2006 September 18 Poker News, Events and Happenings

A poker game among friends—is turning into a legal battle. Last Summer, Greer police arrested a group of friends for playing poker, because state law considers it gambling. An attorney now hopes a judge will decide the law is unconstitutional.

World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions takes a story-based approach as it puts players on the Circuit as a newly turned poker pro and under the wing of Chris Jesus Ferguson as his protégé.

The third day of action at the Borgata Poker Open, part of the World Poker Tour, saw another round of intense battles as players tried to make moves and secure their position in the final six spots.

Another day, another WCOOP tourney. Another shattered pre-tournament guarantee. If it sounds like record turnouts are going to be the theme of the fifth annual WCOOP….

Once more the fact that Texas Holdem is anyone’s game is proven by the winner of the Celtic Poker Tour (CPT) Grand Final, which took place in Athlone. After only a year of playing Texas Holdem Mark Flanagan, 40 years old and hailing from Wexford County in Ireland, took out a field of 216 players and picked up a healthy €35,000 along the way. A father of five, Flanagan is usually busy running his road haulage business, but he manages time to play poker about once every week - time that paid off with his recent victory…

The third annual European Poker Tour has come to a close, wrapping up the challenging tournament in Barcelona, Spain, with Norwegian Bjorn-Erik Glenne emerging as the champion. Glenne beat out 480 poker players to claim the prize, including top pros such as Jeffery Lisandro and Phil Ivey. 118 of the 480 players were online qualifiers, and 45 of the field finished in the money…

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (PRESS RELEASE) — The major competition has arrived for the World Poker Tour championship at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa. The biggest names in the game are on-site and ready to battle for a million dollar first place prize, a sleek Rolex watch and a $25,000 seat at the World Poker Tour championship.