2006 May 17 Poker News, Events and Happenings
TEXAS Hold’em Poker is the latest craze sweeping the globe - and Queanbeyan is no exception. Free poker tournaments have sprung up across Queanbeyan, and are attracting large crowds to the game.
(Raleigh, NC-AP) May 17, 2006 - Legal video poker machines in North Carolina directly contribute more than $100 million to the economy. That’s according to a consulting firm hired by the gaming industry.
RALEIGH, N.C. - Legal video poker machines in North Carolina directly contribute over $100 million to the economy and jobs for 1,752, a consulting firm hired by the gaming industry said Wednesday.
MAY 17, 2006 - New York — Sector Sports Watches will go “All In” with poker champion Phil Gordon at a Hollywood event May 24 that will benefit the Cancer Research and Prevention Fund (CRPF).
A Trojan with offensive rootkit features can hijack online poker credentials and send the information to the malware writer. The company distributing the rootkit-infested software blames it on a rogue programmer.
LOS ANGELES, California — (PRESS RELEASE) — With Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten, the WORLD POKER TOUR (WPT) captured lightning in a bottle.
If there was ever a US President who should be a fan of Texas Hold’em, it would have to be the current one, hailing as George Bush does from Texas. He gives off a very solid, down to earth impression that would fit right at home around a weekly home game of poker, and a recent MNSNBC article that outlined gifts received by the president and VP Dick Cheney in 2005 list poker chips among them.

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