2008 April 11 Poker News, Events and Happenings

EDGEFIELD, S.C. - Two teenaged boys have been charged with sex crimes after a game of “strip poker” with a 14-year-old girl spiraled out of control.

PokerStars.net has added two more big-name players to its lineup of pro endorsers with the signing of Gavin Griffin and Chad Brown. These latest additions to Team PokerStars swell the site’s endorser lineup to 25 players, including…

April 11 - With the billionth hand dealt at Titan Poker expected to take place in the coming weeks, this popular online poker room is getting ready to shower its players with celebratory gifts and prizes.

A number of local motorcycle enthusiast and others from the surrounding area held a poker run Saturday to raise funds for Shelly Sorrell. Sorrell was a familiar face at the Speedway Gas station in the 800 block of North Main Street prior to its closing nearly three years ago.

Last night I watched the movie Rounders with Matt Damon and Edward Norton. If you’ve never seen it, Rounders is about a reformed gambler who returns to high-stakes Poker to help a friend pay a loan shark.

The World Poker Tour deals its aces in Central Florida this week, and the up-and-comers of the sport are betting on a bright future.

Leeann Tweeden, a popular model and show hostess with previous poker credits on her resume, has been named as the host for the fourth season of the NBC late-night hit ‘Poker After Dark’, replacing Marianela Pereyra in the role…