2008 April 08 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Bob Chimento has been dealt this hand before. In 2006, Chimento was playing poker at a Mount Pleasant home when police stormed through the door and charged him and 23 others with illegal gambling. Fast forward two years to another night and another home with the same result. Cards, chips, multiple arrests. Once again, Chimento’s name is in the pot. …

This issue has been a very difficult one for me to write about but I think that it is a topic that currently deserves discussion. I like to think that my reputation was built on integrity and that money has never been the most important…

April 8 - Multiple prize packages worth thousands of dollars can be won by lucky players at Titan Poker when they take part in a series of exciting World Series of Poker satellite events at the site.

CHARLESTON The list of those charged in a raid on a Charleston area poker game keeps growing. Authorities now say a police officer, a teacher and a state prosecutor are among 65 people charged with gambling after the raid Friday night.

It’s a little after nine on a Saturday morning in the Olympus Ballroom on the second floor of the Caesars Indiana Hotel & Casino, and the WSOP Academy is in town. 60 or so poker aspirants have gathered here, in a quietly overstated, upscale…

The list of those charged in a raid on a Charleston-area poker game keeps growing. Authorities now say a police officer, a teacher and a state prosecutor are among 65 people charged with gambling after the raid Friday night.

A good poker hand could help provide a helping hand for a terminally ill child later this month.