2006 April 17 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Nearly 600 poker players from more than 40 countries will play for a prize pool of about $15 million starting today in the World Poker Tour’s World Championship at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The winner of the No-Limit Texas Hold’em tournament could take home $3.5 million.

Mr. Pearson was a poker legend credited with creating the freeze-out style of play made famous by the World Series of Poker.

My friend Dave is a video poker player, and has been for at least a decade. He’s read the books, practices on the computer and is ready to go when he plays for money.

He was known as a gambler, but he was no dummy. Sure, he emblazoned his $200,000 motor home, dubbed the “Rovin’ Gambler,” with the credo, “I’ll …

WASHINGTON — During halftime of Washington Wizards games, Gilbert Arenas sits at his locker and plays online poker. Seriously. It might be the quirkiest of all the quirks associated with the affable, creative, nonstop, 24-ye…

After sixteen poker tournaments, nearly a year of travel around the world and millions of dollars in prize pools, many titles are on the line for the World Poker Tour Championship…

PokerRoom.com, one of world’s largest online poker sites, today announced it will be sending 19 Team PokerRoom.com members to the World Poker Tour World Championship at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, April 18-24. The 19 Team PokerRoom spots are worth $27,900 each, which includes expenses, and the $25,000 tournament buy-in. Team PokerRoom is a group of more than 100 up and coming poker players