2007 November 13 Poker News, Events and Happenings

A Bronx man has been charged with murder and robbery in the holdup of a crowded Manhattan poker club, the police said yesterday.

A man has been charged in the violent armed robbery of an illegal poker game that left a card player shot dead.

Poker players in the Lebanon area now have a place to go for regular tournaments. NVS Palace recently opened at 1210 Main St. (Elmore Street, just west of the Y’ intersection).

A woman accused of armed robbery at a poker game has been caught.

Jim and Virginia Whitten from Rockwall, Texas were the winners of the Cross Roads Poker Run open houses held on Oct. 23-25. Kay Craft, owner of Cross Roads, presented the Whittens with their gift certificates. Each participant drew a card at each open house they attended to put together the best [or worst] hand.

National Football League veteran and Super Bowl champion Seth Joyner is hosting the Fort McDowell Casino’s Par & Poker Celebrity Challenge for Charity on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008 at the We-Ko-Pa Golf Club and the Fort McDowell Casino, north of Fountain Hills.

New York City police have charged a Manhattan man with murder in the shooting death of Frank DeSena, the Wayne resident who was killed during a robbery of an illegal poker club on Nov. 2.