2007 August 30 Poker News, Events and Happenings

When it comes to poker, 94-year-old Jack Ury is all business.

Little Rock - A Little Rock poker room will open despite warnings from city officials. The National Poker Challenge markets itself as legal poker and it is now set to open in Little Rock in September.

Wednesday a divided federal appeals court reinstated a lawsuit challenging the state law banning video poker.

It seems that people cannot and will not take the UIGEA hands down. Some of the biggest poker rooms in the country have been fighting back.

Day 1b of the EPT Barcelona tournament featured both more big names and more players overall than Day 1a. 279 players from around the world joined the 264 that competed Tuesday in the first stop on the European Poker Tour’s fourth season…

UIGEA has hit the poker industry as well. It remains to be seen whether people will continue to play poker online, if the persecution of the DoJ continues.

On Friday, Antigua and Barbuda will go before the WTO to justify the $3.4 billion claim it filed against the US last month. But Mark Mendel, the attorney representing Antigua and Barbuda in their WTO dispute, explained earlier this week…