2008 March 23 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were disappointed recently when the school’s ‘Hold Em For Hunger’ charity poker tournament was canceled due to legal concerns that the tournament would break state…
The Fort Collins Series of Poker has become an official World Series of Poker satellite tournament. We were very, very excited (when we found out), said Holly Milenski, promotional coordinator for Realities for Children. To become a satellite means quite a bit. It makes us stand out.
The Isleta poker room, located about ten minutes south of downtown Albuquerque, right off Interstate 25, is one of the oldest rooms in New Mexico. I first played there in 1998, well before the huge poker boom and the resulting expansion…
The Attorney General’s Office has filed a criminal complaint against a 40-year-old woman who allegedly stole money from a poker arcade. Maria Christina Castro was charged with theft.
The first ever WSOP event to take place outside the US is going to hit the airwaves this April, giving poker fans the chance to see for themselves how the first woman, and the youngest player ever, won a championship event at the World Series of Poker Europe. The WSOP Europe event was held in September of 2007 and the winner was Annette Obrestad, who was at the time 18 years old. Sky Sports subscribers will be able to see the event spread out over eight episodes on both Channel 3 and Channel 2.
The Amateur Professional Association & Tour will be holding their European Championship in Vienna this weekend. Locals and those who showed up in town for the event will get seats at Poker Royale Casino to compete in the No Limit Holdem freezeout tournament event, which last year had 300 players. One of the biggest draws of APAT events are the slow clock format as well as the relatively cheap buy ins…
He may not have been the poker representative people were expecting, but 2007 World Series of Poker World Champion Jerry Yang hasn’t been idle. While most people expect the WSOP champ to appear in all the big events and talk about poker, Yang has instead been selectively choosing his appearances, and in some cases it is to coincide with a charitable event. The latest case is Yang teaming up with Feed the Children, an international hunger relief organization, to distribute food and other items…
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