2006 March 04 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2
LAS VEGAS, March 3 /PRNewswire/ — Most major sports have their best teams battle it out for ultimate athletic supremacy. But few have the cut-throat competition of the 2006 National Heads-Up Poker Championship which faces 64 of poker’s top players off against one another March 4th-6th at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, NV.This year, as the official and exclusive poker magazine sponsor, Card Player magazine and CardPlayer.com, will bring all the up-to-the-minute, behind the scenes action to viewer
NEW HAVEN Foxwoods Resort Casino will dramatically increase the size of what is already one of the nations largest poker rooms this month, an expansion that comes even as industry experts say the poker market is slowing.By expanding New Englands only poker room from 76 to 114 tables, Foxwoods will enable more than 1,100 poker players to play at once. But it also allocates more space for a game that, on average, brings in considerably less money than slot machines and other table games.Poker
The history of the game of poker is intertwined with downtown Las Vegas and, in particular, Binion’s Gambling Hall and Hotel. Once known as Binion’s Horseshoe…
As reported last month here on OPN, two online poker players at Party Poker had the good fortune of meeting each other through the chat window on the online poker site and eventually establishing a loving relationship. Gary Suffir and Jackie Johnson are set to be married in a special poker-themed wedding ceremony at the Paris hotel and casino in Las Vegas next week. Even before their official union, poker-themed children’s names are already on their minds.
David Phelps dropped out of school to play games. Instead of being in the second semester of his junior year at Siena College, the 20-year-old is two months into developing a career playing poker online. He’s even considering using part of a substantial inheritance to move to Las Vegas.
You might ask why a top-notch player such as Gus Hansen plays cards like 9-2 offsuit in televised tournaments. Any poker book in the world puts a hand like that in the trash category. Hopefully, after you finish reading this column, you’ll have a better understanding of the theory behind playing trash hands, from time to time, and when it might be right to do so.
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