2007 May 17 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Tulsa Drillers baseball players may not be the only ones wearing helmets at Friday night’s game. The fans may want to bring their own as well, because world-class poker champion, but novice baseball player, Scotty Nguyen is throwing out the first pitch.

Online poker has (deservedly or not) gotten a bad reputation, and its actually illegal in the U.S. It came as a bit of a surprise, then, when Yahoo launched a new site called Yahoo Poker. The sites not for kiddies, and its not a joke; players will use real money. Euros and British pounds are the only eligible forms of money, however, as Yahoo Poker is being offered through the companys …

The local Boy Scout District Committee will conduct the 5th annual Grayback All Vehicle Poker Run for Scouting on June 9.

A bill that would have authorized over 6,000 Louisiana restaurants, bars, clubs, and other ‘licensed premises’ to conduct promotional poker tournaments failed to pass in a vote of the state House late Wednesday afternoon…

Go all in with this collection of celebrities playing poker.

The Louisiana House narrowly rejects a bill that would allow bars and restaurants to hold the popular Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournaments.

LAS VEGAS—-More than a dozen Hollywood celebrities and sports legends are expected to join poker’s greatest players to raise public awareness about the humanitarian crisis in Darfur in a special “Ante Up For Africa” tournament at the 2007 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light.