2008 March 31 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Differences regarding poker’s legal status in various European locales have again been demonstrated with the announced relocation of the 2008 Norwegian Poker Championships, which won’t be held in Norway at all, but will instead take place…

The nations poker players are enlisting lawyers to keep them from running afoul of gambling laws.

Taylor Caby, 24, the poker entrepreneur who co-founded CardRunners, the leading poker instructional community, is set to headline a panel at NYU’s Leonard B. Stern Business School on Tuesday, April 1 at 7:30-9:30pm.

The Ladbrokes Poker ELC is the FA Cup of the poker circuit- created three years ago it has proved very popular since its initiation. Initially, the tournament was developed to introduce women to live poker rather than just playing on their PCs at home, but the tournament has quickly established itself as a mainstay on the poker circuit attracting a varied field of players.

888.com is giving you three exclusive opportunities to be at their $3 Million guaranteed World Poker Crown tournament - all for as little as $1.10. The first qualifier begins Friday April 11 at 20:00 GMT and as always, is exclusive to PokerNews players…

When Archie Karas lost his $40,000,000, there were rumors he must have gone off and committed suicide. No one saw him around Las Vegas for four or five months. After all, how much strain and pressure could any one man’s brain take…

March 31 - Lee Markholt won his first ever WPT title after beating top players such as Phil Ivey and David Pham at the final table of the World Poker Tour 2008 tournament.