2006 November 01 Poker News, Events and Happenings

When it comes to playing live poker, whether in a casino or home-game setting, a lot is made out of the aspect of the game that relates to picking up your opponents’ physical “tells.”

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. - A group of South Carolina poker players that want to challenge the state’s 200-year-old gambling law have been become celebrities of a sort.

The Stardust is one of the oldest hotels on the strip; opening on July 2, 1958. When the hotel opened, it had the second ever poker room in Las Vegas. On Halloween night 2006, I played the last seven hours of poker ever to be dealt…

It’s been a long time coming. The celebrity rocker filled poker tournament that has endured cancellation and postponement will finally kick off tomorrow, putting members of bands such as ZZ Top, Kiss, Godsmack and Anthrax at the poker table to raise money for a good cause. Dusty Hill (ZZ Top), Ace Frehley (Kiss) and Sully Erna (Godsmack) will not be the only stars at the table during the VH1 Classic Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Tournament - genuine poker heroes Phil “The Unabomber” Laak and Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari will put them through their paces tomorrow as the show kicks off at the Flamingo Casino’s Second City Theater…

LONDON—-Only three days remain for poker players to enter the Ongame Network Poker Classic and have a chance at winning their share of more than one million dollars in this innovative tournament with both online and offline finals. 231 players currently have tickets for this $5,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em poker tournament and the prize purse already stands at $1,255,000 including a $100,000

LONDON, England (PRESS RELEASE) Only three days remain for poker players to enter the Ongame Network Poker Classic and have a chance at winning their share of more than one million dollars in this innovative tournament with both online and offline finals. 231 players currently have tickets for this $5,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em poker tournament and the prize purse already stands at

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — A pair of twos turned out to be enough to win a 27-year-old Oshawa man $1.35 million early Monday morning in the final hand of the World Poker Tour’s North American Championship.Soren Turkewitsch, a factory worker living with his girlfriend of six years in her parents’ basement won a marathon final table in the $4.8-million tournament, held at Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort. Five Canadians and one American started playing the final table at 5 p.m. Sunday and it wasn’t unt