2007 October 04 Poker News, Events and Happenings

TURKS & CAICOS, Providenciales—-Taking Texas Hold ‘Em to the exotic Turks & Caicos Islands, World Poker Tour® and The Players’ Club welcomed hundreds of locals, poker players and pros, who gathered last week on the Island of Providenciales in the British West Indies to take part in the inaugural WPT Turks & Caicos Classic.

Cliffhanger poker … These handout pictures taken yesterday shows Extreme Poker players playing a game of Texas Holdem poker during the fourth International Extreme Poker event on North Head, 90m above the ocean in Sydney.

O.J. Simpson trial star Kato Kaelin has signed on to play cards in Spotlight 29 Casino’s inaugural All-Star Poker Challenge in Coachella Valley, Calif.

Imagine that you’ve just won $100,000 in a poker tournament. But before you can pocket the cash, the casino swoops in to collect $25,000 to pay Uncle Sam.

Be sure to mark your calendar for Sun., Nov. 11 when the Thousand Oaks Kiwanis Club Foundation presents its inaugural Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament with presenting sponsor Do-it-Center at the Borderline Bar & Grill, 99 Rolling Oaks Drive, just south of the 101 Freeway, off Moorpark Road in Thousand Oaks.

Having been to a fair number of charity poker events over the last couple years, there was one on my calendar that for a myriad of reasons, I was really looking forward to going to. The ‘Monte Carlo Night’ being held at the home of Nancy Cartwright..

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