2008 April 27 Poker News, Events and Happenings

With 31 players remaining in the PokerNews Cup Austria Main Event, the early focus on Day 3 was the bubble. 27 places paid, so the first four players eliminated in Saturday’s play would see nothing for their work. Pierre Marceau…

Chatham County Sheriff’s Deputies held their third annual Georgia Sheriff’s Boys Ranch Poker Run.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The two alleged leaders of a multi-million-dollar sports bookmaking ring that operated out of a poker room at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa were among 24 people indicted Thursday by a state grand jury.

I’ve played poker in over 100 poker rooms in the world. This was the most beautifully appointed room of them all. This club is literally around the corner from the more famous and larger Aviation Club, on the Champs Elysees…

Online poker room Ladbrokes Poker has signed on a new poker pro to represent the site, online pro Jon Kalmar. Kalmar, who plays online under the name of “skalie” and was part of Team Ladbrokes in 2006, is excited to make his relationship with the UK poker room official. The 34 year old English pro has cashed for over $1.6 million in tournament events, including the World Series of Poker and the European Poker Tour events…

Big name poker pro Annie Duke has been hired by online poker room Ultimate Bet to serve as the official poker room consultant. In her new role Duke, who was one of the first women to ever make a final table at a World Series of Poker main event, will take over managing the tournament schedule. She must be the right choice - she was also instrumental in designing the software’s functionality for Ultimate Bet, and has been an on-again, off-again spokesperson for the site…

The sixth annual Irish Poker Classic is going to be held this summer at the Macau Sporting Club in Cork, according to recent reports. The main event, sporting a €150,000 guarantee, will be at the tail end of the series of events, which will run between August 11 and August 17. With 75 minute blind levels and 15,000 in starting chips this is a true “deep stack” poker event, which is very popular in Ireland…