2007 August 01 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Authorities in Loudon County are looking for a trio of masked men who robbed a high-stakes poker game at a home in Ashburn early Tuesday morning.

The World Series of Poker has ended, and there are still several World Poker Tour events remaining. So let us take a look at a poker tournament alternative.

Bodog Entertainment will bring its unique, high-class brand of gaming entertainment to the Warped Tour again this year, when international record label Bodog Music hosts its annual poker tournament at the Tweeter Center in Camden, New Jersey on August 3.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that a poker pro is wanting to play more poker, but it certainly is nice for fans of Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi that the pro will be spending more time with them. The 2006 Card Player Player of the Year has signed with Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino to play in tournaments, and a recent change has doubled the number of tourneys he will play in. Rather than the previously scheduled three nights a week, Mizrachi will play every night except Saturday, taking his seat at 7pm…

SACRAMENTO - The state could be in the Internet poker business next year, if a petition drive catches on. A proposed initiative to create a state-owned Internet poker game drew attention Tuesday from the existing gambling community - including Indian casino tribes - and support from independent experts.

UltimateBet is giving PokerNews players the chance to play in five great $5000 PokerNews Cup Australia freerolls. It all starts on Saturday August 11, read on to find out how to qualify!

In Part I of the WSOP Class of ‘06, we looked at the tenth- through sixth-place finishers from the 2006 WSOP Championship event. In Part II we’ll see how the top five finishers in the biggest poker tournament in history fared in the year…