2008 March 16 Poker News, Events and Happenings

March 17 - John Tabatabai, known as Britain’s ‘craziest player’, wowed the crowds at the recent All Africa Poker championship at Piggs Peak Casino in Swaziland, and took home a cool R1-million in prize money.

PokerNews and Full Tilt Poker give you the chance to take home one of seven $12,500 World Series Packages beginning Sunday March 23 at 15:00 EST…

Almost exactly a year ago, winning the WSOP Circuit event at Caesars Atlantic City eluded Eric ‘Sheets’ Haber when he fell short of the final table in 16th place. This year, Haber grabbed onto the ring, the Circuit diamond ring…

Michael Schulze and Ricardo Sousa played tag atop the leaderboard for all of Day 3 at the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Polish Open at the Hyatt Regency in Warsaw, so it was only fitting that they were the last two men standing…

3/16/08 Sarah Roseanne Matteson charged with Assault for March 12th incident…

This may be the least apt name for a poker room I have ever encountered. Cities of Gold, in spite of the best efforts of its small staff, is just about the dingiest, least appealing casino and poker room that I have visited…

Online poker room Pacific Poker has recently handed out yet another big tournament prize package when Canadian poker player Dave Moreau won a deal to attend the European Poker Tour San Remo event. Hailing from Pembroke, Ontario, the forty year old Moreau has only been playing poker online for the past six months, although he has been playing the game with friends since he was a kid. He won the seat via an online qualifier paid for with loyalty points earned at Pacific Poker…