2007 June 17 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Fresno City Council member Mike Dages wants to get rid of the $200 betting limit for Texas hold ‘em poker at “Club One” in Downtown Fresno.

Saturday provided one of the 2007 World Series of Poker’s most interesting days of play yet, as a star-studded final table in Event #24, $3,000 Seven Card Stud High/Low, got underway at 3pm PDT. Starting the day with the chip…

Here’s your latest top-down look at the most recent happenings at the WSOP. Take a few minutes to catch up with the highlights…

Huge-field no-limit events at this year’s WSOP are interesting to watch. The first day’s play generally takes them from about 2,300 or more players all the way down to 150 or so, well inside the money. Yesterday, in Day Two…

The Rio was packed to the rafters for Saturday’s start of Event 27, $1500 No Limit Hold ‘Em. An impressive 2315 entrants generated a $3,159,975 prize pool and overflowed the Amazon Room into the Player’s Pavilion…

Day Two of the much-anticipated $5,000 H.O.R.S.E Event #26 got underway later than expected, as Harrah’s staff pushed the start time back until 4pm PDT due to the overwhelming turnout for the day’s new event, one of the popular $1,500…

DEBARY, Fla. — A DeBary man is getting a chance to win millions in the world’s largest poker tournament. Dave Michaud, a computer systems administrator, recently won the Amateur Poker League’s national championship with a pair of tens in a Texas Hold-em tournament.