2007 August 02 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — (PRESS RELEASE) — 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.

A Surprise poker tourney will benefit a family whose daughter is facing renal failure and kidney transplant surgery. See this and other local briefs.

A petition drive in California that could result in the creation of a State-owned online poker site is gaining support from existing gambling communities and independent experts.

Buckle up for a wild cash game ride if you plan on attending the Scandinavian Poker Masters, a $50k buy in event sponsored by Party Poker. The online poker room will be sending two players to compete in a pair of semi final rounds to win seats into the Scandinavian Poker Masters worth $50k. Each player in the final event, titled “The Game”, will put up their own $50k in a wild cash game where the winner takes all…

PokerLizard.com; the number one poker interview site on the internet, announced several blockbuster interviews with top pros. The interviews include:Michael DeMichele — the third place finisher of the 2006 United States Poker ChampionshipChad Brown — Bluff Magazine’s 2006 Player of the YearBrian Townsend aka Sbrugby — Arguably the best online No-Limit player in the world aka SbrugbyTaylor Caby …

A recent report by the UK body that oversees gambling has told the tale that some 700k new players in the UK have joined the online poker crowd. This represents an increase in online poker players in the UK of about 1%, according to the Gambling Commission report. There are a lot of forms of gambling that are available to British gamblers, but online poker ranks number two, right behind the number one gambling pastime, the National Lottery…

It was around 2:30 in the morning when two armed men walked right in the front door of a house in Noblesville where 10 men and women were playing poker, drew firearms and demanded money. It was Tuesday morning when the game and the incident took place, and the participants were forced on to the floor and relived of their cash. During the robbery Indianapolis resident David J Nicoson, 35, got into a struggle for control of one of the guns and was shot in the arm…