2006 June 30 Poker News, Events and Happenings

On behalf of the Bellingham Board of Library Trustees I would like to respond to a recent article in The Milford Daily News (”Library hits jackpot with poker playing kids,” June 27). We would like to correct an error that appeared in the story and express our support for the Bubblegum Poker program and the other young adult programs we are offering at the library this summer.

Remarkable News, a 4-year-old Venezuelan-bred trained by Angel Penna Jr., seeks his second stakes win in the $100,000 Poker Handicap (gr. III) Sunday on the turf at Belmont Park.

TWO men, aged 32 and 57, have been arrested in connection with offences under the Gaming Act after a raid on the Cincinnati Club - Scotland’s first poker club - in Glasgow last Wednesday.

After battling their way through the second largest field in the history of live tournament poker, the nine men who met on Thursday afternoon for the first open bracelet event of the 2006 World Series of Poker…

Often referred to as “America’s new national pastime,” poker has exploded over the past couple of years — specifically Texas Hold ‘Em games, a popular poker variant that has spawned TV shows, online competitions and even poker chips sold at local convenience stores.

Thursday began like any other day at the WSOP, the parade of players and spectators begin the long walk down the zigzag hallway from the Rio casino to the Amazon Room…

SPALDING, Lincolnshire (PRESS RELEASE) — The third season of The Online Poker League opens this weekend with fixtures at Poker.com for the Pot Limit Omaha and No Limit Holdem leagues.