2008 March 02 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Are the Video Poker Machines I Play Fair? I’ve read a lot of your articles and respect you for your knowledge of the game, but I really must say that I cannot make “The Leap of Faith” anymore.

I visited the Sky City Casino in Acoma, New Mexico after a playing session down the road at Route 66 Casino. Sky City is about 15 minutes further west, a little less than an hour west of Albuquerque on I-40 on the way to Gallup…

The National Heads-Up Poker Championship at Caesars Palace is down to the final four, with a first-place prize of $500,000 on the line in tournament action later this afternoon and this evening.

Annual poker run raises money for Shriners Hospital

WELCOME GUEST! Former world number one tennis star Boris Becker has begun a career as a professional poker player, according to a report in Sunday’s edition of Germany daily newspaper Die Welt.

This weekend is the time for poker pros and amateurs alike to try and go for the victory at the Gala Casino British Poker Tour’s Scottish Leg. This event, taking place in Edinburgh, will be attended by a number of well known European poker players, such as Phil Stars, Stan Essen and John Higgins, who is also the current world snooker champion. The event will end its five day run on Sunday…

Titan Poker has once more jacked up their Sunday guaranteed tournament prize pool to $2 million. This upward trend of prize pool guarantees is good news to online poker players, many of whom will try to qualify for the event via satellites with cheaper price tags. Some will be happy to buy in directly, however, forking over more than $1,500 for a chance to win six figures and more as the winner of the event…