2008 May 16 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 3

CHESTERTON | The Relay For Life Duneland Poker Run is Saturday at Coachlite Inn.

Animals as Natural Therapy, a Bellingham-based nonprofit agency, is having its 10th annual Poker Ride and Chili Feed fundraiser Saturday.

Michael Binger and Roy Winston know a thing or two about playing poker: between them they have nearly $8 million in tournament earnings. Now they will offer their secrets to the people who take a course from Oracle Poker Consulting, the new company the two have founded. As soon as the World Series of Poker kicks off at the end of the month Oracle Poker Consulting will be up and running, offering players the chance to learn from those who have made it happen…

The poker blogs are abuzz with the rumor that the very popular cash poker TV show High Stakes Poker is on the way out. The show, airing on the GSN network, brings poker pros and personalities together for a cash game that routinely puts hundreds of thousands of dollars in the pot. Unlike a tournament game these are actual dollars coming out of the bankrolls of the players…

Hopeful poker players had their hopes dashed on Thursday when a King County Superior Court judge ruled on a situation near and dear to their hearts: the legal status of playing poker online. The current law states that playing online poker is a Class C Felony, putting the lawbreaking poker players on par with sexual predators. Local attorney Lee Rousso tried to get the law overturned, but it was not to be…

Poker players and the entire online gambling community in the United States were looking forward to this day. Will the court’s decision against Lee Rousso’s challenge of the online gambling ban take the wind out of their sails?

PartyGaming announced today that it had appointed Jim Ryan as Chief Executive Officer and that it had promoted John O’Malia to the newly created executive board position…