2007 May 23 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Organizers are facing a lawsuit from a fatal accident during the event two years ago. The Smoke on the Water Poker Run is a high stakes game where players driving boats worth hundreds of thousands of dollars retrieve playing cards at stops along the lakeshore.

PRESIDENTIAL POKER. Now that Florida’s Presidential primary is officially scheduled for Jan. 29, 2008, it’s a near-certainty that the New Hampshire primary will not be held when the Democratic National Committee wants: Jan. 22, 2008.

Rumors recently surfaced that Season V WPT Hostess Sabina Gadecki would not be returning for Season VI. For whatever reason, the World Poker Tour would be turning to its fourth hostess in four years. So far neither Courtney Friel or Sabina Gadecki…

MANSION Poker’s incredible 56-seat WSOP promotion with PokerNews continues this week, as $100,000 in seat fees and travel/lodging expenses is up for grabs every day this week. The first 16 seats have already been awarded…

Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian’s Tracinda Corporation announced that it wants to negotiate to buy two of MGM’s premier properties: the Bellagio and Project CityCenter, still under construction and due for completion in 2009. Tracinda…

LOS ANGELES—-Event Chair, Leyna Nguyen , will be hosting the 1st Annual 1736 Poker Classic to benefit the 1736 Family Crisis Center on June 9th, 2007, 6:00 PM at The Commerce Casino. 1736 Family Crisis Center is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the safety and fostering the long-term survival and success of runaway and homeless youth… battered women and their …

(PRESS RELEASE) — Bodog TV and ION Television have joined forces once again to air the original Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker TV series. The popular series pits seasoned pros against average Joes, celebrities and a mysterious wild card competitor.