2006 July 04 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

Scotty Nguyen is known as the Prince of Poker, a title well-earned over years of superior poker play, including a World Series of Poker championship title. At the Cherokee Casino the Prince has his own tournament to test the mettle of other poker players, and the most recent champ of the Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge is Nam Le. Le took home a championship bracelet that is itself worth $35,000, and plenty of cash as well, with $204,579…

Montego Bay, St James - The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) will, in a few weeks, decide if it will play a role in an inaugural poker tournament being planned by a section of Montego Bay’s business community.

The Australian media were jubilantly reporting the latest World Series of Poker triumphs of last year’s multi-million dollar champion Joe Hachem (40) this week, as the 2006 action on the world’s biggest poker event ran the opening competitions in its 45 event schedule.