2007 June 03 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Pressed for time? Take a few minutes to read this brief overview of the day’s happenings at the WSOP…

LOS ANGELES — Johnnie Morton had looked up into the piercing indigo eyes of Mike “Poker” Guymon before. The former NFL receiver had often collapsed onto the mat at Guymon’s gym, Joker’s Wild Fighting Academy, during the two months he spent training for his mixed martial arts debut, begging Guymon to let him relax for a moment before he was dragged up to his feet again.

For those who wondered about the health of the poker world after the much-maligned passage of the UIGEA in October 2006, Event #3 of the 2007 World Series of Poker, the first of several $1,500 no-limit tournaments, responded by bringing…

The Amazon Room at the Rio was packed with poker players eager to get action going on Saturday, so packed that table space was an issue early in the day. The crush of players delayed the start of Day 2 of the first event of this year’s…

Another poker arcade on Saipan was robbed by a masked man who was armed with a machete on Friday morning. The suspect managed to run away with $3,700 cash from Moon Night Poker along Beach Road, Chalan Kanoa, Saipan Tribune learned from witnesses.

Located on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip, Circus Circus sits in the middle of the Strip’s ‘Blow it Up and Build Something Bigger’ section. However, there are no plans to demolish Circus Circus or to change its name. There will…

On Wednesday the PartyPoker.com-sponsored show ‘The Poker Den: The Big Game’ began its eight-week run on Channel Five in the U.K. The show’s format resembles that of American shows like ‘Cash Poker’ and ‘High Stakes Poker,’ although with…