2006 June 28 Poker News, Events and Happenings
For players at last Wednesday’s “I’m All In” Texas Hold’em poker tournament, it was a no-lose situation, because the $20 to $25 participation fee went to benefit the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.
Friday, the National Academies (the nation’s leading scientific body) released a study that dug into source data for graphs like the following: The study’s getting attention because graphs like this are Exhibit A in the argument that temperatures have spiked in the past few decades. The National Academies’ conclusions boil down to this: ·The temperature line is correct (based on data
A POKER game in which the players bet 3 million (£2 million) allegedly brought together the brains behind a massive civic corruption scandal on the Costa del Sol.
With two events begun sporting 2,000 plus players each, anticipation among World Series of Poker officials and players around today’s Pot-Limit event is likely running high. The Texas Hold ‘em Pot Limit event, which has a $1,500 buy in, is the first event of the season that differs from the super popular “no limit” style of Hold ‘em.
3DPokerReviews.com has recently launched a new website that provides the latest news and reviews from the latest 3D online poker sites.
Next season will see a lot of changes for Steve Lipscomb’s super popular World Poker Tour, including additional venues. Entering into season five, the show that many feel put poker on the map by being the first American TV show to use lipstick sized cameras to show player’s down cards will have a new hostess, a surprise move after only one season with the still-new Courtney Friel.
All three players were winners in Everest Poker’s Direct Entry Satellite for the WPT Grand Prix de Paris. Each player earned a prize package which included the 10,000 buy-in for the event, as well as $800 in spending money.
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