2006 August 13 Poker News, Events and Happenings

DENVER Paul Wasicka (WAH’-sih-kah) is betting on a big future in the world of professional poker.

A former Hollywood agent bluffed his way to the top of the table to win the World Series of Poker. Jamie Gold is taking home $12 million in prize money. He won with a pair of queens. His opponent at the Las Vegas event misread his bluff.

When the average person thinks of playing a game of poker, they often think that they need to have a “poker face” in order to be successful at the game. The idea of a face that reveals nothing to give their opponents clues about what cards they’re holding is a romantic one, and one that many people still try to employ, but professional poker player Daniel Negreanu says that it’s one of the biggest myths about poker. In one of his recent columns he went over a dozen myths, including “poker is all luck”, “online poker is rigged”, and “poker is a man’s game.” Anyone who watches Daniel play on poker television knows that he certainly doesn’t use a poker face…

EDMONTON (CP) - If the crew of 2001: A Space Odyssey needed to defeat evil supercomputer HAL, they should have challenged it to a game of poker.

Two people were taken to the hospital after at least four power boats collided about a mile from the Pittsburg Marina during an annual poker run.

As the first winner of the World Series of Poker 36 years ago, poker legend Johnny Moss won a silver cup. Back then, a vote among the players decided the winner. No cash exchanged hands.”When the tournament was over, we gave the cup to Moss and then had a few drinks and started playing poker again,” poker legend Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson said. “Those were the days. Boy, have times changed.”Poker’s hotNo longer shunned to the dark, back rooms of casinos, poker is sizzling in the mainstream, hav

In their first ever attempt at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker, Port Orange residents David Kanesky and David Eller discovered they have a lot in common. They share first names, they share hometowns, and they also share nearly identical cash prizes from their attempts at making the final table. With a field of 8772 players, Kanesky finished 387th and Eller finished 447th, impressive results considering the size of the field…