2007 October 24 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Poker players have a knack for smelling a rat, even if it scurries around in the anonymous realm of cyberspace. The online poker industry suffered a serious setback last week when AbsolutePoker the fourth-leading online site suffered a serious security breach.

Back in 2005, there were a few stories circulating about people funding their startups and college educations by playing online poker. The passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in 2006 pretty much put an end to most of these plans.

Only in Vegas.When some of the world’s best poker players take a break from the high-stakes pressure of the jade felt tables, they head to the emerald fairways and greens of golf courses. Not for relaxation, but for more high-stakes anxiety where 9-irons and oversized drivers replace pocket aces in their hands.

Supporters of online poker fanned out on Capitol Hill Wednesday, trying to convince lawmakers to rewrite a federal restriction on internet gambling.

PokerStars has announced the first-ever real money No-Limit Texas Hold’em poker tournament to be held in the People’s Republic of China, with the creation of the ‘PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau: Asian Poker Open’…

WASHINGTON (Medill News Service) — Poker players across the country have decided that when it comes to lobbying Washington, a combined effort is their best wager.

CAPITOL HILL (NBC) — Supporters of online poker fanned out on Capitol Hill Wednesday trying to convince lawmakers to rewrite a federal restriction on internet gambling.