2006 November 21 Poker News, Events and Happenings
(PRESS RELEASE) — Kiwi Poker is giving its players the chance to fly to Australia where they will stay at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia and take a seat alongside the worlds best poker players at the 2007 Aussie Millions.Save
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) — Fernando Botero’s painting of a strip-poker game, “Card Players II,'’ sold for $1.7 million last night at Sotheby’s New York, headlining an auction of Latin American artworks. The sale totaled $14 million, just below the $14.4 million presale high estimate.Save
One of the world’s biggest online poker rooms is teaming up with one of the world’s most prestigious car makers to give away a car worthy of any super spy, the exclusive Aston Martin DBS. Aston Martin Racing, along with PokerStars.com, are offering up the same car James Bond drives in his new movie, Casino Royale. Satellites running daily, starting December 9, will give Poker Stars members a shot at winning the car, or, failing that, part of a $330,000 prize pool…
THE VILLAGES It was coincidental that one Villages social club planned a fundraiser less than one week before Thanksgiving. The timing of the Lynnhaven Friends golf cart poker run, which took place Saturday, had everything to do with the return of its seasonal resident members.Save
Poker champion Phil Hellmuth will be the host of a tournament in December that not only will demonstrate the ability of poker to be used as a fundraiser…
The Game Show Network [GSN] has announced the upcoming premiere of its coverage of the recently completed UltimateBet.net Aruba Classic, with the first airing scheduled for 10 p.m. ET on Friday, December 8….
Remy Elkoubi was the lucky one who hit the big jackpot at online poker room Titan Poker this week after winning six consecutive Fort Knox Jackpot Sit ‘n’ Go tournaments, qualifying him for a $100 000 jackpot. Elkoubi, or bennyking as he is known on Titan, not only won his sixth Fort Knox event in a row to nail the prize, he did it with the rarest of all poker hands, the Straight Flush. Elkoubi is not the only player to win the jackpot - he is the fifth player to do so this year.
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