2008 April 17 Poker News, Events and Happenings

PokerStars has launched a new video site dedicated to "offering live webcasts of major events and a unique collection of high quality poker footage." The site, currently in the beta-testing phase, is located at pokerstars.tv and includes…

April 18 - Poker players who are members of Titan Poker’s lucrative VIP club can take part in exclusive tournaments and win free seats to the ECPT Madrid Open and ECOOP II.

World Poker Tour Enterprises re-evaluates Ladies Championship obligatory donation after World Poker Association intervenes on behalf of high-profile female players. WPA Chairman, Wendeen H. Eolis explains, “The furor has centered on the WPT’s insensitivity to the varying financial means of ‘working players’ and more broadly on the decision to compel a charitable donation in an event labeled as …

April 17 - AbsolutePoker, the popular online poker room, has launched a series of bounty tournaments that are sure to thrill any poker fan. A full events schedule with different buy-in levels has been announced.

The Big Brothers-Big Sisters of North Durham agency is hoping for a full house at next month’s charity poker tournament, and that’s even before the first hand is dealt.

On Sunday, April 13th, the WPT Bellagio Five Star World Poker Classic made poker history by offering a ladies’ tournament with a record buy-in of $1,500. In the past, the WSOP Ladies Event buy-in of $1,000 was the highest ever offered…

A rehab club was recently raided by Maine State Police, who found 30 people playing poker but no tournament games license. The 24-Hour Club on Lincoln Street in Bangor, Maine, was holding a poker event where players put up $100 to play, but the club failed to obtain the required licenses in advance. More than $6,000 was seized by the police…