2006 June 29 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Brandon Cantu, a Ridgefield High School graduate who recently moved to Las Vegas to pursue a career as a poker player, has hit it big in his first major poker tournament.

After seeing the second largest field in the history of poker come to the felt for the start of WSOP Event #2 on Tuesday, the $1,500 No-Limit event resumed on Wednesday with 121 players with guaranteed paydays…

LITTLE ROCK A representative of a maker of casino games says he’s excited about the possibility of bringing video poker to Southland Greyhound Park and Oaklawn Park.

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 28, 2006–Two of the most influential poker sources have joined forces to offer the first-ever daily poker column for newspapers. Card Player magazine - The Poker Authority, and its publishers, Barry and Jeff Shulman, are recognized poker experts. Card Shark Media is the world’s leading syndicator of poker content for newspapers.The new daily feature, titled Tournament Hand Matchup, complements Card Shark Media’s weekly poker feature written by poker superstar

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.The five players at the table in a secluded Spanish hunting lodge in 2004 included the former head of urban planning at Marbella council and three leading businessmen who were allegedly implicated in a €2.4 billion fraud.The revelations emerged yesterday after police arrested 30 people, including 13 former councillors and property deve

It’s a mad, mad world on Bourbon Street in New Orleans right now! But there’s no joking here; there’s still an unthinkable measure of destruction in New Orleans.So when Celebrity Poker Showdown was set to shoot in New Orleans, the organizers decided to have all of the celebrities choose New Orleans-based charities, and the prize pool was increased to $1 million.In the first three shows of Showdown (shown on Bravo on Wednesday nights with the finale next week), my co-host Dave Foley correctly pre

As the prestigious World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris came to a close on 16 June, PokerRoom.com’s Jim Davenport successfully finished in 22nd place out of 232 players winning a total of $ 16,500.