2007 December 19 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Tony ‘Bond 18′ Dunst is a professional online poker player living in Australia. Dunst is one of the moderators of the strategy forum at the 2+2 forums, and is noted for his tongue-in-cheek recaps of big stories in the online poker world…

A former Buncombe County sheriff’s deputy is considered a lead player in an illegal video poker operation will remain in jail until his trial.

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A former Buncombe County sheriff’s deputy considered a lead player in an illegal video poker operation will remain in jail until his trial. A federal magistrate made the ruling Tuesday after former reserve Captain Guy Penland pleaded not guilty to charges that he took money to protect video poker operations in western North Carolina. The former sheriff, Bobby Medford, and former deputies Ronnie …

An advertisement for a poker website seen by a 9-year-old girl watching The Simpsons is being investigated by Government officials. The girl’s father, Problem Gambling Foundation chief executive John Stansfield, says the advertisement on TV3 appears to breach a law banning online gambling.

After a marathon Day 2, the final table of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Harrah’s Atlantic City went by in a whirlwind. Day 2 took 18 hours to settle on a final table, but it took less than five hours for eight of those…

Danish Poker Federation will lodge an appeal against yesterday’s High Court decision that poker is a form of gambling and permitted only in authorised casinos.