2006 March 17 Poker News, Events and Happenings
A former state lawmaker from High Point is among the latest witnesses subpoenaed to appear before the State Board of Elections next week when it examines the video poker industry and other contributors to House Speaker Jim Blacks campaign, elections director Gary Bartlett said today.
LAS VEGAS - Ted Forrest won the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, beating an elite field of pros and sending Chris “Jesus'’ Ferguson to his second defeat at the final table in two years.
Online poker has been a major source of growth at 888 Holdings PLC, one of the world’s leading online gaming companies. The company has just released profit figures for the 2005 fiscal year, and the charts indicate steep inclines across the board. Online poker and casino players have apparently been flocking to Casino-On-Net, Reef Club Casino, and Pacific Poker, as post-tax profits at the three 888-brand websites climbed 59%. And with 2.3 million new poker accounts opening in 2005, net poker revenues for 888 topped $109 million.
Juha Helppi braved an encounter with a stingray, dealt with water leaking into his mask, and adjusted his strategy in the face of a depleted oxygen tank 30 feet under water in the Caribbean in order to claim the first leg of the Extreme Poker Challenge in December.
Gamblers at the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) 2006 Game Night will have a chance to win a seat to a World Series of Poker event, but the real winners will be people who suffer from hemophilia and other bleeding disorders.
Is three months enough time to learn how to become a professional poker player? How about enough time to learn how to at least be competition for a professional poker player? It better be if Lisa Bishop is to have a shot at winning a world wide women’s poker tournament, now that she won a seat in.
Prominent local boxing figure Ken Lakusta was among 12 people nabbed in a six-month undercover sting operation at a downtown poker house, the Sun has learned.Eleven men and one woman were arrested yesterday during a late-night raid by the city police tactical unit and Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission investigators at 10580 116 St., said the AGLC.Three of the accused face charges of operating a common gaming house and nine face charges of playing poker or being present in a common gaming hous
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