2007 November 04 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Two decades ago, Frank DeSena played poker like a pro, but in recent years had become more expert at being a husband and father when the math whiz was fatally shot by masked robbers during a Manhattan card game this weekend, grieving relatives said yesterday.

PokerPro mixes the speed and efficiency of Internet poker with the stare-them-down, in-your-face quality of playing live.

Milestone hands have been a great reason for online sites to generate publicity for themselves while handing out a generous pile of cash. This time it’s Bodog’s turn, with Calvin Ayre’s signature site set to deal out its billionth hand…

I’ve gotten used to the typical New Hampshire "charity" poker room. They’re typically somewhat rough around the edges – a little dirty, somewhat pedestrian, or strictly functional. I hadn’t come across any rooms that had more than…

A mathematician and former professor was shot and killed when masked men with guns broke into an illegal, floating poker game on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan late Friday night, the police said.

A Harvard Law School professor best known for defending the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers and for helping parents sue chemical companies in a case popularized by the film, A Civil Action, has a new cause: poker.

Neighbors gathered to mourn a Wayne father Saturday, even as New York City police tried to unravel his Friday night slaying at a high-stakes underground poker club in Manhattan.