2007 June 29 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Its every sports players dream to play in the Super Bowl or World Series, and the same holds true for people who play poker as a sport. A Bakersfield man…

Come Sunday, it will be a misdemeanor to possess a video poker machine in North Carolina . Federal agents raided eight businesses in Buncombe and Madison county Thursday and seized dozens of machines.

NETeller Plc co-founder Stephen Lawrence pled guilty on Friday in U.S. Federal Court to one count of conspiracy in the ongoing case brought against the company’s founders. Along with John Lefebvre, Lawrence, 47, was arrested in January…

DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, June 29, 2007 — PokerStars, , the world’s largest online poker site, today announced the launch of Asia Pacific’s first poker tour, the PokerStars APPT. Spanning the region from Korea to Australia, the tour will bring world-class poker action to some of the most exotic destinations and luxurious casinos in the world.

Almost $2.3 million and a custom WSOP winner’s bracelet with 91 black diamonds awaited the victor in Thursday’s finale to Event #39, $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. The preceding four days of action wound down to this day’s final table, where Freddy Deeb…

It apparently started as many prop bets do – over a few cocktails, and some trash talking. Did Erick Lindgren want to play 72 holes of golf after a night out on the town? All he had to do was shoot under 100….

Intense action on Day One of Event #45, $5,000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold ‘Em reduced the starting field of 728 entrants to 77. Dutch Boyd leads the pack of returning players, going into Day Two with a stack of nearly 300,000. All 77 players…