2006 March 01 Poker News, Events and Happenings

As you have heard about on this site, PokerNews.com, and the PokerNews Network are sending dozens of players to the WSOP to be part of Team PokerNews….

MADISON, Wis. — Madison native Phil Hellmuth Jr. will seek to defend his title in the 2006 National Heads Up Poker Championship beginning on Saturday in Las Vegas.

(Press Release) Binion’s Gambling Hall & Hotel, and Omni Media & Entertainment are proud to announce the next great American poker tournament, the American Poker Player Championship™ - http://www.americanpokerplayerchampionship.com

PADDY POWERS entry to the online poker market has paid off, signing up nearly 10,000 gaming customers in just a year.

Men “The Master” Nguyen was the star of Cardplayer Magazine and Bodog’s inaugural “Biggest Night in Poker,” capturing the coveted Best Player honors for 2005.

Yet another college student is getting a chance to pursue a dream. Not the dream of getting a good education, graduating, and pursuing a profitable and fulfilling career (although he may very well do that too) but the dream of competing with professional poker players in the Super Bowl of Poker, the World Series of Poker. Wesley Wilburn, a senior anthropology major at MSU, will have his chance to beat the field and become a millionaire in July…

TAUNTON Police seized two illegal video poker machines at Taunton Sports Club at 33 Baker Road, and the club president is facing charges. Police said Bento Medeiros is being summoned to court for violating a state law that bans possession of gaming devices, including video poker machines.