2008 May 24 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Police say they shut down a high-stakes gambling operation based in a North Texas home.

PokerStars has announced the opening of the first permanent, live poker room in Macau. Dubbed PokerStars Macau, the 25-table room (250 players capacity), will be housed at the prestigious Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino in Cotai…

How great would it be to log on to a website and get in touch with a top poker pro? That is the idea behind Poker VT, a new online poker school that will get poker players in contact with Kid Poker himself, Daniel Negreanu. While Negreanu is a high school drop out, he is perfectly qualified to teach at this school. He has picked up around ten million over a career of playing in poker tournaments…

A New Brunswick club has picked up one of the first special licenses that will allow it to hold poker tournaments - as long as they are for charity. The Fredericton area service group isn’t wasting any time. May 31st will see the first event by the United Commercial Travelers of Fredericton, to be held at the Capital Exhibit Centre…

A Deer Lake college student won’t have to worry about paying for college, and he has poker to thank for it. Nineteen year old Scott Janes took on all comers at the North American College Poker Championship, going on to win the online poker event that put tuition money in his bank account. In addition to paying for next year at Memorial University where he studies for his bachelor of science degree in physics, Janes has also picked up a free seat and trip to play in the next European Poker Tour…

LOWELL — Rio’s restaurant on Andover Street is organizing a Poker Run for motorcyclists to benefit the Leukemia Foundation tomorrow. Riders will draw a poker card at Rio’s then ride to Club Fleur de Lis in Tyngsboro and Cracker’s in Dracut and up to Whipper Snappers in Londonderry, N.

ABILENE — A poker run and other events are planned for May 31 to raise money for medical expenses incurred by Sonia Roe, who has been diagnosed with liver and colon cancer.