2007 December 11 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2
A WINCHESTER woman reached the national final of a poker contest, despite only taking up the game six months ago. Liz Sheldon from Winchester represented the Golden Lion last weekend in the final of the first-ever Ladbrokespoker.com pub poker championship.
TATTS wants to operate more poker machines in Victoria - and says they are not addictive. Pokies have sucked $7 million a day from punters for 15 years.
CelebPoker today revealed that it is offering its online poker community the opportunity to win sponsored seats to the Irish Open 2008, one of the oldest and most respected poker tournaments in Europe. (PRWeb Dec 11, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/SG9yci1DcmFzLU1hZ24tU3VtbS1UaGlyLVplcm8=
UltimateBet announces winners of five UBOC online poker tournaments that took place over the weekend, including one player who won over $84,000 in two events. (PRWeb Dec 11, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/UGlnZy1FbXB0LUxvdmUtU3VtbS1UaGlyLVplcm8=
Poker players use various companies to fund their poker accounts, and the number of available options seem to be dropping every few months or so. The latest casualty is PayTrue, as their customers got an email telling them that at some online poker rooms they won’t be able to use their PayTrue VisaDebit card anymore. While card holders can still use their PayTrue cards to take money out of an ATM or make purchases anywhere that Visa is accepted, they won’t be able to use them to fund online poker accounts at certain rooms.
David Pham was already in the lead when it came to this year’s Card Player Magazine Player of the Year race, but he held his lead by only 300 points over his closest threat, Jonathan Little. Should Little do well or win a POY ranked game, he would over take the man they call “The Dragon.” Pham doesn’t have to worry much about that now after a victory at a $2,500 buy in event at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic. The win bought Pham more than a thousand points, putting his lead up over 1,400…
When the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society got started in August they lost no time in organizing poker matches at colleges in the United States. The idea behind the GPSTS was to further college students’ education using the skills and tactics that poker players use in making decisions. Schools have hosted poker games before the GPSTS, but not inter-college competition…
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