2007 November 04 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2
One player at an underground New York City poker game was killed Friday night during a robbery. Less than a half hour before midnight four armed men burst in on the game, which was taking place illegally in a midtown office building, and opened fire. Frank Desena, 55, a Wayne man, was struck in the torso and rushed to a nearby hospital, where he later died…
The weekly “Live the Dream” promotion has begun at online poker room Everest Poker, and the first ten players to qualify have been announced. Players from six different countries (five from France and one each from Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Germany) made the top ten, who will move on to the March casting call. Nettou, the top player, earned more than $13k for first place, and the other nine each got a piece of the remaining $50k in the prize pool…
The much anticipated Annie Duke $100,000 Holdem Poker Tournament has come and gone, and the winner, Carlos Chaves from Banning, California, took home a $50,000 first place prize. Almost 1,000 players took part in the freeroll, which was held at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino, attending not only for the promise of free money but the chance to meet Annie Duke herself. Players got autographs from the mother of four who is also a world champion poker player, and took pictures with her as well as three celebrity models on hand for that purpose.
Annette ‘Annette_15′ Obrestad continued her successful transition from internet poker wunderkind to brick-and-mortar superstar by taking the chip lead into the final table of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Dublin championship…
An amateur poker player was fatally shot in a Manhattan club after a masked gunman accidentally fired his handgun, while reaching for his dropped shotgun.
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