2008 January 14 Poker News, Events and Happenings

I just got off the phone with my brother, who spent the weekend in Las Vegas. He told me how he won more than a thousand dollars playing Poker at his favorite casino. I was happy for him, but also excited because poker is easily my favorite game.

The field was stacked with stars for Day 1a of the 2008 Aussie Millions Main Event. Gavin Smith, John Juanda, Karina Jett, Eli Elezra and Tony G were among the big names in the 215-player field, with 2007 third-place finisher Andy Black…

CLE ELUM Back when he was growing up in Kentucky, Chuck Dills knew the fun of a poker run an event in which participants follow a specific route and draw cards at various locations and the person with the best hand wins.

Partnerships usually don’t last forever, and the partnership of Chip Reese and Danny Robison, who would become known as the Golddust Twins, came to an end by the end of 1978. They stayed lifelong friends, but each began a different path…

January 14 - Now the world-famous Rio de Janeiro Carnival is within reach of eight intrepid real money online poker players at leading poker room, PartyPoker, with its exciting January 2008 Rio de Janeiro Carnival promotion…

GatorArcade, a fast-growing premium online and mobile gaming site, announced today that it has signed a deal with Glu Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq:GLUU), a leading global publisher of mobile games. GatorArcade now offers top-rated games from Glu(R), including Zuma(TM), Diner Dash(R) Mobile and World Series of Poker(R) Pro Challenge to GatorArcade’s paid subscriber base. GatorArcade is a brand of digital …

A good selection of poker’s glitterati gathered on Saturday evening in Las Vegas, hosted by Randy and Kim Couture and their Xtreme Couture GI Foundation. The foundation was founded by Randy and his wife Kim Couture to aid fallen GIs…