2007 August 16 Poker News, Events and Happenings

A Greensburg lawyer is trying to recover more than $11,000 and other property that was confiscated after state police raided a Texas Hold’em poker tournament he operated at a fire hall.

‘Let’s tee it up and get it on!’ were the words High Stakes Golf Tour field announcer Mike Sexton chose to usher in the first annual Doyle Brunson & Dewey Tomko Invitational. The groups teed off at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday morning…

PokerNews is proud to announce that it will be the exclusive online media partner and live update provider for Season One of the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT). Starting next week with the first event in Manila…

A limited number of sponsorships are available for the inaugural Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament, a fundraiser for the Kiwanis of Thousand Oaks Foundation. The event will be Sun., Nov. 11 at Borderline Bar & Grill, 99 Rolling Oaks Drive in Thousand Oaks.

With the World Series in its rearview mirror, poker continues to roll along. The National Poker League announces its 2007 sites and as you would expect, Las Vegas is in the mix. The Venetian Hotel will host this year’s “Vegas Open”. The National Poker League, or N.P.L., consists of tournaments in London, Manila, Melbourne, and Las Vegas. Competitors from all over the globe compete.

Operation Adopt a Soldier and Project Yellow Ribbon are holding a poker run tomorrow to raise funds to send care packages to soldiers in Iraq, specifically for a few soldiers on their third or fourth tour.

After the WSOP Poker Academy sessions for the WSOP Ladies Event, many attendees came out very disillusioned about why they were going to go play the WSOP Ladies Event at all. The Academy was designed to give ladies the encouragement…