2007 December 10 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

By ANNA M. TINSLEY Dan Michalski likes nothing more than to sit at a table and play Texas hold ‘em. But it’s been harder for the North Texas man to find a good game lately, because Dallas police keep raiding everything from VFW halls to underground poker games, ticketing players, arresting operators and confiscating everything from the chips to the tables. Players fear that the crackdown on …

WHEELING — The sound of poker chips — it’s like the constant chirping of crickets. Saunter down into the new poker room at Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center, close your eyes and that’s all you’ll hear. Dozens of poker chips scuffing against one another simultaneously.

The poker blogging community has embraced a new home, http://www.pokerwonks.com (PRWeb Dec 10, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/Q3Jhcy1GYWx1LU1hZ24tU3VtbS1UaGlyLVplcm8=

Everybody’s counting and reporting these days. Lycos Inc. (www.lycos.com) announced its eighth annual list of top search terms for 2007 (actually 11 months — Jan. 1 through Dec. 1). The key rankings?

Every week popular online poker room Titan Poker sends a talented poker player on the vacation of their dreams. (PRWeb Dec 10, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/U3F1YS1QaWdnLUhhbGYtU3VtbS1UaGlyLVplcm8=

The honor of winning “Tournament Performance of the Year” went to young Annette Obrestad, who is the youngest ever to get the award at the European Poker Awards. This is appropriate because she is also the youngest ever to win a World Series of Poker main event at the WSOP Europe this year. Poker Europa Chief Nic Szeremeta presented her with the award, granted because of her WSOPE victory, which was dubbed “phenomenal” by the Chief…

The latest iPod is the iPod Touch, which is essentially an iPhone without the phone bit. This hot device was up for grabs at a university recently when the Student Union Programming Board Poker Night was held. The game was No Limit Texas Holdem, just like they play at the World Series of Poker, and the players gathering in Memorial Union to play were eager to win…