2007 June 08 Poker News, Events and Happenings

KINGSLAND - A St. Marys businessman might have to consider giving up his day job after his first-place victory Wednesday at a World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas.

Motorcycle riders from all over the country ride into West Monroe today to get ready for tomorrow’s Muscular Dystrophy Association Poker Run. Many riders arrived at Cheniere Lake Park today to set up camp. Some of the riders have been camping for days in anticipation of the event.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - They are as incriminating in the interrogation room as they are in the poker room. That’s the message ex-FBI agent Joe Navarro gave 100 female players here Friday in a seminar that lifted the lid on nonverbal clues known in poker circles as tells.

The opening of the final table for Event #9, the $1,500 Omaha Hold ‘Em Hi/Lo event seemed one seat short. Because of the double knockout of Ron Ware in tenth and Richard Ashby in ninth in the same hand on Thursday morning, only eight…

The $1000 No Limit Hold ‘Em (w/rebuys) Event #8 reached the final table on Thursday afternoon with a very tough lineup. Event #8’s 844 runners had combined to build a purse of over $2.5 million, with the top prize of $585,774 and the gold WSOP…

The WSOP never lacks for stories — so many, in fact, that you might not have time to read them all. Here’s the short version, telling you both who’s won and who might strike WSOP gold next…

The second day of Event #11, $5,000 Seven Card Stud, promised an increase in both action and pace of knockouts. 110 of the 180 entrants were still alive starting Day Two, tightly packed behind early leader Jacob Fernandez…