2008 May 07 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2
While the delay gives ESPN and the rest of the media time to learn about the players, there will not be 117 days of hype. Expect an initial wave of publicity when the ‘November Nine’ reach the final table, particularly within…
Three-year-old Catie May Stephens of Cape Coral was diagnosed at age 2 with stage four neuroblastoma cancer and has already had four tumors removed from her brain and abdomen. On Sunday, May 18, the Fifth Annual Pete Renner Poker Run For Catie will raise funds to help with her medical care.
MANILA, Philippines - An attempt to abduct the president of the Philippine poker players group last month failed but his abductors managed to shoot him in the hand, a Chinese Filipino digest disclosed Wednesday.
Wild Jack Casino, a member of the Jackpot Factory Group and one of the world’s largest video poker and table game-focused casinos on the web, has launched a stylish and sophisticated casino poker game titled Multi-Hand Hold’Em High Gold.
The first reference book for no-limit, hold’em poker tournaments reviews 101 winning moves and one of them is the “no-look” blind steal where you don’t even look at your cards. Tournament Poker: 101 Winning Moves has one hundred more plays used by the poker experts. (PRWeb May 7, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb915194.htm
At the last two World Series of Poker events a special tournament has been held to raise money for the problems in Darfur, Africa, and yet another tournament is going to be held soon. This time the host is not the WSOP but the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino, which is joining forces with the celebrity backed charity organization Not On Our Watch, founded by stars Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Jerry Weintraub, Matt Damon, and Don Cheadle, who is the most vocal in supporting Darfur. Annie Duke is also an instrumental part of the tournaments for Darfur.
Sit and Go Satellite Bounty Challenge awards 32 players per week with free entries into major online poker events (PRWeb May 7, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb924214.htm
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