2008 June 21 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Deputies on Saturday were searching for the fifth suspect in the armed robbery of two people after they left the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino near Hollywood in March with almost $25,000 in poker winnings.

There were ten World Series of Poker bracelets among the nine players that began the final table of Event #34, $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys. By the end of the fast-paced final table….

There’s plenty of World Series of Poker experience at the final table for Event 36 No-Limit Hold’em, including several rising stars, a former Main Event final table participant, and one of the chip leaders who has shown he has plenty of gamble in him.

Play of Day Two of the $10,000 Omaha hi/lo Championship was suspended when the field got down to 18 players, which they finally reached just before 3:00 am. The Amazon room usually falls quiet when the fields play late…

With a late charge, Michael Binger ended Day 1 as the chip leader with 146,100 chips, overtaking Ayaz Mahmood, who had mounted his own attack on the lead, and Lee Watkinson, who they had been chasing for most of the day

Mike Rocco had already proved himself in seven-card stud, winning two stud tournaments. Now he can add a World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud event to his resume….

A Mobile County jury took the case under consideration and came out with a not guilty verdict. The case was one of first-degree burglary, the charge leveled against Sean Lamont Hawthorne, who was charged with stealing $40,000 from a high stakes poker game. The game had a dozen players when two armed men burst into the Mobile apartment when it was underway in August of 2006…