2006 February 09 Poker News, Events and Happenings
The Hillsburgh Snowroamers Snowmobile Club annual poker run and chicken barbecue will be held this Sunday, Feb. 12. Registration for anyone wishing to ride the marked route, which is now being groomed and made ready to go for the poker run, will start at the clubhouse at 11 a.m. and end back at the chicken barbecue.
(Press Release) WPT Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: WPTE), developer and owner of the World Poker Tour(R) and the Professional Poker Tour(TM), announced today that it has engaged Thomas Weisel Partners LLC as its financial advisor to assist it in exploring strategic alternatives, including, but not limited to, the sale or merger of the business with another entity offering strategic opportunities for growth.
Sports fans have their fantasy football, baseball, and hockey leagues. Now poker fans can join in the fun.
With Valentine’s Day less than a week away, many girls are looking to make a pair.For a select group tonight though, one pair may not be enough; they’ll be looking for at least two pair, if not more.These competitors will have a chance to meet tonight, as the Reitz Union Game Room hosts a clinic on the poker game Texas Hold ‘Em as part of its Girls Night Out Series.The event’s purpose is to help female students, faculty and other women in the community learn to appreciate the fad of the moment -
A long, long time ago, in the seventh decade of the last century, when I first began playing casino poker, there were almost no women in the game. On many occasions, I was the lone female in the room. Even in home games, I was the only one without facial hair. But times have changed, and women are finally coming into their own in the poker world.Today it is estimated that 1 in 10 casino poker players is a woman. Poker Stars, a major online site, says that 1 in 3 of their players is female. Thank
A handful of poker pros continue to opt out of playing in World Poker Tour events in a dispute involving the filming release all players must sign before participating in the made-for-TV tournaments that air on the Travel Channel (Cox cable channel 66).Professional gambler Andy Bloch believes the release is too broad and gives World Poker too much leeway regarding how the organization can use each player’s name and likeness for promotional purposes.Bloch particularly opposes the part of the rele
Some poker pros are opting out when it comes to playing on the pro poker circuit that is the World Poker Tour. Despite the tempting jackpots, most in excess of one million dollars, the pros are upset about a broad reaching filming release that all participating players must sign. Pro Andy Bloch, one of the more vocal of the release opponents, says that this is not an official boycott, just the personal choices of those pros involved.
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