2007 December 16 Poker News, Events and Happenings

In a marathon heads-up match that capped an exciting final table, Australian native Grant Levy took down the first-ever PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Grand Final at Sydney’s Star City Hotel and Casino, keeping the trophy home…

Father of two beats four world champs to $1 million poker prize.

A teacher from Sydney’s western suburbs has won $A1 million ($NZ1.1million) in the city’s richest poker tournament.

A TEACHER from Sydney’s western suburbs has won $1 million in the city’s richest poker tournament.

A SYDNEY school teacher who honed his card skills online outplayed four world champions to win $1 million in the city’s richest poker tournament early today.

Poker players living in the Mid-Atlantic states haven’t had many options if they wanted to sling some chips. Home games don’t run 24/7, underground clubs are by nature secretive and hard to locate, and in both those cases you have…

The 2008 Irish Open is getting a lot of press, and well they might, due to the excitement to be had at this long running poker festival. The longest running pro level major poker tournament outside of the World Series of Poker, the Irish Open, will be played in Dublin around Easter of 2008, and online poker rooms like CelebPoker are offering players a chance to win seats. The Irish Open 2008 now has a guaranteed €3,000,000 prize pool, which is up by €1,000,000 over last year…