2008 May 18 Poker News, Events and Happenings

May 19 - Lee Russo, Washington State Director for the Poker Players Alliance, has vowed to take his bid to legalize online poker up to the Supreme Court, after a judge dismissed his case in court last week.

Hopper lights up, Robbins orders a triple and Woody forgets his shoes!

Poker Theory Cleveland Community College will offer the course, Poker Theory, this summer. The course begins on June 2 and will continue until July 21. The class will meet on Monday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m. Instructor for the class is Michael Smith.

Do you know how hard it is to release a major studio movie in 50 theaters and have it only make $35,281 for its first weekend? ‘Deal’, the recent poker themed stinker starring Burt Reynolds did just that…

Ten minutes of magic early in the second half by Anthony Eviparker, scoring a poker and helping his side doing a double of rivals St.Georges, also did the world of good for the Nigerian striker who finished top scorer of the First Division League with 15 goals, two more than Senglea striker Anthony Ewurun.

The Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida is a poker player’s dream. I drove to this East Coast poker destination while staying in the middle of the state in Lake Placid, while visiting my Dad and his wife. It’s about a two-hour…

This is the day that the final four will compete at NBC’s National Heads-Up Poker Championship, with Andy Bloch, Huck Seed, Chris Ferguson and Phil Ivey being the last 4 of a field of 64 players seeking the title and half a million in cash. That is the prize for the winner of the Heads-Up Poker Championship, taking place in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. All four are big time pro players, with two of them, Seed and Ferguson, also being former World Series of Poker main event champions…