2008 June 23 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Rochester’s Coralee Grebe will be playing in the World Series of Poker again this summer

The first respite in what had been an unrelenting early WSOP schedule brought a Sunday where action occurred in only four events, with only one bracelet being awarded. Sunday was far some sedate, however, and the day’s bracelet chase…

731 players registered for the $1,500 Mixed-Limit Hold’em tourney, Event #41, which was structured with alternating 30-minute periods of fixed-limit and no-limit action. By the end of the day, only 98 players remained, including…

Mardi Gras gambling uses a loophole Slipping through a loophole, Mardi Gras Racetrack & Gaming has received state approval to operate a 24-hour poker room.

Slipping through a loophole, Mardi Gras Racetrack & Gaming has received state approval to operate a 24-hour poker room.

After a rapid-fire Day 1, Event #39, $1,500 No Limit Hold’em, got off to a similarly fast start on Day 2. It looked for a while like the final table would be set quickly, but as the field thinned and the chip stacks got deeper…

Two hundred and thirty-eight players descended upon the Amazon Ballroom at the Rio for Event #40 of the 2008 World Series of Poker, $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw. This event replaced last year’s $1,000 2-7 Triple Draw w/ Rebuys event…