2006 April 08 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Some of east Texas’ best poker faces got together to raise money for a Longview organization.

Production on Casino Royale, the next installment in the James Bond dynasty, encountered something of an obstacle when, while filming a crucial poker scene, producers discovered that 007 himself could tell a royal flush from a full house. After learning of Daniel Craig’s lack of poker prowess, the film’s producers sent for some expert help. John Duthie, a UK poker player who has made almost $3 million at the felt, was summoned to the set in Berlin to give Craig some expert poker pointers.

If you play online poker, or are a professional poker player, or simply keep up with the news, you’re likely aware that sitting in Washington at Congress right now are three bills that would seriously hamper the American poker player and his ability to play online poker. If the bills should pass such steps including requiring Internet Service Providers to report on any poker related activities by their customers would come to pass. For the first time the bills lost some momentum on Thursday when complications arose during the House Judiciary Committee debate…

You cannot play winning poker without first reading the great poker books. Bluff magazine’s website allows you to vote on which is the best poker book, and the results are in…

NOT SO LONG ago, another World Poker Tour (WPT) championship hit San Jose, right in my back yard. It was pretty nice driving just 20 minutes from my home to the Bay 101 card club to play in a WPT event. Unfortunately, I would be leaving Bay 101 on Day 1 with a bad taste in my mouth. It’s one thing to take bad beats (get seriously unlucky) in some big pots. It’s quite another to draw hands decent enough for me to survive and thrive on Day 1, but instead play a terrible game of poker, self-destruc

Held at the Army, Navy and Air Force club in Brandon, the first legal charitable Texas Hold’Em tournament held in Manitoba has been declared a success. As part of a pilot project, the Manitoba Gaming Control Commission wanted to determine if poker games should be licensed events. Utilizing the temporary license the club has to hold as many as nine tournaments, this event saw 49 people registering for the game…

It was a shocker. Daniel Craig, the actor who is replacing Pierce Brosnan as the new James Bond has made an admission that continues to increase the stack against him as far as Bond fans are concerned. Craig has admitted that he couldn’t drive the manual Aston Martin DB5 that is Bonds steed of choice, and how he hates guns…