2007 June 28 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The Seminole Tribe of Florida will up the ante at its poker rooms starting Sunday with increased betting limits and tournament jackpots that could reach into hundreds of thousands of dollars.

MANILA, Philippines — The entry of pool maestro Efren Bata Reyes is expected to give more excitement and thrill when the Poker Pool event gets under way at the Bugsys Lair Billiards Hall on Sgt. Esguerra Street in Quezon City.

In the midst of this year’s record-setting World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the event’s commissioner is preparing for another first. The world’s biggest poker event is going global in September the World Series of Poker Europe on Sept. 6-16 in London.

Today PokerStars announced the launch of the Asia-Pacific Poker Tour. Beginning in late August, the APPT will tour the Asia-Pacific region with stops in the Phillippines, South Korea and Australia announced with more planned to come…

The $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tourney at the WSOP, Event #39, ended the day’s play the same way it started — with Amnon Filippi in the lead. In the middle were bustouts, suckouts, bad beats and bad singing as the 21 remaining poker luminaries…

Event #42, $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha high/Low Split, brought eight hours of final-table play on an impromptu third day of the largest live PLO tournament in history. Lukasz Dumanski emerged victorious to claim his first WSOP bracelet, $227,454…

Ernest Bennett claimed the bracelet and first place prize of $348,423 after defeating seven finalists and negotiating a heads-up chop in the finals of Event #41, $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold ‘Em. Bennett started the day as chip leader…