2008 June 19 Poker News, Events and Happenings

June 20 - Bodog Poker has listened to its customers’ requests and invites them to take part in the beta-testing process of it new poker software.

In what may be the longest day of the 2008 World Series of Poker, the final table of Event #33, $5,000 Stud Hi/Low World Championship was set when Sebastian Ruthenberg eliminated Howard Lederer in ninth place. The final elimination…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Charles Barkley is headed back to the tables in Las Vegas to play in a poker tournament about a month after pledging not to gamble. He says it’s all for charity.

A bracelet for a major online star and a marathon final-table bubble were the stories of the day from the World Series of Poker. The major online star was Italy’s Dario Minieri, who after teasing WSOP audiences in 2006 and 2007…

Dario Minieri dominated throughout most of Event 31, $2,500 NLHE Six-Handed, and finally secured his first WSOP bracelet and $528,418 for the win. 1,012 players started this fast-paced event and at the end of the first day Minieri…

With so much star power in the field, it was a lesser-known German player who led Event #35, $1,500 Seven-Card Stud at the end of Day 1. A field of 381 poker players was winnowed down to 71 after eight levels of play, with Leonardo Ebeling…

Thu, Jun 19, 2008 (3:24 p.m.) Charles Barkley is headed back to the tables in Las Vegas to play in a poker tournament about a month after pledging not to gamble. This time, he says it’s all for charity.