2007 August 23 Poker News, Events and Happenings

UltimateBet and Absolute Poker have announced an agreement which will allow online players who have accounts on both sites to quickly and conveniently transfer funds from one site to the other. Rumors about the introduction…

GSN announced that season four of High Stakes Poker will premiere Monday, Aug. 27 at 9 p.m.

Former World Series of Poker champion Joe Hachem of Australia and 2004 WSOP Player of the Year Daniel Negreanu of the US head the stellar cast of players vying for the estimated pool of P25 million prize money in the Poker Stars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour starting Friday at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino in Manila.

A Saturday poker run raised nearly $6,000 for the family of Madison Hunt, a Victoria 3-year-old suffering from cancer. Madison is the daughter of Chris and Staci Hunt.

The Arkansas City Early Bird Lions Club is calling on all car and motorcycle enthusiasts to join its Poker Run on Saturday to raise money for Lions Club sight-related projects.

Poker rooms have exploded in the past few years. With the explosion have come new players anxious to play live poker. Many come by their poker experience through home games or online play.

Many of the top pros believe that poker is a game of people, not cards. They develop an ability to read players, and they start with reading themselves.