2006 October 25 Poker News, Events and Happenings

WELLINGTON, Fla., Oct. 25 (UPI) — Florida student Vanessa Rousso is taking a break from her full scholarship at law school to compete in a televised poker tournament.

It doesn’t matter if you are talking about Wall Street or the local antique circuit: when it comes to money, people like to get paid the most they can for the product they’re selling. The same principle holds true for poker players.

(AP) NEW YORK Bookmaking and high-stakes poker have long been a thing of smoky, back-room clubs in New York, and for good reason: Most organized gambling is illegal in the Big Apple.But you wouldn’t know it driving through Manhattan.Giant billboards, some several stories high, brazenly advertise Internet bookies like Sportsbook.com. Promotions for the gambling company BetUS.com air regularly on Sirius Satellite Radio. Fantasy football magazines at newsstands are packed with ads for Web casinos.B

October 25 - It has been reported that over 260 Chinese government workers based in Chuzhou City, Anhui province, were either fired or faced disciplinary action for being caught playing online poker during office hours.

INDIA (PRESS RELEASE) — CelebPoker.com are giving players a chance to win the opportunity to play at the inaugural Asian Poker Classic taking place from the 1st to the 5th March 2007 and participate in this fantastic event.

The international poker tournament circuit is hurtling toward its saturation point, and recent congressional legislation has placed a damper on the online poker party.

Internet poker, one of the fastest growing forms of entertainment in the Western world, has turned me into a madman.