2006 September 04 Poker News, Events and Happenings

A method of playing a POKER style game, by dealing a plurality of playing cards to each of a plurality of players; and having the individual

He didnt win the $12 million first prize, but Massillon resident Brad Clapper said he had the time of his life last month while competing in the World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas.

The recent Bicycle Club $10,000 buy-in Championship event in Los Angeles on the World Poker Tour (WPT) began at 2 p.m. I, of course, arrived at 4:30 pm. Whereas most of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournaments that I played in this year featured absolutely no one that I knew at my starting table, in this cozy event — there were still 450 players — I had great players Erik Seidel and David Chiu at my starting table. Because of the relatively low number of entrants in this tournament — compare

The game of poker has long since left its roots where it was known as only a man’s game, with plenty of big-name, high-profile female poker players winning championships and huge cash tournament prizes. From movie star Jennifer Tilly, to Annie Duke to Kathy Liebert, women have made the world of poker their own. According to a recent press release, a number of housewives out of Toledo, Ohio, have turned to the poker world to create jobs after searching for work at home opportunities…

The big events of the week fell on the middle night of the three-day Labor Day Weekend. The bad news? Total paid entrant dollars were down. The good news? That didn’t matter — all the guarantees stayed the same….

September 4 - Owned and operated by Christchurch Casinos Group, Kiwi Poker recently underwent a revamp in order to upgrade its online poker software and provide its players with more user-friendly features.

What was intended to be a fun, exciting, charitable activity was tainted by tragedy recently when two speedboats collided during an Oklahoma poker run, killing five. Vacationers at Lake Texoma witnessed two speedboats taking off for the poker competition and then colliding during the High Roller Poker Run on Saturday. Four people died on the scene, and two were taken to hospital…