [PRWEB Jan 14, 2006]

POST FALLS, Idaho - The odds caught up with a sports bar and restaurant in this northern Idaho town when police broke up a weekly poker tournament that had drawn as many as 70 players. No arrests were made Wednesday night, but police said they jotted down the license plates of many participants and are providing information to the Post Falls City Council that could result in Jack’s Sports