2007 June 27 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The game of poker brings a lot of things to the table, but one thing it never promises is that the cards will come out fair and true.

Day Three of Event $59, $50,000 H.O.R.S.E., began with 52 of 148 players still alive, with a tight leader board featuring 52 players and plenty of big names at the top. John Hanson started the day on top, but players such as Toto Leonidas…

Day Three of the $1,500 Mixed Hold’em Event #40 brought plenty of excitement for the returning nine players as play continued on. Despite being a mixed game of both No Limit Hold’em and Limit Hold’em…

98 players returned for Day Two of Event #42, $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha, at the Rio on Tuesday, and the size of the field required on-the-fly adjustments to the tournament schedule, adding a third day to this, the largest live PLO tournament…

A busy Tuesday of action at the World Series of Poker brought play in five events, including Day Three of the prestigious $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tourney, Event #39. 52 of the original 148 players were alive when play began, with the 21 eventual…

Tuesday’s action in Event #41, $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold ‘Em, began fast — nearly half of the field of 121 were eliminated in the first two hours of play — but ended on a more restrained note. Ernest Bennett will lead the final table…

Deputies in Lincoln County are pulling the plug on video poker machines. They’ll be going door-to-door next week to make sure businesses and other locations are obeying a state law which bans the machines.