2007 June 23 Poker News, Events and Happenings

HAMBURG A pair of twos isn’t worth much to your average Texas Hold ‘Em player. To Kenneth Poyer, it was his ticket to the World Series of Poker. “I am so nervous it’s unbelievable,” the 21-year-old Hamburg man said.

Matt Sharpe of Fond du Lac, Wis., drove nearly five hours to participate in the sixth annual Wakeens Poker Run for Make-A-Wish in Moline.

Tabitha Reed had $10,000 in chips. Blinds were up to $1,000 and $2,000 with a $300 ante in the No-Limit Hold’em tournament. She was sitting on the button, holding a king and a jack, and the player on the big blind had been playing tight all night.

The last nine players from a starting field of 296 assembled on Friday for the final table of Event #34, $3,000 Limit Hold ‘Em, chasing WSOP gold and a first-place cash of $225,483. The action was fast, as two players were eliminated…

Event #35, $1,500 No Limit Hold ‘Em, saw 147 players return from an original 2,541 for Friday’s action. The 147 were trimmed to a final table of nine in a relatively short session, finishing up after only 11 hours of play. Dustin Dirksen…

147 players returned for Day Two of Event #36, $5,000 Omaha High/Low Split, the field loaded with big names. Kirill Gerasimov opened the day with the lead, with Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow, Annie Duke, Gavin Smith, Todd Brunson, Huck Seed…

A former selectman is one of two men indicted on gambling charges involving poker machines at the town’s Veterans of Foreign Wars post.