2006 February 26 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Hold ‘em or fold ‘em? Even if you haven’t the foggiest idea of which strategy is best, one safe bet is to attend Friday night’s Western Casino and Poker Tournament at the Trail Dust Steakhouse, 7101 S. Clinton in Centennial. Proceeds go to the Double Angel Foundation of Parker.
Sometimes in life, people are dealt bad hands. Unfortunately, online poker player Jill Sabsevitz’s deck ran cold when she was diagnosed with leukemia. Luckily for her, however, she plays poker on an Internet site that cares about her plight. In desperate need of a bone marrow transplant, Sebsevitz hopes to be helped by an initiative taken up by FullTiltPoker.com, where she plays poker.
The current world poker champ has confirmed he will be competing at the New Zealand Poker Champs in Christchurch this April.
The Poker Nations Cup was held last week in Cardiff, Wales and was won by Great Britain. The United States poker team, which included Thomas Keller, Robert Williamson III, Andy Block, Kathy Liebert, and Connie Glowen finished 4th. This looks like the Full Tilt Poker second-stringers, and they were no match for Great Britain, led by Tony Bloom…
Its no secret poker has hit the big time.The first World Series of Poker in 1970 at Binions Horseshoe in Las Vegas had seven players, and the winner, Johnny Moss, took home a trophy.The 2005 WSOP had 45 events and drew over 32,000 players. The main event, the no limit Texas Hold em championship, paid out almost $53 million in total prize money, with $7.5 million going to the winner, Australian Joseph Hachem. It ranks as the largest prize in poker tournament history.The big money, TV deals and
The final event of the more-than-month-long L.A. Poker Classic is the Invitational. This year’s by-invitation-only No-Limit freeroll poker tournament featured over 300 of the hottest Hollywood celebrities mixing it up with some of the biggest names in poker at the world’s largest land-based poker room, Commerce Casino in Los Angeles.
The battle against video poker wages on in North Carolina, and the latest idea is to use the lottery to win the war. While the establishment of a state lottery will not have any immediate legal impact on the video poker games being played in the Tarheel state, even the Governor is talking about using it as a cudgel none the less.
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