2008 January 17 Poker News, Events and Happenings

338 survivors from three ‘first’ days of the 2008 Aussie Millions Main Event gathered at Melbourne’s Crown Casino for Day 2 of the year’s biggest tourney to date. 2007 third-place finisher Andy Black started Day 2 with a slight chip lead over…

Triggit founder Zach Coelius tells how secured the initial funding for his startup when he started playing poker in a game frequented by Silicon Valley venture capitalists. The web publishing tool launches Thursday.

PITTSFIELD The Licensing Board on Monday unanimously approved a request from a city billiards parlor to join a national poker league.

The Women’s Poker Hall of Fame is a dream that founder Lupe Soto has had for many many years. It only seems logical to any person who knows this driven supporter of women’s poker, to realize that she would be the one to start…

Diamond I, Inc. announced today that its free Poker web site, http://www.islandbluecasino.net, had a 20% increase in distinct hits in December 2007 over its November 2007 number. In December 2007, IslandBlueCasino entertained over 18,000 distinct hits compared to approximately 15,000 hits in November, and experienced an increase of over 50% in registered players at the casino’s virtual tables.

Austria is to launch a national online poker site managed by the state.

Police arrested yesterday a 43-year-old man for allegedly leaving his three minor children in the house unattended just so he could play poker. Joel M. Enriquez was arrested for child abuse or neglect.