2006 September 06 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Capitalizing on a poker craze sweeping the country and extending overseas, actress, pop culture icon and former Playboy centerfold Pamela Anderson has launched her own entry into the world of online poker. Anderson’s site is part of poker legend Doyle Brunson’s Poker Network.

On Wednesday, the parties in the continuing drama behind World Champion Jamie Gold’s victory at the World Series of Poker woke up to face an injunction that will hold up only half of the champion’s prize…

With somewhere in the neighborhood of 17 different poker publications currently in circulation, picking the right one for your poker needs could be a lengthy exercise. One magazine has recently been picked up by a number of online reviewers and given a stamp of approval. Poker Life magazine seems to follow what has become a standard approach to poker themed publications: namely plenty of interviews with celebrities who play poker, or professional poker players who have become celebrities in their own, right along with plenty of poker and non poker related advertising…

When former Hollywood agent Jamie Gold emerged as the big winner at the 37th annual World Series of Poker, onlookers could never have guessed that a month later half of his $12 million prize would remain frozen on location at the Rio Casino Hotel in Las Vegas. Lawyers involved in the dispute between Gold and his reported partner in finding celebrities to wear Bodog Poker gear, Crispin Leyser, have decided to hold half the prize and release the other half to Gold, who is denying a deal Leyser says was made prior to the Main Event. If courts decide that a deal was in existence, Gold would be left with only half of the biggest prize in poker history, leaving last year’s winner Joe Hachem with the richest net payout at $7.5 million….

September 6 - Last week one of the most popular quarterbacks in the history of the NFL, Dan Merino, headlined the John Congemi Aces and Aces Celebrity Golf Classic and poker tournament in Niagara Falls.

The first annual Sevier County Motorcycle Owners Brigade poker run is set for Saturday, Sept. 9. The event is slated to start at 10 a.m. at the Richfield City Park. The route will take in 133 miles around Fish Lake and surrounding areas.

He bluffed his way to the top at the World Series of Poker, but for now, he’ll only get half of the $12 million jackpot. We’ve been telling you about the lawsuit against winner Jamie Gold. Gold is being sued by a man who claims Gold agreed to split the money with him.