2008 April 19 Poker News, Events and Happenings
I love watching high-stakes Texas Hold ‘Em tournaments on TV. I dream about one day making it one of the Poker tournaments with a huge grand prize but I don’t think my luck will ever hold out.
WPT Enterprises, Inc., operators of the World Poker Tour, announced today the settlement of a lawsuit brought against it by several big-name poker players. The action, which focused on the player release form used by the World Poker…
It might be understandably assumed what the American Gaming Association’s position regarding online poker might be, but some might be surprised by a letter from the AGA’s CEO. Frank Fahrenkopf sent the letter to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and is not hot for online poker - more lukewarm. The AGA, according to the LVRJ, sees online poker as a threat to brick and mortar casinos, but Fahrenkopf wanted to clear that up a bit…
Online poker players from Finaland spend a lot of money playing the game they love, and a big chunk of it is going to foreign online poker rooms, according to a report form the Keski-Uusimaa newspaper. The figure is around fifty million euros each and every year according to the report, which also points out that this money could be used for public works if it could be shunted domestically. How much? The director of the Finnish lottery company Veikkaus, Ilkka Juva, thinks as much as two thirds.
The European Poker Tour for 2008 has come to a close, and the winner of the EPT Grand Final is Glen Chorny, the chip leader on the last day of the event. The 22 year old Canadian poker player picked up this European title, the third player from North America in a row to do so. In fact, the only European to win the event was Rob Hollink, from the Netherlands, who won in 2005…
PoolStars is giving poker players a chance to walk away with a seat in the World Series of Poker Main Event in their side pocket. The online billiards Web site, which offers a virtual version of the popular recreational game…
MONTE CARLO (Apr 19, 2008) — What is it about the Waterloo Region that nurtures a winning approach to poker?
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