2007 November 24 Poker News, Events and Happenings

LITTLE ROCK — A few months ago, Christy Martin started letting the Ultimate Poker League hold poker nights at her club, the Ice House of Bentonville.

Two former World Champions and 74 other poker stars returned to the tables at the Grand Waldo Hotel & Casino for Day 2 of the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau championship event, all vying for a seat at the final table…

A love of black leather, bikes and kids brought about 100 motorcyclists from across South Florida to the second annual Bigs Motorcycle Poker Run to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Florida on Saturday.

I just read an article in a leading poker publication by an excellent poker writer that contained some seriously flawed thinking. At least I think it did. Let me paraphrase and then quote what was written and then explain why I think…

Compatiblepoker has just released their Poker Stars marketing code. It is “compatiblepoker.com” and should be entered upon registration at Poker Stars. In addition to the marketing code if players enter deposit bonus “first2007″ during deposit players will get 100% up to $50. (PRWeb Nov 24, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/UHJvZi1Ib3JyLVRoaXItSG9yci1UaGlyLVplcm8=

The Asia-Pacific Poker Tour Macau event was already a trail blazer, being the first legal live poker tournament to take place inside the borders of the People’s Republic of China, and now it is a record breaker. The Macau event brought in enough players to make it the largest ever poker tournament to be held on Asian soil. 352 players paid $2,500 to play in the event, making it Asia’s largest poker tournament ever…

When a player wins a World Series of Poker event, they get a fancy bracelet along with the cash. When Chris “Jesus” Ferguson won his latest, however, it was a ring, not a bracelet, that came along with it. That was because the event was part of the World Series of Poker Circuit series, which takes the WSOP brand out of Las Vegas and to the rest of the US throughout the year…