2006 October 07 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

ATLANTA - Internet poker players and other gamblers in the U.S. have withdrawn thousands of dollars from their Web-based accounts while some gaming sites have raced to block U.S. residents’ access to online poker, casinos and sports-betting just a week after Congress approved a ban on banks doing business with the sites.”It was really the Black Friday of the poker industry,” said Nolan Dalla, spokesman for the World Series of Poker, referring to the legislation’s passage Sept. 30. “This is clear

Days after the contentious passage last weekend of a bill to block American financial institutions from processing online gambling transactions, observers have mixed feelings about what the legislation means for players who gamble at home and the related industries that benefit from the action.Some poker advocates are fearing the worst and blaming the casino industry for not taking a stronger stand against a bill that could dampen a growing profit sector. Rather than challenge the ban on legal g

Tunica Resorts, Mississippi has five poker rooms competing for your play. I took a recent week in September to explore them all. Like a good restaurant critic, I hit the rooms at least three times each…

NEW CASTLE — The New Castle Fire Department is sponsoring a poker run today to raise money to make repairs to the Henry County Emergency Management smoke house.

The world’s greatest poker players can read their opponents like a book. They happen to be great human lie detectors. It isn’t magic, though, as there are several key tipoffs that you too can look for when trying to read opponents.