2006 February 23 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Two masked men tried to rob a poker arcade in Dandan on Tuesday early morning, the Saipan Tribune learned yesterday. The suspects, both wearing black shirts and pants, entered the K5 Poker located near the Shell gasoline station at 4am.

Poker players from around the world will chance their hands at Christchurch Casino in April at the New Zealand Poker Championships.

Andy Beal is back at Wynn Las Vegas, and he is back playing the ‘Corporation’. This time, the Corp has dusted off their cleanup hitter, and put Phil Ivey into the match…

The second quarter results for online gaming company Sportingbet have been released, and they indicate strong growth. The growth is fueled in part by increased revenue from the company’s Paradise Poker Internet gaming site. Figures for the publicly-traded company indicate that its take from online poker games has doubled in this year’s Q2, to an average of $541,782 per day, compared to just $261,668 a day in last year’s second quarter.

At the final table, Ray squared off against Mike, in addition to well-known World Series of Poker professionals, Scott Fischman and Perry Friedman.

Just as Empire Online and PartyGaming recently settled their legal dispute out of court, so now have online poker room PokerShare and its network …

Hollywood Poker (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com), where the stars come to play, is pleased to announce that Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner James Woods placed 24th in the 2006 Los Angeles Poker Classic held at the Commerce Casino. The four-day event began on Thursday, February 16 with a $10,000 buy-in.