2008 May 12 Poker News, Events and Happenings

May 13 - A 49 year old Canadian plumber, Jack Hinchey, was crowned the winner of World Poker Crown Tournament at the Perlada Castle in Barcelona last Thursday.

ANSONIA Joe DiMartino is all about the hearts, clubs, spades and diamonds. The city native is a professional poker player, engrossed by the card game made famous by movies and widely

NBC’s popular late-night poker series, ‘Poker After Dark,’ has excelled at late in creating unique themes and interesting matchups in the series’ weekly six-player sit-’n'-go tourneys. The latest twist in the ‘Poker After Dark’ theme…

Online poker player from Alaska gets lucky twice at UltimateBet’s Bad Beat Jackpot tables (PRWeb May 12, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb937024.htm

FORT WALTON BEACH The ABWA Billy Bowlegs Boat Poker Run is scheduled for May 17. The event is sponsored by the ladies of the Emerald Coast Chapter of the American Business Womens Association and is their annual scholarship fundraiser.

May 12 - Under the terms of a three year deal, Cryptologic will power the new OPoker site which caters for the Scandinavian poker market.

It started like any Poker session: unpredictably. I had to sit through a couple of hands until the dealer handed me a pair of lucky 7s. But when someone dropped 200 chips on the ante, I had to determine if they were bluffing or had a higher pair.